Background
Wilson, Cairine Reay Mackay was born on February 4, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of Honorary Robert and Jane (Baptist) Mackay.
Wilson, Cairine Reay Mackay was born on February 4, 1885 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daughter of Honorary Robert and Jane (Baptist) Mackay.
Student Trafalgar Institute, 1899-1903. Doctor of Civil Law, Acadia University, 1941. Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, 1943, Gallaudet College, Washington, 1960.
; children—Olive (Mistress A. F. Gill), Janet Mary (Mistress C. F. West. Burns), Cairine Reay, Ralph William, Anna Margaret, Angus Mackay, Robert Loring, Norma Frances (Mistress James I. Davies). Summoned to Canadian Senate, 1930. Delegate 4th General Assembly United Nations, Lake Success, New York, 1949.
Chairman Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Committee for Czechoslovakian Refugees.
Chairman Canadian section Canadian-American Women's Committee. Vice President of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada, since 1948.
Honorary president Save the Children Fund, Ottawa Welfare Bureau, Ottawa the Young Women"s Christian Association, National Federation Liberal Women Canada. President League Nations Society Canada, 1936-1941.
Clubs: Chelsea, Royal Golf, Zonta (Ottawa).
Married Norman F. Wilson, February 23, 1909 (deceased. Children: Olive (Mistress A. F. Gill), Janet Mary (Mistress C. F. West. Burns), Cairine Reay, Ralph William, Anna Margaret, Angus Mackay, Robert Loring, Norma Frances (Mistress James I. Davies).