Maria Grant
Maria Grant (born Maria Heathfield Pollard, 1854 − 1937) was an early Canadian women's rights activist in British Columbia and first woman in Canada elected to any political office. Early life 
Grant was born in Quebec City, Quebec. Career 
In 1895 Grant was elected as the first female school board trustee in British Columbia. She was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and helped to found the Victoria Local Council of Women in 1894 which was created to facilitate communication between women and women's organizations to discuss the issues pertinent in their community. The Victoria Local Council of Women went on to become the first Council in Canada to endorse women's suffrage and Maria Grant was honored by the Council for her more than 30 years of work towards women's suffrage in 1987. Personal life 
Grant married marine engineer Gordon Grant in Victoria in 1874. She had nine children, of which seven survived to adulthood. References

1854 births
1937 deaths
British Columbia school board members
Canadian women's rights activists
People from Quebec City
Women in British Columbia politics