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About Irene Parlby
Mary Irene Parlby was a Canadian women's farm leader, activist and politician. She served as MLA in the United Farmers of Alberta government from 1921 to 1935, serving as Minister without portfolio in the Cabinet of Alberta during that time. She worked to implement social reforms that helped farm women and children and was an advocate of public health programs. As a member of the Famous Five, she was one of five women who took the Persons Case first to the Supreme Court of Canada, and then to the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the right of women to serve in the Senate of Canada. From 1930 to 1934, she was one of three Canadian representatives at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Everything about Irene Parlby →- Occupation
- politician, human rights defender, suffragette
- Position held
- member of Alberta Legislative Assembly, member of Alberta Legislative Assembly, member of Alberta Legislative Assembly
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Born
- January 9, 1868
- Died
- July 12, 1965