She was born Laura Emma Marshall in Park Head, Ontario,[3] the daughter of Joseph Marshall and Lucy Smith, and was educated in Owen Sound and at University of Toronto. In 1901, she married John Stewart Jamieson. Jamieson was a member of the BC Public Library Commission and served as a juvenile court judge in Burnaby.[1] She was first elected to the assembly in a 1939 by-election held following the death of Fred Crone and reelected in 1941 and again in 1952. Jamieson was defeated when she ran for reelection in 1945 and 1953.[4] She also served as alderman for the city of Vancouver. Jamieson died in hospital in Vancouver at the age of 81 after a short illness.[2]
References
^ abNormandin, A L (1940). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940.