those on the Indian Register, did not get the right to vote in federal elections until 1960.) Harriet S. Dick, Winnipeg Centre, Independent; 2,314 (4th Place, 4/5) Rose Mary Louise Henderson, St. Lawrence—St. George, Labour Party; 510 (Last Place, 3/3) Elizabeth Bethune Kiely, Toronto East, Liberal; 52 votes (Last Place, 5/5) Agnes Macphail, Grey Southeast, Progressive Party; 6,958 (1st; 1/3) Harriet Dunlop Prenter, Toronto West, Labour Party; 1,741 (Last Place, 3/3) First women elected to the Canadian House of Commons: Agnes Macphail, Progressive, United Farmers of Ontario, Labour, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) MP Grey South and Grey—Bruce, from 1921 to 1940. She was also one of two women who were the first women as MPPs in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Ontario CCF (the forerunner to the New Democratic Party) for the riding of York East 1943–1945 and 1948–1951 Martha Black, Independent Conservative, MP Yukon, 1935–1940 Dorise Nielsen, Unity (Communist) and Labor-Progressive (Communist) MP North Battleford, Saskatchewan 1940–1945 Cora Taylor Casselman, teacher, Liberal MP, Edmonton East, 1941–1945 Gladys Strum, teacher, CCF MP Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, 1945–1949 First woman to run in for a federal seat in Quebec: Idola Saint-Jean ran as Independent-Liberal candidate in 1930. First female prime minister: Kim Campbell, Progressive Conservative Prime Minister 1993 First women in cabinet Provincial and Territorial: Mary Ellen Smith, 1921, British Columbia, Independent Liberal Irene Parlby, 1921, Alberta, United Farmers of Alberta Marie-Claire Kirkland 1962, Quebec, Liberal Thelma Forbes, 1966, Manitoba, Progressive Conservative Hilda Watson, 1970, Yukon, Consensus government in Canada Brenda Robertson, 1970, New Brunswick, Progressive Conservative Margaret Birch, 1972, Ontario, Progressive Conservative Jean Canfield, 1972, Prince Edward Island, Liberal Hazel Newhook and Lynn Verge, Newfoundland and Labrador, Progressive Conservative Joan Duncan and Patricia Anne Smith, 1982, Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative Nellie Cournoyea, 1984, Northwest Territories, consensus government Maxine Cochran, 1985, Nova Scotia, Progressive Conservative Manitok Thompson, 1999, Nunavut, consensus government Federal: Ellen Fairclough, 1957, Progressive Conservative Associate Minister of National Defence: Mary Collins First female cabinetmember with a portfolio: Tilly Rolston First female Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons: Jeanne Sauvé, 1980–1984 First female federal Justice Minister (Attorney General): Kim Campbell (Progressive Conservative) First female Defence Minister: Kim Campbell, (Progressive Conservative) First female Minister of Finance: Chrystia Freeland, (Liberal) First female Speaker of the House Nancy Hodges British Columbia Liberal, MLA 1941–1953, made speaker of British Columbia legislature in December 1949. First female senator: Cairine Wilson, 1930 First female Governor