Then B.C. Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo waves in Victoria on Feb. 13, 2007. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Deddeda Stemler
February 14, 2014 - 10:05 AM
VANCOUVER - Former B.C. lieutenant-governor and Trudeau-era cabinet minister Iona Campagnolo (campa'-NYO-lo) is in hospital with a spinal cord injury, but she is expected to make a full recovery.
Campagnolo's daughter, Jennifer, says her mother was injured in a recent fall and is now in the spinal care unit at Vancouver General Hospital.
The injury means 81-year-old Campagnolo won't be attending next week's federal Liberal party convention in Montreal.
Jennifer Campagnolo says doctors expect her mother to fully recover within three to six months.
Campagnolo was elected to Parliament in 1974 and was eventually appointed to be minister of state for fitness and amateur sport.
She became the first woman to serve as B.C.'s lieutenant-governor in 2001 and was succeeded by Steven Point in 2007.
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