# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marie-claire-kirkland
# Generated: 2026-08-15T18:04:29.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marie-claire-kirkland"
name: "Marie-Claire Kirkland"
slug: "marie-claire-kirkland"
description: "Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabinet minister in Quebec, the first woman appointed acting premier, and the first woman judge to serve in the Quebec Provincial Court."
tagline: "Canadian politician (1924–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claire_Kirkland-Casgrain.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-09-08"
deathDate: "2016-03-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.620016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8270668/"
    handle:    "nm8270668"
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "ماري كلير كيركلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "مارى كلير كيركلاند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Claire_Kirkland"
    title: "Marie-Claire Kirkland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Claire_Kirkland-Casgrain"
    title: "Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Claire_Kirkland"
    title: "Marie-Claire Kirkland"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3291691"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump