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.
Rankings
[edit]To date, no provincial or territorial legislative assembly has achieved exact gender parity between women and men. The Northwest Territories had near-parity after its 2019 election, which saw the election of 9 women out of a total of 19 MLAs.[1] In 2021, a by-election resulted in NWT gaining a majority of women representatives, a first for Canada.[2] The province with the highest percentage of women in their legislature is Quebec at 46.4%.
Women currently represent 35.3 per cent (273 out of 772) of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole.
| Rank | Province or territory | Electoral districts | Women representatives | Percentage | Latest election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwest Territories | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 2019 |
| 2 | Quebec | 125 | 58 | 46.4 | 2022 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 87 | 37 | 42.5 | 2020 |
| 4 | Yukon | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 2021 |
| 5 | Ontario | 124 | 47 | 39 | 2022 |
| 6 | Nova Scotia | 55 | 19 | 34.5 | 2021 |
| 7 | Alberta | 87 | 29 | 33.3 | 2023 |
| 8 | Manitoba | 57 | 18 | 31.5 | 2023 |
| 9 | Saskatchewan | 61 | 17 | 27.9 | 2020 |
| 10 | New Brunswick | 49 | 14 | 28.6 | 2020 |
| 11 | Nunavut | 22 | 6 | 27.2 | 2021 |
| 12 | Prince Edward Island | 27 | 7 | 25.9 | 2019 |
| 13 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 40 | 9 | 22.5 | 2021 |
Representatives
[edit]| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siobhan Coady | Liberal | St. John's West | Deputy Premier & Minister of Finance | |
| Helen Conway-Ottenheimer | Progressive Conservative | Harbour Main | ||
| Lisa Dempster | Liberal | Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair | Minister Responsible for Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation | |
| Lela Evans | Progressive Conservative | Torngat Mountains | ||
| Sherry Gambin-Walsh | Liberal | Placentia and St. Mary's | ||
| Krista Howell | Liberal | St. Barbe-L'Anse aux Meadows | Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs | |
| Pam Parsons | Liberal | Harbour Grace-Port de Grave | Minister Responsible for Women and Gender Equality | |
| Sarah Stoodley | Liberal | Mount Scio | Minister of Digital Government and Service NL | |
| Lucy Stoyles | Liberal | Mount Pearl North | ||
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Archie | Independent | Inuvik Boot Lake | ||
| Paulie Chinna | Independent | Sahtu | ||
| Caitlin Cleveland | Independent | Kam Lake | ||
| Caroline Cochrane | Independent | Range Lake | Premier of the Northwest Territories | |
| Julie Green | Independent | Yellowknife Centre | ||
| Frieda Martselos | Independent | Thebacha | ||
| Katrina Nokleby | Independent | Great Slave | ||
| Lesa Semmler | Independent | Inuvik Twin Lakes | ||
| Caroline Wawzonek | Independent | Yellowknife South | ||
| Jane Weyallon Armstrong | Independent | Monfwi | ||
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet Brewster | Independent | Iqaluit-Sinaa | ||
| Pamela Gross | Independent | Cambridge Bay | ||
| Mary Killiktee | Independent | Uqqummiut | ||
| Margaret Nakashuk | Independent | Pangnirtung | ||
| Karen Nutarak | Independent | Tununiq | ||
| Joanna Quassa | Independent | Aggu | ||
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trish Altass | Green | Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke | ||
| Michele Beaton | Green | Mermaid-Stratford | ||
| Hannah Bell | Green | Charlottetown-Belvedere | ||
| Karla Bernard | Green | Charlottetown-Victoria Park | ||
| Darlene Compton | Progressive Conservative | Belfast-Murray River | Deputy Premier & Minister of Finance | |
| Natalie Jameson | Progressive Conservative | Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park | Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Change | |
| Lynne Lund | Green | Summerside-Wilmot | ||
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annie Blake | Yukon New Democratic Party | Vuntut Gwitchin | ||
| Yvonne Clarke | Yukon Party | Porter Creek Centre | ||
| Patti McLeod | Yukon Liberal Party | Watson Lake | ||
| Jeanie McLean | Yukon Liberal Party | Mountainview | Minister of Education | |
| Tracy McPhee | Yukon Liberal Party | Riverdale South | Deputy Premier, Minister of Justice & Minister of Health | |
| Emily Tredger | Yukon New Democratic Party | Whitehorse Centre | ||
| Geraldine Van Bibber | Yukon Liberal Party | Porter Creek North | ||
| Kate White | Yukon New Democratic Party | Takhini-Kopper King | Leader of the New Democratic Party | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Record number of women elected in Northwest Territories". CBC News. October 2, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
- ^ "'Gender never came into my mind,' says woman who brought N.W.T. Legislature to Canada's 1st female majority". CBC News. July 29, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.