Mary Ellen Smith
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Mary Ellen Spear Smith (October 11, 1863 – May 3, 1933) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was the first female Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,[1] and both the first female cabinet minister[2][3] and the first female Acting Speaker[4] and the first woman cabinet minister in the British Empire.[5]