On this date in 1972 British Columbia’s Rosemary Brown, an immigrant to Canada, broke one of the toughest barriers in Canada, becoming the first Black woman in Canadian history to be elected to a provincial legislature.She served as an MLA until 1986 and later finished a strong second, behind Ed Broadbent, when she sought the leadership of the federal NDP that same year. Her incredible journey though history continued as she was later appointed Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission. This pioneering Canadian passed away in 2003.[caption id="attachment_582200" align="alignleft" width="365"]
Rosemary Brown[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Rosemary Brown[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.