Rae Luckock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Rae Luckock

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1893

Place of Birth: Arthur, Ontario, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 24-Jan-1972

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Rae Luckock

  • Margaret Rae Morrison Luckock (October 15, 1893 – January 24, 1972) known as Rae Luckock was a feminist, social justice activist, peace activist and, with Agnes Macphail, one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, in 1943.
  • A member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section), also known as the Ontario CCF, Luckock was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1943 Ontario general election representing Toronto's Bracondale constituency (riding).
  • She served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) until she was defeated in the 1945 Ontario general election.
  • She became the Congress of Canadian Women's founding president in 1950, and became a victim of the Cold War's anti-communist hysteria when she was denied entry into the United States, because she travelled to "Red" China and invited Soviet women to visit Canada.
  • She contracted Parkinson's disease in the mid-1950s and mostly was bedridden until her death in 1972.

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