Muriel McQueen Fergusson

Muriel McQueen Fergusson, PC OC QC (May 26, 1899 – April 11, 1997) was a Canadian activist, judge and politician.

[2] In 1926, she retired from only one year's practice at law in the office of her barrister father, James McQueen, to marry Aubrey S.

She was readmitted to the bar in 1936 to support her family after her husband became ill from earlier injuries acquired during service in the First World War; he died six years later.

Because no one stepped forward to take advantage, McQueen Fergusson ran for Alderman and won by acclamation in 1950 and 1951.

[3] With the support of letter-writing campaigns by various women's groups, she became the Director of Family Allowances, a position that had originally been restricted to males.