Edith McTavish Rogers (1876-1947)

Feminist, MLA (1921-1922), MLA (1923-1927), MLA (1927-1932).

Born on 26 April 1876 at Norway House, Manitoba, daughter of D. C. MacTavish, late Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company, great-granddaughter of Alexander Christie. She married Robert Arthur Rogers with whom she had one son and three daughters, including Margaret MacTavish (Rogers) Konantz.

Rogers was the first woman to be elected to the Manitoba legislature (1920), representing Winnipeg. She was an active advocate of the Child Welfare Act. A Liberal, she was re-elected in 1922 and 1927. During World War One she had been very involved in volunteer work, and was particularly active in social-welfare work. She served as the only woman on the Winnipeg General Hospital Board, and was secretary of the Central Council of the Battalion Auxiliaries. She moved to Ontario in 1942, and she died at Colborne in 1947.

Niece of A. M. Campbell.

There are papers at the Archives of Manitoba.

More information:

Edith Rogers by Gail Konantz, Peguis Publishers, 1981.

Some Women Candidates for the Manitoba Legislature by Linda McDowell
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 32, 1975-76 Season

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Profile revised: 26 February 2010

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