Rae Luckock
| Margaret Rae Morrison Luckock | |
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| Member of Provincial Parliament | |
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In office 1943–1945 |
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| Preceded by | Lionel Conacher |
| Succeeded by | Harry Hyland Hyndman |
| Constituency | Bracondale |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 15, 1893 Arthur, Ontario |
| Died | January 24, 1972 (aged 78) Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Ontario CCF |
| Spouse(s) | Richard Luckock |
| Occupation | Seamstress |
Margaret Rae Morrison Luckock (October 15, 1893 – January 24, 1972) known as Rae Luckock was a feminist, social justice activist, peace activist and, with Agnes Macphail, one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, in 1943. A member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section), also known as the Ontario CCF, Luckock was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1943 Ontario general election representing Toronto's Bracondale constituency (riding). She served as a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) until she was defeated in the 1945 Ontario general election. She became the Canadian Congress of Women's founding president in 1950, and became a victim of the Cold War's anti-communist hysteria when she was denied entry into the United States, because she travelled to "Red" China and invited Soviet women to visit Canada. She contracted Parkinson's disease in the mid-1950s and mostly was bedridden until her death in 1972.
Luckock was raised on a family farm in Arthur, Ontario. Her father, James J. Morrison, was a founder of the United Farmers of Ontario and served as the party's general secretary during the UFO's years in power.
She married Richard Luckock, a tool-and-die maker, in 1914, and the couple ultimately settled in Toronto.
Luckock worked as a seamstress during the Great Depression but had to go on social relief when she became unemployed. During this period, her daughter contracted scarlet fever and died. The tragedy motivated Luckock's lifelong fight for social programs.
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