Career
A Liberal, she was appointed to the Senate 28 July 1955 on the recommendation of Louis Street-Laurent, and represented the senatorial division of Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island until her death. She was the first female Senator from Prince Edward Island. Inman died at Ottawa"s National Defence Medical Centre on 31 May 1986 following a heart attack the previous month (29 April).
At 95, she was the oldest serving senator at that time and continued to attend some Senate sessions until December 1985 despite having arthritis in her final years.