Mabel DeWare

Mabel Margaret DeWare (née Keiver; 9 August 1926 – 17 August 2022) was a Canadian politician, senator, and curler.

DeWare was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, to parents Mary and Hugh Keiver.

She skipped her team to a New Brunswick and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship in Template:STOH, forerunner to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

In 1978, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. She was re-elected in 1982 and was defeated in 1987. She held three cabinet positions: Minister of Labour and Manpower (1978–1982), Minister of Community Colleges (1983–1985), and Minister of Advanced Education (1985–1987).

In 1990, she was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Moncton, New Brunswick. A Progressive Conservative, she was the Opposition Whip in the Senate from 1999 to 2001. She retired on her 75th birthday.

She was inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame as curler/builder in 1987.

DeWare died in Moncton on 17 August 2022, eight days after turning 96.

Electoral results

1987 election

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1987 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Jim Lockyer	4853	64.24	+26.85	$14,787
Mabel DeWare	1916	25.36	-29.48	$13,295
David Lang	786	10.40	+2.63	$1,808
Total valid votes/expense limit			7555	100.00	$16,476
Total rejected ballots			47	0.47
Turnout			7602	76.76	-2.13
Electors on list			9904
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing	+28.17

1982 election

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1982 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Mabel DeWare	4242	54.84	-3.07	$12,653
Wayne Patterson	2892	37.39	-1.54	$10,199
Brian Harvey	601	7.77	*	$1,096
Total valid votes/expense limit			7735	100.00	$14,513
Total rejected ballots			60	0.61
Turnout			7795	78.89	+5.45
Electors on list			9881
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	-0.77

1978 election

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1978 New Brunswick election: Moncton West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±	Expenditures
Mabel DeWare	4211	57.91	+5.52	$7,358
Donald A. Canning	2831	38.93	-8.68	$8,481
Paul Hebert	230	3.16	*	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			7272	100.00	$14,856
Total rejected ballots			84	0.84
Turnout			7356	73.44	+0.95
Electors on list			10,017
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing	+7.10

External links

• Mabel DeWare – Parliament of Canada biography