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The following is a list of the first openly LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender) holders of elected or appointed political office in Canada. In addition to the milestones noted below, Canada has also had a number of prominent politicians who were not out as gay during their careers in politics, either coming out after they retired or being officially outed only in posthumous biographical sources. ==First overall== * First openly gay political candidate, regardless of electoral status: Peter Maloney ran for a seat on the Toronto Board of Education in the Toronto municipal election, 1972 as an openly gay candidate.〔"Homosexual plans to run for seat on school board". ''Toronto Star'', July 25, 1972.〕 (He had previously been an Ontario Liberal Party candidate in St. George in the 1971 Ontario provincial election, and some later biographical sources have stated that he ran as an openly gay candidate at that time as well,〔("Elegy to Club Toronto" ). ''Daily Xtra'', April 21, 2010.〕 but no indication of his sexuality is seen in any media coverage of the 1971 election. The first known coverage of Maloney which makes any reference to his sexuality is of a party policy conference in early 1972, several months after the election was over.)〔"Maloney tells Liberals of his homosexuality". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 14, 1972.〕 Robert Douglas Cook, a Gay Alliance Toward Equality candidate for the electoral district of West Vancouver-Howe Sound in the 1979 British Columbia provincial election, has been credited with this distinction by some media outlets,〔Karen Fulcher, "We've come a long way, baby!" ''PinkPlayMags'', Autumn 2010.〕 but was in fact merely the first to run as a candidate of an explicitly gay-identified political organization. * First transgender candidate, regardless of electoral status: Jamie Lee Hamilton ran for Vancouver's Parks Board in 1996.〔''Peace River Block News'' Dawson Creek, BC; 1995 December 15, page 8.〕 Jennifer McCreath, a Strength in Democracy candidate in Avalon in the 2015 federal election, was the first transgender candidate in a federal election.〔("Jennifer McCreath running for federal election in Avalon" ). CBC News, July 27, 2015.〕 * First openly gay person elected to office: Raymond Blain (Montreal City Council, 1986) is commonly credited with this distinction, although Maurice Richard (National Assembly of Quebec, 1985) predated him and the story was simply not picked up by national media until later on. Jim Egan (Comox-Strathcona Regional District board, 1981) may also have predated both of them, although sources are unclear on whether he ran as an openly gay candidate at the time. 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 the first LGBT holders of political offices in Canada」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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