Camille Mather

{{Short description|Canadian politician and nurse}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Camille Mather

| image = Camille Mather.jpg

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|birth_name=Camille Mildred Swanson

| birth_date ={{birth date|1912|3|16}}

| birth_place =Victoria, British Columbia

| death_date={{death date and age|2008|9|30|1912|3|16}}

| death_place=Surrey, British Columbia

| residence =

| office = MLA for Delta

| term=1960–1963

| party = British Columbia New Democratic Party

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Camille Mildred Mather (March 16, 1912 – September 30, 2008) was a nurse and political figure. She represented Delta in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1960 to 1963 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.

Born Camille Mildred Swanson in Victoria,{{cite book|title=Not Just Pin Money: Selected Essays on the History of Women's Work in British Columbia|author1=Latham, B.|author2=Pazdro, R.J.|date=1984|publisher=Camosun College|isbn=9780969184409|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oP-BAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-05-15}} she studied nursing at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster and took additional training in psychiatry. She married Barry Mather. Mather served as a municipal councillor for Burnaby City Council during the 1950s; she also was a director for Burnaby General Hospital and a member of the Metropolitan Health Board. She was defeated when she ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1963. Mather was active in the campaign against nuclear testing.{{cite book |title=Growth of the N.D.P. in B.C., 1900-1970: 81 political biographies |last=Webster |first=Daisy |year=1970}} She died in Surrey, British Columbia in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-BC-OBITS/2008-10/1223674889|title=RootsWeb: CAN-BC-OBITS-L [CAN-BC-OBITS] Vancouver Sun and/or The Province; October 03, 2008|publisher=archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=2015-05-15}}