List of The First Female Holders of Political Offices in The Americas - Canada

Canada

  • Monarch - Queen Victoria - 1867
  • City councillor and first woman elected to any political office in Canada - Hannah Gale - 1917
  • Member of a provincial legislature - Louise McKinney (Alberta) - 1917 (first female legislator in the British Empire)
  • Member of Parliament - Agnes Macphail - 1921
  • Senator - Cairine Wilson - 1930
  • Mayor - Barbara Hanley, Webbwood, Ontario - 1936
  • Mayor of a city - Charlotte Whitton, Ottawa, Ontario - 1951
  • Leader of a political party at the provincial level - Thérèse Casgrain (Quebec CCF) - 1951
  • Cabinet minister - Ellen Fairclough - 1958
  • Candidate for the leadership of a federal political party - Mary Walker-Sawka - 1967
  • Speaker of the Canadian Senate - Muriel McQueen Fergusson - 1972
  • Leader of a political party which won an election - Hilda Watson - 1978
  • Secretary of State for External Affairs - Flora MacDonald - 1979
  • Speaker of the House - Jeanne Sauvé - 1980
  • Leader of a political party with seats in a provincial legislature - Alexa McDonough (Nova Scotia New Democratic Party) - 1980
  • Governor General - Jeanne Sauvé - 1984
  • Leader of a political party at the federal level - Kathryn Cholette (Green) - 1988
  • Leader of a political party with representation in the House of Commons - Audrey McLaughlin (NDP) - 1989
  • Premier of a province - Rita Johnston (BC) - 1991
  • Premier of a territory - Nellie Cournoyea (NWT) - 1991
  • Prime Minister - Kim Campbell - 1993
  • Leader of the Government in the Senate - Joyce Fairbairn - 1993
  • Premier of a province in a general election - Catherine Callbeck (PEI) - 1993
  • Deputy Prime Minister of Canada - Sheila Copps - 1993
  • Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons - Deborah Grey - 2000
  • Leader of the Opposition in the Senate - Céline Hervieux-Payette - 2007

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