Background
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel was born on March 25, 1951 in Fort Norman. Daughter of Cecilia Modeste, adopted d. Joseph and Maire Therese Blondin.
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel was born on March 25, 1951 in Fort Norman. Daughter of Cecilia Modeste, adopted d. Joseph and Maire Therese Blondin.
Bachelor of Education, U. Alberta, 1974.
She was also Minister of State (Northern Development) in the Liberal Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin. She was the first Aboriginal woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada. She was first elected in the 1988 election.
She received a Bachelor of Education from the University of Alberta in 1974.
Before embarking upon her political career, she spent many years working in the North as a teacher, and later as an Assistant Deputy Minister with the territorial government. Under Prime Ministers Chrétien and Martin, she served as Secretary of State then Minister of State, respectively, for Children and Youth.
She was re-elected in the 2004 election by a razor-thin margin of 53 votes, and was voted out of office in the 2006 election.
Blondin-Andrew is a Dene who was the Member of Parliament for the district of Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories.
Children: Troy, Tanya, Timothy.