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Edna May Diefenbaker (née Brower; November 30, 1899 – February 7, 1951) was the first wife of the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker.
During 1945-46 Edna Diefenbaker had suffered several months of illness, identified as severe depression, but she returned to good health in 1947. In the fall of 1950, however, she was diagnosed with acute leukaemia and she died in February 1951.
Besides showing Edna’s vital role in Diefenbaker’s early career, this study is important for the light it sheds on her husband’s personality. Not surprisingly, Edna comes up smelling of roses while Dief’s stock takes another pounding.
In June of 1929, Diefenbaker married Edna Mae Brower, a teacher. During his early political career, Edna was her husband's strongest and most dedicated supporter. She died of leukemia in 1951 and is interred in the Diefenbaker family plot at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon.
1. Juni 2003 · His wife Edna, an attractive and lively woman, had campaigned with him, and this must have helped. In Parliament, John Diefenbaker arrived with high expectations.
Edna was well known to politicians and the press for her warm and charming personality, and dedication to Diefenbaker. When she died in 1951, her passing was noted in the House of Commons – the first time such an honour was bestowed upon a non-member of Parliament.
Simma Holt has very carefully recreated Edna Brower's life showing how, as John Diefenbaker's wife, she was an unerring counsellor of an ambitious rather rigid husband, effective in public relations and possessed of sound political judgment. Her life story with its tragic overtones exemplifies the price demanded of the politician's wife.
