Martha Black

For the Canadian art historian, see Martha Black (art historian).

Martha Louise Black
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Yukon
In office
1935–1940
Preceded byGeorge Black
Succeeded byGeorge Black
Personal details
BornMartha Louise Munger
(1866-02-24)February 24, 1866
Chicago, Illinois, United States
DiedOctober 31, 1957(1957-10-31) (aged 91)
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
PartyIndependent Conservative
Spouses
Will Purdy
​
(m. 1887)​
George Black
​
(m. 1904)​
Children3, Warren, Donald and Lyman Purdy
Alma materSaint Mary's College
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-suffix". Replace with "honorific_suffix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "honorific-prefix". Replace with "honorific_prefix".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "birthname". Replace with "birth_name".
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "nationality". It should be removed.

Martha Louise Munger Black OBE (February 24, 1866 – October 31, 1957) was a Canadian politician. Black was the second woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.