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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.
Edna May Diefenbaker (de soltera Brower; 30 de noviembre de 1899 – 7 de febrero de 1951) fue la primera esposa del decimotercer Primer Ministro de Canadá, John Diefenbaker. Vida temprana. Nació en Wawanesa, Manitoba, y trabajó como maestra en la escuela primaria Mayfair en Saskatoon, Saskatchewan antes de casarse con John Diefenbaker en 1929.
12 de feb. de 2022 · In December 1950, Atherton’s father contacted Diefenbaker and asked that he serve as defence counsel for his son. 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.
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.
12 de mar. de 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.
This book adds to the Diefenbaker saga a chapter unknown to the public. It is the story of Edna May Brower, John Diefenbaker's wife for twenty-two years, a charming woman so effective in her role she was dubbed "the unelected Member of Parliament."
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.
