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♀ Agnes Campbell Macphail
aliasAgnes Campbell Macphail
Record
38483 · 5273

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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 64%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 5 2 7
Ontario 2 2 4
Total 7 4 11
Birth 24 March 1890 → 134 years + 1 month ago
Lived 63 years + 10 months
First mandate 6 December 1921 → 102 years + 4 months ago
↳ at age 31 years + 8 months
Death 13 February 1954 → 70 years + 2 months ago
Exit → Death 2 years + 2 months after 21 November 1951
Special notes
Member of the "Ginger Group" in the 1920s which led to the formation of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in 1932.
 
Agnes Campbell Macphail (1890–1954)
© Photo 1934 Yousuf Karsh — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
The fact that Macphail was the first woman elected to the Canadian Parliament in 1921 is widely known. Less widely known is that she was also the first woman (of two) elected to the Ontario provincial parliament in 1934.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 18 3 14
Ontario 5 3 13 Z
TOTAL 23 6 27

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. ON 18
CCF
 1 Party leader 42–43 01 Dec 1932 — 14 Mar 1934 1 3 13

Electoral history

Races 11  
Path points 11  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Robert J. Ball  m 
⊖ Alfred H. Bence  m 
⊖ Walter E. Harris  m 
 		 ⊖ Hollis E. Beckett  m 
⊖ Walter A. Hall  m 
⊖ John A. Leslie  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: inc. Votes: 13,956 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
14		 Ontario
6 December 1921
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 21607(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
31
PROG
 1/3 6,958 49.86% +2,598 Loser:
NLCP
 4,360 31.24% Robert J. Ball

Service: 3 years 10 months 22 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,312 Votes: 11,897 Participation: 68.72% Candidacies: 2
Federal
15		 Ontario
29 October 1925
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
 LC  29 Jun 1926
ID: 21878(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
PROG
 1/2 6,652 55.91% +1,407 Loser:
LC
 5,245 44.09% Lewis G. Campbell
After her election:
30 Oct 1925 35
PROG
 →
PROG
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
26 Jun 1926 36
PROG
 →
PROG
 Changed allegiance (joined opposition)
29 Jun 1926 36
LIB
 →
LC
 Change of government (remained in opposition)
Service: 10 months 15 days (Oppo. & Gov't & Oppo.)
Eligible: 17,312 Votes: 14,150 Participation: 81.74% Candidacies: 2
Federal
16		 Ontario
14 September 1926
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22129(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
36
PROG
 1/2 7,939 56.11% +1,728 Loser:
LC
 6,211 43.89% Robert T. Edwards

Service: 3 years 10 months 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 16,912 Votes: 12,995 Participation: 76.84% Candidacies: 2
Federal
17		 Ontario
28 July 1930
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LC  Majority
ID: 22403(F) — 25 Jan 2022 19:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
PROG
 1/2 6,619 50.93% +243 Loser:
LIB
 6,376 49.07% Lewis G. Campbell
After her election:
23 May 1932 42
PROG
 →
CCF
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
12 Mar 1934 43
CCF
 →
UFOL
 Changed allegiance (remained in opposition)
Service: 5 years 2 months 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,394 Votes: 18,037 Participation: 77.10% Candidacies: 3
Federal
18		 Ontario
14 October 1935
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22675(F) — 10 Sep 2022 17:25 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
45
UFOL
 1/3 7,210 39.97% +1,483 Loser:
LIB
 5,727 31.75% Walter A. Hall

Service: 4 years 5 months 11 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 23,385 Votes: 16,094 Participation: 68.82% Candidacies: 3
Federal
19		 Ontario
26 March 1940
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 22955(F) — 10 Sep 2022 17:28 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
50
UFOL
 3/3 4,761 29.58% -1,628 Winner:
LIB
 6,389 39.70% Walter E. Harris
Eligible: 28,947 Votes: 15,217 Participation: 52.57% Candidacies: 6
Federal
19		 Saskatchewan
19 August 1940
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23107(F) — 5 Sep 2022 23:53 ET
✗
 Failed comeback to Parliament
Age
50
URM
 2/6 4,057 26.66% -741 Winner:
NCP
 4,798 31.53% Alfred H. Bence
Eligible: 56,725 Votes: 29,583 Participation: 52.15% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Ontario
4 August 1943
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 34912(F) — 23 Dec 2022 15:03 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
53
CCF
 1/3 13,384 45.47% +1,740 Loser:
PC
 11,644 39.55% John A. Leslie

Service: 1 year 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,090 Votes: 44,541 Participation: 68.43% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
22		 Ontario
4 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35003(F) — 23 Dec 2022 19:12 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
55
CCF
 2/5 15,113 34.21% -5,628 Winner:
PC
 20,741 46.95% John A. Leslie
Eligible: 79,855 Votes: 50,912 Participation: 63.76% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
23		 Ontario
7 June 1948
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35094(F) — 10 Oct 2022 18:23 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
58
CCF
 1/4 21,628 42.81% +881 Loser:
PC
 20,747 41.07% John A. Leslie

Service: 3 years 5 months 14 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 116,258 Votes: 65,377 Participation: 56.23% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
24		 Ontario
22 November 1951
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 35187(F) — 24 Dec 2022 10:27 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
61
CCF
 2/3 22,236 34.34% -8,708 Winner:
PC
 30,944 47.78% Hollis E. Beckett

Online biographical references (8)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Non-standard link
Stephanie Hogan, CBC Radio (5 Dec 2021), Agnes Macphail became Canada's 1st female MP a century ago — and influenced change that endures today		 08 Mar 2024
EN Non-standard link
Elections Canada, Electoral Insights—New Ways of Building Democracy, Agnes Macphail: The First Woman Elected to Canada's House of Commons		 08 Mar 2024
FR Non-standard link
Elections Canada, Perspectives électorales—Les nouvelles approches du développement démocratique, Agnes Macphail : la première femme élue à la Chambre des communes du Canada		 08 Mar 2024
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Agnes Macphail		 08 Mar 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Agnes Macphail		 08 Mar 2024
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Agnes Campbell Macphail		 08 Mar 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Agnes Campbell Macphail		 08 Mar 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Agnes Campbell Macphail, M.P.		 08 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Agnes Campbell Macphail, députée		 08 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Agnes Macphail		 08 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Agnes Macphail		 08 Mar 2024

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