"Red Tory" Flora MacDonald dies at 89

[Ken Burch]

First serious female candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership, external affairs minister under Joe Clark in 1979-80.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/26/veteran-federal-politician-flora-macdonald-dead-at-age-89.html

(note: a "Red Tory" for the benefit of U.S. readers, was a member of the more progressive wing of the Prpgressive Conservatives. Ms. MacDonald had no use for the current Conservative Party under Stephen Harper-reportedly voting NDP in recent elections.)

[applegrove]

1. Didn't some opposition MP say of her "she was the finest

woman to walk the streets of Kingston". She had to put up with a lot I bet. Being the first is a tough slog. I saw her presentation of her fact finding mission to Congo refugee camps just after the Rwandan genocide. She certainly was not 'slowed down' in her retirement.