Council in 1984, 1985 and 1988 Ian Maclennan, candidate for Ottawa Board of Education in 1976 Therese Faubert, League for Socialist Action candidate in Brampton in the 1977 Ontario provincial election Frank Lowery, Ontario New Democratic Party candidate in Scarborough North in the 1977 Ontario provincial election Dean Haynes, candidate for Toronto City Council in 1978; withdrawn before election day Jim Monk, candidate for Windsor Board of Education in 1978 Robert Douglas Cook, Gay Alliance Toward Equality candidate in West Vancouver-Howe Sound in the 1979 British Columbia general election George Hislop, candidate for Toronto City Council in 1980; independent candidate for St. George in the 1981 Ontario general election First transgender-identified candidates Jamie Lee Hamilton, 1996 Vancouver municipal election Micheline Montreuil, 2008 federal election (nomination withdrawn before election) Christin Milloy, 2011 Ontario provincial election, Ontario Libertarian Party candidate in Mississauga-Brampton South Jennifer McCreath, 2015 federal election, Strength in Democracy candidate in Avalon First transgender-identified officeholder Municipal: Julie Lemieux, municipal councillor 2013-2017, later mayor 2017-present, of Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Quebec Provincial: Estefania Cortes-Vargas, Alberta MLA 2015–2019 First openly gay MP (male): Svend Robinson, New Democratic MP for Burnaby—Douglas (1979–2004), came out publicly in 1988 First openly LGBT MP (female): Libby Davies First openly two-spirit MP: Blake Desjarlais First openly gay provincial premier (female): Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario (2013–2018) First openly gay provincial premier (male): Wade MacLauchlan, Premier of Prince Edward Island (2015–2019) First openly gay members of provincial legislatures: Maurice Richard, Quebec Liberal MNA for Nicolet (1985–89) and Nicolet-Yamaska (1989–94) Ted Nebbeling, British Columbia Liberal MLA for West Vancouver-Garibaldi (1996–2005) Tim Stevenson, British Columbia NDP MLA for Vancouver-Burrard (1996–2001) George Smitherman, Ontario Liberal MPP for Toronto Centre (1999–2010) Jim Rondeau, Manitoba NDP MLA for Assiniboia (1999–2016) Gerry Rogers, Newfoundland and Labrador MHA for St. John's Centre (2011–2019) Joanne Bernard, Nova Scotia MLA for Dartmouth North (2013–2017) Michael Connolly and Ricardo Miranda, Alberta MLAs (2015–2019) First gays/lesbians to run for leadership of a major party Svend Robinson, 1995 New Democratic Party leadership election—came in first on first ballot, but withdrew Scott Brison, 2003 Progressive Conservative leadership election—came in third Scott Brison, 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election First openly gay leaders of political parties Chris Lea, Green Party of Canada, 1990–1996 Allison Brewer, New Brunswick New Democratic Party, Sept 25, 2005–2006 André Boisclair, Parti Québécois, Nov 15, 2005–2007 (first openly gay leader of a party with seats in the legislature) First openly