Wilma Helen Hunley OC AOE (September 6, 1920 – October 22, 2010) was a Canadian politician and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, the first woman to serve in that post.
She first worked as an operator, served overseas in the Canadian Women's Army Corps during World War II and eventually owned and operated an International Harvester franchise and an insurance business.
[1] Hunley served as a town councilor from 1960 to 1966 and then mayor of Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, from 1966 to 1971.
In June, 1980, Hunley was appointed chair of the Alberta Mental Health Advisory Council.
Hunley became president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta in 1984 and, in 1985, was appointed by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, to the position of lieutenant-governor.