Margaret McTavish Konantz OBE (née Rogers; 30 April 1899 – 11 May 1967) was a Canadian politician of Métis ancestry, who represented the electoral district of Winnipeg South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1963 to 1965.
Following the death of her husband in 1954, she volunteered for UNICEF, travelling to Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Rhodesia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and the United Arab Republic on behalf of the organization.
She originally stood as the Liberal candidate for Winnipeg South in the 1962 election,[6] but lost to Progressive Conservative incumbent Gordon Chown.
She became national chair for UNICEF Canada in 1965,[5] and undertook several further international tours with the organization after leaving elected politics.
[9] She died on May 11, 1967, after collapsing of a heart attack at a radio station while preparing to conduct an interview about her UNICEF work.