Jean Casselman Wadds | |
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Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom | |
In office 1979–1983 | |
Prime Minister | Joe Clark Pierre Trudeau |
Preceded by | Paul Martin Sr. |
Succeeded by | Donald Jamieson |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Grenville—Dundas | |
In office September 29, 1958 – June 24, 1968 | |
Preceded by | Arza Clair Casselman |
Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean Rowe September 16, 1920 Newton Robinson, Ontario, Canada |
Died | November 25, 2011 Prescott, Ontario, Canada | (aged 91)
Political party | Progressive Conservative |
Spouses | |
Relations | William Earl Rowe (father) |
Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Health and Welfare (1962–1963) |
Jean Casselman Wadds, OC (née Rowe; September 16, 1920 – November 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Grenville—Dundas from 1958 to 1968. She sat as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. She served as Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1983, playing a role in the government of Pierre Trudeau's negotiations with the British government of Margaret Thatcher in Trudeau's successful effort to patriate the Canadian Constitution in 1982.[1]