Agnes Macphail Country

"Even after twenty-five years ...I still recall clearly ... each time I left my own community I was appalled by the publicity — both the quantity and the inaccuracy of it. It seemed that not one reporter could put down exactly the simple facts of my life. It was too simple; that was the trouble. A young woman from a farm with faith in the tillers of the soil and devotion to them, who knew nothing of cities and their ways had no business being elected the first woman M.P. What did she know of the Women's Clubs, of fashion, of society? Nothing, nothing."
~A. Macphail Autobiography

Agnes Macphail's home in Ceylon
After her parents died, Agnes took over this house at County Rd. 4 and Jane St.

Agnes Macphail Country Signage Grey Rd. 4

Agnes Macphail Country
Signs have been erected around Grey County to mark the area that Agnes Macphail called her home.

The Agnes Macphail Cairn
Situated at the site of Henrietta and Dugald McPhail's first farm and Agnes' birthplace, the cairn commemorates Agnes Macphail and her achievements.

Agnes Macphail Cairn Plaque
Agnes Macphail
1890-1954
Canada's first woman elected to Parliament
This cairn erected on Lot 7, Conc.12, Proton Township, the birthplace of Agnes Macphail is dedicated to her memory in gratitude for her love and service to all people.
June 24, 2004

Agnes Macphail Road
In 2008, Grey Rd. 9 was officially dedicated The Agnes Macphail Road to remind passers-by of Grey County's local hero.

McPhail Headstone in Priceville Cemetery

Priceville Cemetery Headstone
Agnes Macphail died on February 13, 1954 in Toronto and was buried in Priceville with sister Gertha and their parents