# Beryl Gaffney

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Canadian politician

Beryl Gaffney Member of Parliament for Nepean In office November 21, 1988 – April 26, 1997 Preceded by District established Succeeded by District abolished Personal details Born (1930-04-01) April 1, 1930 (age 96) Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada Party Liberal Spouse Joseph Cuthbert Gaffney ​ ​ (died 2014)​ [1] Profession Executive Assistant Website Parliamentary Profile

**Beryl Gaffney** ([née](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) **Clark**; born April 1, 1930) is a Canadian former politician and public servant. She served as a city councillor in [Nepean, Ontario](/source/Nepean%2C_Ontario) [from 1978](/source/1978_Ottawa-Carleton_Regional_Municipality_elections#Nepean) to 1988 serving concurrently on the council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton.

Born in [Summerside, Prince Edward Island](/source/Summerside%2C_Prince_Edward_Island), she was elected to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as the [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) MP for [Nepean](/source/Nepean_(federal_electoral_district)) in the [1988 federal election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election) and was re-elected in [1993](/source/1993_Canadian_federal_election). She served as chair of the Standing Committee on Human Rights and the Status of Disabled Persons from 1994 to 1996.[2] During this period she was diagnosed with a [brain tumour](/source/Brain_tumour) and, after successful surgery, was able to return to the House of Commons to resume her valuable contribution to health issues.[3] She did not run for re-election in 1997.[4]

In 1998, Gaffney was appointed to the Board of Governors of the [International Development Research Centre](/source/International_Development_Research_Centre) by [Foreign Minister](/source/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Canada)) [Lloyd Axworthy](/source/Lloyd_Axworthy).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Joseph GAFFNEY Obituary (2014) - Legacy Remembers"](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/joseph-gaffney-obituary?id=43580720). *[Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com)*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Mrs. Beryl Gaffney, M.P."](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=4673) *Parlinfo*. [Parliament of Canada](/source/Parliament_of_Canada). Retrieved January 20, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gray C (1996). ["MP offers a testimonial: "I've had superb care, and I'm alive today because of it""](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1487683). *Canadian Medical Association Journal*. **154** (8): 1241–3. [PMC](/source/PMC_(identifier)) [1487683](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1487683).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Veteran Liberal has had enough of 12-hour days"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-province-veteran-liberal-has-had-eno/139192246/). *[The Province](/source/The_Province)*. Vancouver, British Columbia. [The Canadian Press](/source/The_Canadian_Press). January 30, 1997. p. A20. Retrieved January 20, 2024 – via newspapers.com.

## External links

- [Beryl Gaffney – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=4673)

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