About Ellen Louks Fairclough Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-2004), was a Member of Parliament for Hamilton West (1950-63). She was the first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Cabinet and was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1995. Books by Ellen Louks Fairclough Saturday's Child Memoirs of Canada's First Female Cabinet Minister by (author) Ellen Louks Fairclough introduction by Margaret Conrad