Ellen Fairclough

Ellen Fairclough
Portrait by Arthur Roy, 1940s
Postmaster General of Canada
In office
August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963
Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker
Preceded byWilliam McLean Hamilton
Succeeded byAzellus Denis
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
May 12, 1958 – August 8, 1962
Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker
Preceded byDavie Fulton (acting)
Succeeded byDick Bell
Secretary of State for Canada
In office
June 21, 1957 – May 11, 1958
Prime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker
Preceded byRoch Pinard
Succeeded byHenri Courtemanche
Member of Parliament
for Hamilton West
In office
May 15, 1950 – February 6, 1963
Preceded byColin W. G. Gibson
Succeeded byJoseph Macaluso
Personal details
Born
Ellen Louks Cook

(1905-01-28)January 28, 1905
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
DiedNovember 13, 2004(2004-11-13) (aged 99)
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse
Gordon Fairclough
(m. 1931; died 1997)
Children1
ProfessionAccountant

Ellen Louks Fairclough PC CC OOnt (née Cook;[1] January 28, 1905 – November 13, 2004) was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1950 to 1963, she was the first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Cabinet.[2]

  1. ^ "The Appointment of Ellen Fairclough as Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister". Diefenbaker Canada Centre. University of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on November 27, 2020. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Ellen Louks Fairclough: Canada's First Female Federal Cabinet Minister". Electoral Insight. March 2003. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015.