12-Jan-2012 - Former MP, NCC chair Jean Pigott dies

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Jean Pigott was named to the Order of Canada in 1995.Jean Pigott, a former Ottawa MP, chairwoman of the National Capital Commission and businesswoman, has died at the age of 87. She passed away early Tuesday morning at Grace Manor, the site of the old Grace Hospital, NFL jerseys where she was born May 20, 1924. Pigott was a pioneer among women in business and was president of the family-owned Morrison-Lamothe Bakery in the 1970s. In 1976, Authentic nfl jerseys she won a byelection in the old riding of Ottawa-Carleton and became a member of Parliament with the Progressive Conservative Party. She lost her seat in 1979 but then worked as an advisor to then prime minister Joe Clark. In 1984 she was appointed by then prime minister Brian Mulroney as chairwoman of the National MLB jerseys Capital Commission. Pigott also served as chairwoman of the Ottawa Congress Centre as well as a number of corporate boards. In 1995, she was made an officer in the Order of Canada.

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