Gladys Porter
Female, Deceased Person
1893 – 1967
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Who was Gladys Porter?
Gladys Muriel Porter, née Richardson, daughter of Walter Richardson and Christina Macpherson, was the first woman in the Maritimes to be elected as Mayor, and the first female Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
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.
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- Born
- Aug 4, 1893
Sydney - Also known as
- Mayor Gladys Porter
- Died
- Apr 30, 1967
Kentville
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on July 23, 2013
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