Career
She sat with the governing Social Cr party and later as an Independent. She was originally a teacher, then a leader at the local Women"s Institute, chair of the local school board and mayor of Stony Plain. Wood ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature for the first time in the 1940 Alberta general election.
Wood would run for a third term in the 1948 Alberta general election.
She faced Anderson for the second election and a liberal candidate. Wood would stand for a fourth term in office in the 1952 Alberta general election.
Her popular vote fell just enough to force a second count. Wood was defeated standing for a fifth term in office in the 1955 Alberta general election.
McLaughlin and Wood faced each other for the second time in the 1959 Alberta general election.
This time McLaughlin ended losing almost 20% of his popular vote from the previous election and being defeated. Wood would be re-elected to her fifth term and second stint in office with just under half the popular vote. A rematch between Wood and McLaughlin took place for the third time in the 1963 general election.
Both candidates lost about 4% of their vote in the five way race with Wood hanging onto her seat and McLaughlin finishing second.
Future Modern Language Association Rudolph Zander also ran in this race finishing a distant fourth place. Wood stood for a seventh term in office, however the Social Cr Stony Plain constituency association was looking for a change.
On February 11, 1967 Wood was defeated by Ralph Jespersen in a nomination battle. Wood left the Social Cr caucus on April 24, 1967 claiming that she was the only true Social Creditor left and that was perhaps the reason for getting rid of her.
She would run against Jespersen in the general election and two other candidates and be defeated finishing a very distant fourth place.