# Edna Anderson

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{{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](/source/St._Catharines%2C_Ontario), Canada
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2019|7|7|1922|11|9|df=y}}
| death_place = [Barrie, Ontario](/source/Barrie%2C_Ontario), Canada
| office      = [MP](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)) for [Simcoe Centre](/source/Simcoe_Centre)
| term_start  = 1988
| term_end    = 1993
| predecessor = 
| successor   = [Ed Harper](/source/Ed_Harper)
| party       = [Progressive Conservative Party of Canada](/source/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](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) from 1988 to 1993.

The career businesswoman was elected in the [1988 federal election](/source/1988_Canadian_federal_election) at the [Simcoe Centre](/source/Simcoe_Centre) [electoral district](/source/electoral_district) for the [Progressive Conservative party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada). She served in the [34th Canadian Parliament](/source/34th_Canadian_Parliament). She did not seek another term in Parliament and ended her federal political career as of the [1993 federal election](/source/1993_Canadian_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](/source/James_Dew_Chaplin).

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Category:Businesspeople from St. Catharines
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Category:Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Women in Ontario politics
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:20th-century Canadian women politicians

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