Women in the 42nd Canadian Parliament

See also: Women in Canadian politics

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%
Table source:						Table source: 42nd Canadian Parliament

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

See also

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