Sandra Lovelace Nicholas
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Sandra M. Lovelace Nicholas (surname “Lovelace Nicholas”), CM (born April 15, 1948) is a Canadian senator representing New Brunswick.
She was appointed by Prime Minister Paul Martin on September 21, 2005. A Maliseet from Tobique First Nation, she is an activist for aboriginal rights. She became known internationally when, in 1977, she petitioned the United Nations over the treatment by the Canadian government of aboriginal women and children in Canada, in the case known as Sandra Lovelace v. Canada. In 1985, she successfully had a section of the Indian Act removed which revoked an aboriginal woman's Indian status if she married a non-aboriginal man. In 1990, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada and, in 1992, she received the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. She studied at St. Thomas University and also obtained a degree in residential construction from the Maine Northern Technical College. She is also a carpenter and a mother of four.
