The Right Hon. Ellen Fairclough in 1957
Credit: Duncan Cameron/Library and Archives Canada/PA-129254

The Right Honourable Ellen Loucks Fairclough, PC, CC, FCA (January 28, 1905–November 13, 2004) was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on the... Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ... Chartered Accountant (CA) is the title used by members of certain professional accountancy associations in the British Commonwealth countries and Ireland. ... is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ...

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics. She was a member of Hamilton City Council from 1945 to 1950. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: , Country Province Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - MPs List of MPs Dean Allison Chris Charlton David Christopherson Wayne Marston David Sweet  - MPPs List of MPPs Sophia Aggelonitis Andrea... Chartered Accountant (CA) is the title used by members of certain professional accountancy associations in the British Commonwealth countries and Ireland. ... The Hamilton City Council is the governing body of the City of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...

She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 1950 by-election after being defeated in the 1949 federal election. She then represented Hamilton West for the Progressive Conservatives until she lost her seat in the 1963 election. As a Member of Parliament, she advocated women's rights including equal pay for equal work. The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The Canadian federal election of 1949 was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberals were not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Map of Canadas provinces and territories and which party won the most votes in each province and territory and their popular vote. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... The term women’s rights typically refers to freedoms inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized or ignored and/or illegitimately suppressed by law or custom in a particular society. ... Equal pay for women is an issue involving pay inequality between men and women. ...

When the PC Party took power as a result of the 1957 federal election, new Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker, appointed her to the position of Secretary of State for Canada. In 1958, she became Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and from 1962 until her defeat in 1963, she was Postmaster General. As Immigration Minister in 1962, Fairclough introduced new regulations that mostly eliminated racial discrimination in immigration policy. She also introduced a more liberal policy on refugees, and increased the number of immigrants allowed into Canada. However, she was said to be fiercely opposed to hiring homosexuals to important positions. Her firing of Alan Jarvis as director of the National Gallery was fictionalized in the novel What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies (cf. Judith Skelton Grant, Man of Myth). The Canadian parliament after the 1957 election The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to elect members of the 23rd Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... John George Diefenbaker (September 18, 1895 - August 16, 1979) was the thirteenth Prime Minister of Canada. ... This article discusses the position in the Cabinet of Canada in existence from 1867 to 1996. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Canada Post. ... Whats Bred in the Bone is the second novel in the Canadian writer Robertson Davies Cornish Trilogy. ... William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. ... Judith Skelton Grant (born 1947) is a Canadian writer, editor and biographer. ...

Fairclough was also the first female Acting Prime Minister of Canada from February 19 to February 20, 1958. In 1993, she nominated Kim Campbell for the Progressive Conservative Party leadership, after which Campbell became Canada's first woman prime minister. [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the former Canadian Prime Minster. ... The first Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention was held in 1927, when the party was called the Conservative Party. ...

After leaving politics, Fairclough worked in a trust company, as well as being chairperson of Ontario Hydro at some point.

In 1979, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, and was promoted to Companion in 1994. In the fall of 1996, she received the Order of Ontario, the highest honor awarded by the province. Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ... The Order of Ontario is an award given in the Canadian province of Ontario. ...

Fairclough was active in the Consumers Association of Canada, the Girl Guides, the I.O.D.E., the United Empire Loyalist Association, and the Zonta Club of Hamilton and Zonta International, before, during and after her stay in office. In 1982, a government office tower on the corner of McNab and King Street in Hamilton was officially named the "Ellen Fairclough Building".

She was granted the rare honour of having the title Right Honourable bestowed upon her in 1992 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, one of very few people to have the title who had not been Prime Minister of Canada, Governor General, or Chief Justice of Canada. This was done, in part, because she had been Acting Prime Minister from February 19-20, 1958, the first woman to do so. In 1995, she published her memoirs, Saturday's Child: Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Prime Minister of Canada (French: Premier ministre du Canada), is the Minister of the Crown who is head of the Government of Canada. ... A Governor-General is most generally a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above ordinary governors. ... The Right Hon. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

She died in a Hamilton, Ontario nursing home on Saturday, November 13, 2004, just weeks before what would have been her 100th birthday. Her husband Gordon and son Howard both predeceased her. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: , Country Province Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - MPs List of MPs Dean Allison Chris Charlton David Christopherson Wayne Marston David Sweet  - MPPs List of MPPs Sophia Aggelonitis Andrea... Rest home for seniors in ÄŒeský Těšín, Czech Republic SNF redirects here. ...

On June 21, 2005, Canada Post issued a postage stamp in honour of Ellen Fairclough and other notable Canadian women. [1] is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Canada Post Corporation (French: Société canadienne des postes) is a Canadian postal service operated as a crown corporation. ...

External links

• Ellen Fairclough's legacy in immigration policy
• Profile of Fairclough from the National Archives of Canada
• Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament

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