Isabel Dawson

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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| honorific-prefix =

| name = Isabel Dawson

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| constituency_AM = Mackenzie

| assembly = British Columbia Legislative

| predecessor = Anthony Gargrave

| successor = Don Lockstead

| term_start = September 12, 1966

| term_end = August 30, 1972

| birth_name = Isabel Pearl Saunders

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|10|13}}

| birth_place = Camrose, Alberta

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|3|9|1917|10|13}}

| death_place = Victoria, British Columbia

| death_cause = Cancer

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| party = Social Credit

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Isabel Pearl Dawson (October 13, 1917 – April 9, 1982) was a political figure in British Columbia, Canada. After being defeated in the 1963 provincial election, she represented Mackenzie in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1972 as a Social Credit member.

She was born Isabel Pearl Saunders in Camrose, Alberta, the daughter of John David Saunders, and was educated there and in Princeton, British Columbia and Vancouver. She served in the Canadian Women's Army Corps during World War II. She married Charles John Dawson. Isabel Dawson served in the provincial cabinet as a minister without portfolio. She was defeated by Don Lockstead when she ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1972.{{cite web |url=http://www.powellrivermuseum.ca/grants/BC150/RemarkableWomen.html |title=Remarkable Women |publisher=Powell River Museum |accessdate=2012-02-02}} After leaving politics, Dawson earned a degree in psychology from the University of Victoria and an MSc in gerontology from the University of Oregon. In 1974, she moved to Victoria from Powell River. Dawson died of cancer at the age of 64.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kptlAAAAIBAJ&pg=2202,93127 |title=Former Cabinet Minister Dies At 64 |publisher=Vancouver Sun |date=April 12, 1982 |page=17 |accessdate=2012-02-02}}

The Isabel Dawson building at Camosun College is named in her honour.