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At the start of the 44th Canadian Parliament, there are 103 female MPs, or 30% of the body, the highest in Canada's history. Twenty-two of them were elected in the 2021 federal election . 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 ...
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% ...
Resigned from Liberal caucus after a CBC News investigation revealed she had violated parliamentary rules on nepotism [7] January 20, 2021 Hastings—Lennox and Addington: Derek Sloan: Conservative: Independent: Expelled from the Conservative caucus for accepting a donation from white nationalist Paul Fromm as well as numerous other incidents
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 ...
This is a list of current members of the Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada), the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Unlike the members of Parliament in the House of Commons, the 105 senators are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister. [1] Senators originally held their seats for life; however ...
House of Commons; Speaker of the Commons: Hon. Anthony Rota 5 Dec 2019 – 27 Sep 2023: Louis Plamondon (interim) 27 Sep 2023 – 3 Oct 2023: Hon. Greg Fergus 3 Oct 2023 – present: Government House Leader: Hon. Mark Holland 26 Oct 2021 – 26 Jul 2023: Hon. Karina Gould 26 Jul 2023 – present: Opposition House Leader: Gérard Deltell 2 Sep ...
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 are organized alphabetically, by age ...
Pages in category "Canadian women television journalists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 249 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .