a significant role in steering Manitoba's Child Welfare Act through committee and into law. She also supported the prohibition of alcohol. However her election did not signal renewed political power for Manitoba's Metis or for women. The Liberals were defeated by the United Farmers of Manitoba in the 1922 provincial election. Rogers, who was re-elected in Winnipeg, served with seven other Liberals on the opposition benches. She frequently criticised social service cuts enacted by John Bracken's administration. Rogers was re-elected for a final time in the 1927 election, which the Liberals again lost. In 1928, she represented Canada at the Geneva Conference for the abolition of import and export prohibitions and restrictions. Her husband died in 1929, and she did not seek re-election in 1932. Later life and death She resumed her philanthropic career in World War II, serving as chair of the Provincial War Council of the Red Cross. She retired in 1942, and died in Colborne, Ontario five years later. Margaret Konantz Rogers's daughter, Margaret Konantz, served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1963 to 1965, and was the first woman ever elected as a federal MP from Manitoba. Publications Gail Konantz wrote a biography of Rogers in 1981. References 1876 births 1947 deaths Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs Women MLAs in Manitoba People from Northern Region, Manitoba Métis politicians Canadian Métis people