Women in Canadian provincial and territorial legislatures
This is a list of women who are currently members of the provincial and territorial Legislative Assemblies in Canada.
Main article: Women in Canadian politics
Rankings
To date, no provincial or territorial legislative assembly has ever achieved gender parity between women and men. Women currently represent 26.3 per cent (199 out of 754) of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole. As of June 2014 two Canadian provinces or territories, Ontario and British Columbia, currently have a female Premier.
Rank | Province or territory | Electoral districts | Women representatives | Percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | British Columbia | 85 | 31 | 36.4 |
2 | Ontario | 107 | 37 | 34.5 |
3 | Yukon | 19 | 6 | 31.5 |
4 | Manitoba | 56 | 15 | 27.5 |
5 | Nova Scotia | 51 | 14 | 26.9 |
6 | Quebec | 125 | 33 | 26.4 |
6 | Alberta | 87 | 23 | 26.4 |
8 | Prince Edward Island | 27 | 6 | 22.2 |
9 | Saskatchewan | 58 | 12 | 20.6 |
10 | New Brunswick | 49 | 8 | 16.3 |
11 | Nunavut | 22 | 3 | 13.6 |
12 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 48 | 6 | 12.5 |
13 | Northwest Territories | 19 | 2 | 10.5 |