Sarah Ramsland

Sarah Katherine Ramsland
MLA for Pelly
In office 1918–1925
Preceded by	Max Ramsland
Succeeded by	Charles Tran
Personal details
Born	July 19, 1882 Minnesota
Died	April 4, 1964
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Buchanan, Saskatchewan
Occupation	homemaker

Sarah Katherine Ramsland, née McEwen (July 19, 1882 - April 4, 1964) was a Canadian politician, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

She was born in Minnesota, the daughter of a member of the Minnesota State Senate. Trained as a schoolteacher, she later married Max Ramsland and moved to Buchanan, Saskatchewan. Max Ramsland was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1917 provincial election as the Liberal MLA for Pelly, but died in 1918 in the Spanish flu epidemic, and Sarah Ramsland was elected to succeed him in the resulting byelection.

Ramsland was reelected in the 1921 election, and served until 1925. A backbench MLA, she was not prominent in the government until her final day in the legislature, when she introduced a resolution calling for an amendment to federal divorce laws that would permit women to apply for divorce on the grounds of a spouse's adultery, a privilege which was then only available to men.

She was defeated in the 1925 provincial election by Progressive candidate Charles Tran. She subsequently worked for the provincial library and for a number of women's organizations.

External links

• Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

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Name	Ramsland, Sarah
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Date of birth	July 19, 1882
Place of birth	Minnesota
Date of death	April 4, 1964
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