Marjorie Carroll

Marjorie Carroll (née Monk) was a former nurse and politician in Ontario, Canada. She served as the first female, and longest-serving mayor of Waterloo from 1977 to 1988. She grew up on a farm near Elmwood, Ontario. She was educated at the Kitchener-Waterloo School of Nursing and studied public health nursing at the University of Western Ontario.

Following her political career, Carroll consulted with Waterloo Management Education Centre assisting clients with the development of human resources planning.

Carroll died on October 24, 2020, in Waterloo, Ontario.

Honours A courtyard outside of Waterloo City Centre was dedicated in her honour on September 25, 1987. In 2004, the birthing centre at the Grand River Hospital was renamed the Marjorie Carroll Childbirth Centre. A nursing lecture hall at Conestoga College was also named in her honour. She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013.