Mary Theresa King-Myers

Mary Theresa King-Myers was a Canadian politician who served as the first female municipal councillor in rural Canada.

Career King-Myers was first elected to Halifax County council in 1938, retiring in 1949 before successfully re-offering in the 1950s. She continued to serve on council until 1967.

On March 4, 1938, King-Myers moved an amendment to establish a poor section in the county; however, the motion was not supported by other councillors. Work to establish a poor section, or county home, had been underway since 1927 when the initial plan for the building was submitted. King-Myers voiced her support of the county home plan in 1939, stating it had been delayed and moving an amendment to include the issue as a plebiscite during the next election. This amendment found no support from other councillors.

In 1945, King-Myers supported a proposal to create a physical education program and increase teacher salaries in Halifax County schools. During a meeting of council on March 4, she stated she was "strongly in favour of anything designed to improve health and education". The proposal moved forward with approval of all councillors.

King-Myers was a supporter of the shopmobile program, a government-funded initiative to provide mobile industrial education workshops to students in rural Nova Scotia. The workshops were constructed on trucks and equipped to teach woodworking, metalworking, leatherworking, and blacksmithing. The school opened in 1951 as Musquodoboit Rural High School.

Personal life King-Myers was of the fifth generation to live in the King house in Wellington. She was the granddaughter of William Michael King, and the daughter of William James King, who had served on council from 1923 to 1938.