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.
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 British Columbia at 56.3%.
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 | 8 | 42.1 | 2023 |
| 2 | Quebec | 125 | 58 | 46.4 | 2022 |
| 3 | British Columbia | 93 | 48 | 51.6 | 2024 |
| 4 | Yukon | 21 | 11 | 52.3 | 2025 |
| 5 | Ontario | 124 | 47 | 37.9 | 2022 |
| 6 | Nova Scotia | 55 | 19 | 34.5 | 2021 |
| 7 | Alberta | 87 | 32 | 36.8 | 2023 |
| 8 | Manitoba | 57 | 19 | 33.3 | 2023 |
| 9 | Saskatchewan | 61 | 24 | 39.3 | 2024 |
| 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 | 2025 |
Representatives
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
| 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 | ||
Northwest Territories
| Representative | Party | Electoral district | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caitlin Cleveland | Independent | Kam Lake | ||
| Lucy Kuptana | Independent | Nunakput | ||
| Shauna Morgan | Independent | Yellowknife North | ||
| Kate Reid | Independent | Great Slave | ||
| Lesa Semmler | Independent | Inuvik Twin Lakes | ||
| Caroline Wawzonek | Independent | Yellowknife South | ||
| Jane Weyallon Armstrong | Independent | Monfwi | ||
| Sheryl Yakeleya | Independent | Deh Cho | ||
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
| 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 | ||
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| 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 | ||
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
References
- ↑ "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.