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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 ...
In the 1921 election, the first general election where women had full participation, five women stood as candidates: Harriet Dick, Rose Mary Henderson, Elizabeth Bethune Kiely, Agnes Macphail and Harriet Dunlop Prenter. Macphail was the only one successful in winning a seat, and she became the first woman to be elected into the House of Commons.
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.
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
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.
Agnes Campbell Macphail (March 24, 1890 – February 13, 1954) [1] was a Canadian politician and the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons. She served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1921 to 1940; from 1943 to 1945 and again from 1948 to 1951, she served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Toronto riding of York East.