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Kim Campbell, Canada (1993): The first female head of government in North America. Tansu Çiller , Turkey (1993–1996): The first elected Muslim female prime minister in Europe. Chandrika Kumaratunga , Sri Lanka (1994–2000): The first time that a nation possessed a female president (Chandrika Kumaratunga) and a female prime minister ...
The number of women in the Canadian Parliament has been slowly but steadily increasing since the 1980s [9] and has reached its highest point following the 2021 Canadian federal election where women made up 30.5% [10] of the Canadian House of Commons, higher than the global average of 25.7% [11] and surpassing the 1995 United Nations goal of 30% ...
July 17 – Toronto FC plays their first home game against Orlando City SC at BMO Field, marking the first MLS game played in Canada during the 2021 season. July 20 – British Columbia declares a state of emergency in response to the 2021 British Columbia wildfires. [33] July 26 – Mary Simon is sworn in as Canada's 30th Governor General. She ...
If 2020 was a difficult year for most of the country, 2021 represented a reprieve - but mostly just because of the extremely low bar set by the previous year.The nation in 2020 was locked down by ...
The 43rd Canadian Parliament once again set a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 98 women elected to the 338-member House of Commons of Canada (28.9%) in the 2019 election. [1] 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 ...
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Pages in category "2021 in North America" ... 2021 in Canada; 2021 in Curaçao; D. ... 2021 in the United States; W. List of 2021 Women's March locations
These women are living life at the top. Tamara Gustavson, $5.5 Billion. The richest person in Kentucky, Tamara Gustavson can claim a top spot in America as well, thanks to the self-storage company ...