Women in the 43rd Canadian Parliament

The 43rd Canadian Parliament once again set a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 98 women elected to the 338-member House of Commons of Canada (28.9%) in the 2019 election.[1] This represents a gain of ten seats over the previous record of 88 women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. By contrast, the 116th United States Congress had 102 women sitting in the 435-seat United States House of Representatives.

See also: Women in Canadian politics

Of those 98 women, 54 were elected for the first time in the 2019 election.

Party standings

Party	Total women candidates in the 2019 Election	% women of total candidates in the 2019 Election	Total women elected in the 2019 Election	% women elected of total women candidates in the 2019 Election	% women elected of total elected in the 2019 Election	Total current women members of the House of Commons	% women of current members in the House of Commons
Liberal	133 (of 338)	39.3%	52 (of 157)	33.1%	39.1%	52 (of 338)	15.3%
Conservative	106 (of 338)	31.3%	22 (of 121)	20.7%	18.1%	22 (of 338)	6.5%
Bloc Québécois	36 (of 78)	46.1%	12 (of 32)	37.5%	33.3%	12 (of 338)	3.5%
New Democrats	166 (of 338)	49.1%	9 (of 24)	5.4%	37.5%	9 (of 338)	2.6%
Green	156 (of 336)	46.1%	2 (of 3)	0.1%	66.6%	2 (of 338)	0.5%
Independents						1 (of 338)	0.3%
Total			98 (of 338)		28.9%	98 (of 338)	28.9%
Table source:[2]						Table source: 43rd Canadian Parliament

Female Members

• † denotes women who were newly elected in the 2019 election and are serving their first term in office.
• †† denotes women who were not members of the 42nd parliament, but previously served in another parliament.
• ††† denotes women who were newly elected in byelections since the 2019 election.

	Name	Party	Electoral district	Notes
	Leona Alleslev	Conservative	Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
	Anita Anand†	Liberal	Oakville
	Niki Ashton	New Democrat	Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
	Jenica Atwin†	Green	Fredericton
	Rachel Bendayan	Liberal	Outremont
	Hon. Carolyn Bennett	Liberal	Toronto—St. Paul's	Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
	Hon. Candice Bergen	Conservative	Portage—Lisgar
	Sylvie Bérubé†	Bloc Québécois	Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
	Lyne Bessette†	Liberal	Brome—Mississquoi
	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
	Élisabeth Brière†	Liberal	Sherbrooke
	Louise Chabot†	Bloc Québécois	Thérèse-De Blainville
	Hon. Bardish Chagger	Liberal	Waterloo	Minister of Small Business and Tourism
	Louise Charbonneau†	Bloc Québécois	Trois-Rivières
	Laurel Collins†	New Democrat	Victoria
	Julie Dabrusin	Liberal	Toronto—Danforth
	Pam Damoff	Liberal	Oakville North—Burlington
	Raquel Dancho†	Conservative	Kildonan—St. Paul
	Claude DeBellefeuille††	Bloc Québécois	Salaberry—Suroît
	Caroline Desbiens†	Bloc Québécois	Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix
	Anju Dhillon	Liberal	Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
	Hon. Kirsty Duncan	Liberal	Etobicoke North	Minister of Science
	Rosemarie Falk	Conservative	Battlefords—Lloydminster
	Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay††	Conservative	South Surrey—White Rock
	Hon. Diane Finley	Conservative	Haldimand—Norfolk
	Mona Fortier	Liberal	Ottawa—Vanier
	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
	Marie-Hélène Gaudreau†	Bloc Québécois	Laurentides—Labelle
	Leah Gazan†	New Democrat	Winnipeg Centre
	Marilène Gill	Bloc Québécois	Manicouagan
	Marilyn Gladu	Conservative	Sarnia—Lambton
	Hon. Karina Gould	Liberal	Burlington	Minister of Democratic Institutions
	Tracy Gray†	Conservative	Kelowna—Lake Country
	Hon. Patty Hajdu	Liberal	Thunder Bay—Superior North	Minister of Status of Women then Minister of Employment, Workforce and Labour
	Rachael Harder	Conservative	Lethbridge
	Carol Hughes	New Democrat	Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
	Gudie Hutchings	Liberal	Long Range Mountains
	Helena Jaczek†	Liberal	Markham—Stouffville
	Tamara Jansen†	Conservative	Cloverdale—Langley City
	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
	Annie Koutrakis†	Liberal	Vimy
	Stephanie Kusie	Conservative	Calgary Midnapore
	Jenny Kwan	New Democrat	Vancouver East
	Marie-France Lalonde†	Liberal	Orléans
	Emmanuella Lambropoulos	Liberal	Saint-Laurent
	Andréanne Larouche†	Bloc Québécois	Shefford
	Patricia Lattanzio†	Liberal	Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
	Hon. Diane Lebouthillier	Liberal	Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Minister of National Revenue
	Soraya Martinez Ferrada†	Liberal	Hochelaga
	Lindsay 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
	Heather McPherson†	New Democrat	Edmonton—Strathcona
	Alexandra Mendès	Liberal	Brossard—Saint-Lambert
	Hon. Maryam Monsef	Liberal	Peterborough—Kawartha	Minister of Democratic Institutions then Minister of Status of Women
	Kristina Michaud†	Bloc Québécois	Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
	Joyce Murray	Liberal	Vancouver Quadra
	Mary Ng	Liberal	Markham-Thornhill
	Christine Normandin†	Bloc Québécois	Saint-Jean
	Jennifer O'Connell	Liberal	Pickering—Uxbridge
	Monique Pauzé	Bloc Québécois	Repentigny
	Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor	Liberal	Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe
	Mumilaaq Qaqqaq	New Democrat	Nunavut
	Hon. Carla Qualtrough†	Liberal	Delta	Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
	Yasmin Ratansi	Liberal	Don Valley East
	Hon. Michelle Rempel	Conservative	Calgary Nose Hill
	Sherry Romanado†	Liberal	Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
	Lianne Rood†	Conservative	Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
	Jag Sahota†	Conservative	Calgary Skyview
	Ruby Sahota	Liberal	Brampton North
	Deb Schulte	Liberal	King—Vaughan
	Hon. Judy Sgro	Liberal	Humber River—Black Creek
	Brenda Shanahan	Liberal	Châteauguay—Lacolle
	Nelly Shin†	Conservative	Port Moody—Coquitlam
	Sonia Sidhu	Liberal	Brampton South
	Shannon Stubbs	Conservative	Lakeland
	Hon. Filomena Tassi	Liberal	Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
	Anita Vandenbeld	Liberal	Ottawa West—Nepean
	Karen Vecchio	Conservative	Elgin—Middlesex—London
	Julie Vignola†	Bloc Québécois	Beauport—Limoilou
	Cathay Wagantall	Conservative	Yorkton—Melville
	Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould	Independent	Vancouver Granville
	Hon. Alice Wong	Conservative	Richmond Centre
	Jean Yip	Liberal	Scarborough-Agincourt
	Kate Young	Liberal	London West
	Salma Zahid	Liberal	Scarborough Centre
	Lenore Zann†	Liberal	Cumberland—Colchester

See also

• Women in the 40th Canadian Parliament
• Women in the 41st Canadian Parliament
• Women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament

References

1. "A record 98 women elected to Canada's 43rd Parliament, but equality advocates say that's not good enough". The Georgia Straight, October 22, 2019.
2. Parliament of Canada: Women Candidates in General Elections