January 6, 1936 - Barbara Hanley - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

Barbara Hanley becomes Canada’s first woman mayor. Barbara McCallum Smith was born in 1882 in Magnetewan, Ontario. She became a public school teacher, working in a few communities before settling in the northern Ontario town of Webbwood. There she married Joseph Hanley and they adopted a daughter. Hanley was an active member of the Webbwood community before getting into public office, first as a school trustee and then as the first woman town councillor. On January 6, 1936, she became Canada’s first woman mayor, defeating Robert E. Streich for Webbwood’s top job. Hanley served for eight terms before stepping down in 1944. However, she carried on as clerk/treasurer for Webbwood from 1946 until 1950. She died in 1959 at the age of 76.

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