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Edna Diefenbaker. Edna May Diefenbaker ( née Brower; November 30, 1899 – February 7, 1951) was the first wife of the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John Diefenbaker. [1] Early life. She was born in Wawanesa, Manitoba, and worked as a schoolteacher at Mayfair Elementary School in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before marrying John Diefenbaker in 1929. [2]
In the summer of 1928 Diefenbaker had become engaged to Edna Brower, a vivacious Saskatoon schoolteacher. They were married three weeks after the provincial election. Edna was an immediate asset to the aspiring politician, offsetting his dour presence with her warmth and spontaneity. She was resented by Diefenbaker’s mother, however, who ...
Edna Brower Diefenbaker: Unwavering Faithfulness Edna met Diefenbaker while he was a lawyer in Prince Albert, and the pair married in 1929. Edna was a key influence during Diefenbaker’s early political career, and arguably his most faithful ally.
12. März 2021 · For Diefenbaker, it was a difficult time for him, and he would see a terrible loss around the same time when his wife Edna was diagnosed with acute leukemia. Edna had always supported her husband’s political career, but in the 1940s she began to suffer from mental illness and was placed in a private mental hospital for a brief time ...
12. Feb. 2022 · Diefenbaker, who at that point was 10 years into his 39-year Parliamentary career, declined saying that Parliament came first, and his wife Edna was very sick with leukemia. Another issue was that he was not a lawyer in British Columbia and would have to pass the bar there.
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.
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.
