Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (d. 1954)
Agnes Campbell MacPhail (March 24, 1890 – February 13, 1954) became the first woman elected to Canada's House of Commons, on December 6th, 1921, and served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1921 to 1940. Moving to provincial politics, 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 Canadian politics, Macphail worked for two different parties. She also promoted her ideas through column-writing, activist organizing, and legislation.