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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.
First Indo-Canadian woman elected to Parliament (of 2) Meili Faille (born 1972) Vaudreuil—Soulanges: June 28, 2004: May 1, 2011: Bloc Québécois [165] First Taiwanese-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Diane Finley (born 1957) Haldimand—Norfolk: June 28, 2004: May 11, 2021: Conservative [166] Minister of Human Resources (2006–2007 ...
Name Party Electoral district MP since Ed Fast: Conservative: Abbotsford: 2006 Terry Beech ‡: Liberal: Burnaby North—Seymour: 2015 Jagmeet Singh
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 ...
Once elected, a member of Parliament normally continues to serve until the next dissolution of parliament. If a member dies, resigns, or ceases to be qualified, their seat falls vacant. It is also possible for the House of Commons to expel a member, but this power is only exercised when the member has engaged in serious misconduct or criminal ...
Resigned to become the president of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies [5] October 26, 2020 Toronto Centre: Marci Ien: Vacant Liberal: Elected in a by-election [6] York Centre: Ya'ara Saks: Vacant Liberal: November 9, 2020 Don Valley East: Yasmin Ratansi: Liberal: Independent
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. [1] This represents a gain of twelve seats over the previous record of 76 women in the 41st Canadian Parliament.
1920 opening of Canadian Parliament. Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons cover the members elected to the House of Commons of Canada, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Canada. Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. The lists of members ...