Erminie Cohen

Erminie Cohen CM (née Bernstein; July 23, 1926 – February 15, 2019) was a Canadian politician who served in the Senate from 1993 to 2001.

Born Erminie Joy Bernstein in Saint John, New Brunswick, she graduated from Mount Allison University.

She was appointed on the recommendation of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to the Senate of Canada in 1993 representing the senatorial division of Saint John, New Brunswick.

She was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party caucus until her retirement in 2001, where she continued her devotion to social causes in particular, poverty.

This included acting as the co-chair of the Progressive Conservative National Caucus Task Force on Poverty, and spearheading attempts to make discrimination based on social condition prohibited under the Canadian Human Rights Act.