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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.
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 American-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First Independent woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Yukon Dorise Nielsen (1902–1980) North Battleford: March 26, 1940: June 10, 1945: Unity [4] First English-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Only Labor-Progressive or Unity (i.e., Communist) woman elected ...
Representation by women has been a significant issue in Canadian politics since 1900. 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.
The oldest first minister, François Legault of Quebec, is 67; the youngest first minister, P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, is 40. Of the current first ministers, two (Danielle Smith of Alberta and Susan Holt of New Brunswick) are women and three (P.J. Akeeagok of Nunavut, Wab Kinew of Manitoba, and R.J. Simpson of the Northwest Territories) are ...
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
This is a list of women who have served as viceroys in Canada. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with King Charles III as the reigning Canadian monarch.As the King does not reside in Canada, his daily responsibilities in the country are undertaken by the Governor General of Canada in the federal jurisdiction and by a lieutenant governor in each of the ten provincial jurisdictions.
Women have served in the Canadian Senate since Senator Cairine Wilson was first appointed to the Senate by the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1930. [1] Since then, women have represented every province and territory in the Senate except for Nunavut.