Grace Hartman OOnt (née Armstrong; 1900 – May 23, 1998),[1] was a Canadian social activist and politician in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, who became the city's first female mayor.
[5] She was born in Markdale, Ontario, and moved to Sudbury after marrying George Hartman in 1938.
[7] George Hartman died in 1960; Grace subsequently married Arthur Grout in 1969.
[5] In the late 1970s, Hartman and Grout retired to Toronto, although Hartman returned to Sudbury several times, to accept an honorary doctorate from Laurentian University and a lifetime achievement award from the city's business and professional women's association.
Creating the amphitheatre had been one of Hartman's key projects during her city council term.