Louise McKinney

Born in Frankville, Ontario, a graduate of Ottawa Normal School, Louise McKinney, with her husband and child, settled at Claresholm, Alberta, in 1903. An active member of the WCTU and the IODE and a tireless worker for social causes including temperance and women’s rights, she fought hard for female suffrage, which was granted in 1916, before entering provincial politics. Having served one term (1917-21) as an elected member of the Legislature, she became an active member of the group of five whose appeal to the Privy Council earned for women the right of entry to the Canadian Senate. She died at Claresholm.

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Née en Ontario et diplômée de l’Ottawa Normal School, Louise McKinney vint vivre à Claresholm en 1903 avec son mari et son enfant. Elle oeuvra sur le plan social pour promouvoir la tempérance, l’égalité juridique de la femme et le droit de suffrage féminin. Elle devint député à l’Assemblée législative de l’Alberta en 1917 et fut l’une des cinq femmes dont les efforts permirent aux Canadiennes d’accéder au Sénat. Elle mourut a Claresholm.

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