Veteran federal politician Flora MacDonald dead at age 89 (via @torontostar) http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/26/veteran-federal-politician-flora-macdonald-dead-at-age-89.html
I recall Flora Macdonald's alliance with Dalton Camp. No-one else had the courage to do what needed to be done when John Diefenbaker needed to be replaced .
Flora was Party Secretary at that time and she paid a price.
I shook her hand before nine a.m. on a London street campaigning with a candidate, every inch the lady and twice as charming.
I particularly remember her reaction on being defeated in her last election.
It's no shame for a politician to be defeated .The shame is not to have tried, was how she responded.
She never stopped trying to make the world a better place.
She was a very nice lady who opened doors for others , including some not-so-nice women, who came after her. Years after she left office her opinions were being sought and sometimes even heeded.
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