death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor religion party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
kentville , nova scotia 30 april 1967 eric balcom sydney , nova scotia victor thorpe united baptist progressive conservative mla for kings north august 4 , 1893 june 7 , 1960 gladys porter
 april 20 , 1967 gladys muriel porter
gladys porter

gladys muriel porter , née richardson , daughter of walter richardson and christina macpherson , -lrb- august 4 , 1893 , sydney , nova scotia , canada -- april 30 , 1967 , kentville , nova scotia , canada -rrb- was the first woman in the maritimes to be elected as mayor , and the first female member of the nova scotia house of assembly .
porter was elected to kentville town council in 1943 .
she was then elected mayor of kentville in 1946 and served until 1960 , when she ran successfully as a progressive conservative to represent the provincial electoral district of kings north .
porter was re-elected to the legislature in 1963 and served until her death on april 30 , 1967 .
