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Louise McKinney

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Canadian politician (1868-1931)

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Louise McKinney was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman to serve in a legislature in the British Empire.

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WCTU convention in Calgary, Alberta, in October 1911. McKinney is center in the front row.WCTU convention in Calgary, Alberta, in October 1911. McKinney is center in the front row.Statue of McKinney. in Calgary, AlbertaStatue of McKinney. in Calgary, Alberta

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Louise McKinney was a Canadian politician, temperance advocate, and women's rights activist. She was the first woman elected into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman to serve in a legislature in the British Empire. She served in the Alberta legislature from 1917 to 1921 as a member of the Non-Partisan League. Later, she was one of the Famous Five who successfully campaigned for the right of Canadian women to be appointed to the Senate. A former schoolteacher and temperance organizer, she came to Alberta in 1903 as a homesteader.

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Canada
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1868 to 1931 · aged 62
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