Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell - Born October 22, 1933 - Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick - UN Award Winner

Is Marilyn aware of the SOGI Agenda? As a Liberal MLA in Tantramar from 1987 to 1997 under Premier Frank McKenna - Marilyn Trenholme Counsell of Sackville New Brunswick celebrates her 90th birthday today - October 22, 2024 - and meanwhile New Brunswick has elected their first female Liberal Premier Susan Holt

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell was appointed to the Senate in 2003 by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and sat as a member of the Liberal caucus. As a Senator, she was an advocate for literacy, health and early childhood development. She reached the mandatory retirement age on October 22, 2008. In 2008, she began lecturing on Political Leadership in Canada at Mount Allison University. She was named to the Order of New Brunswick (ONB) that year (2008).

Honours and awards - 

In 1994 on behalf of the Province of New Brunswick she received a UN Year of the Family award. As the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of St. John (DStJ). In June 2012, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC). She received honorary degrees from l'universite de Moncton, Mount Allison and University of New Brunswick and was also honoured with the Sir Charles Tupper Award for Political Action (CMA) and the Champion of Public Education Award (TLP).

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