Georgie Margaret Day is a nurse and former political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. She represented Kings Centre and then Hampton-Belleisle in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 from 1991 to 1999 as a Liberal member.

She was born in Saint Stephen, New Brunswick. She studied nursing at the Saint John General Hospital and Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...

 and took part in the nurse practitioner program at the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...

. Day served as executive assistant to the Minister of Income Assistance from 1987 to 1991. She was a member of the province's Executive Council as Minister of State for Literacy and Adult Education, Minister of State for Youth and Minister of Human Resources. Day was defeated in the 1999 general election. Later that year, Day joined Community Foundations Canada as a coordinator for the Atlantic Region.http://www.cfc-fcc.ca/news_room/media_stories_view.cfm?id=38

Her husband, Joseph A. Day

Joseph A. Day

Joseph A. Day is a Canadian politician. He has been a Canadian Senator since October 4, 2001.Day studied at College Militaire Royal Saint-Jean in 1963. He graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1968. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1963 to 1968...

, was named to the Canadian Senate in 2001.