Women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament
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The 42nd Canadian Parliament includes a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 88 women elected to the 338-member House of Commons of Canada (26%) in the 2015 election.[1] This represents a gain of twelve seats over the previous record of 76 women in the 41st Canadian Parliament. By contrast, the 114th United States Congress had 105 women sitting in the 435-seat United States House of Representatives.
Of those 88 women, 54 were elected for the first time in the 2015 election.
In his first speech following the election, Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau indicated that for the first time in Canadian history, he planned to appoint a fully gender-balanced Cabinet.[2] On November 4, he announced a cabinet which included 15 men and 15 women.
The longest-serving woman in the 42nd Parliament is Hedy Fry, who was first elected in the 1993 election.
On April 3, 2017 four women were elected in by-elections. As of December 2017, there are 92 women currently serving in parliament, representing 27.2 per cent of elected Members of Parliament.
| Party | Total women candidates in the 2015 Election | % women of total candidates in the 2015 Election | Total women elected in the 2015 Election | % women elected of total women candidates in the 2015 Election | % women elected of total elected in the 2015 Election | Total current women members of the House of Commons | % women of current members in the House of Commons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 105 (of 338) | 31.1% | 50 (of 184) | 47.6% | 27.1% | 54 (of 183) | 29.5% |
| New Democrats | 145 (of 338) | 42.8% | 18 (of 44) | 12.4% | 40.9% | 18 (of 44) | 40.9% |
| Conservative | 66 (of 338) | 19.5% | 17 (of 99) | 25.7% | 17.1% | 19 (of 97) | 19.6% |
| Bloc Québécois | 22 (of 78) | 28.2% | 2 (of 10) | 9.1% | 20.0% | 2 (of 10) | 20.0% |
| Green | 135 (of 336) | 39.9% | 1 (of 1) | 0.74% | 100% | 1 (of 1) | 100% |
| Independents | 0 (of 2) | 0% | |||||
| Total | 88 (of 338) | 26.0% | 94 (of 338) | 27.8% | |||
| Table source:[3] | Table source: 42nd Canadian Parliament | ||||||