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First Italian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec (of 3) Minister of National Revenue (1976–1977) Minister of Health (1977–1979, 1980–1984) Flora MacDonald (1926–2015) Kingston and the Islands: October 30, 1972: November 20, 1988: Progressive Conservative [21] Minister of Foreign Affairs ...
Jody Wilson-Raybould PC OBC KC (born March 23, 1971), also known by her initials JWR [2] [3] and by her Kwak’wala name Puglaas, [4] [5] is a Canadian lawyer, author, and former politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the British Columbia (BC) riding of Vancouver Granville from 2015 to 2021.
She was the first Black Canadian woman to serve as a federal Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament. Prior to entering politics in 1993, Jean Augustine had a career in education. [ 1 ] She enrolled in Toronto Teachers’ College, graduating with an Ontario teaching certificate in 1963.
Also first woman appointed a cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to serve in the Quebec Provincial Court. First female MLA elected in New Brunswick: Brenda Robertson, New Brunswick Progressive Conservative MLA, 1967–1984; First female candidate in Prince Edward Island:
First black member, and longest serving member of the Senate [3] [4] Joyce Fairbairn: Alberta: June 29, 1984 January 18, 2013 Liberal: Pierre Trudeau: First woman to serve as Leader of the Government of the Senate [3] [5] Brenda Robertson: New Brunswick: December 21, 1984 May 23, 2004 Progressive Conservative: Brian Mulroney [3] Eileen Rossiter ...
The first female premier was Rita Johnston in 1991 in British Columbia. Today, every Canadian jurisdiction has had at least one female premier except for Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. The most women first ministers at any one time was six, for 277 days from 11 February to 15 November 2013.
The first woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada was Louise McKinney in the 1917 Alberta general election, while the first woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada was Agnes Macphail, in the 1921 Canadian federal election. Although female representation in politics has increased since then, and political parties have ...
On June 28, 1985, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-31 to amend the Indian Act, eliminating the Act's original gender discrimination and creating a new process of reinstatement for affected First Nations women to have their Indian status restored. Two-Axe Earley became the first woman to have her status restored, and thousands of other ...