Anne Edwards | |
Birth Name: | Kathleen Anne Stothers |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1935 |
Birth Place: | Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Death Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Constituency Am1: | Kootenay |
Assembly1: | British Columbia Legislative |
Term Start1: | October 22, 1986 |
Term End1: | May 28, 1996 |
Successor1: | Erda Walsh |
Office3: | Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources |
Premier3: | Michael Harcourt |
Term Start3: | November 5, 1991 |
Term End3: | February 22, 1996 |
Predecessor3: | Jack Weisgerber |
Successor3: | Dan Miller |
Party: | NDP |
Spouse: | Mike Edwards |
Kathleen Anne Edwards (Stothers; June 6, 1935 – October 15, 2022) was a Canadian politician. She served as MLA for the Kootenay riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Edwards served as British Columbia's first female Minister for Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources in the government of Michael Harcourt (1991–1996).[1] Anne Edwards was also the author of Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics (Caitlin Press Inc, 2008). Edwards died in Calgary, Alberta on October 15, 2022.[2]