Table 4.2: Women First Ministers, 1867-2001 (Sort by Ending Date)
Name	Jurisdiction and Party	Dates Served*(yy-mm-dd)	Length of Tenure	Notes
Johnston, Rita	BC., Social Credit	02/04/91 to 17/10/91	6 months	Johnston was named deputy premier on 9 August 1990, amid speculation that a general election would soon be called. Following a criminal charge that stemmed from conflict of interest in his personal business, Premier Vander Zalm resigned effective 2 April 1991, making the deputy premier the interim leader and acting premier. Johnston’s leadership was then confirmed at a party convention in July.
Campbell, Kim	Canada, Progressive Conservative	25/06/93 to 25/10/93	4 months	Campbell served briefly as prime minister, having won the leadership of a governing party (the Mulroney Conservatives). The Conservative government was soundly defeated on 25 October 1993. All but two PC candidates, Campbell among them, lost their seats.
Cournoyea, Nellie	NWT, none	12/11/91 to 16/10/95	3 years, 11 months	NWT features a no-party system, with MLAs elected as independents. Fellow legislators elect the premier and cabinet. Cournoyea was elected by MLAs to lead the government
Callbeck, Catherine	PEI, Liberal	25/01/93 to 10/10/96	3 years,9 months	The first woman elected to lead a government via general election, Callbeck was selected party leader, then led her party to victory in the subsequent election. She replaced popular Premier Joe Ghiz as party leader.
Duncan, Pat	Yukon, Liberal	17/04/00 to 04/11/02	2 years, 5 months	Duncan was acclaimed as leader of the Yukon Liberals, a party that held 3 of 17 seats in the legislature, in February 1997, and was elected leader a year later, in February 1998. With the Liberal victory in April 2000, Duncan became the second woman to bring her party to office in a general election. However, her government was defeated by the Yukon Party in the November 2002 election, just 2 and a half years into its first term.