She went to work at Manufacturer's Life Insurance Company as a data processing manager and as a computer systems designer.
She was active in the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, eventually becoming secretary of the Toronto local.
[4] Ward attributed her win to her opposition to the rent control system as 60% of the voters in the riding were tenants.
"[5] She was appointed parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Government Services on October 1, 1990, and held this position until her death from cancer in early 1993.
[6] York University now offers a Margery Ward Memorial Bursary in political science.