Four years later, in 1921, Irene Parlby was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the United Farmer's government, thus becoming the first woman in Alberta (and the second woman in the British Empire) to serve as a cabinet minister. Around the same time, Nellie McClung was also elected to the Alberta Legislature, as a Liberal member. As members of different, and sometimes opposing parties, these women had the opportunity to meet in their province's political institutions. 

That same year, Agnes Macphail of Ontario became the first woman elected to the House of Commons.

Not until after the success of the Persons' Case did a woman make it into the highest chamber of Canada's House of Commons. In 1930, the honourable Cairine Wilson of Ontario became the first female senator in Canada—to the disappointment of many Albertans who had hoped to see Emily Murphy appointed.