The following women have served as leaders of political parties represented in the House of Commons or a provincial legislature.
Federal Portrait Name Political party Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Highest position Audrey McLaughlin New Democratic Progressive Conservative Prime Minister (1993) Alexa McDonough New Democratic Elsie Wayne (interim) Progressive Conservative Deborah Grey (interim) Greenincumbent Vivian Barbot (interim) Bloc Québécois Nycole Turmel (interim) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2011–2012) Rona Ambrose (interim) Conservative Leader of the Opposition (2015–2017) Martine Ouellet Bloc Québécois Jo-Ann Roberts (interim) Green Annamie Paul Green Candice Bergen (interim) Conservative Leader of the Opposition (2022)
Alberta Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position (interim) Liberal New Democratic Liberal Leader of the Opposition (1998–2001) (interim) Alberta Alliance Wildrose Leader of the Opposition (2012–2014) Progressive Conservative Premier (2011–2014) New Democratic Premier (2015–2019) (interim) Wildrose Leader of the Opposition (2014–2015) incumbent United Conservative Premier (2022–)
British Columbia Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Social Credit Premier (1991) (interim) Social Credit None (interim) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2001–2005) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2005–2011) ? Green None (interim) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2011) Liberal Premier (2011–2017) Green None (interim) Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2020–2022) (interim) incumbent OneBC Noneincumbent Green Noneincumbent Conservative None
Manitoba Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Liberal Leader of the Opposition (1998–1990) Liberal Liberal (interim) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2016–2017) (interim) Liberal Progressive Conservative Premier (2021–2023) (interim) Liberal
New Brunswick Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position (interim) Liberal Leader of the Opposition (1985) New Democratic incumbent Liberal Premier (2024–)
Newfoundland and Labrador Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position (interim) Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2007–2012) Progressive Conservative Premier (2010–2014) New Democratic
Nova Scotia Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Alexa McDonough New Democratic Helen MacDonald New Democratic Karen Casey (interim) Progressive Conservative Maureen MacDonald (interim) New Democratic Karla MacFarlane (interim) Progressive Conservative Leader of the Opposition (2018) Claudia Chenderincumbent New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2024–)
Ontario Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Liberal Leader of the Opposition (1992–1996) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2018–2022) Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2013–2018)incumbent New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2023–) Liberal
Prince Edward Island Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Liberal Premier (1993–1996) Liberal (interim) Green
Quebec Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest positionNadia Brédimas-Assimopoulos (interim)19851985 ? Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (interim) Liberal (interim) Françoise David Québec solidaire Premier (2012–2014) Manon Massé Québec solidaire Dominique Anglade Liberal Leader of the Opposition (2020–2022) Émilise Lessard-Therrien Québec solidaire Christine Labrie (interim) Québec solidaire Ruba Ghazalincumbent Québec solidaireincumbent Premier (2026–present)
Saskatchewan Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Liberal Leader of the Opposition (1995) (interim) New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2017–2018) incumbent New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2022–)
Yukon Portrait Name Date assumed office Date departed office Duration Political party Highest position Liberal Premier (2000–2002) Elizabeth Hanson New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2011–2016)Kate Whiteincumbent New Democratic Leader of the Opposition (2025–) (interim)incumbent Liberal
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See also Women in Canadian politics List of female first ministers in Canada List of vicereines in Canada List of elected or appointed female heads of state List of female prime ministers List of female leaders of British political parties List of female heads of government in Australia List of female governors in the United States List of visible minority political party leaders in Canada
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