Miss Dominion of Canada
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Miss Dominion of Canada was a beauty pageant held at the Niagara Falls Sheraton Brock Hotel on July 1 each year, Canada's Dominion Day (now known as "Canada Day"), beginning in 1960.
The winner of this pageant represented Canada at the "Big Four" international beauty pageants, Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International, and Queen of the Pacific. The Miss Dominion of Canada pageant originated when the Bruno family of Ancaster, Ontario obtained franchise rights to provide Canadian representatives to these international pageants. As many as 40 contestants selected via local pageants across many provinces of Canada competed in the annual Niagara Falls competition. The contestant selected as Miss Dominion of Canada would visit every Canadian province and other countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia, and Europe during her one-year reign. Famous or notable winners of this pageant include Sandra Campbell of Leamington, Ontario, who became a television personality in Sydney, Australia (Celebrity Squares and One in a Million) and a marketing executive with a major American corporation, and Jacquie Perrin, who for more than a decade was the host of CBC TV's award-winning investigative consumer program, Market Place. Now at CBC Newsworld, Jacquie has been involved in various special news projects and is seen weekly as the host of highly-rated Saturday Report.
[edit] Winners of Miss Dominion of Canada Pageant
| Year | Winner | Hometown | Runners Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Catherine MacKintosh | Thunder Bay, Ontario | 2. Laurie Edwards—Chilliwack, British Columbia, 3. Bonnie Johnson—Eastern Ontario |
| 1978 | Brigitte Hoffman | Hamilton, Ontario | 2. Cynthia Moore—Napanee, Ontario; 3. Tracy Steadman—North Vancouver, British Columbia |
| 1977 | Marianne McKeen | Comber, Ontario | 2. Louise Mondoux—Varennes, Québec; 3. Leanne Moore—Abbotsford, British Columbia |
| 1976 | Pamela Mercer | Burnaby, British Columbia | 2. Natalie Huestis—Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; 3. Lise Benard—Temiscaming, Québec |
| 1975 | Normande Jacques | Blind River, Ontario | 2. Jacqueline Wilson—Eastern Ontario (Napanee; 3. Mary DuBois—Niagara Peninsula, Ontario (Niagara Falls) |
| 1974 | Sandra Margaret Emily Campbell | Leamington, Ontario | |
| 1973 | Deborah Ducharme | Port Colborne, Ontario | 2. Jay Olson—Delta, British Columbia; 3. Nancy Henderson—Argyle, Manitoba; 4. Laurie Brooks—Pembrooke, Ontario; 5. Lucille St. Pierre—Rouyn, Québec |
| 1972 | Bonny Brady | Perth, Ontario | 2. Margo Spindler—Windsor, Ontario; 3. Nancy Bradley—Hamilton, Ontario |
| 1971 | Lana Drouillard | Windsor, Ontario | 2. Linda McAllister—Fredericton, New Brunswick; 3. Linda Coates—Rouyn, Québec |
| 1970 | Norma Joyce Hickey | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | 2. Shayne Dion—Calgary, Alberta; 3. Susan Flavell—Eastern Ontario |
| 1969 | Jacquie Perrin | Toronto, Ontario | 2. Christiane Philion—Kamloops, British Columbia; 3. Sharon Forbes—Moncton, New Brunswick |
| 1968 | Nancy Wilson | Chatham, Ontario | 2. Carol Ann Robertson—Toronto, Ontario; 3. Patricia Waterhouse—Caledonia, Ontario; 4. Judith Ing—Muskoka Region, Ontario; 5. Patricia Clark—Calgary, Alberta |
| 1967 | Donna Marie Barker | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1966 | Marjorie Anne Schofield | Burlington, Ontario | |
| 1965 | Carol Ann Tidey | Hamilton, Ontario | |
| 1964 | Mary Lou Farrell | St. John’s, Newfoundland | |
| 1963 | Jane Kmita | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
| 1962 | Marilyn McFatridge | Toronto, Ontario | |
| 1961 | Wildah Reynolds | ||
| 1960 | Edna Dianne MacVicar | Galt, Ontario |
