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Page contains a newspaper clipping, "Victoria's First Woman Council Member Takes Office", with an image of the council members; and 1 photograph depicting a group of people around a dining table.

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  • [start clipping] Victoria's First Woman Council Member Takes Office UNFOLDING a new chapter in Victoria's century-old civic government, Mrs. M.D. Christie, first woman councillor ever to be elected to the City Council, is pictured above with Mayor Andrew McGavin and other members of the 1944 board, just prior to being seated for the inauguaral meeting. The aldermen elect and school trustees took their oath of office before Judge H.H. Shandley in the Country Court in the morning preparatory for the afternoon council session. Recuperating from an attack of influenza, Mayor Andrew McGavin was unable to attend the ceremony, but was sworn in by the city clerk in his office in the City Hall. Alderman Ed Williams, senior council member present at the courthouse ceremony, accepted the city seal in the absence of the mayor. Those taking the oath, in the order of their seniority, follow: Aldermen Ed Williams, B.J. Gadsden, W.H. Davies, Fred A. Willis, T.W. Hawkins, Mrs. M.D. Christie; School Trustees F.G. Mulliner, W.A. Bayliss, Miss Isla Tuck and Wilfrid Ord. They were introduced by M.F. Hunter, city clerk. Left to right, as shown above, front row: Aldermen Morgan, Wills, Mayor McGavin and Aldermen Williams and Worthington. Back row, left to right: Aldermen Davies, McTavish, Hawkins, Gadsden, Willis and Mrs. M.D. Christie. [end clipping]
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