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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 ...
1. Juni 2003 · But in 1940, running as a Tory in Prince Albert in an election swept by Mackenzie King’s Liberals, Diefenbaker somehow won election to Parliament. 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 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 ...
He often accompanied Diefenbaker on visits and remembers that Edna had strongly opposed the electric shock treatments she received, which Diefenbaker had authorized. After her release, their marriage seemed outwardly to resume its sunny ways, but according to Holt, things were never the same again. Edna apparently never forgave her husband. She ...
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.
