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