Английская Википедия:Ione Christensen
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox officeholder Ione Jean Christensen, Шаблон:Post-nominals, née Cameron (born October 10, 1933) is a former Canadian Senator.[1]
The daughter of former North-West Mounted Police constable Gordon Irwin Cameron, and Dawson City born Martha Ballentine Cameron, her family moved to Whitehorse in 1949. Christensen graduated from high school in 1953. She received an associate in arts degree in business administration from the College of San Mateo in California. In 1968, she married Art Christensen, a geologist.
In 1971, she was appointed the first woman justice of the peace and judge of the juvenile court in Yukon. In 1975, she was elected the first woman mayor of Whitehorse;[2] on the same day, Yolanda Burkhard was elected as the first woman mayor of Dawson City.[2] In 1979, she served as the commissioner of Yukon, being the first woman to be appointed as commissioner.
In 1980, she ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate, in the federal election for the riding of Yukon. She lost by 101 votes to Erik Nielsen.
In 1994, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Her father was also a member. In 1999, Christensen was appointed at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to the Senate.
On December 31, 2006, Christensen resigned from the Senate to assist her ailing husband.[3]
In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of Yukon's inaugural class.[4] The first 10 recipients were named ahead of the ceremony on December 2, 2019.[5][6]
References
- ↑ Шаблон:Canadian Parliament links
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 "Two women elected mayors in Yukon vote". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 1975.
- ↑ Christensen retires, Qonfusion, December 15, 2006. Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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