Timeline

FIRST WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS

1917 - Roberta MacAdams and Louise McKinney (Alberta)

1918 - Mary Ellen Smith (British Colombia)

1919 - Sara Ramsland (Saskatchewan)

1920 - Edith Rogers (Manitoba)

1921 - Agnes Campbell Macphail (House of Commons)

1930 - Cairine Reay Wilson (Senate) and Lady Helena Squires (Newfoundland and Labrador - Pre-Confederation)

1943 - Agnes Campbell Macphail and Rae Luckock (Ontario)

1960 - Gladys Muriel Porter (Nova Scotia)

1961 - Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain (Quebec)

1967 - Brenda Robertson (New Brunswick) and Jean Gordon (Yukon)

1970 - Ella Jean Canfield (Prince Edward Island) and Lena Pederson (Northwest Territories)

1975 - Hazel McIsaac (Newfoundland and Labrador - Post-Confederation)

1999 - Manitok Catherine Thompson (Nunavut)