Caroline "Carol" Simpson (nee Gray) was born October 14th, 1938 to Al and Sue-Ann Gray in Nanaimo British Columbia. Her family was long active in the Social Credit Party of BC, with her father running un-successfully for the party in the 1952 election. Caroline remained active as a member of the Social Credit Party of BC until she left the province. In 1959, Caroline met Ronald Simpson, a lawyer from Edmonton who she married in November of that year. She moved to Edmonton with her new husband and spent many years working in her husband's law office as a secretary part-time, while tending to the couple's three children: Davis (b. 1960), Sarah (b. 1962), and Charlie (b. 1963). Both Caroline and Ronald were active in the federal Progressive Conservative Party, assisting campaigns in Edmonton