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–42nd	Trudeau, P.	1984.01.13 - 2018.08.12	Toronto Centre-York, ON		Liberal (until 2004)
Joyce Fairbairn	32nd–41st	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
Mariana 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

• Women in Canadian politics
• Women in Canadian provincial and territorial legislatures

External links

• Women in Parliament - Parliament of Canada
• Current lists of women in the House of Commons - Parliament of Canada
• Historical lists of women in the House of Commons - Parliament of Canada