Preceded by Eric Balcom Succeeded by Victor Thorpe | Religion United Baptist Name Gladys Porter | |
Died April 30, 1967(1967-04-30) (aged 73)
Kentville, Nova Scotia Political party Progressive Conservative | ||
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Gladys Muriel Porter, 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.
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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.
Porter was re-elected to the Legislature in 1963 and served until her death on April 30, 1967.
New baby gorilla at the gladys porter zoo
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Gladys Porter Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA