| 词条 | Gladys Porter |
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| image = | name = Gladys Muriel Porter | honorific-suffix = MLA M.B.E. D.C.L. | birth_date = August 4, 1893 | birth_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|4|30|1893|8|4}} | death_place = Kentville, Nova Scotia | residence = | office = MLA for Kings North | term_start = June 7, 1960 | term_end = April 20, 1967 | predecessor = Eric Balcom | successor = Victor Thorpe | party = Progressive Conservative | spouse = | religion = United Baptist | occupation = }}{{Quote box | quote = "It is satisfying to know that women join in this partnership, working together 'to hold fast to basic principles and values and to exert influence to preserve a democratic way of life.'" | source = Gladys Porter Nova Scotia House of Assembly February 8, 1961[1] | width = 250px | align = right }}Gladys Muriel Porter, MBE, née Richardson, daughter of Walter Richardson and Christina Macpherson, (August 4, 1893, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada – April 30, 1967, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada) was the first woman in the Maritimes to be elected as Mayor, and the first female Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.[2] Porter was elected to Kentville town council in 1943. She was then elected Mayor of Kentville in 1946 and served until 1960, when she ran successfully as a Progressive Conservative to represent the provincial electoral district of Kings North.[2][3] Porter was re-elected to the Legislature in 1963[4] and served until her death on April 30, 1967.[5] References1. ^{{cite web |title= Hansard of February 8, 1961 (excerpt) |url=http://nslegislature.ca/demo/pdfs/0019_1961-02-08_Porter.pdf|publisher=Government of Nova Scotia|date= February 8, 1961 |accessdate=November 17, 2014}} 2. ^1 {{cite book |last= Carbert |first= Louise Irene |title= Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada: First-Hand Perspectives on Local Public Life and Participation in Electoral Politics |publisher= University of Toronto Press |year= 2006 |url=http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=8812&step=4 |isbn= 0-8020-9125-3}} 3. ^{{cite web |title= Complete Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1960|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201960.pdf|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1960 |accessdate=November 17, 2014}} 4. ^{{cite web |title= Complete Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1963|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201963.pdf|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1963 |accessdate=November 17, 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Collections Canada - Canadian Women in Government - Celebrating Women's Achievements |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1333-e.html |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |accessdate=November 17, 2014}} External links
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