Phyllis W. McQuaid explained

Phyllis W. McQuaid
State Senate:Minnesota
District:44th
Term Start:1983
Term End:1990
Birth Name:Phyllis Winifred Haas
Birth Date:6 March 1928
Birth Place:Frazee, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Roseville, Minnesota, U.S.
Party:Independent Republican
Spouse:Joseph McQuaid
Children:8

Phyllis Winifred McQuaid (née Haas; March 6, 1928 – June 7, 2023) was an American politician in the state of Minnesota.

After raising eight children as a stay-at-home mother, McQuaid was elected in 1975 to the St. Louis Park School Board and in 1979 as mayor of St. Louis Park.[1] [2]

McQuaid served in the Minnesota Senate as an Independent Republican member, representing district 44 from 1983 to 1990, when she lost re-election to Ted Mondale.[3] She died in Roseville, Minnesota, in 2023, at the age of 95.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PHYLLIS MCQUAID | St Louis Park Historical Society.
  2. Web site: Former St. Louis Park senator recalls quest for Southwest light rail in the '80s. Seth. Rowe. hometownsource.com.
  3. Web site: McQuaid, Phyllis W. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present. www.leg.state.mn.us.
  4. News: Phyllis McQuaid, St. Louis Park's first female mayor who led with a focus on community, dies at 95. Star Tribune. June 20, 2023.