# Women in the 28th–32nd Canadian Parliaments

Women were first allowed to vote at the federal level in Canada in the 1917 general election in connection with military service, and were allowed to vote under the same conditions as men beginning on May 24, 1918. The next four elections saw only one woman elected: Agnes Macphail. The 1936 election saw two women in the House together for the first time. A by-election in 1941 saw a woman elected to the governing caucus for the first time. The 22nd federal election in 1953 was a slight breakthrough, electing four women, which was 1.5% of the House. Every Parliament thenafter would have at least two women at a time, except for the 28th Parliament from 1968 to 1972, in which Grace MacInnis was the only woman. Then 30th Parliament, elected in 1974, was another breakthrough, containing nine women MPs following the general election and rising to ten due to a by-election in 1976. The number of women in the House would not fall below ten again.
Meanwhile, in the Senate, Cairine Wilson was appointed as the first woman Senator in 1930. Additional women were added every few years, but it was not until two appointments in March 1979 that the Senate would even have ten women serving simultaneously.

## Members of the House of Commons

| Parliament | House members | Party | Riding |
| 28th Parliament of Canada 0.4% women MPs | Grace MacInnis | New Democrat | Vancouver Kingsway, BC |
| 29th Parliament of Canada 1.9% women MPs | Monique Bégin | Liberal | Saint-Michel, QC |
| 29th Parliament of Canada 1.9% women MPs | Flora MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Kingston and the Islands, ON |
| 29th Parliament of Canada 1.9% women MPs | Grace MacInnis | New Democrat | Vancouver Kingsway, BC |
| 29th Parliament of Canada 1.9% women MPs | Albanie Morin | Liberal | Louis-Hébert, QC |
| 29th Parliament of Canada 1.9% women MPs | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal | Ahuntsic, QC |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Ursula Appolloni | Liberal | York South, ON |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Monique Bégin | Liberal | Saint-Michel, QC |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Iona Campagnolo | Liberal | Skeena, BC |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Coline Campbell | Liberal | South Western Nova, NS |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Simma Holt | Liberal | Vancouver Kingsway, BC |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Flora MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Kingston and the Islands, ON |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Albanie Morin | Liberal | Louis-Hébert, QC |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Aideen Nicholson | Liberal | Trinity, ON |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Jean Pigott* | Progressive Conservative | Ottawa—Carleton, ON |
| 30th Parliament of Canada 3.8% women MPs | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal | Ahuntsic, QC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Ursula Appolloni | Liberal | York South—Weston, ON |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Monique Bégin | Liberal | Saint-Léonard—Anjou, QC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal | Mercier, QC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Pauline Jewett | NDP | New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Marie Thérèse Killens | Liberal | Saint-Michel, QC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Flora MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Kingston and the Islands, ON |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Margaret Mitchell | NDP | Vancouver East, BC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Aideen Nicholson | Liberal | Trinity, ON |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal | Laval-des-Rapides, QC |
| 31st Parliament of Canada 3.5% women MPs | Diane Stratas | Progressive Conservative | Scarborough Centre, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Ursula Appolloni | Liberal | York South-Weston, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet | Liberal | Roberval, QC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Monique Bégin | Liberal | Saint-Michel, QC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Coline Campbell | Liberal | South West Nova, NS |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Pat Carney | Progressive Conservative | Vancouver Centre, BC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Eva Côté | Liberal | Rimouski, QC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Judy Erola | Liberal | Nickel Belt, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Céline Hervieux-Payette | Liberal | Mercier, QC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Pauline Jewett | NDP | New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Marie Thérèse Killens | Liberal | Saint-Michel, QC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Flora MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | Kingston and the Islands, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Lynn McDonald* | NDP | Broadview—Greenwood, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Margaret Mitchell | NDP | Vancouver East, BC |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Aideen Nicholson | Liberal | Trinity, ON |
| 32nd Parliament of Canada 5.6% women MPs | Jeanne Sauvé | Liberal | Ahuntsic, QC |
* By by-election.

## Senators

| Senator | Parliaments | Appointed on the advice of | Term | Designation | Party |
| Margaret Jean Anderson | 30th–34th | Trudeau, P. | 1978.03.23 - 1990.08.07 | Northumberland-Miramichi, NB | Liberal |
| Ann Bell | 28th–34th | Trudeau, P. | 1970.10.07 - 1989.11.29 | Nanaimo-Malaspina, BC | Liberal |
| Martha Bielish | 31st–34th | Clark | 1979.09.27 - 1990.09.26 | Lakeland, AB | Progressive Conservative |
| Florence Bayard Bird | 30th–32nd | Trudeau, P. | 1978.03.23 - 1983.01.15 | Carleton, ON | Liberal |
| Thérèse Casgrain | 28th | Trudeau, P. | 1970.10.07 - 1971.07.10 | Mille Isles, QC | Independent |
| Anne Cools | 32nd– | Trudeau, P. | 1984.01.13 - | Toronto Centre-York, ON | Liberal (until 2004) |
| Joyce Fairbairn | 32nd–34th | Trudeau, P. | 1984.06.29 - 2013.01.18 | Lethbridge, AB | Liberal |
| Iva Campbell Fallis | 17th–22nd | Bennett | 1935.07.20 - 1956.03.07 | Peterborough, ON | Conservative |
| Muriel McQueen Fergusson | 21st–29th | St. Laurent | 1953.05.19 - 1975.05.23 | Fredericton, NB | Liberal |
| Nancy Hodges | 22nd–26th | St. Laurent | 1953.11.05 - 1965.06.12 | Victoria, BC | Liberal |
| Florence Elsie Inman | 22nd–33rd | St. Laurent | 1955.07.28 - 1986.05.31 | Murray Harbour, PE | Liberal |
| Olive Lillian Irvine | 24th–28th | Diefenbaker | 1960.01.14 - 1969.11.01 | Lisgar, MB | Progressive Conservative |
| Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin | 21st–27th | St. Laurent | 1953.05.19 - 1975.05.23 | Saurel, QC | Liberal |
| Mary Elizabeth Kinnear | 27th–29th | Pearson | 1967.04.06 - 1973.04.03 | Welland, ON | Liberal |
| Renaude Lapointe | 28th–33rd | Trudeau, P. | 1971.11.10 - 1987.01.03 | Mille Isles, QC | Liberal |
| Lorna Marsden | 32nd–34th | Trudeau, P. | 1984.01.24 - 1992.08.31 | Toronto Centre-York, Ontario | Liberal |
| Joan Neiman | 28th–36th | Trudeau, P. | 1972.09.01 - 1995.09.09 | Peel, ON | Liberal |
| Margaret Norrie | 28th–32nd | Trudeau, P. | 1972.04.27 - 1980.10.16 | Colchester-Cumberland, NS | Liberal |
| Josie Alice Quart | 24th–28th | Diefenbaker | 1960.01.14 - 1969.11.01 | Victoria, QC | Progressive Conservative |
| Yvette Boucher Rousseau | 30th–33rd | Trudeau, P. | 1979.03.27 - 1988.03.17 | De Salaberry, QC | Liberal |
| Cairine Wilson | 16th–24th | King | 1930.02.15 - 1962.03.03 | Rockcliffe, ON | Liberal |
| Dalia Wood | 30th–36th | Trudeau, P. | 1979.03.26 - 1999.01.31 | Montarville, QC | Liberal |