Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Birthname: | Margaret Dawn Anderson |
Margaret D. Anderson | |
Office: | Canadian Senator from the Northwest Territories |
Term Start: | 12 December 2018 |
Predecessor: | Nick Sibbeston |
Nominator: | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed: | Julie Payette |
Birth Date: | 1967 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada |
Party: | Progressive Senate Group |
Profession: | Civil Servant, Activist |
Margaret Dawn Anderson (born 14 April 1967)[1] is a Canadian politician and former civil servant of Inuvialuit descent. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 12 December 2018.[2] [3]
Anderson was born in Tuktoyaktuk.[4] A longtime civil servant in the territorial government of the Northwest Territories, she has worked for the departments of justice and health and social services, in areas such as social work, probation, parole, restorative justice and domestic violence.[5] [6]
In May 2022 together with two other senators Senator Anderson issued a report calling for a review of the convictions of 12 indigenous women, including the Quewezance sisters, and their exoneration.[7]