Ethel Blondin-Andrew

The Honourable
Ethel Blondin-Andrew
PC OC
Minister of State (Northern Development)
In office
20 July 2004 – 5 February 2006
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Minister of State (Children and Youth)
In office
12 December 2003 – 20 July 2004
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Canada Parliament
for Western Arctic
In office
21 November 1988 – 23 January 2006
Preceded byDave Nickerson
Succeeded byDennis Bevington
Personal details
Born
Ethel Dorothy Blondin

(1951-03-25) 25 March 1951 (age 73)
Tulita, Northwest Territories, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of Alberta

Ethel Dorothy Blondin-Andrew PC OC (born 25 March 1951) is a Canadian politician, educator, and public servant. She became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada in 1988 when she became a member of Parliament for the district of Western Arctic in the Northwest Territories.[1] She is also the first Indigenous woman to be a Canadian Cabinet Minister.[2]

  1. ^ "Member of Parliament Profile (Historical)". Parliament of Canada. Government of Canada. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  2. ^ Secretariat, Commonwealth (1999). Women in Politics: Voices from the Commonwealth. Commonwealth Secretariat. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-0-85092-569-2.