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First Black Canadian and Female City Councillor in Montreal: Kettly Beauregard, Marie-Victorin, Parti Vision Montreal, 1994–2001; First Black Canadian City Councillor in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta: Ajibola "Jibs" Abitoye, October 17, 2017; First Black Canadian and Female City Councillor in London, Ontario: Arielle Kayabaga, October 22, 2018
Sheila Copps becomes Canada's first female Deputy Prime Minister. 1994 – Delia Opekokew becomes the first woman to run for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations. 2000 – Beverley McLachlin becomes Canada's first female Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Deborah Grey becomes Canada's first female Leader of the Opposition in the ...
The longest-serving female premier is Christy Clark, who served as premier of British Columbia for over six years, from 14 March 2011 to 18 July 2017. Four of the sixteen women first ministers won the title by defeating an incumbent first minister in a general election, while three were chosen by a consensus of their legislative assembly. The ...
The following is a list of nominated candidates and those seeking nominations for the 2025 Canadian federal election.Nominations announced before the new representation order are assumed to apply to whatever new riding most closely corresponds to ridings under the old representation order; riding names from the old representation order are in italics.
The 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election is an ongoing election being held from February 26 to March 9, 2025. It is currently being held by members of the Liberal Party of Canada to elect a successor to Justin Trudeau following his announcement on January 6, 2025, of his intention to resign as party leader and as prime minister of Canada as soon as his successor is elected.
First Indo-Canadian woman elected to Parliament (of 2) Meili Faille (born 1972) Vaudreuil—Soulanges: June 28, 2004: May 1, 2011: Bloc Québécois [165] First Taiwanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Diane Finley (born 1957) Haldimand—Norfolk: June 28, 2004: May 11, 2021: Conservative [166] Minister of Human Resources (2006–2007 ...
Of those 98 women, 31 were elected for the first time in the 2019 election. 2 more women were elected in by-elections in October 2020, reaching the historic milestone of 100 women in the House of Commons for the first time. [2] This represents a gain of twelve seats over the previous record of 88 women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament.
Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell PC CC OBC KC (born March 10, 1947) is a former Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June to November 1993. Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada.