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Here are the answers to this week's questions, found on page 2 of This Week.Questions and answers are supplied by the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

41. Men who worked full time in a managerial position in New Brunswick in 1999 earned $51,726 per year on average, while women earn $29,365 on average.

42. In 2002, women represent 18 per cent of all elected members of the N.B. Legislative Assembly.

43. It was 1985 when women were no longer bound by these rules (and others). The proclamation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms required provincial laws to be revised to remove such blatantly discriminatory provisions.

44. 1982. On May 12, 1982, Margaret Mitchell, NDP Member of Parliament for Vancouver East, rose in the House of Commons to ask the minister responsible for the Status of Women why there were not more shelters for battered women. The mostly male House did not take the statement seriously and a ripple of laughter was heard from all sides of the House. One MP declared "I don't beat my wife." Women across the country were angry, prompting an apology from the House to Canadian women.

45. The first woman to be appointed to the Court of Appeal of New Brunswick was Margaret Larlee, in 1998. Eight of the 26 judges on the Court of Queen's Bench are women, for a total of nine federally appointed female judges out of 35 on the two courts, or 26 per cent. Four female judges sit on the 28-member Provincial Court (14 per cent).

The complete document is available online at www.acswcccf.nb.ca.