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Served as interim mayor. First African-American mayor. Former State Representative (one term) and former State Senator (two terms). [1] Wallace Madewell: 1982 Richard C. Hackett: 1982–1991 W. W. Herenton: 1992–2009 First elected African-American mayor Myron Lowery: 2009 (Mayor pro tem) 3rd African-American mayor A C Wharton: 2009–2015 Jim ...
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)
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.
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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.
After the “best week of (her) life,” Renee Parker Sekander isn’t tired. She’s energized. The rising political star had a busy October. On Oct. 5, her candidate won the race for Memphis ...
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's tenure encompassed the COVID-19 pandemic, the removal of Confederate statues and the killing of Tyre Nichols. 'Tragedy and triumph.' A look back at Jim Strickland's ...
About 20 years ago, Pastor Dianne Young dreamt that her son Paul would one day become mayor of Memphis.At the time, he was an engineering student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and he ...