On this day in 1993, so 15 years ago, Kim Campbell became Canada’s first female Prime Minister. She wasn’t elected by the Canadian populations. She was voted as head of her party, The Conservatives replacing Mr Mulroney who just happened to be Prime Minister at the time.  She was re-elected by us Canadians because her campaign was really bad. After 9 months she was replaced by Jean Chretien.

After remembering about Ms Campbell’s nomination win I started to think about where we are at the moment. It’s true we haven’t re-elected another female Prime Minister, but if you look at other counties like US they haven’t even elected a female President or even Vice President yet.

Does this mean we aren’t progress or championing women and their political careers? I don’t think so. We have quite a few women who have been elected. What do you think?