Date in year · 1957 · The 1950s
On June 21, 1957, ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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1957
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Featured · June 21, 1957
Ellen Louks Fairclough was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1950 to 1963, she was the first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Cabinet.
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1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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Canadian politician (1905–2004)
Ellen Louks Fairclough was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1950 to 1963, she was the first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Cabinet.
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