 The district holds a unique place in the history of women's participation in Prince Edward Island's provincial politics.In 1970, it elected Jean Canfield to the legislature as the province's first female MLA; in 1979, the election of Marion Reid and Leone Bagnall made it the first district in the province's history to elect women to "both" of its legislative seats.Reid became the province's first female speaker of the legislature; after her retirement from electoral politics she also became the province's first female lieutenant governor.