Sue Hammell made world history when she led the campaign(despite grumbles from many male party officials) and passed a revolutionary party rule mandating that every time a white male in her party retired, gave up his seat, passed away or moved, the seat would have to be taken by a woman, First Nation member, LGTBQ or other minority, until the party (the National Democratic Party of British Columbia) reached parity with its members. That was 20 years ago – when she retired from her decade and a half Parliamentary service, the party’s percentage of women had gone from 16% to 46%. In 15 years, Sue was able to do what no other party in the world has done: leveled the playing field for women to be elected.

An international trainer for the National Democratic Institute, this Canadian is the only non-American who has trained and been certified as a NWPC trainer. She lives on Denman Island, off Vancouver Island in BC, Canada, and will be joining us on image, voice and self-confidence tips.