Bremner prepares to serve as Glacier County s first woman commissioner
MARY JO BREMNER
and last updated 2020-12-31 21:22:27-05
A Browning woman is making history after being elected as the first woman to serve on the Glacier County Commission.
Mary Jo Bremner, who ran as an independent, was elected in November to replace Tom McKay. Bremner taught at Browning High School for 30 years â she taught for so long that many of the Glacier County officials sheâll be working with are former students of hers. After teaching, she moved to the Montana Board of Public Education for seven years.
Bremner came out of retirement to run for the commission seat, which ended in a historic win. Sheâll be the first woman, and Native American woman, to hold the position. she said sheâll prrioritize budgeting and infrastructure in her first term, and as a Native American, she wants to help bridge the divide between county and tribal governments.
Montana county swears in first female commissioner
December 24, 2020 GMT
Retired high school teacher Mary Jo Bremner takes the oath of office from outgoing Commissioner Tom McKay at the Glacier County Court House in Cut Bank, Montana, on Dec. 21, 2020. A Montana county that includes most of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and parts of Glacier National Park has elected its first female commissioner. Bremner s friends thought she was crazy when she said she was running for the Glacier County Commission, which had never had a female member let alone a Native American woman. (LeAnne Kavanagh/Cut Bank Pioneer Press via AP)
Retired high school teacher Mary Jo Bremner takes the oath of office from outgoing Commissioner Tom McKay at the Glacier County Court House in Cut Bank, Montana, on Dec. 21, 2020. A Montana county that includes most of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and parts of Glacier National Park has elected its first female commissioner. Bremner s friends thought she was craz
Mary Jo Bremner made history on Monday, Dec. 21. She is not only the first woman Glacier County Commissioner. She is also the first Native American woman to hold the position. Outgoing commissioner Tom McKay administered the oath of office to Bremner, who gave McKay a fist-bump thanking him for his six years of service.Â
Also sworn in Monday was Janine Scott after being elected to another four-year term as Glacier County Clerk of Court in last monthâs General Election. Scott, a Democrat, was unopposed.