# Women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament

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. 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. 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 standings

| 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% |
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## Female Members

† denotes women who were newly elected in the 2015 election and are serving their first term in office. †† denotes women who were not members of the 41st parliament, but previously served in another parliament. ††† denotes women who were newly elected in byelections since the 2015 election.
| Name | Party | Electoral district | Notes |
| Leona Alleslev† | Liberal | Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill | |
| Hon. Rona Ambrose | Conservative | Sturgeon River—Parkland | Leader of the Opposition |
| Niki Ashton | New Democrat | Churchill—Keewatinook Aski | |
| Hon. Carolyn Bennett | Liberal | Toronto—St. Paul's | Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs |
| Sheri Benson† | New Democrat | Saskatoon West | |
| Hon. Candice Bergen | Conservative | Portage—Lisgar | |
| Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau† | Liberal | Compton—Stanstead | Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for La Francophonie |
| Rachel Blaney† | New Democrat | North Island—Powell River | |
| Kelly Block | Conservative | Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek | |
| Sylvie Boucher†† | Conservative | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix | |
| Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | New Democrat | Hochelaga | |
| Ruth Ellen Brosseau | New Democrat | Berthier—Maskinongé | |
| Celina Caesar-Chavannes† | Liberal | Whitby | |
| Hon. Bardish Chagger† | Liberal | Waterloo | Minister of Small Business and Tourism |
| Julie Dabrusin† | Liberal | Toronto—Danforth | |
| Pam Damoff† | Liberal | Oakville North—Burlington | |
| Anju Dhillon† | Liberal | Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | |
| Hon. Kirsty Duncan | Liberal | Etobicoke North | Minister of Science |
| Linda Duncan | New Democrat | Edmonton—Strathcona | |
| Julie Dzerowicz† | Liberal | Davenport | |
| Rosemarie Falk††† | Conservative | Battlefords—Lloydminster | Elected in a by-election on December 11, 2017 |
| Hon. Diane Finley | Conservative | Haldimand—Norfolk | |
| Hon. Judy Foote | Liberal | Bonavista—Burin—Trinity | Minister of Public Services and Procurement |
| Mona Fortier††† | Liberal | Ottawa—Vanier | Elected in a by-election on April 3, 2017 |
| Hon. Chrystia Freeland | Liberal | University—Rosedale | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Hon. Hedy Fry | Liberal | Vancouver Centre | Longest Current Serving Female Member of Parlimanet |
| Cheryl Gallant | Conservative | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | |
| Marilène Gill† | Bloc Québécois | Manicouagan | |
| Marilyn Gladu† | Conservative | Sarnia—Lambton | |
| Pamela Goldsmith-Jones† | Liberal | West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country | |
| Hon. Karina Gould† | Liberal | Burlington | Minister of Democratic Institutions |
| Hon. Patty Hajdu† | Liberal | Thunder Bay—Superior North | Minister of Status of Women then Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour |
| Cheryl Hardcastle† | New Democrat | Windsor—Tecumseh | |
| Rachael Harder† | Conservative | Lethbridge | |
| Carol Hughes | New Democrat | Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing | |
| Gudie Hutchings† | Liberal | Long Range Mountains | |
| Georgina Jolibois† | New Democrat | Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | |
| Hon. Mélanie Joly† | Liberal | Ahuntsic—Cartierville | Minister of Canadian Heritage |
| Yvonne Jones | Liberal | Labrador | |
| Bernadette Jordan† | Liberal | South Shore—St. Margaret's | |
| Iqra Khalid† | Liberal | Mississauga—Erin Mills | |
| Kamal Khera† | Liberal | Brampton West | |
| Stephanie Kusie††† | Conservative | Calgary Midnapore | Elected in a by-election on April 3, 2017 |
| Jenny Kwan† | New Democrat | Vancouver East | |
| Emmanuella Lambropoulos††† | Liberal | Saint-Laurent | Elected in a by-election on April 3, 2017 |
| Linda Lapointe† | Liberal | Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | |
| Hélène Laverdière | New Democrat | Laurier—Sainte-Marie | |
| Hon. Diane Lebouthillier† | Liberal | Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Minister of National Revenue |
| Hon. Kellie Leitch | Conservative | Simcoe—Grey | |
| Alaina Lockhart† | Liberal | Fundy Royal | |
| Karen Ludwig† | Liberal | New Brunswick Southwest | |
| Sheila Malcolmson† | New Democrat | Nanaimo—Ladysmith | |
| Irene Mathyssen | New Democrat | London—Fanshawe | |
| Elizabeth May | Green | Saanich—Gulf Islands | Leader of the Green Party |
| Karen McCrimmon† | Liberal | Kanata—Carleton | |
| Hon. Catherine McKenna† | Liberal | Ottawa Centre | Minister of the Environment and Climate Change |
| Cathy McLeod | Conservative | Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo | |
| Alexandra Mendès†† | Liberal | Brossard—Saint-Lambert | |
| Hon. MaryAnn Mihychuk | Liberal | Kildonan—St. Paul | Formerly Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour |
| Hon. Maryam Monsef† | Liberal | Peterborough—Kawartha | Minister of Democratic Institutions then Minister of Status of Women |
| Christine Moore | New Democrat | Abitibi—Témiscamingue | |
| Joyce Murray | Liberal | Vancouver Quadra | |
| Eva Nassif† | Liberal | Vimy | |
| Mary Ng††† | Liberal | Markham-Thornhill | Elected in a by-election on April 3, 2017 |
| Jennifer O'Connell† | Liberal | Pickering—Uxbridge | |
| Monique Pauzé† | Groupe parlementaire québécois | Repentigny | |
| Ginette Petitpas Taylor† | Liberal | Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe | |
| Hon. Jane Philpott† | Liberal | Markham—Stouffville | |
| Anne Minh-Thu Quach | New Democrat | Salaberry—Suroît | |
| Hon. Carla Qualtrough† | Liberal | Delta | Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities |
| Hon. Lisa Raitt | Conservative | Milton | |
| Tracey Ramsey | New Democrat | Essex | |
| Yasmin Ratansi†† | Liberal | Don Valley East | |
| Hon. Michelle Rempel | Conservative | Calgary Nose Hill | |
| Sherry Romanado† | Liberal | Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne | |
| Kim Rudd† | Liberal | Northumberland—Peterborough South | |
| Ruby Sahota† | Liberal | Brampton North | |
| Brigitte Sansoucy† | New Democrat | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | |
| Deb Schulte† | Liberal | King—Vaughan | |
| Hon. Judy Sgro | Liberal | Humber River—Black Creek | |
| Brenda Shanahan† | Liberal | Châteauguay—Lacolle | |
| Sonia Sidhu† | Liberal | Brampton South | |
| Shannon Stubbs† | Conservative | Lakeland | |
| Filomena Tassi† | Liberal | Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas | |
| Karine Trudel† | New Democrat | Jonquière | |
| Anita Vandenbeld† | Liberal | Ottawa West—Nepean | |
| Karen Vecchio† | Conservative | Elgin—Middlesex—London | |
| Cathay Wagantall† | Conservative | Yorkton—Melville | |
| Dianne Watts† | Conservative | South Surrey—White Rock | |
| Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould† | Liberal | Vancouver Granville | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada |
| Hon. Alice Wong | Conservative | Richmond Centre | |
| Jean Yip††† | Liberal | Scarborough-Agincourt | Elected in a by-election on December 11, 2017 |
| Kate Young† | Liberal | London West | |
| Salma Zahid† | Liberal | Scarborough Centre | |