{{Short description|Canadian politician (1922–2019)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | name = Edna Anderson | caption = | birth_name = Edna Viola Falkner | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1922|11|9}} | birth_place = St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|7|1922|11|9|df=y}} | death_place = Barrie, Ontario, Canada | office = MP for Simcoe Centre | term_start = 1988 | term_end = 1993 | predecessor = | successor = Ed Harper | party = Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | occupation = businesswoman | spouse = Derek Anderson<ref name="obit" /> }} '''Edna Viola Anderson''' (née '''Falkner'''; 9 November 1922 – 7 July 2019) was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993.
The career businesswoman was elected in the 1988 federal election at the Simcoe Centre electoral district for the Progressive Conservative party. She served in the 34th Canadian Parliament. She did not seek another term in Parliament and ended her federal political career as of the 1993 federal election. Anderson died on 7 July 2019 at the age of 96.<ref name="obit">{{cite web |url=https://www.steckleygooderham.com/obituaries/Edna-Anderson-10/#!/Obituary |title=Mrs. Edna Anderson Obituary – Visitation & Funeral Information |website=steckleygooderham.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715122907/https://www.steckleygooderham.com/obituaries/Edna-Anderson-10/ |archive-date=2019-07-15}}</ref>
She was the granddaughter of James Dew Chaplin.
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