Ella Jean Canfield, née Garrett (October 4, 1919 – December 31, 2000) was a Canadian politician."Involvement's the thing: minister". ''

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'', April 12, 1973. She was the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, as well as the first woman to serve in the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island. She was born in Westmoreland, Prince Edward Island, the daughter of Everett Garrett and Lydia Granville McVittie, and married Parker Canfield in 1939. Canfield originally stood for office in the 1966 provincial election in

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, but failed against incumbent Frank Myers. She then stood again in the 1970 election, and was successful. She was reelected in the 1974 election and the 1978 election, but was defeated in the 1979 election. From October 10, 1972 to May 2, 1974, she served as Minister without Portfolio and Minister responsible for the PEI Housing Authority in the government of Alex Campbell. Following her death in 2000, the Government of Canada announced in 2005 that a new federal office building in

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would be named the

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. The building officially opened in 2007."New federal building hopes to soak up the sun". '' The Guardian'', March 3, 2007.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Canfield, Jean 1919 births 2000 deaths Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Liberal Party MLAs Women MLAs in Prince Edward Island 20th-century Canadian women politicians Women government ministers of Canada 20th-century Canadian legislators