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First female elected in an Ontario municipal election: Constance Hamilton, Toronto City Council, 1920–21; First female mayor, appointed: Violet Barss, Delia, Alberta (1920–1922) First female mayor, elected: Barbara Hanley, Webbwood, Ontario (1936–1944) First female mayor of a city: Charlotte Whitton, Ottawa (1951–1956, 1960–1964)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. For a list of the Dutch directors-general who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland. The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The ...
The first woman to serve as mayor in the United States is believed to be Susanna M. Salter, who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. [3] [4] [5] However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Hulda Dóra Jakobsdóttir, first woman elected mayor in Kópavogur and first female mayor in Iceland Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York [142] Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York, United States [143] 1958. Aruna Asaf Ali, first woman elected mayor in Delhi, India
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva —appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (2009-2022) New Democratic Party MPP for Hamilton East (2004-2007) and Hamilton Centre (2007-2022) List: Brenda Locke: Surrey: British Columbia 568,322 November 7, 2022: BC Liberal MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers (2001-2005) Liberal candidate in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections in Fleetwood—Port Kells
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.
Cecilia Oba Tito, first woman elected mayor of Yei, South Sudan and also the first female mayor in South Sudan [95] Olga Rasamimanana, first woman elected mayor of Antananarivo, Madagascar Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York, United States [96] Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, first woman elected mayor of Malmö, Sweden