Margaret Aitken
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Margaret Aitken (July 3, 1908 – November 19, 1980) was a Canadian author, columnist, journalist, and politician.
Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick, the son of J. Mauns Aitken (the brother of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook), she started with the Toronto Telegram in 1938 and was a foreign correspondent. In the 1953 federal election, she was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of York—Humber as the Progressive Conservative candidate, winning by 67 votes. She was re-elected in 1957 and 1958. She was defeated in 1962 by 662 votes.
In 1953, she wrote a book Hey Ma! I did It (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company) about her campaign.
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- "Margaret Aitken Telegram writer served three terms as Tory MP", The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1980.
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