Louise McKinney Politician

Louise McKinney née Crummy (22 September 1868 – 10 July 1931) 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 as MLA from 1917 to 1921, sitting with the Non-Partisan League caucus in opposition. Later she was one of the Famous Five that pursued successfully the right of Canadian women to be appointed to the Senate. She was a former schoolteacher who came to Alberta in 1903 as a homesteader.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Crummy Louise
Birth date	January 09, 1868
Birth name	Louise Crummy
Birth place	Elizabethtown-Kitley
Date of death	July 10, 1931
Place of death	Alberta , Claresholm Alberta , Claresholm (provincial electoral district)