Women have served in the Canadian House of Commons since the 1921 entrance of Agnes MacPhail, a member of the Progressive Party of Canada from Grey Southeast. Over 410 women have since served in the House. there are 106 female MPs, or 31.0% of the body, the highest in Canada's history. Thirty-seven of them were elected in the 2025 federal election, with an additional two from subsequent by-elections in 2026. This represents a gain of three seats from the previous record of 103 women in the 44th Canadian Parliament, of whom 101 were elected in the 2021 federal election, alongside two more in by-elections in 2023 and 2024.
Women have been elected to the House of Commons from every province and territory in Canada.
House of Commons
First elected before 1993 Member of Parliament Riding Took office Left office Party Note Agnes Macphail Grey Southeast Progressive First woman elected to ParliamentFirst Scottish-Canadian woman elected to ParliamentFirst Progressive Party woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman elected to Parliament from Ontario Martha Black Yukon Independent Conservative First American-Canadian woman elected to ParliamentFirst Independent woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman elected to Parliament from YukonDorise NielsenNorth Battleford UnityFirst English-Canadian woman elected to ParliamentOnly Labor-Progressive or Unity (i.e., Communist) woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman elected to Parliament from Saskatchewan Labor-Progressive Cora Taylor Casselman Edmonton East Liberal First Liberal Party woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman of either of the two main parties electedFirst woman elected to Parliament from AlbertaFirst woman elected in a by-election Gladys Strum Qu'Appelle CCF First CCF/NDP woman elected to Parliament Ellen Fairclough Hamilton West Progressive Conservative First Conservative woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman to serve in CabinetSecretary of State for Canada (1957–1958)Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (1958–1962)Postmaster General (1962–1963) Margaret Aitken York—Humber Progressive Conservative First woman appointed to chair a Parliamentary Committee Sybil Bennett Halton Progressive Conservative First woman to die in office Ann Shipley Timiskaming Liberal First woman to move the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne Jean Casselman Wadds Grenville—Dundas Progressive Conservative First woman to be appointed a Parliamentary Secretaryfirst woman to serve in the House of Commons alongside her father Judy LaMarsh Niagara Falls Liberal Minister of Health (1963–1965)Minister of Sport (1963–1965)Secretary of State for Canada (1965–1968) Margaret Mary Macdonald Kings Progressive Conservative First woman elected to Parliament from Prince Edward Island Isabel Hardie Northwest Territories Liberal First woman elected to Parliament from the Northwest TerritoriesPauline Jewett Northumberland LiberalFirst woman elected to Parliament as a candidate from more than one party New Westminster—Coquitlam NDP Margaret Konantz Winnipeg South Liberal First woman elected to Parliament from Manitoba Eloise Jones Saskatoon Progressive Conservative Margaret Rideout Westmorland Liberal First woman elected to Parliament from New Brunswick Grace MacInnis Vancouver Kingsway NDP First woman elected to Parliament from British Columbia Monique Bégin Saint-Léonard—Anjou Liberal First Italian-Canadian woman elected to ParliamentFirst woman elected to Parliament from Quebec Minister of National Revenue (1976–1977)Minister of Health (1977–1979, 1980–1984) Flora MacDonald Kingston and the Islands Progressive Conservative Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979–1980)Minister of Employment and Immigration (1984–1986)Minister of Communications (1986–1988) Albanie Morin Louis-Hébert Liberal First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec Jeanne Sauvé Laval-des-Rapides Liberal First woman elected to Parliament from Quebec First woman to be Speaker of the House of CommonsFirst woman to be appointed Governor GeneralMinister of the Environment (1974–1975)Minister of Communications (1975–1979)Speaker of the House of Commons (1980–1984) Ursula Appolloni York South—Weston Liberal First Irish-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Iona Campagnolo Skeena Liberal First woman to be President of a Political PartyMinister for Sport (1976–1979)Liberal Party President (1982–1984)Coline CampbellSouthwestern Nova LiberalFirst woman elected to Parliament from Nova Scotia Simma Holt Vancouver Kingsway Liberal First Jewish woman elected to Parliament Aideen Nicholson Trinity Liberal Jean Pigott Ottawa—Carleton Progressive Conservative Celine Hervieux-Payette Mercier Liberal Minister for Sport (1983–1984)Minister for Youth (1984)Canadian Senator (1995–2016) Marie Thérèse Killens Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic Liberal Margaret Mitchell Vancouver East NDP Diane Stratas Scarborough Centre Progressive Conservative First Greek-Canadian woman elected to Parliament Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet Roberval Liberal Pat Carney Vancouver Centre Progressive Conservative First woman to be appointed to a senior economic cabinet portfolioMinister of Energy (1984–1986)Minister of International Trade (1986–1988)President of the Treasury Board (1988) Eva Côté Rimouski Liberal Judy Erola Nickel Belt Liberal First Finnish-Canadian woman elected to ParliamentMinister for Mines (1980–1983)Minister for Status of Women (1981–1984)Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1983–1984) Jennifer Cossitt Leeds—Grenville Progressive Conservative Lynn McDonald Broadview-Greenwood NDP Gabrielle Bertrand Brome—Missisquoi Progressive Conservative Suzanne Blais-GrenierRosemont Progressive ConservativeMinister of the Environment (1984–1985)Minister for Transport (1985)First woman expelled from her original party's caucus Independent Anne Blouin Montmorency—Orléans Progressive Conservative Lise Bourgault Argenteuil—Papineau Progressive Conservative Pauline Browes Scarborough Centre Progressive Conservative Minister of State (Environment) (1991–1993)Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (1993) Andrée Champagne Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Progressive Conservative Minister for Youth (1984–1986) Mary Collins Capilano Progressive Conservative Minister for the Status of Women (1990–1993)Minister of Health (1993)Minister for Sport (1993) Sheila Copps Hamilton East Liberal Deputy Prime Minister (1993–1997)Minister of the Environment (1993–1996)Minister for Communications (1996)Minister of Canadian Heritage (1996–2003) Sheila Finestone Mount Royal Liberal Minister for the Status of Women (1993–1996) Suzanne Duplessis Louis-Hébert Progressive Conservative Carole Jacques Mercier Progressive Conservative Monique Landry Blainville—Deux-Montagnes Progressive Conservative Minister for External Relations (1986–1993)Minister of Communications (1993) Claudy Mailly Gatineau Progressive Conservative Shirley Martin Lincoln Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Caucus Chair (1988)Minister of State (Transport) (1988–1990, 1991–1993) Barbara McDougall St. Paul's Progressive Conservative Minister for the Status of Women (1986–1990)Minister for Employment (1988–1991)Minister for Foreign Affairs (1991–1993) Lucie Pépin Outremont Liberal Bobbie Sparrow Calgary Southwest Progressive Conservative Minister of Energy (1993) Monique Tardif Charlesbourg Progressive Conservative Monique Vézina Rimouski—Témiscouata Progressive Conservative Minister of External Relations (1984–1986, 1993)Minister for Supply and Services (1986–1987)Minister for Seniors (1988–1993) Marion Dewar Hamilton Mountain NDP Audrey McLaughlin Yukon NDP NDP Leader (1989–1995) Edna Anderson Simcoe Centre Progressive Conservative Dawn Black New Westminster—Burnaby NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam Ethel Blondin-Andrew Western Arctic Liberal First Indigenous woman elected to ParliamentMinister of Children and Youth Development (1993–2004)Minister for Northern Development (2004–2006) Catherine Callbeck Malpeque Liberal Kim Campbell Vancouver Centre Progressive Conservative Only woman Prime Minister of Canada (1993)Leader of the Conservative Party (1993–1994)Minister of Justice (1990–1993)Minister of Defence (1993) Marlene Catterall Ottawa West—Nepean Liberal Chief Government Whip (2001–2003) Mary Clancy Halifax Liberal Dorothy Dobbie Winnipeg South Progressive Conservative Louise Feltham Wild Rose Progressive Conservative Beryl Gaffney Nepean Liberal Marie Gibeau Bourassa Progressive Conservative Barbara Greene Don Valley North Progressive Conservative Albina Guarnieri Mississauga East—Cooksville Liberal Minister of Veterans Affairs (2004–2006) Lynn Hunter Saanich—Gulf Islands NDP Joy Langan Mission—Coquitlam NDP Shirley Maheu Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Liberal Diane Marleau Sudbury Liberal Minister of Health (1993–1996)Minister of Public Works (1996–1997)Minister of International Cooperation (1997–1999) Beth Phinney Hamilton Mountain Liberal Nicole Roy-Arcelin Ahuntsic Progressive Conservative Christine Stewart Northumberland Liberal Minister of the Environment (1997–1999)Pierrette VenneSaint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Progressive ConservativeFirst Bloc Québécois woman (re-)elected to Parliament ; also the first to cross the floor during her term and to be expelled from her new party's caucus Bloc Québécois Independent Deborah Grey Beaver River ReformInterim leader of the Canadian Alliance and Leader of the Official Opposition (2000)Edmonton North Alliance Conservative
First elected 1993–2008