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This represents a gain of three seats from the previous record of 100 women in the 43rd Canadian Parliament, of whom 98 were elected in the 2019 federal election, [1] followed by two more at subsequent by-elections in 2020. Women have been elected to the House of Commons from every province and territory in Canada.
In terms of gender representation in government, Canada outperforms a country like the United States in which the House of Representatives is made up of 27.4% women. [10] However, in a country where women make up a slim majority of the population at 50.4% as of 2010, [ 13 ] the 43rd Canadian Parliament still falls short when it comes to ...
In terms of gender representation in government, Canada outperforms a country like the United States in which the House of Representatives is made up of 27.4% women. [10] However, in a country where women make up a slim majority of the population at 50.4% as of 2010, [ 13 ] the 43rd Canadian Parliament still falls short when it comes to ...
After one of the 10 male MLAs resigned his seat in 2021, the resulting by-election was won by a woman, making the Northwest Territories the first jurisdiction in Canadian history to have an outright majority of its legislators be women. [4] As of 2010, Canada ranked 50th in the world for women's participation in politics, with women holding 23 ...
Name Party Electoral district MP since Larry Maguire: Conservative: Brandon—Souris: 2013 Marty Morantz: Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley
Women have served in the Canadian Senate since Senator Cairine Wilson was first appointed to the Senate by the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King in 1930. [1] Since then, women have represented every province and territory in the Senate.
Name Party Electoral district First elected/previously elected Ed Fast: Conservative: Abbotsford: 2006 Terry Beech ‡: Liberal: Burnaby North—Seymour
List of women elected to Canadian Parliament; Women in the 14th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 15th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 16th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 17th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 18th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 19th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 20th Canadian Parliament; Women in the 21st Canadian ...