Louise McKinney
| Louise McKinney | |
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Louise McKinney in 1917
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
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In office 7 June 1917 – 18 July 1921 |
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| Preceded by | William Moffat |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Milnes |
| Constituency | Claresholm |
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| Born |
22 September 1868 Frankville, Ontario |
| Died | 10 July 1931 (aged 62) Claresholm, Alberta |
| Political party | Non-Partisan League |
| Occupation | Women's rights activist and politician |
Louise McKinney née Crummy (22 September 1868 – 10 July 1931) was a provincial politician and women's rights activist from Alberta, Canada. She was the first woman sworn into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the first woman elected to a legislature in Canada and in the British Empire. She served as MLA from 1917 to 1921, sitting with the Nonpartisan League caucus in opposition. Later she was one of the Famous Five that pursued successfully 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.
McKinney ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1917 Alberta general election. She won the electoral district of Claresholm as a candidate for the Non-Partisan League by defeating Liberal incumbent William Moffat in a hotly contested race.
McKinney spoke out in favour of temperance, education, stronger liquor control, women's property rights and adoption of, and reform to, the Dower Act, and government ownership of grain elevators and flourmills. She was one of two women elected to the Alberta Legislative Assembly in 1917, the other being Roberta MacAdams.
She ran for a second term in the 1921 Alberta general election, running under the United Farmers banner. She was defeated and lost her seat to Independent Farmer candidate Thomas Milnes in a hotly contested race.
McKinney was one of "The Famous Five" (also called "The Valiant Five"), along with Irene Parlby, Henrietta Muir Edwards, Emily Murphy and Nellie McClung
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