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The 44th Canadian Parliament includes a record number of female Members of Parliament, with 103 women elected to the 338-member House of Commons of Canada (30.5%) in the 2021 election. [1] Of those 103 women, 22 were elected for the first time in the 2021 election.
Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth (2021–present) Ya'ara Saks (born 1973) York Centre: October 26, 2020: Liberal: First Israeli-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; Associate Minister of Health (2023–present) Lisa Marie Barron (born 19?) Nanaimo—Ladysmith: September 20, 2021: NDP ...
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] Of those 98 women, 31 were elected for the first time in the 2019 election. 2 more women were elected in by-elections in October 2020, reaching the ...
Prior to becoming Minister, she served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Women, Gender Equality, and Youth. A member of the Liberal Party, she was elected in the 2021 Canadian federal election. Previously, she served as Deputy Mayor of Ottawa and member of the Ottawa City Council for Kanata North (Ward 4). [6]
The first known coverage of Maloney which makes any reference to his sexuality is of a party policy conference in early 1972, several months after the election was over.) [3] Robert Douglas Cook, a Gay Alliance Toward Equality candidate for the electoral district of West Vancouver-Howe Sound in the 1979 British Columbia provincial election, has ...
First LGBT member of parliament from Nova Scotia November 27, 2000: February 10, 2019: Bill Siksay: NDP: British Columbia June 28, 2004 May 2, 2011 first LGBT member of parliament to be out at the time of election Mario Silva: Liberal: Ontario June 28, 2004 May 2, 2011 First openly LGBT member of the House of Commons from Ontario Raymond Gravel ...
Marci Ien PC MP (born July 29, 1969 [citation needed]) is a Canadian politician serving as the minister for women and gender equality and youth since October 26, 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, Ien represents Toronto Centre in the House of Commons. Previously, she was a broadcast journalist for CTV. [1]
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.