Aileen Garmson

{{Short description|New Zealand trade unionist and political activist}}

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Aileen Anna Maria Garmson ({{nee}} Douglas, later Wrack and then Cooke; {{circa}} 1863 – 30 May 1951) was a New Zealand trade unionist and political activist. She was born in County Cavan, Ireland in circa 1863.{{DNZB|title=Aileen Anna Maria Garmson|first= Suzanne|last= Starky|id=2g1|accessdate=25 December 2016}}

She became one of the first three female candidates for Parliament in New Zealand, standing as an Independent Liberal in the seat of Thames in {{NZ election link year|1919}}.{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1919 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1921-I-II.2.3.2.45 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=6 December 2014 |pages=1–6 | year=1921}}