(1890-03-24)March 24, 1890 Proton Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Died
February 13, 1954(1954-02-13) (aged 63) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, UFO-Labour, Progressive, United Reform Movement
Residence
Toronto
Occupation
Politician, Journalist,
Schoolteacher
Agnes Campbell Macphail (March 24, 1890 – February 13, 1954)[1] was a Canadian politician and the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons. She served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1921 to 1940; from 1943 to 1945 and again from 1948 to 1951, she served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the Toronto riding of York East. Active throughout her life in progressive politics, Macphail worked for multiple parties, most prominently the Progressive Party and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. She promoted her ideas through column-writing, activist organizing, and legislation.
Agnes Campbell Macphail (March 24, 1890 – February 13, 1954) was a Canadian politician and the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons. She served...
while the first woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada was AgnesMacphail, in the 1921 Canadian federal election. Although female representation...
Carmichael of Saskatchewan and AgnesMacphail of Ontario (who was known as a proponent of the United Farmers of Ontario). Macphail successfully ran for re-election...
footballer AgnesMacphail (1890–1954), Canadian feminist and first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons. Alesha MacPhail, murder victim...
reforms passed by the Conservatives. Five women also ran for office. AgnesMacphail of the Progressive Party was elected as the first woman MP in Canada...
Kennedy and Henry Elvins Spencer as well as United Farmers of Ontario MP AgnesMacphail. The group was later joined by Labour MPs J. S. Woodsworth, William...
Elizabeth Fry Society of Canada was founded in 1939 by Member of Parliament AgnesMacphail. The current[as of?] executive director of CAEFS is Emilie Coyle. The...
2015 9 September 2015 $10 Purple John A. Macdonald, George-Étienne Cartier, AgnesMacphail, James Gladstone Variety of Canadian vistas 2017 1 June 2017...
Woon-A-Tai) H. P. Lovecraft (Tyler East) George Lyon (Kevin Jubinville) AgnesMacphail (Zoe Fraser) Clara Brett Martin (Patricia Fagan) Guglielmo Marconi (Jason...
gained full suffrage in 1940. The first woman elected to Parliament was AgnesMacphail of Ontario in 1921. Convinced that Canada had proven itself on the battlefields...
portrait alongside Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, and AgnesMacphail. "First Indian Senator hails from Alberta" (PDF). Indian Record. XXI...
(PEI) – 1993 Federal Member of Parliament – AgnesMacphail – 1921 Member of Provincial Parliament – AgnesMacphail and Rae Luckock – 1943 Deputy Premier –...
Harry Lumley – NHL goaltender and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame AgnesMacphail – Canadian politician and writer Jock McKeen – physician, author and...
riding in Canada to elect a female Member of Parliament, when it elected AgnesMacphail of the Progressive Party in the 1921 election. This riding has elected...
the Ontario riding of Grey-Bruce in the 1940 election by defeating AgnesMacPhail. Despite being a newly-elected MP, he enlisted in the military, served...
conducted fairly with the assistance of the other suffragettes, a young AgnesMacphail taking notice of their efforts. Crabtree proposes to Edna Brooks, only...
2005, the Canadian Press erroneously reported that MacPhail is the great-granddaughter of AgnesMacphail, the first woman elected to Canada's Parliament...
– Prime Minister of Upper Canada Thomas D'Arcy McGee PC (1825–1868) AgnesMacphail (1890–1954) – first female Member of Parliament (MP) Beverley McLachlin...
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