Martha Louise Black (February 24, 1866 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian politician and the second woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

Born Martha Louise Munger in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of George and Susan Munger, she was educated at Saint Mary's College (Indiana). Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ... Saint Marys College is a private Roman Catholic womens college founded in 1844. ...

In 1904, she married George Black, Commissioner of the Yukon. In 1935, she was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Yukon as an Independent Conservative taking the place of her ill husband. George Black (April 10, 1873 - August 23, 1965) was an administrator and politician in Yukon, Canada. ... This is a list of Yukon Commissioners from 1897 to the present. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1935 election The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... Yukon is the name of the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. ...

She published an autobiography, My Seventy Years, in 1938. In 1946, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her cultural and social contributions to the Yukon.

In 1917, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society for her series of lectures on the Yukon that she presented in Great Britain. The Royal Geographical Society is a learned society, founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical science, under the patronage of King William IV. It absorbed the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa (founded by Joseph Banks in...

In 1997, Canada Post issued a $0.45 stamp in her honour. Canada Post or Canada Post Corporation (CPC) is the Canadian governments postal service. ...

External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament