caption constituency predecessor successor birth_place party office birth_date term_start spouse birthname image article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
mclaughlin at the 2012 ndp leadership convention yukon ed broadbent erik nielsen alexa mcdonough louise hardy dutton , ontario new democratic party 4th the house of commons of canada leader of the new democratic party member of 07 november 1936 december 1989 july 20 , 1987 don mclaughlin 1954 1972 divorced audrey marlene brown audreymclaughlin2012 1.png audrey mclaughlin
 october 1995 june 2 , 1997 audrey mclaughlin author , teacher , business consultant , researcher , social worker university of guelph
audrey mclaughlin

audrey marlene mclaughlin , -lrb- born november 8 , 1936 -rrb- was leader of canada 's new democratic party -lrb- ndp -rrb- from 1989 to 1995 .
she was the first female leader of a political party with representation in the canadian house of commons , as well as the first female federal political party leader to represent an electoral district in a canadian territory .
