Selflessly Stepping Aside: One MPP’s Kindness for Another’s “Double Crown”

Article 11 / 11 , Vol. 47 No. 1 (Spring)

Selflessly Stepping Aside: One MPP’s Kindness for Another’s “Double Crown”

Ontario’s first two women Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) faced a dilemma. Who would be sworn in first? The woman whose last name gave her priority? Or the woman who, if sworn in first, would be known as the first woman parliamentarian elected federally and provincially in Ontario? This is the story of one woman’s selflessness and two women’s pathbreaking achievement. 

Kaitlin Gallant

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