Love Affair with Politics: A Portrait of Marion Dewar

Love Affair with Politics: A Portrait of Marion Dewar, Terre Nash, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

Terre Nash
1987 | 26 min

In this short documentary, Oscar®-winner Terre Nash turns her lens on Marion Dewar, one of Canada’s most successful female politicians, while she was mayor of Ottawa. In her seven years as mayor, Dewar was instrumental in the Rideau Centre project, introduced disarmament referendums into municipal politics, was the leading force in raising Canada’s quota for Vietnamese refugees, and became known for her social responsibility and common sense.

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