Talk:List of electoral firsts in Canada

"South Asians"
Why are Sikh's put into a catagory of "South Asians?" Pretty much all of the "firsts" are Sikh's from the Punjab area of India. I see no Bangladesh's Pakistani's or Sri Lankans. Can we please not generalize to such a large degree? I request we use the term Sikh's, as they have devoted much to Canadian Politics.

David Anderson
Could the person who added David Anderson to this article's subsection on notable LGBT politicians kindly provide a source for the assertion? Bearcat 09:26, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Everyone knows David Anderson is gay. Google it. Email someone at EGALE or Canadians for Equal Marriage.


 * A Google search on "David Anderson gay" brings up references to Willie Nelson's tour manager, the head of the Anglican American Council (in interviews relating to the ordination of Gene Robinson), an education controversy on the Isle of Man, a University of Tennessee committee where someone named David Anderson is a colleague of a person whose name is Gay, and a few isolated references to Canada's former environment minister which merely happen to co-exist on the same page as a completely unrelated use of the word "gay" in an entirely different context. It brings up nothing about Anderson's sexuality.


 * Wikipedia's standard for inclusion is not what's known off the record (if it were, the LGBT list would be at least twice as long as it is) — we have a verifiability requirement, and can only include information that can be verified and documented through publicly available references. Source it or it stays off. Bearcat 18:41, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

I have watch many political shows like CTV's question period or Politics with Don Newman. I have seen them refer to him as gay many times, especially when the gay marriage issue was big. I am sorry your google search abilities are so limited. And i'm sorry if emailing someone isn't sufficient enough, but i'm not about to waste my time to drag myself down to the Toronto Reference Library to look you past newspaper achieves just to prove to you he's gay. I frankly couldn't give a dam whether or not you keep him on the list.


 * To be perfectly honest, from what you've said here I have a sneaking suspicion that you're confusing David Anderson with somebody else. (And I think I know who, too, but let's not go there right now.) I'm a gay man and I'm not aware of anything that would constitute general public knowledge about Anderson's sexuality. Try reading his article, actually — he's married to a woman and has two kids. And I know that doesn't necessarily prove that he's not gay, but if he is he's certainly not out of the closet...and hence still couldn't be listed here. And there's nothing wrong with my Google search abilities. Bearcat 03:19, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

WayneRay 21:20, 26 March 2006 (UTC)WayneRay Added a few new headings and cleaned up the dead links.

"Major" party
How can we say that the CCF was a "major" provincial party in Quebec in the 1950s? How do we define "major"? HistoryBA 14:52, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Clean up
Here are some of the ways I have cleaned up the egregious formatting of this article: Also, Ground Zero | t 23:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Words following the first word in sub-headings are not capitalized in Wikipedia unless they are proper nouns -- see Manual_of_Style
 * 2) There is no need to use different colours in text -- this is to be avoided because it can make things more dfficult for colour-blind people and those with sight impairments -- see Manual_of_Style
 * 3) Numbered lists should be created using the "#" sign -- which automatically numbers the items in the list -- so that they can be easier added to or edited.
 * 1) "woman" is a noun, not an adjective, so I have changes "First woman MP" to "First female MP".
 * 2) 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc, should be spelled out.
 * 3) "Provincial MLA" and "Provincial MPP" are redundant. "MLAs" and "MPPs" are always provincial in Canada.
 * Good work. Thanks.  HistoryBA 23:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

First Persian Candidate
Bob Hebdon is my father and as WASP'y as they come. see : Robert Hebdon

I have never contributed to Wikipedia before so i dont know how to delete it. I am sure there have been other persian candidates so i dont think the section should be deleted. My dad just wasnt one of them. Sorry.

"Firsts" ?
How can alot of this article be "firsts" when they are twenty different entries for some categories, which are spread over a more than 30 yr gap? Shouldn't they be removed, or moved to a different article? (Or moved off of Wikipedia?) --Hamiltonian 21:47, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * This article definitely needs some improvements. I think it's a valid topic, but could definitely use some formatting improvements and editing to ensure that it's properly reflecting its actual purpose. Bearcat 22:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I also have some trouble with the classification of politicians by specific ethnic groups (particularly marking politicians as "1/2 something", or marking Canadians of Haitian origin as African). Am I just being too sensitive? --Hamiltonian 23:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

First woman to seek leadership of a Provincial Party
Would anyone know who was the first women to seek the leadership of a provincial party? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cooltobekind (talk • contribs) 12:41, December 1, 2006 (UTC)

Whats up with all these LISTS??
This article is about Canadian FIRSTS. I see lists that are irrelevant to the topic. xero 05:02, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

First aboriginal elected to an legislative assembly
It is mentioned that Frank A. Calder was the first aboriginal to be elected to a legislative assembly in Canada. I believe that this isn't the case since Ludger Bastien, Huron of the Wendake reservation, was elected to the Quebec legislative assembly in 1924 where he served until his defeat in 1927. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorenhes (talk • contribs) 00:14, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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non-elected items
Whether party presidents or governors-general etc these should not be on here, unless the title of the article is changed.Skookum1 (talk) 06:22, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

James W. Douglas
James W. Douglas appears to be the first African-Canadian elected to sit in a provincial legislature...the son of Sir James Douglas, he served in the BC Legislature from 1875 to 1878. If his father is considered to be African-Canadian, than I assume his son is, as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.69.40.130 (talk) 00:52, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Defining Aboriginal
I find it odd that following the first Aboriginal peoples to attain political positions the list then focuses on the Métis as a separate group despite also being Aboriginal.

Aboriginal people are defined iin the Constitution as Indians (more appropriately referenced as the First Nations), the Métis, and the Inuit. Taylorderek (talk) 08:19, 14 November 2016 (UTC)

African Canadians vs. Black Canadians
When this article was started, this section was titled Black Canadians and somewhere along the way it was changed to African Canadians without explanation. I've returned it to the original title because, 1) it's a far more common usage in Canada to say "Black" or "Black Canadian" than "African Canadian", 2) because the pertinent Wikipedia article is titled Black Canadians, 3) because the rationale and history presented in that article suggest that Black Canadians is more accurate, more inclusive, and more more historically and demographically justified. Pinkville (talk) 21:32, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

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