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Edna Irene Watson MCP (1895 – 1976) with Hilda Aitken was one of the first two female members of the colonial parliament of Bermuda. She represented the Paget parish from 1948 to 1953 after a campaign by The Women's Suffrage Society for her election to the House of Assembly.

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6. "Edna Watson, M.C.P. 1895—1976 : The first Bermuda female Member of Parliament representing the Parish of Paget" (PDF). Pagetcouncil.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.

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