Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

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Marilyn Trenholme Counsell : biography

October 22, 1933 –

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, ONB (born October 22, 1933) is a former Canadian Senator and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2003.

Senator

She 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 a tireless advocate for literacy. She reached the mandatory retirement age on October 22, 2008. 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).

Lieutenant Governor

Early years

Born Marilyn Trenholme in Baie Verte, New Brunswick, she is the daughter of Mildred Baxter Trenholme and the late Harry Frederick Trenholme. She married Kenneth Walter Counsell in 1972.

Trenholme Counsell has an undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University and a medical degree from the University of Toronto. She worked as a nutritionist and family physician in Sackville, New Brunswick before entering politics in 1987. She was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tantramar in the 1987 General Election and served until 1997. During this time, from 1994 to 1997 she also served in the cabinet as Minister of State for the Family and Minister of State for Family and Community Services.

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