Ethel Blondin, a member of the Dene nation, is elected in 1988 and becomes the first Native woman elected to sit in the House of Commons. Blondin serves as Secretary of State, then as Minister of State for Children and Youth, in the Liberal government of Prime Ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin.
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