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A total of twelve women have served, or are serving, as the first minister of a Canadian government. Of these, one was prime minister of the country, eight were premiers of a province and three were premiers of a territory. Women have been eligible to become premier since they first gained the right to vote, beginning in 1916 in Manitoba and extending to all jurisdictions when Quebec allowed women to vote in 1940 (the Northwest Territories did not allow women to vote until later, but it did not have premiers at the time). Women soon began to be appointed to cabinet positions, starting with Mary Ellen Smith in British Columbia in 1921, but it was not until decades later that women began to serve as leaders of a major party. Hilda Watson became the first woman to lead her party to victory in a general election in 1978. However, since Yukon did not have premiers at the time, and Watson did not win her riding, her successor became the first Government Leader of the Yukon. The first female premier was Rita Johnston in 1991 in British Columbia. Today, every Canadian jurisdiction has had at least one female premier except for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. The most female first ministers at one time was six, for 277 days from 11 February 2013 to 15 November 2013. These six included the premiers of Canada's four biggest provinces, so during that time approximately 88% of Canadians had a female premier. The longest-serving female premier is Eva Aariak, who served as premier of Nunavut for one five-year term from 2008 to 2013. Christy Clark will overtake this record if she is still premier on 16 March 2016. Two of the eleven female premiers earned their positions through the consensus government systems that lack political parties. Of the remaining female premiers, three won the title by defeating an incumbent premier in a general election. The rest won the title through a party leadership race, although several then went on to win a general election as the incumbent premier. The three current female first ministers in Canada are Christy Clark (35th Premier of British Columbia), Kathleen Wynne (25th Premier of Ontario), and Rachel Notley (17th Premier of Alberta). The tenure of incumbents is accurate as of . ==See also== *Women in Canadian politics *List of female viceroys in Canada *List of elected or appointed female heads of state *List of Asian-Canadian First Ministers *List of female prime ministers 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of female first ministers in Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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