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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 ...
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis [a] (née Bouvier / ˈ b uː v i eɪ /; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy.
Three other Canadian prime ministers–Alexander Mackenzie, John Diefenbaker, and John A. Macdonald—were widowers who remarried before becoming prime minister. 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
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.
First Tamil-Canadian Female elected in Canada Juanita Nathan, elected York School Board Trustee for Markham Wards 7 and 8; First Tamil-Canadian and Tamil Female elected House of Commons Rathika Sitsabaiesan, elected Member of Parliament for Scarborough-Rouge River, Ontario from 2011 to 2015
Hilda Kari was the first woman directly elected to the National Parliament in 1989. [186] Somalia: 1979: 18 women [9] South Africa: 1933: Leila Reitz [187] South Korea: 1946: Hwang Shin-duk Park Hyun-sook Park Seung-ho Shin Eui-kyung [188] The four were appointed members. Louise Yim became the first woman elected to parliament in 1949 [189 ...
On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was seated beside his smartly dressed wife, who was wearing a pink Chanel-like suit and matching pillbox hat and holding an armful of red roses that ...
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.