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Louise Crummy McKinney &#; Our People, Our Heritage
Louise C. McKinney
Louise Crummy McKinney was the first woman to be elected to a parliament seat in the British Empire. She accomplished the feat in in Alberta.
Louise was the seventh child and second daughter of Richard Crummy and his wife the former Ester Empey. Richard Crummy was an immigrant from County Cavan, Ireland; Ester was a descendant of the pioneer Empey family of Easton’s Corners. She was born on September 22nd, in an old log cabin on the Crummy homestead along the north shore of Lake Eloida, on the Lake Eloida Road. The family farm on Concession 9, Lot 27 (Kitley Township) remained in the family possession until , when Louise’s brother Albert Edwin and his wife retired and moved to Frankville.
She attended the old Mitchell public school, which is about a half mile from the Crummy Homestead and two miles west of the village of Frankville. She went on to Athens High School graduating in at age Being too young to attend Normal School Louise stayed at home for a year and began Normal School in the fall of Louise Crummy graduated from Ottawa Normal School with a teacher’s certificate. She spent t
Louise (Crummy) McKinney ( - )
Louise McKinney 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 that position from to She was one of the Famous Five who were five Canadian women who asked the Supreme Court of Canada to answer the question, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, , include female persons?
The purpose of a woman's life is just the same as the purpose of a man's life that she may make the best possible contribution to her generation.
Louise McKinney
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Louise (Crummy) McKinney was a part of the Suffragette Movement.
Louise McKinney was born in Frankville, Ontario parents were Richard Crummy and Hester Empay,he left Ireland in to build a new life in Canada, and 15 years later, brought over Hester as his the 10 Mar Louise [1] married James McKinney in Ontario, Canada . She taught school for seven years in Ontario and then in North Dakota prior to moving with her hus
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Louise McKinney
Louise Crummy McKinney was born on September 22nd, near Frankville, Ontario. She grew up on a farm and went to school nearby. She graduated from Athens District High School in then Ottawa Normal School in She then became a teacher at Leeds County School. In , she married James McKinney. They had one son named, Willard. While in North Dakota, she became involved in the Women's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).
In , the couple moved to Claresholm, Northwest Territories (soon to become Alberta) and lived in a house with adjoined land. Louise helped organize a branch of the W.C.T.U in her community, south of Calgary. She became the Provincial President and went on to serve as the President of Canada of the W.C.T.U. and then Vice-President of the World Organization. In particular she supported the cause of temperance education in schools.
In the Alberta General Election of , women were permitted to run for office for the first time. McKinney was nominated as an independent candidate, running and winning because of her support of prohibition - prohibiting the public sale of alcohol. She and nursing Sister Roberta MacAdams, who was also elect
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