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Representation by women has been a significant issue in Canadian politics since 1900. The first woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada was Louise McKinney in the 1917 Alberta general election, while the first woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada was Agnes Macphail, in the 1921 Canadian federal election.
Meghan Emily Murphy is a Canadian writer, journalist, and founder of Feminist Current, [1] a feminist website and podcast. [2] [3] Her writing, speeches, and talks have criticized third-wave feminism, male feminists, the sex industry, exploitation of women in mass media, censorship, and gender identity legislation.
Althia Raj is a Canadian political journalist and a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. [1] [2] [3] She is a regular columnist with the Toronto Star.[4]She was formerly the Ottawa Bureau Chief for HuffPost Canada, where she managed the Quebec City bureau and hosted and produced the politics podcast Follow-Up [5] [3] until BuzzFeed purchased HuffPost and abruptly ended Canadian operations.
This represents a gain of three seats from the previous record of 100 women in the 43rd Canadian Parliament, of whom 98 were elected in the 2019 federal election, [1] followed by two more at subsequent by-elections in 2020. Women have been elected to the House of Commons from every province and territory in Canada.
The number of women in the Canadian Parliament has been slowly but steadily increasing since the 1980s [9] and has reached its highest point following the 2021 Canadian federal election where women made up 30.5% [10] of the Canadian House of Commons, higher than the global average of 25.7% [11] and surpassing the 1995 United Nations goal of 30% ...
It includes Canadian podcasters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Canadian women podcasters" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
In 2021, a by-election resulted in NWT gaining a majority of women representatives, a first for Canada. [2] The province with the highest percentage of women in their legislature is Quebec at 46.4%. Women currently represent 35.3 per cent (273 out of 772) of all provincial and territorial legislators across Canada as a whole.
Women who have led a political party in Canada. ... Pages in category "Female Canadian political party leaders" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 ...