Martha Muzychka and Flora MacDonald

Flora MacDonald: Martha Muzychka A tip of the hat to a true pioneer, according to The Telegram. In 1975, the first International Year for Women, I was a teenager, and had become aware enough of equity issues to begin looking at my world critically. Flora MacDonald is promoted as a companion in the Order of Canada by Gov. Gen. Romeo LeBlanc in Ottawa in this April 14, 1999 file photo. MacDonald, who served as a senior cabinet member in two Conservative federal governments and made a run for the party leadership in 1976, has died. Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press Published on February 23, 2015 In 1972, when Flora MacDonald was first elected to represent Kingston and the Islands, I was growing up, and not at all the politically aware or engaged person I am today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.