Career
Weston was the wife of Claude Weston, who was effectively the first president of the National Party (1936–1940). In the 1946 election, Claude Weston was a candidate for the National Party in the Wellington Central electorate. He died suddenly on 10 November 1946 in Wellington, and she replaced him as a candidate.
The other women appointed in 1950 were Cora Louisa Burrell and Ethel Marion Gould.
Only two other women, Mary Anderson and Mary Dreaver, had ever been appointed to the Council (in 1946).