Muriel McQueen was born on March 6, 1899, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Muriel McQueen Fergusson was born on March 6, 1899, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, into a well-established and politically engaged family. Her father, Arthur Fitzgerald McQueen, was a lawyer and later served as a judge, while her family's social standing gave her access to education that was uncommon for women of her era.
Growing up in the provincial capital exposed her early to legal and political life, planting the seeds for her own eventual career in law and federal politics. She pursued her education at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, becoming one of the relatively few women in Canada at the time to obtain a legal education.
Her early life in Fredericton, set against the backdrop of the early twentieth century and the fight for women's suffrage, shaped her later commitment to advancing women's rights within Canadian legal and political institutions. This upbringing in a family with legal ties directly informed her path toward becoming one of Canada's most significant female legislative pioneers.
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