Louise McKinney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louise McKinney

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1868

Place of Birth: Elizabethtown-Kitley, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1931

Profession: politician, suffragette, human rights activist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Louise McKinney née Crummy (22 September 1868 – 10 July 1931) was a Canadian 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 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 campaigned successfully 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.