Flora MacDonald

Flora Isabel MacDonald, third born June 1926 in Sydney North, New Scotland. She is a generation of Canada, sixth, whose ancestors came from Canada to the Scottish Highlands in 1790. As a pioneer of women in political, humanitarian and human rights defender, courage, empathy and common sense story made public MacDonald, first prime minister, foreign women. On your PC Leadership Convention 1976 became the first woman to mount a serious campaign for the leadership of another of the two major parties in power.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

Flora MacDonald in the administration of the Progressive Conservative Party for many years worked in 1972 was elected MP for Kingston and the Islands. Flora MacDonald has worked for 16 years. He also served as a minister and in 1979 became the first female Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Flora, for the leadership of his party in 1976 but did not win, despite his many talents and abilities. His loss was simply the result of sexism. Although delegates wanted as a candidate could not vote for a woman! MacDonald deposit of the vote and urged his followers to Joe Clark, vote, be the ultimate victor. If Clark Prime Minister of Canada in 1979, was chosen in order to keep MacDonald Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the first woman in Canadian history for this portfolio, and one of the first female foreign minister in the world. Flora MacDonald has played an accepted role in the decision of Canada's 50,000 refugees from Vietnam, people are "boat." In November 1979, during its mandate, the Canadian Embassy in Iran six U.S. diplomats who escaped the insured when Iranian militants occupied the U.S. embassy. MacDonald also served as Minister of Labour and Immigration, and then as Minister of Communications of Prime Minister Mulroney.

HUMANITARIAN

Since 1989, he retired from politics, has Flora deeply involved in a number of rights and environmental work in the world. He served as president of the World Federalist Movement - Spain and traveled the world on behalf of charities such as Oxfam Canada, CARE, Doctors Without Borders. Currently working in Afghanistan and India. In 1992 he was chairman of the board of the Canadian International Development Research Centre of Governors named after Lester B.'s footsteps Pearson, the first president of the Center. The IDRC is a public funding agency that supports research priorities of developing countries. MacDonald was part of his work as satisfactory, the benefit for future generations. In his 10 years at the helm, has traveled to some of the most remote villages altitude to see the work of the Committee is hosting. MacDonald, now 84, has traveled, drove and flew thousands of miles away in Tibet, India, Afghanistan and Peru. In an age when most people of this remarkable Canadian traveled along the legendary river Brahmaptura the eastern Himalayan foothills by Zodiac in retirement, lying on the ground without a tent, with nothing between him and the areas Wild Tiger and Bear Mountain but a coil of barbed wire and gave the diplomas to the graduates at the foot of Mount Everest!