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Once described as 'Ontario’s Eve' for all her 'first woman' achievements, the Honourable Pauline McGibbon dedicated her life to the betterment of her community, province and nation.<ref name=HerTrust>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A 1976 article indicated 'She has a warm, smiling face wreathed by a grey braid, her trademark… She is almost apologetic for being ‘old-fashioned,' but, because of her upbringing, she says she rarely feels really dressed, without gloves'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Former Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson once commented that McGibbon 'was perceptive, incisive, amusing and self-deprecating'.<ref name=Globe2001>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life

Pauline Emily Mills was born 20 October 1910 in Sarnia, Ontario.<ref name=CanEncyc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was the only child of Alfred William and Ethel Selina Mills, her father being a textiles and goods merchant.<ref name=MGCS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After George Street, and Lochiel Street Schools, and Sarnia Collegiate, she studied at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1933 with a Bachelor of Arts in Modern History.<ref name=MGCS /><ref name="GlobeMail">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=UoG1977 />

In January 1935 Pauline married football star and her childhood sweetheart Donald Walker McGibbon,<ref name=Globe2001 /><ref name=MGCS /><ref name=HerTrust /> both attending the university together. Don later became vice-president and treasurer of Imperial Oil Limited.<ref name=MGCS />

Career

A lifelong volunteer and supporter of the arts, McGibbon became president of the Dominion Drama Festival from 1957 to 1959.<ref name=MGCS /> She volunteered for years including national president of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire from 1963 to 1965.<ref name=CanEncyc /> She was the first woman to lead such organizations as the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1972).<ref name=HerTrust />

McGibbon served as chancellor, and first female in those roles, of the universities of Toronto (1971–1974) and Guelph (1977–1983).<ref name=LGOntario>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=UG2001>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Appointed by prime minister Pierre Trudeau,<ref name=MGCS /> McGibbon was installed as the first female Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on 17 January 1974, and thus became the first female governor in the country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> (The first female Lieutenant Governor in the Commonwealth was Dame Hilda Bynoe, Governor of Grenada 1968–1974.) She held the office until 1980. A particular focus of her mandate was the arts in Ontario.<ref name=LGOntario /> This was her first salaried employment, due to the support of her husband which had enabled her to devote much time to voluntary work.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Of her annual $35 000 salary, she gave back the money other than for $200 a month which at her husband's request went into a retirement savings plan.<ref name=Globe2001 />

Additional to her benevolent work, McGibbon was an active member of the business community, and served as director on companies in Canada such as IBM Canada Limited,<ref name=UoG1977 /> Imasco, Mercedes-Benz, and George Weston Limited.<ref name=MGCS />

From 1980 McGibbon was a director of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall.<ref name=LGOntario /><ref name=CanEncyc /> She also served as chairman, and their first female chair of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (1980),<ref name=HerTrust /><ref name=GG-Canada>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and honorary colonel of 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion and No. 7 Cadet Corps of Saint Thomas.<ref name=UoG1977 />

During her life, McGibbon was also the governor of the Upper Canada College.<ref name=MGCS />

Later life

She and Don had no children.<ref name=MGCS />

By the end of her life, McGibbon had been the chairman, a board member, director, and/or president of at least fifteen arts associations, including the National Arts Centre (Ottawa), the Toronto International Festival of Dance and Music, and the du Maurier Council for the Performing Arts.<ref name=MGCS />

After a lengthy illness, McGibbon died in Toronto on Friday, 14 December 2001, aged 91.<ref name=UG2001 /> She was buried in the family plot in the Lakeview Cemetery in Sarnia, Ontario.

Legacy

Established in 1981, the Pauline McGibbon Award, a monetary $7000 (2021) award, is given each year to a member of Ontario’s professional theatre community in the early stages of the member's career who has displayed a unique talent and a potential for excellence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Ontario Arts Council manages the award.

Her name is also given to Pauline McGibbon Park, 180 North College Avenue, Sarnia.<ref name=HerTrust />

Awards

McGibbon is the first woman to hold the presidency of the University of Toronto Alumni Association (1952–53). In November 1956, she received a life membership in Ontario provincial chapter, to which she had given continuous service since 1940.<ref name="GlobeMail" /> McGibbon was one of many people recognised by the Alumni as 1990 Arbor Award recipients for generosity and contribution to the experience of university members.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She received the medal of service of the Order of Canada in recognition of her contributions to worthy causes.<ref name=UnfoundSource>Template:Cite news</ref> She was made a Dame of the Order of Saint Lazarus.<ref name=UoG1977>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1957 McGibbon received the Canadian Drama Award for outstanding service to theatre in Canada.<ref name=UoG1977 />

She received the Civic Award of Merit from the City of Toronto,<ref name=UoG1977 /> and in the same year an honorary doctor of laws degree from University of Alberta.<ref name=UnfoundSource />

McGibbon was named as an Officer of the Order of Canada in December 1967, for her contribution to the theatre and education, and several volunteer organizations.<ref name=GG-Canada /> After leaving Office, McGibbon was promoted to be a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1980,<ref name=GG-Canada /> and was separately appointed to the Order of Ontario in December 1988.<ref name=LGOntario />

In October 1975 as a lieutenant-governor, she was awarded an honorary law degree by the University of Toronto.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By March 1977, McGibbon held seven honorary degrees from Canadian universities, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, a Dame of Grace of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, the Canadian Centennial Medal (1967), and the Award of Merit from the Canadian Public Relations Society.<ref name=UoG1977 /> She had also been the first woman member of the Royal Canadian Military Institute.<ref name=UoG1977 />

External links

• Order of Canada Citation
• Pauline McGibbon fonds, Archives of Ontario