Women have served in the Canadian House of Commons since the 1921 entrance of Agnes MacPhail, a member of the Progressive Party of Canada from Grey Southeast. Over 370 women have since served in the House. there are 103 female MPs, or 30% of the body, the highest in Canada's history. Twenty-two of them were elected in the 2021 federal election. 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.
Member of Parliament | Riding | Took office | Left office | Party | Note | |||
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Agnes Macphail | Grey Southeast | Progressive | [2] | First woman elected to Parliament First Scottish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First Progressive woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Ontario | ||||
Martha Black | Yukon | Independent Conservative | [3] | First American-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First Independent woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Yukon | ||||
Dorise Nielsen | North Battleford | Unity | [4] | First English-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Only Labor-Progressive or Unity (i.e., Communist) woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Saskatchewan | ||||
Labor-Progressive | ||||||||
Cora Taylor Casselman | Edmonton East | Liberal | [5] | First Liberal woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Alberta First woman elected in a by-election | ||||
Gladys Strum | Qu'Appelle | CCF | [6] | First CCF/NDP woman elected to Parliament | ||||
Ellen Fairclough | Hamilton West | Progressive Conservative | [7] | First Conservative woman elected to Parliament First woman to serve in Cabinet Secretary of State for Canada (1957–1958) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1958–1962) Postmaster General (1962–1963) | ||||
Margaret Aitken | York—Humber | Progressive Conservative | [8] | First woman appointed to chair a Parliamentary Committee | ||||
Sybil Bennett | Halton | Progressive Conservative | [9] | First woman to die in office | ||||
Ann Shipley | Timiskaming | Liberal | [10] | First woman to move the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne | ||||
Jean Casselman Wadds | Grenville—Dundas | Progressive Conservative | [11] | First woman to be appointed a Parliamentary Secretary | ||||
Judy LaMarsh | Niagara Falls | Liberal | [12] | Minister of Health (1963–1965) Minister of Sport (1963–1965) Secretary of State for Canada (1965–1968) | ||||
Margaret Mary Macdonald | Kings | Progressive Conservative | [13] | First woman elected to Parliament from Prince Edward Island | ||||
Isabel Hardie | Northwest Territories | Liberal | [14] | First woman elected to Parliament from the Northwest Territories | ||||
Pauline Jewett | Northumberland | Liberal | [15] | First woman elected to Parliament as a candidate from more than one party | ||||
New Westminster—Coquitlam | NDP | |||||||
Margaret Konantz | Winnipeg South | Liberal | [16] | First woman elected to Parliament from Manitoba | ||||
Eloise Jones | Saskatoon | Progressive Conservative | [17] | |||||
Margaret Rideout | Westmorland | Liberal | [18] | First woman elected to Parliament from New Brunswick | ||||
Grace MacInnis | Vancouver Kingsway | NDP | [19] | First woman elected to Parliament from British Columbia | ||||
Monique Bégin | Saint-Léonard—Anjou | Liberal | [20] | First Italian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec Minister of National Revenue (1976–1977) Minister of Health (1977–1979, 1980–1984) | ||||
Flora MacDonald | Kingston and the Islands | Progressive Conservative | [21] | Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979–1980) Minister of Employment and Immigration (1984–1986) Minister of Communications (1986–1988) | ||||
Albanie Morin | Louis-Hébert | Liberal | [22] | First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec | ||||
Jeanne Sauvé | Laval-des-Rapides | Liberal | [23] | First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec First woman to be Speaker of the House of Commons First woman to be appointed Governor General Minister of the Environment (1974–1975) Minister of Communications (1975–1979) Speaker of the House of Commons (1980–1984) | ||||
Ursula Appolloni | York South—Weston | Liberal | [24] | First Irish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | ||||
Iona Campagnolo | Skeena | Liberal | [25] | First woman to be President of a Political Party Minister for Sport (1976–1979) Liberal Party President (1982–1984) | ||||
Coline Campbell | Southwestern Nova | Liberal | [26] | First woman elected to Parliament from Nova Scotia | ||||
Simma Holt | Vancouver Kingsway | Liberal | [27] | First Jewish woman elected to Parliament | ||||
Aideen Nicholson | Trinity | Liberal | [28] | |||||
Jean Pigott | Ottawa—Carleton | Progressive Conservative | [29] | |||||
Celine Hervieux-Payette | Mercier | Liberal | [30] | Minister for Sport (1983–1984) Minister for Youth (1984) Canadian Senator (1995–2016) | ||||
Marie Thérèse Killens | Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic | Liberal | [31] | |||||
Margaret Mitchell | Vancouver East | NDP | [32] | |||||
Diane Stratas | Scarborough Centre | Progressive Conservative | [33] | First Greek-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | ||||
Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet | Roberval | Liberal | [34] | |||||
Pat Carney | Vancouver Centre | Progressive Conservative | [35] | First woman to be appointed to a senior economic cabinet portfolio Minister of Energy (1984–1986) Minister of International Trade (1986–1988) President of the Treasury Board (1988) | ||||
Eva Côté | Rimouski | Liberal | [36] | |||||
Judy Erola | Nickel Belt | Liberal | [37] | First Finnish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Mines (1980–1983) Minister for Status of Women (1981–1984) Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1983–1984) | ||||
Jennifer Cossitt | Leeds—Grenville | Progressive Conservative | [38] | |||||
Lynn McDonald | Broadview-Greenwood | NDP | [39] | |||||
Gabrielle Bertrand | Brome—Missisquoi | Progressive Conservative | [40] | |||||
Suzanne Blais-Grenier | Rosemont | Progressive Conservative | [41] | Minister of the Environment (1984–1985) Minister for Transport (1985) First woman expelled from her original party's caucus | ||||
Independent | ||||||||
Anne Blouin | Montmorency—Orléans | Progressive Conservative | [42] | |||||
Lise Bourgault | Argenteuil—Papineau | Progressive Conservative | [43] | |||||
Pauline Browes | Scarborough Centre | Progressive Conservative | [44] | Minister of State (Environment) (1991–1993) Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1993) | ||||
Andrée Champagne | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Progressive Conservative | [45] | Minister for Youth (1984–1986) | ||||
Mary Collins | Capilano | Progressive Conservative | [46] | Minister for the Status of Women (1990–1993) Minister of Health (1993) Minister for Sport (1993) | ||||
Sheila Copps | Hamilton East | Liberal | [47] | Deputy Prime Minister (1993–1997) Minister of the Environment (1993–1996) Minister for Communications (1996) Minister of Canadian Heritage (1996–2003) | ||||
Sheila Finestone | Mount Royal | Liberal | [48] | Minister for the Status of Women (1993–1996) | ||||
Suzanne Duplessis | Louis-Hébert | Progressive Conservative | [49] | |||||
Carole Jacques | Mercier | Progressive Conservative | [50] | |||||
Monique Landry | Blainville—Deux-Montagnes | Progressive Conservative | [51] | Minister for External Relations (1986–1993) Minister of Communications (1993) | ||||
Claudy Mailly | Gatineau | Progressive Conservative | [52] | |||||
Shirley Martin | Lincoln | Progressive Conservative | [53] | Progressive Conservative Caucus Chair (1988) Minister of State (Transport) (1988–1990, 1991–1993) | ||||
Barbara McDougall | St. Paul's | Progressive Conservative | [54] | Minister for the Status of Women (1986–1990) Minister for Employment (1988–1991) Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991–1993) | ||||
Lucie Pépin | Outremont | Liberal | [55] | |||||
Bobbie Sparrow | Calgary Southwest | Progressive Conservative | [56] | Minister of Energy (1993) | ||||
Monique Tardif | Charlesbourg | Progressive Conservative | [57] | |||||
Monique Vézina | Rimouski—Témiscouata | Progressive Conservative | [58] | Minister of External Relations (1984–1986, 1993) Minister for Supply and Services (1986–1987) Minister for Seniors (1988–1993) | ||||
Marion Dewar | Hamilton Mountain | NDP | [59] | |||||
Audrey McLaughlin | Yukon | NDP | [60] | NDP Leader (1989–1995) | ||||
Edna Anderson | Simcoe Centre | Progressive Conservative | [61] | |||||
Dawn Black | New Westminster—Burnaby | NDP | [62] | |||||
New Westminster—Coquitlam | ||||||||
Ethel Blondin-Andrew | Western Arctic | Liberal | [63] | First Indigenous woman elected to Parliament Minister of Children and Youth Development (1993–2004) Minister for Northern Development (2004–2006) | ||||
Catherine Callbeck | Malpeque | Liberal | [64] | |||||
Kim Campbell | Vancouver Centre | Progressive Conservative | [65] | Only woman Prime Minister of Canada (1993) Leader of the Conservative Party (1993–1994) Minister of Justice (1990–1993) Minister of Defence (1993) | ||||
Marlene Catterall | Ottawa West—Nepean | Liberal | [66] | Chief Government Whip (2001–2003) | ||||
Mary Clancy | Halifax | Liberal | [67] | |||||
Dorothy Dobbie | Winnipeg South | Progressive Conservative | [68] | |||||
Louise Feltham | Wild Rose | Progressive Conservative | [69] | |||||
Beryl Gaffney | Nepean | Liberal | [70] | |||||
Marie Gibeau | Bourassa | Progressive Conservative | [71] | |||||
Barbara Greene | Don Valley North | Progressive Conservative | [72] | |||||
Albina Guarnieri | Mississauga East—Cooksville | Liberal | [73] | Minister of Veterans Affairs (2004–2006) | ||||
Lynn Hunter | Saanich—Gulf Islands | NDP | [74] | |||||
Joy Langan | Mission—Coquitlam | NDP | [75] | |||||
Shirley Maheu | Saint-Laurent—Cartierville | Liberal | [76] | |||||
Diane Marleau | Sudbury | Liberal | [77] | Minister of Health (1993–1996) Minister of Public Works (1996–1997) Minister of International Cooperation (1997–1999) | ||||
Beth Phinney | Hamilton Mountain | Liberal | [78] | |||||
Nicole Roy-Arcelin | Ahuntsic | Progressive Conservative | [79] | |||||
Christine Stewart | Northumberland | Liberal | [80] | Minister of the Environment (1997–1999) | ||||
Pierrette Venne | Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | Progressive Conservative | [81] | First woman to cross the floor during her term and to be expelled from her new party's caucus | ||||
Bloc Québécois | ||||||||
Independent | ||||||||
Deborah Grey | Beaver River | Reform | [82] | Interim leader of the Canadian Alliance and Leader of the Official Opposition (2000) | ||||
Edmonton North | Alliance | |||||||
Conservative |
Member of Parliament | Riding | Took office | Left office | Party | Note | ||||
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Diane Ablonczy | Calgary Nose Hill | Reform | [83] | Minister of Small Business and Tourism (2007–2010) Minister for Seniors (2010–2011) Minister for Consular Affairs (2011–2013) | |||||
Alliance | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Jean Augustine | Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Liberal | [84] | First Black Canadian and Grenadian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Multiculturalism (2002–2004) Minister for Status of Women (2002–2004) | |||||
Eleni Bakopanos | Ahuntsic | Liberal | [85] | ||||||
Sue Barnes | London West | Liberal | [86] | ||||||
Colleen Beaumier | Brampton West | Liberal | [87] | ||||||
Judy Bethel | Edmonton East | Liberal | [88] | ||||||
Margaret Bridgman | Surrey North | Reform | [89] | ||||||
Bonnie Brown | Oakville | Liberal | [90] | ||||||
Jan Brown | Calgary Southeast | Reform | [91] | First Croatian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Dianne Brushett | Cumberland—Colchester | Liberal | [92] | ||||||
Brenda Chamberlain | Guelph | Liberal | [93] | ||||||
Shaughnessy Cohen | Windsor—St. Clair | Liberal | [94] | ||||||
Marlene Cowling | Dauphin—Swan River | Liberal | [95] | ||||||
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral | Laval Centre | Bloc Québécois | [96] | Chief Opposition Whip (1996–1997) | |||||
Maud Debien | Laval East | Bloc Québécois | [97] | ||||||
Hedy Fry | Vancouver Centre | Incumbent | Liberal | [98] | First Trinidadian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister for Multiculturalism (1996–2002) Minister for Status of Women (1996–2002) Longest-serving female MP | ||||
Christiane Gagnon | Québec | Bloc Québécois | [99] | ||||||
Monique Guay | Riviere-du-Nord | Bloc Québécois | [100] | ||||||
Sharon Hayes | Port Moody—Coquitlam | Reform | [101] | ||||||
Bonnie Hickey | St. John's East | Liberal | [102] | ||||||
Daphne Jennings | Mission—Coquitlam | Reform | [103] | ||||||
Karen Kraft Sloan | York North | Liberal | [104] | ||||||
Francine Lalonde | La Pointe-de-l'Île | Bloc Québécois | [105] | ||||||
Anne McLellan | Edmonton Centre | Liberal | [106] | Minister of Natural Resources (1993–1997) Minister of Justice (1997–2002) Minister of Health (2002–2003) Deputy Prime Minister (2003–2006) Minister of Public Safety (2003–2006) | |||||
Val Meredith | South Surrey—White Rock | Reform | [107] | ||||||
Alliance | |||||||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Maria Minna | Beaches—East York | Liberal | [108] | Minister of International Cooperation (1999–2002) | |||||
Carolyn Parrish | Mississauga—Erindale | Liberal | [109] | ||||||
Independent | |||||||||
Jean Payne | St. John's West | Liberal | [110] | ||||||
Pauline Picard | Drummond | Bloc Québécois | [111] | ||||||
Pierrette Ringuette | Madawaska—Victoria | Liberal | [112] | ||||||
Georgette Sheridan | Saskatoon—Humboldt | Liberal | [113] | ||||||
Roseanne Skoke | Central Nova | Liberal | [114] | ||||||
Jane Stewart | Brant | Liberal | [115] | Minister of National Revenue (1996–1997) Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (1997–1999) Minister of Human Resources (1999–2003) | |||||
Anna Terrana | Vancouver East | Liberal | [116] | ||||||
Paddy Torsney | Burlington | Liberal | [117] | ||||||
Suzanne Tremblay | Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis | Bloc Québécois | [118] | ||||||
Rose-Marie Ur | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Liberal | [119] | ||||||
Elsie Wayne | Saint John | Progressive Conservative | [120] | Conservative Deputy Leader (2002–2004) | |||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Susan Whelan | Essex | Liberal | [121] | Minister of International Cooperation (2002–2003) | |||||
Lucienne Robillard | Westmount—Ville-Marie | Liberal | [122] | Minister of Labour (1995–1996) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1996–1999) President of the Treasury Board (1999–2003) Minister of Industry (2003–2004) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2004–2006) | |||||
Hélène Alarie | Louis-Hébert | Bloc Québécois | [123] | ||||||
Carolyn Bennett | Toronto—St. Paul's | Liberal | [124] | Minister for Public Health (2003–2006) Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs/Crown–Indigenous Relations (2015–2021) Minister of Mental Health and Addictions (2021–2023) | |||||
Claudette Bradshaw | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | Liberal | [125] | Minister for Labour (1998–2004) | |||||
Sarmite Bulte | Parkdale—High Park | Liberal | [126] | First Latvian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Elinor Caplan | Thornhill | Liberal | [127] | Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1999–2002) Minister of National Revenue (2002–2003) | |||||
Aileen Carroll | Barrie | Liberal | [128] | ||||||
Libby Davies | Vancouver East | NDP | [129] | NDP Deputy Leader (2007–2015) First female MP to come out as LGBTQ during her term | |||||
Bev Desjarlais | Churchill | NDP | [130] | ||||||
Michelle Dockrill | Cape Breton—Canso | NDP | [131] | ||||||
Raymonde Folco | Laval West | Liberal | [132] | ||||||
Jocelyne Girard-Bujold | Jonquiere | Bloc Québécois | [133] | ||||||
Louise Hardy | Yukon | NDP | [134] | ||||||
Marlene Jennings | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine | Liberal | [135] | ||||||
Nancy Karetak-Lindell | Nunavut | Liberal | [136] | First Inuit woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Sophia Leung | Vancouver Kingsway | Liberal | [137] | First Chinese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Wendy Lill | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | NDP | [138] | ||||||
Judi Longfield | Whitby—Oshawa | Liberal | [139] | ||||||
Alexa McDonough | Halifax | NDP | [140] | NDP Leader (1995–2003) | |||||
Karen Redman | Kitchener Centre | Liberal | [141] | Chief Government Whip (2004–2006) | |||||
Caroline St-Hilaire | Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher | Bloc Québécois | [142] | ||||||
Diane St-Jacques | Shefford | Progressive Conservative | [143] | ||||||
Liberal | |||||||||
Yolande Thibeault | Saint-Lambert | Liberal | [144] | ||||||
Angela Vautour | Beauséjour—Petitcodiac | NDP | [145] | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | |||||||||
Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Winnipeg North | NDP | [146] | ||||||
Judy Sgro | Humber River—Black Creek | Incumbent | Liberal | [147] | Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2003–2005) | ||||
Carole-Marie Allard | Laval East | Liberal | [148] | ||||||
Diane Bourgeois | Terrebonne—Blainville | Bloc Québécois | [149] | ||||||
Cheryl Gallant | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Incumbent | Alliance | [150] | |||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Betty Hinton | Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys | Alliance | [151] | ||||||
Kamloops—Thompson/ Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Conservative | ||||||||
Anita Neville | Winnipeg South Centre | Liberal | [152] | ||||||
Helene Scherrer | Louis-Hébert | Liberal | [153] | Minister of Canadian Heritage (2003–2004) | |||||
Carol Skelton | Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | Alliance | [154] | Minister of National Revenue (2006–2007) Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2006–2007) | |||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Lynne Yelich | Blackstrap | Alliance | [155] | Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2008–2013) Minister of Consular Affairs (2013–2015) | |||||
Conservative | |||||||||
Liza Frulla | Jeanne-Le Ber | Liberal | [156] | Minister of Human Resources (2003–2004) Minister of Canadian Heritage (2004–2006) Minister for the Status of Women (2004–2006) | |||||
Rona Ambrose | Sturgeon River—Parkland | Conservative | [157] | Minister of the Environment (2006–2007) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2007–2008) Minister of Western Economic Diversification (2007–2008) Minister of Labour (2008–2010) Minister of Public Works (2010–2013) Minister for the Status of Women (2010–2013) Minister of Health (2013–2015) | |||||
Françoise Boivin | Gatineau | Liberal | [158] | ||||||
NDP | |||||||||
France Bonsant | Compton—Stanstead | Bloc Québécois | [159] | ||||||
Paule Brunelle | Trois-Rivières | Bloc Québécois | [160] | ||||||
Jean Crowder | Nanaimo—Ladysmith | NDP | [161] | ||||||
Nicole Demers | Laval | Bloc Québécois | [162] | ||||||
Johanne Deschamps | Laurentides—Labelle | Bloc Québécois | [163] | ||||||
Ruby Dhalla | Brampton—Springdale | Liberal | [164] | First Indo-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Meili Faille | Vaudreuil—Soulanges | Bloc Québécois | [165] | First Taiwanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Diane Finley | Haldimand—Norfolk | Conservative | [166] | Minister of Human Resources (2006–2007, 2008–2013) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (2007–2008) Minister of Public Works (2013–2015) | |||||
Nina Grewal | Fleetwood—Port Kells | Conservative | [167] | First Indo-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Helena Guergis | Simcoe—Grey | Conservative | [168] | Minister for Sport (2007–2008) Minister for the Status of Women (2008–2010) | |||||
Susan Kadis | Thornhill | Liberal | [169] | ||||||
Carole Lavallee | Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | Bloc Québécois | [170] | ||||||
Bev Oda | Durham | Conservative | [171] | First Japanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister of Canadian Heritage (2006–2007) Minister for the Status of Women (2006–2007) Minister of International Cooperation (2007–2012) | |||||
Denise Poirier-Rivard | Chateauguay—Saint-Constant | Bloc Québécois | [172] | ||||||
Yasmin Ratansi | Don Valley East | Liberal | [173] | First Tanzanian-Canadian woman and also first Ismaili woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Independent | |||||||||
Joy Smith | Kildonan—St. Paul | Conservative | [174] | ||||||
Belinda Stronach | Newmarket—Aurora | Conservative | [175] | First Austrian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Liberal | |||||||||
Louise Thibault | Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Bloc Québécois | [176] | ||||||
Vivian Barbot | Papineau | Bloc Québécois | [177] | First Haitian-Canadian woman elected to Parliament BQ Leader (2011) | |||||
Catherine Bell | Vancouver Island North | NDP | [178] | ||||||
Sylvie Boucher | Beauport—Limoilou | Conservative | [179] | ||||||
Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | |||||||||
Chris Charlton | Hamilton Mountain | NDP | [180] | First German-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Olivia Chow | Trinity—Spadina | NDP | [181] | ||||||
Pat Davidson | Sarnia—Lambton | Conservative | [182] | ||||||
Claude DeBellefeuille | Beauharnois—Salaberry | Bloc Québécois | [183] | BQ Whip (2010–2011) | |||||
Salaberry—Suroît | |||||||||
Carole Freeman | Chateauguay—Saint-Constant | Bloc Québécois | [184] | BQ Whip (2010–2011) | |||||
Tina Keeper | Churchill | Liberal | [185] | ||||||
Irene Mathyssen | London—Fanshawe | NDP | [186] | ||||||
Maria Mourani | Ahuntsic | Bloc Québécois | [187] | First Lebanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Independent | |||||||||
Peggy Nash | Parkdale—High Park | NDP | [188] | ||||||
Penny Priddy | Surrey North | NDP | [189] | ||||||
Denise Savoie | Victoria | NDP | [190] | Deputy Speaker (2011–2012) | |||||
Josée Verner | Louis-Saint-Laurent | Conservative | [191] | Minister of International Cooperation (2006–2007) Minister of Canadian Heritage (2007–2008) Minister for the Status of Women (2007–2008) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2008–2011) | |||||
Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Bloc Québécois | [192] | First Vietnamese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Martha Hall Findlay | Willowdale | Liberal | [193] | ||||||
Joyce Murray | Vancouver Quadra | Incumbent | Liberal | [194] | First South African-Canadian woman elected to Parliament President of the Treasury Board (2019) Minister of Digital Government (2019–2021) Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2021–2023) | ||||
Leona Aglukkaq | Nunavut | Conservative | [195] | Minister of Health (2008–2013) Minister of the Environment (2013–2015) | |||||
Niki Ashton | Churchill | Incumbent | NDP | [196] | |||||
Josée Beaudin | Saint-Lambert | Bloc Québécois | [197] | ||||||
Candice Bergen | Portage—Lisgar | Conservative | [198] | Minister of Social Development (2013–2015) Official Opposition House Leader (2016–2020) | |||||
Kelly Block | Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek | Incumbent | Conservative | [199] | |||||
Lois Brown | Newmarket—Aurora | Conservative | [200] | ||||||
Dona Cadman | Surrey North | Conservative | [201] | ||||||
Siobhan Coady | St. John's South—Mount Pearl | Liberal | [202] | ||||||
Bonnie Crombie | Mississauga—Streetsville | Liberal | [203] | First Polish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Kirsty Duncan | Etobicoke North | Incumbent | Liberal | [204] | Minister for Science (2015–2019) Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (2018) Deputy House Leader of the Government (2019–present) | ||||
Linda Duncan | Edmonton—Strathcona | NDP | [205] | ||||||
Judy Foote | Bonavista—Burin—Trinity | Liberal | [206] | Minister of Public Services and Procurement; Receiver General (2015–2017) | |||||
Shelly Glover | Saint Boniface | Conservative | [207] | First Métis woman elected to Parliament Minister of Canadian Heritage (2013–2015) | |||||
Carol Hughes | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | Incumbent | NDP | [208] | |||||
Megan Leslie | Halifax | NDP | [209] | Deputy NDP Leader (2012–2015) | |||||
Cathy McLeod | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | Conservative | [210] | ||||||
Alexandra Mendès | Brossard—La Prairie | Liberal | [211] | First Portuguese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament | |||||
Brossard—Saint-Lambert | Incumbent | ||||||||
Tilly O'Neill-Gordon | Miramichi | Conservative | [212] | ||||||
Lisa Raitt | Milton | Conservative | [213] | Minister of Natural Resources (2008–2010) Minister of Labour (2010–2013) Minister of Transportation (2013–2015) | |||||
Gail Shea | Egmont | Conservative | [214] | Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (2008–2011, 2013–2015) Minister of National Revenue (2011–2013) | |||||
Michelle Simson | Scarborough Southwest | Liberal | [215] | ||||||
Alice Wong | Richmond Centre | Conservative | [216] | Minister for Seniors (2011–2015) | |||||
Lise Zarac | LaSalle—Emard | Liberal | [217] |
Numbers and proportions are as they were directly after the relevant election and do not take into account by-elections, defections, or other changes in membership. Instead, women who were initially by-elected to their seats and later successful in holding them at a subsequent federal election are counted as having won the latter to serve full terms, if completed. "Others" include the Reform Party between 1988 and 1997, the Canadian Alliance only in 2000, Bloc Québécois since 1993, and the Greens since 2011.
Election | colspan=3 | Conservative | colspan=3 | Liberal | colspan=3 | 1932–61, NDP since 1961 | colspan=3 | Others | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
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Women | Total | % | Women | Total | % | Women | Total | % | Women | Total | % | Women | Total | % | ||||||||||||||
1921 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 49 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 118 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | 1 | align=right | 10 | align=right | 10% | 1 | 235 | 0.1% | |
1925 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 115 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 100 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | 1 | align=right | 30 | align=right | 3.3% | 1 | 245 | 0.4% | |
1926 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 91 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 116 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | 1 | align=right | 38 | align=right | 2.6% | 1 | 245 | 0.4% | |
1930 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 135 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 89 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | N/A | align=right | 1 | align=right | 21 | align=right | 4.8% | 1 | 245 | 0.4% | |
1935 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 39 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 173 | align=right | 0.0% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 7 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 26 | align=right | 3.8% | 2 | 245 | 1.5% | |
1940 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 39 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 179 | align=right | 0.0% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 8 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 19 | align=right | 5.3% | 1 | 245 | 0.4% | |
1945 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 66 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 118 | align=right | 0.0% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 1 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 28 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 3.6% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 33 | align=right | 0.0% | 1 | 245 | 0.4% | |
1949 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 41 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 191 | align=right | 4.4% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 13 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 11.1% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 17 | align=right | 0.0% | 0 | 262 | 0.0% | |
1953 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 3 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 51 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 5.9% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 169 | align=right | 0.6% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 23 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 22 | align=right | 0.0% | 4 | 265 | 1.5% | |
1957 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 112 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | <1.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 105 | align=right | 5.1% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 25 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 23 | align=right | 0.0% | 2 | 265 | 0.8% | |
1958 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 208 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 3.3% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 48 | align=right | 5.0% | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 8 | style=background:#eeddaa align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.0% | 2 | 265 | 0.8% | |
1962 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 3 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 116 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2.6% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 99 | align=right | 2.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 19 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 31 | align=right | 0.0% | 5 | 265 | 1.9% | |
1963 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 95 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1.1% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 128 | align=right | 2.3% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 17 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 7 | align=right | 14.3% | 4 | 265 | 1.5% | |
1965 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 97 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1.0% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 131 | align=right | 1.5% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 21 | align=right | 4.8% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 16 | align=right | 0.0% | 4 | 265 | 1.5% | |
1968 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 72 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 155 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 22 | align=right | 4.5% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 16 | align=right | 70% | 1 | 264 | 0.4% | |
1972 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 107 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 0.9% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 109 | align=right | 2.8% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 31 | align=right | 3.2% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 17 | align=right | 0.0% | 5 | 264 | 1.9% | |
1974 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 95 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1.1% | align=right | 8 | align=right | 141 | align=right | 5.7% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 16 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 12 | align=right | 0.0% | 9 | 264 | 3.4% | |
1979 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 136 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1.5% | align=right | 6 | align=right | 114 | align=right | 5.3% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 26 | align=right | 7.7% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 6 | align=right | 0.0% | 10 | 282 | 3.5% | |
1980 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 147 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1.4% | align=right | 6 | align=right | 103 | align=right | 5.8% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 32 | align=right | 0.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.0% | 14 | 282 | 5.0% | |
1984 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 19 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 211 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 9.0% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 40 | align=right | 12.5% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 30 | align=right | 10.0% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 1 | align=right | 0.0% | 27 | 282 | 9.6% | |
1988 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 21 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 169 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 12.4% | align=right | 13 | align=right | 83 | align=right | 15.7% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 43 | align=right | 11.6% | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0 | align=right | 0.0% | 39 | 295 | 13.2% | |
1993 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 1 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 50.0% | align=right | 36 | align=right | 177 | align=right | 23.9% | align=right | 1 | align=right | 9 | align=right | 11.1% | align=right | 15 | align=right | 107 | align=right | 14.0% | 53 | 295 | <18.0% | |
1997 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 20 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 10.0% | align=right | 37 | align=right | 155 | align=right | 24.2% | align=right | 8 | align=right | 21 | align=right | 38.1% | align=right | 14 | align=right | 105 | align=right | 13.3% | 61 | 301 | 20.3% | |
2000 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 2 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 12 | style=background:#9999ff align=right | 16.7% | align=right | 38 | align=right | 172 | align=right | 22.1% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 13 | align=right | 38.5% | align=right | 17 | align=right | 104 | align=right | 16.3% | 81 | 301 | 26.9% | |
2004 | align=right | 12 | align=right | 99 | align=right | 12.1% | align=right | 33 | align=right | 135 | align=right | 24.4% | align=right | 5 | align=right | 19 | align=right | 26.3% | align=right | 14 | align=right | 55 | align=right | 25.4% | 64 | 308 | 20.8% | |
2006 | align=right | 14 | align=right | 128 | align=right | 10.9% | align=right | 21 | align=right | 103 | align=right | 20.4% | align=right | 12 | align=right | 29 | align=right | 41.4% | align=right | 17 | align=right | 52 | align=right | 32.7% | 64 | 308 | 20.8% | |
2008 | align=right | 23 | align=right | 143 | align=right | 16.1% | align=right | 19 | align=right | 77 | align=right | 24.7% | align=right | 12 | align=right | 37 | align=right | 32.4% | align=right | 15 | align=right | 51 | align=right | 29.4% | 69 | 308 | 22.4% | |
2011 | align=right | 28 | align=right | 166 | align=right | 16.9% | align=right | 6 | align=right | 34 | align=right | 17.6% | align=right | 40 | align=right | 103 | align=right | 38.8% | align=right | 2 | align=right | 5 | align=right | 40.0% | 76 | 308 | 24.7% | |
2015 | align=right | 17 | align=right | 99 | align=right | 17.2% | align=right | 50 | align=right | 184 | align=right | 27.2% | align=right | 18 | align=right | 44 | align=right | 41.0% | align=right | 3 | align=right | 11 | align=right | 27.3% | 88 | 338 | 26.0% | |
2019 | align=right | 22 | align=right | 121 | align=right | 18.2% | align=right | 52 | align=right | 157 | align=right | 33.1% | align=right | 9 | align=right | 24 | align=right | 37.5% | align=right | 14 | align=right | 35 | align=right | 40.0% | 99 | 338 | 29.3% | |
2021 | align=right | 22 | align=right | 119 | align=right | 18.5% | align=right | 57 | align=right | 160 | align=right | 35.6% | align=right | 11 | align=right | 25 | align=right | 44.0% | align=right | 13 | align=right | 34 | align=right | 38.2% | 103 | 338 | 30.5% |