Mabel Margaret DeWare is a Canadian politician, curler, and retired Senator.

Born in Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton is a Canadian city, located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. The city is situated in southeastern New Brunswick, within the Petitcodiac River Valley, and lies at the geographic centre of the Maritime Provinces...

, she skipped her team to a 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...

 and Canadian Curling Association Ladies Curling championship

Canadian Curling Association

The Canadian Curling Association is a Canadian organization responsible for encouraging and facilitating growth and development of the sport of curling. The CCA is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country.-History:The CCA was created in...

 in 1963, forerunner to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.

In 1978

New Brunswick general election, 1978

The 29th New Brunswick general election was held on October 23, 1978, to elect 58 members to the 49th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party narrowly won its third term.In the lead up to...

, she was elected to 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...

 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

. She was re-elected in 1982

New Brunswick general election, 1982

The 30th New Brunswick general election was held on October 12, 1982, to elect 58 members to the 50th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada. It saw Richard Hatfield's Progressive Conservative Party win its largest majority ever to that time...

 and was defeated in 1987

New Brunswick general election, 1987

The 31st New Brunswick general election was held on October 13, 1987, to elect 58 members to the 51st New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, the governing house of the province of New Brunswick, Canada...

. 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 Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

The Senate of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the House of Commons, and the monarch . The Senate consists of 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister...

 representing the senatorial division of Moncton, New Brunswick. A Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

, she was the Opposition Whip

Whip (politics)

A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...

 in the Senate from 1999 to 2001. She retired on her 75th birthday.

She was inducted in the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame

The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1970 to honor outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The facilities are located in the provincial capital city of Fredericton....

 in 1976 and the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame

Canadian Curling Hall of Fame

The Canadian Curling Hall of Fame was established with its first inductees in 1973. It is operated by the Canadian Curling Association in Orleans, Ontario....

 as curler/builder in 1987.

Curling Teams

Event	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Result
1967 Canada Winter Games	Ralph DeWare	Mabel DeWare
1963 Diamond "D" Championship	Mabel DeWare	Harriet Stratton	Forbis Stevenson	Marjorie Fraser	1st
1959 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1957 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1955 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st
1953 New Brunswick Championship				Mabel DeWare	1st

1987 Election

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

|Jim Lockyer||align=right|4853||align=right|64.24||align=right|+26.85||align=right|$14,787
|-

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

|Mabel DeWare||align=right|1916||align=right|25.36||align=right|-29.48||align=right|$13,295
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|David Lang||align=right|786||align=right|10.40||align=right|+2.63||align=right|$1,808
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit||align=right|7555||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$16,476
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Rejected Ballots||align=right|47||align=right|0.47||colspan=2|
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|7602||align=right|76.76||align=right|-2.13|||
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on List||align=right|9904||colspan=3|
|-
|bgcolor="lightcoral"|   
|style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

 gain from Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

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|}

1982 Election

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

|Mabel DeWare||align=right|4242||align=right|54.84||align=right|-3.07||align=right|$12,653
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

|Wayne Patterson||align=right|2892||align=right|37.39||align=right|-1.54||align=right|$10,199
|-

|NDP

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

The New Brunswick New Democratic Party is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party .-Origins and early history:...

|Brian Harvey||align=right|601||align=right|7.77||align=right|*||align=right|$1,096
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit||align=right|7735||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$14,513
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Rejected Ballots||align=right|60||align=right|0.61||colspan=2|
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|7795||align=right|78.89||align=right|+5.45|||
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on List||align=right|9881||colspan=3|
|-
|bgcolor="#9999FF"|   
|style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

 hold
|align=right|Swing||align=right|-0.77||colspan=2|
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1978 Election

|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

|Mabel DeWare||align=right|4211||align=right|57.91||align=right|+5.52||align=right|$7,358
|-

|Liberal

New Brunswick Liberal Association

The New Brunswick Liberal Association , more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick, is one of the two major political parties in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...

|Donald A. Canning||align=right|2831||align=right|38.93||align=right|-8.68||align=right|$8,481
|-

|Parti acadien

Parti acadien

The Parti Acadien was a political party in New Brunswick, Canada, in the 1970s and 1980s. The party was founded in 1972 by Acadians who were upset over poorer living conditions in predominantly francophone areas of the province versus those areas dominated by anglophones...

|Paul Hebert||align=right|230||align=right|3.16||align=right|*||align=right|$0
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Valid Votes/Expense Limit||align=right|7272||align=right|100.00||align=right colspan=2|$14,856
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Total Rejected Ballots||align=right|84||align=right|0.84||colspan=2|
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Turnout||align=right|7356||align=right|73.44||align=right|+0.95|||
|-
|colspan=3 align=right|Electors on List||align=right|10,017||colspan=3|
|-
|bgcolor="#9999FF"|   
|style="width: 180px" colspan=2|Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick

The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick is a centre-right political party in New Brunswick, Canada. It has its origins in the pre-Canadian confederation Conservative Party that opposed the granting of responsible government to the colony...

 hold
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