Mary Ellen Smith

Mary Ellen Smith
Mary Ellen Smith, from a 1918 publication
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver City
In office
January 1918 – June 7, 1928
Personal details
BornMary Ellen Spear
(1863-10-11)October 11, 1863
Tavistock, Devon, England
DiedMay 3, 1933(1933-05-03) (aged 69)
PartyLiberal
Spouse
(m. 1883; died 1917)
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Mary Ellen Spear Smith (October 11, 1863 – May 3, 1933) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and both the first female cabinet minister and the first female Acting Speaker and the first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire.