Grace McCarthy

Grace McCarthy
Leader of the British Columbia Social Credit Party
In office
November 6, 1993 – May 1994
Preceded byJack Weisgerber
Succeeded byLyall Hanson
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Vancouver-Little Mountain
In office
December 11, 1975 – October 17, 1991
Serving with Evan Maurice Wolfe (1975-1983)
Doug Mowat (1983-1991)
Preceded byPhyllis Young
Roy Cummings
Succeeded byTom Perry
In office
September 12, 1966 – August 30, 1972
Serving with Leslie Peterson
Preceded byRiding Established
Succeeded byPhyllis Young
Roy Cummings
Personal details
Born
Grace Mary Winterbottom [1]

(1927-10-14)October 14, 1927
Grace Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia
DiedMay 24, 2017(2017-05-24) (aged 89)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Political partySocial Credit
Spouse(s)Ray McCarthy; 2 children
OccupationFlorist
NicknameAmazing Grace

Grace Mary McCarthy, OC, OBC, LLD, DTech, FRAIC (Hon.) (née Winterbottom; October 14, 1927 – May 24, 2017) was a Canadian politician and florist in British Columbia. A high-ranking member of the Social Credit Party of British Columbia, she was largely responsible for rebuilding that party after its defeat in the 1972 provincial election.

  1. ^ Doug Ward. "Grace McCarthy, the first lady of B.C.'s Social Credit, dies at 89". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2017-05-26.