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Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving first lady of the U.S., was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history. A common variant is Eleonora/Eleanora. In 2022, it was the 43rd most popular name given to girls in Canada. [2] Common hypocorisms include Elle, Ella, Ellie, Elly, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Nella, Nellie, Nelly ...
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.
Following Joe Biden 's inauguration on January 20, 2021, his wife, Jill Biden, became the 43rd official first lady. There are four living former first ladies: Hillary Clinton, married to Bill Clinton; Laura Bush, married to George W. Bush; Michelle Obama, married to Barack Obama; and Melania Trump, married to Donald Trump.
Liberal. First Afghan-Canadian women elected to Parliament. President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; Minister of Democratic Institutions (2015–2017) Minister of International Development (2019) Minister for the Status of Women/Women and Gender Equality (2017–2021) Minister of Rural Economic Development (2019–2021) Eva Nassif.
In the subsequent 1953 election, four women – Fairclough, Margaret Aitken, Sybil Bennett and Ann Shipley – were elected to Parliament. Every subsequent election has had at least two women elected to Parliament, except 1968 when Grace MacInnis was the only woman elected. Shipley became, in 1955, the first woman in Canadian history to ...
First Lady of Canada. For spouses of the Canadian monarch, see List of Canadian monarchs#Consorts. For spouses of the governor general of Canada, see Viceregal consort of Canada. For spouses of the Canadian prime minister, see Spouse of the prime minister of Canada. Category:
The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .
Macdonald, Canada's first prime minister, had been a widower for ten years while in office in the former Province of Canada. His first wife was Isabella Clark, who died in 1857. Macdonald married his second wife, Agnes Bernard, while in London in 1867, during the final negotiations leading up to Confederation. Mackenzie's first wife was Helen ...