Women in Canadian provincial and territorial legislatures
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This is a list of women who are currently members of the provincial and territorial Legislative Assemblies in Canada.
[edit] Rankings
As of 2007, no provincial or territorial legislative assembly has ever achieved gender parity between women and men. Currently, the province of Manitoba has the largest percentage of women in its provincial legislative house, with 32.1 per cent. Ontario and Quebec, with 26 per cent each, are tied for second place, and Prince Edward Island is close behind with 25.9 per cent.
Women currently represent 22.3 per cent (166 out of 743) of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole.
| Rank | Province or territory | Electoral districts | Women representatives | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manitoba | 56 | 18 | 32.1 |
| 2 | Quebec | 125 | 34 | 27.2 |
| 3 | Ontario | 107 | 28 | 26.1 |
| 4 | Prince Edward Island | 27 | 7 | 25.9 |
| 5 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 48 | 11 | 22.9 |
| 6 | British Columbia | 79 | 17 | 21.5 |
| 7 | Saskatchewan | 57 | 12 | 21.0 |
| 8 | Alberta | 83 | 17 | 20.4 |
| 9 | Nova Scotia | 52 | 10 | 19.2 |
| 10 | Northwest Territories | 19 | 3 | 15.7 |
| 11 | New Brunswick | 55 | 7 | 12.7 |
| 12 | Yukon | 18 | 2 | 11.1 |
| 13 | Nunavut | 19 | 2 | 10.5 |
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Alberta
[edit] Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley Bond | Liberal | Prince George-Mount Robson | Deputy Premier, Minister of Education | |
| Ida Chong | Liberal | Oak Bay-Gordon Head | Minister of Community Services | |
| Katrine Conroy | NDP | West Kootenay-Boundary | ||
| Sue Hammell | NDP | Surrey-Green Timbers | ||
| Sindi Hawkins | Liberal | Kelowna-Mission | ||
| Olga Ilich | Liberal | Richmond Centre | Minister of Labour and Citizen's Services | |
| Carole James | NDP | Victoria-Beacon Hill | Leader of the NDP, Leader of the Opposition | |
| Maurine Karagianis | NDP | Esquimalt-Metchosin | ||
| Jenny Kwan | NDP | Vancouver-Mount Pleasant | ||
| Joan McIntyre | Liberal | West Vancouver-Garibaldi | ||
| Mary Polak | Liberal | Langley | ||
| Linda Reid | Liberal | Richmond East | ||
| Val Roddick | Liberal | Delta South | ||
| Carole Taylor | Liberal | Vancouver-Langara | Minister of Finance | |
| Diane Thorne | NDP | Coquitlam-Maillardville | ||
| Claire Trevena | NDP | North Island | ||
| Katherine Whittred | Liberal | North Vancouver-Lonsdale | ||
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
[edit] Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
[edit] Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
| Representative | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wendy Bisaro | Frame Lake | ||
| Jane Groenewegen | Hay River South | ||
| Sandy Lee | Range Lake | ||
[edit] Nova Scotia House of Assembly
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
| Representative | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leona Aglukkaq | Nattilik | Minister of Health and Social Services | |
| Levinia Brown | Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove | Deputy Premier, Minister of Community and Government Services | |
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Ontario
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Bertram | Liberal | Rustico-Emerald | Minister of Communities, Cultural Affairs and Labour | |
| Paula Biggar | Liberal | Tyne Valley-Linkletter | Deputy Speaker | |
| Kathleen Casey | Liberal | Charlottetown-Lewis Point | Speaker | |
| Olive Crane | Progressive Conservative | Morell-Mermaid | interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, interim Leader of the Opposition | |
| Valerie Docherty | Liberal | Kellys Cross-Cumberland | Minister of Tourism | |
| Cynthia Dunsford | Liberal | Stratford-Kinlock | ||
| Janice Sherry | Liberal | Summerside-Wilmot | ||
[edit] National Assembly of Quebec
[edit] Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
[edit] Yukon Legislative Assembly
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Horne | Yukon Party | Pelly-Nisutlin | ||
| Elaine Taylor | Yukon Party | Whitehorse West | Deputy Premier | |
