[2] Having dropped out of school after Grade 7,[1] in later life Kiniski "[e]nrolled in University of Alberta Extension courses, studying psychology, philosophy and world affairs".
[1] As a politician, she was "[k]nown and loved as supporter of the common people",[2] whose success spurred renewed civic involvement: Her 1963 victory was said to have reinvigorated public interest in City Council.
While Kiniski's outspoken criticism of city spending did not make her popular with civic administrators, her defence of the "little people" captured the public's imagination.
[1]As a member of the city council, "[o]ne of her pet projects... was her fight to support tenants in basement suites".
[2][3] She died of a heart attack at the age of 70,[1] and was succeeded in office by her son, Julian Kinisky, who won his mother's vacated seat in a 1970 by-election.