First Woman Elected to Canada's Parliament

Agnes MacPhail

When Agnes Campbell MacPhail walked down the long corridor to the opening of the Senate Chamber, she was so much aware of the fact that, as the first woman in Canadian Parliament, she was leading the way for others in the future, she claimed: "I could almost hear them coming."

This week the first woman ~ openly gay woman ~ became leader of a major political party, to sit as Premier of Ontario.

*1921 Progressive Party of Canada.  By 1926 ranks of the third party had dwindled to twelve.  MacPhail refused offers of a position in MacKenzie King's cabinet, remaining loyal to the Progressive Party.

For an outline of Agnes MacPhail's accomplishments:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Macphail 
(b. March 24, 1890 - d. February 13, 1954)

~ Footprints In The Snow, The Heros And Heroines Of Canada, Robert Livesey, Little Brick Schoolhouse, 1978.


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...and the work goes on

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