| 词条 | Ione Christensen |
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| image = | name = Ione Christensen | honorific-prefix = The Honourable | caption = | birth_name = Ione Jean Cameron | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1933|10|10}} | birth_place = Dawson Creek, British Columbia | residence = Whitehorse, Yukon | office1 = Commissioner of Yukon | term_start1 = January 20, 1979 | term_end1 = October 6, 1979 | predecessor1 = Frank Fingland | successor1 = Douglas Bell | primeminister1 = Pierre Trudeau Joe Clark | premier1 = Chris Pearson | office2 = Senator for Yukon | term_start2 = September 2, 1999 | term_end2 = December 31, 2006 | predecessor2 = Paul Lucier | successor2 = Daniel Lang | nominator2 = Jean Chrétien | office3 = Mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon | term_start3 = 1976 | term_end3 = 1979 | predecessor3 = Paul Lucier | successor3 = Art Deer | spouse = Art Christensen | party = | religion = | occupation = }}Ione Jean Christensen, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}}, née Cameron (born October 10, 1933) is a former Canadian Senator.[1] The daughter of former North-West Mounted Police constable Gordon Irwin Cameron, and Dawson City born Martha Ballentine Cameron, her family moved to Whitehorse in 1949. Christensen graduated from high school in 1953. She received an associate in arts degree in business administration from the College of San Mateo in California. In 1968, she married Art Christensen, a geologist. In 1971, she was appointed the first woman justice of the peace and judge of the juvenile court in Yukon. In 1975, she was elected the first woman mayor of Whitehorse;[2] on the same day, Yolanda Burkhard was elected as the first woman mayor of Dawson City.[2] In 1979, she served as the Commissioner of the Yukon, being the first woman to be appointed as Commissioner of the Yukon. In 1980, she ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal candidate, in the federal election for the riding of Yukon. She lost by 101 votes to Erik Nielsen. In 1994, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada. Her father was also a member. In 1999, Christensen was appointed at the recommendation of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien to the Senate. On December 31, 2006, Christensen resigned from the Senate to assist her ailing husband.[3] References1. ^{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3665|nolist=yes}} {{Mayors of Whitehorse, Yukon}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Christensen, Ione}}2. ^1 "Two women elected mayors in Yukon vote". The Globe and Mail, December 13, 1975. 3. ^Christensen retires, Qonfusion, December 15, 2006. Retrieved on March 3, 2007. 18 : 1933 births|Living people|Canadian senators from Yukon|Canadian people of Norwegian descent|Commissioners of Yukon|Liberal Party of Canada senators|Members of the Order of Canada|Mayors of Whitehorse, Yukon|Women members of the Senate of Canada|Women in Yukon politics|Candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election|People from Dawson Creek|Women mayors of places in Canada|20th-century women politicians|21st-century Canadian politicians|21st-century women politicians|Canadian justices of the peace|Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons |
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