It’s taken far too long for North America to elect a woman leader. But Mexico has done it, bravo!
You’re going to be hearing that Canada’s Kim Campbell was Prime Minister decades ago in 1993, so technically, she was first. The only thing about that is that she was never elected to the role and was only PM for 132 days.
As I’m Canadian and don’t really know much about Mexico’s new president or her party, I will be speaking about Ms. Campbell here and thus staying in my lane. I will be giving you the basic run down of how she became the Prime Minister only. If you’d like to know more on the topic, I suggest you read the Wikipedia article about her.
In February 1993, facing an election and with his popularity in the toilet, Brian Mulroney decided to retire from politics, stepping down as his party’s (the Progressive Conservatives) leader, but not before he chose his successor and that person ended up being Kim Campbell . She was PM from June 1993 to November of the same year before being trounced in the scheduled election by the liberals led by Jean Cretien .
So Canada can not lay claim to electing the first woman leader in North America . And as she only remained PM for a scant 132 days, the third shortest stint as PM in Canada’s history, she certainly didn’t effect change in the country. In my opinion, she was more a placeholder than a Prime Minister
In this election, whichever way the polls went,Mexico was headed for a woman president. The two top contenders were all women.
That much I did know 😊
My bad. But just for those who live under rocks like me.