Nova Scotia municipal election: Mary Teresa Sullivan, Halifax City Council, 1936+ 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) First female mayor of: Kentville, Nova Scotia: Gladys Porter (1946-1960) Ottawa, Ontario: Charlotte Whitton (1951–1956, 1960–1964) Prince Rupert, British Columbia: Nora Arnold (1947-1950) Edmonton, Alberta: Jan Reimer (1989-1995) First female city councillor in: Vancouver: Helena Gutteridge in 1937. First female judge in British Columbia: Helen Gregory MacGill in 1917 First female chief justice in: British Columbia: Beverley McLachlin in 1988 Canada: Beverley McLachlin in 2000 Female presidents of major political parties Agnes Macphail, Founding President of the Ontario CCF 1932–34 Gladys Strum, President of Saskatchewan CCF 1944-195? First female Lieutenant Governors Pauline Mills McGibbon, 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario 1974–1980 Pearl McGonigal, 19th Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba 1981–1986 Helen Hunley, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta 1985–1991 Sylvia Fedoruk, 17th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan 1988–1994 Marion Reid, 24th Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island 1990–1995 Margaret McCain, 27th Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1994–1997 Lise Thibault, 27th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec 1997–2007 Myra Freeman, 29th Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia 2000–2006 Iona Campagnolo, 27th Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia 2001–2007 Judy Foote, 14th Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, taking office in 2018 First female Commissioners of Canadian territories Ione Christensen, 10th Commissioner of Yukon 1979 Helen Maksagak, 13th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 1995–1999 Helen Maksagak, 1st Commissioner of Nunavut 1999–2000 First female British Columbia Minister of Government Management Services and Minister Responsible For Women's Programs: Carol Gran People with disabilities First hearing-impaired (deaf) person elected in Canada: Gary Malkowski Ontario New Democratic Party MPP York East (East York) 1990–1995 First paraplegic person elected in Alberta: Percy Wickman Alberta Liberal Party MLA Edmonton-Whitemud (1989–1993), Edmonton-Rutherford (1993–2001) First quadriplegic person elected to a Canadian legislature: Doug Mowat British Columbia Social Credit MLA Vancouver-Little Mountain 1983–1991 First quadriplegic person elected to the House of Commons: Steven Fletcher, Conservative, Charleswood—St. James, Manitoba, 2004–2015 First quadriplegic mayor : Sam Sullivan, Mayor of Vancouver, November 2005, December 2008 First legally blind person elected to the House of Commons: J. Trevor Morgan, Progressive Conservative, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1972–1974 Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender First openly gay candidates in Canada Peter Maloney, candidate for Toronto Board of Education in 1972, and for Toronto City