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Firsts in Canadian Parliamentary History

Women

Ministers of the Crown
	Ellen Louks Fairclough (P.C.) 1957.06.21 - Appointed Secretary of State of Canada Julia Verlyn (Judy) LaMarsh (Lib.) 1963.04.22 - Appointed Minister of National Health and Welfare Minister of Amateur Sport Jeanne Sauvé (Lib.) 1972.11.27 - Appointed Minister of State for Science and Technology Monique Bégin (Lib.) 1976.09.14 - Appointed Minister of National Revenue Iona Campagnolo (Lib.) 1976.09.15 - Appointed Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport) Flora Isabel MacDonald (P.C.) 1979.06.04 - Appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs Judith A. Erola (Lib.) 1980.03.03 - Appointed Minister of State (Mines) Céline Hervieux-Payette (Lib.) 1983.08.12 - Appointed Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport) Suzanne Blais-Grenier (P.C.) 1984.09.17 - Appointed Minister of the Environment Patricia Carney (P.C.) 1984.09.17 - Appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Andrée P. Champagne (P.C.) 1984.09.17 - Appointed Minister of State (Youth) Barbara Jean McDougall (P.C.) 1984.09.17 - Appointed Minister of State (Finance) Monique Vézina (P.C.) 1984.09.17 - Appointed Minister for External Relations Minister responsible for La Francophonie Monique Landry (P.C.) 1986.06.30 - Appointed Minister responsible for La Francophonie Minister for External Relations Shirley Martin (P.C.) 1988.09.15 - Appointed Minister of State (Transport) A. Kim Campbell (P.C.) 1989.01.30 - Appointed Minister of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) Mary Collins (P.C.) 1990.02.23 - Appointed Minister responsible for the Status of Women Pauline Browes (P.C.) 1991.04.21 - Appointed Minister of State (Environment) Barbara Jane (Bobbie) Sparrow (P.C.) 1993.06.25 - Appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Minister of Forestry Ethel Dorothy Blondin-Andrew (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Secretary of State (Training and Youth) Sheila Maureen Copps (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Minister of the Environment Deputy Prime Minister Joyce Fairbairn (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Minister with special responsibility for Literacy Sheila Finestone (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women) Diane Marleau (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Minister of National Health and Welfare Minister of Amateur Sport A. Anne McLellan (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources Minister of Forestry Christine Susan Stewart (Lib.) 1993.11.04 - Appointed Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa) Lucienne Robillard (Lib.) 1995.02.22 - Appointed Minister of Labour Minister responsible for the federal campaign in the upcoming Quebec referendum Hedy Fry (Lib.) 1996.01.25 - Appointed Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women) Jane Stewart (Lib.) 1996.01.25 - Appointed Minister of National Revenue Claudette Bradshaw (Lib.) 1998.11.23 - Appointed Minister of Labour Elinor Caplan (Lib.) 1999.08.03 - Appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Maria Minna (Lib.) 1999.08.03 - Appointed Minister for International Cooperation Susan Whelan (Lib.) 2002.01.15 - Appointed Minister for International Cooperation Jean Augustine (Lib.) 2002.05.26 - Appointed Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women) Carolyn Bennett (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister of State (Public Health) M. Aileen Carroll (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister for International Cooperation Liza Frulla (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister of Social Development Albina Guarnieri (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister of State (Civil Preparedness) Hélène C. Scherrer (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage Judy Sgro (Lib.) 2003.12.12 - Appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Belinda Stronach (Lib.) 2005.05.17 - Appointed Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal Rona Ambrose (C.P.C.) 2006.02.06 - Appointed Minister of the Environment Diane Finley (C.P.C.) 2006.02.06 - Appointed Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Beverley J. (Bev) Oda (C.P.C.) 2006.02.06 - Appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women Carol Skelton (C.P.C.) 2006.02.06 - Appointed Minister of National Revenue Minister of Western Economic Diversification Josée Verner (C.P.C.) 2006.02.06 - Appointed Minister for International Cooperation Minister for La Francophonie and Official Languages
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