Hannah "Annie" Elizabeth Rolinson Gale (December 29, 1876 – August 7, 1970) was a British-born Canadian politician who was one of the first women to hold an elected political position in Canada.
Gale, nicknamed Annie at an early age, was born in Netherton, West Midlands, England.
This she found was a result of grocers having contracts with BC producers so the cost of transportation was added to the price plus the long time in transit accounted for the poor quality.
[10] The following year Gale was elected as acting mayor by her fellow members on the city council.
[11] Her strong advocacy for working families made her enemies and they contrived to force her husband to resign from his employment with the City Engineering Department in 1923.
They moved there in hopes the coastal climate would help her husband's declining health - he died in 1939.
Women haven't an easy time in public life but they count the cost before they enter.
[15] In 1985 Judith Lishman's book "Alderman Mrs. Annie Gale" was published by Sheila Graham, in Vancouver.