Helena Squires, née Strong (1879 – 1959) was a Newfoundland politician born in Little Bay Islands.
She became the first woman to stand for and win a seat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly, in the 1930 by-election as the Member for the District of Lewisporte.
She was the wife of the prime minister of the Dominion of Newfoundland (Sir Richard Anderson Squires) and was a mother of seven children.
[1] One of her sons, named after her husband, Richard Anderson Squires, served with Lord Strathcona's Horse regiment in the Canadian army during the Second World War.
[2] When Newfoundland joined Confederation in 1949, Lady Squires was elected the first president of the provincial Liberal Association a position she held until 1958.