Notable Black Candidates in 2021
Dr. Hedy Fry makes history in the Parliament of Canada Trinidad and Tobago born Dr. Hedy Fry achieved a significant feat in the 2021 elections winning her Vancouver Centre Riding for the 10th consecutive time. The 79-year-old is the oldest and longest-serving female Member of Parliament in Canada today. Fry, born in Trinidad and Tobago’s southern capital, San Fernando earned her degree in Medicine with Honours from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin Ireland. She moved to Canada in 1970 set up a practice in Vancouver and hosted a popular nationally televised show on CBC, Doctor Doctor. In 1993 …