Mary Elizabeth Bayer

Mary Elizabeth Bayer (February 10, 1925 - September 7, 2005) was a Canadian civil servant, educator and community activist. Bayer was Manitoba's first woman Assistant Deputy Minister.

Bayer retired to Victoria in 1980. She was chair of the Greater Victoria Library Board and of the British Columbia Heritage Society. She also served on the executive of the Provincial Capital Commission. In 1994, she was named a member of the Order of Canada. She died on September 7, 2005 in Victoria.

Bayer also published a number of collections of poetry, including Faces of Love. Her text was used in the opera Grant, Warden of the Plains by Murray Adaskin.