Phyllis Winifred McQuaid (née Haas; March 6, 1928 – June 7, 2023) was an American politician in the state of Minnesota.

After raising eight children as a stay-at-home mother, McQuaid was elected in 1975 to the St. Louis Park School Board and in 1979 as mayor of St. Louis Park.

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McQuaid served in the Minnesota Senate as an Independent Republican member, representing district 44 from 1983 to 1990, when she lost re-election to Ted Mondale. She died in Roseville, Minnesota on June 7, 2023, at the age of 95.

Phyllis W. McQuaid

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1928 births

2023 deaths

Women mayors of places in Minnesota

Women state legislators in Minnesota

Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives

School board members in Minnesota

21st-century American women

People from Becker County, Minnesota

Phyllis W. McQuaid