McCarthy was a member of the provincial legislature and a cabinet minister. She pushed for the lights on the main cables, and the lights took her first name.
- She proposed the lights along the main cables and brought in the Guinness family as sponsors. Source S119Source S058Source S070
- The lights are known as Gracie's Necklace, or Gracie's Pearls, after her. Source S119Source S058Source S070
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