Margaret Scrivener

Margaret Scrivener
Ontario MPP
In office
1971–1985
Preceded byHenry Price
Succeeded byIan Scott
ConstituencySt. David
Personal details
Born
Margaret Mary Howse

1922
Toronto, Ontario
Died (aged 75)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseRichard Scrivener
Children4
OccupationJournalist

Margaret Mary Burgoyne-Howse Scrivener[1] (c. 1922 – September 11, 1997) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1985 who represented the downtown Toronto riding of St. David. She was the second woman in Canada to hold a cabinet position, serving as a minister in the government of Bill Davis.[2]

  1. ^ Civic Administration. Vol. 8. Toronto: Maclean-Hunter. 1956. p. 40.
  2. ^ "Margaret Scrivener, MPP 1971-1985". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Retrieved 29 November 2020.