Number of Candidates and Winners by Political Affiliation and Sex, 2006 Federal Election

 

Candidates

   

Elected

   

%Women in Caucus

 

Men

Women

%Women

Men

Women

Success Rate

 

NDP

200

108

35%

17

12

11%

41%

BQ

52

23

31%

34

17

74%

33%

Liberal

229

79

26%

81

21

27%

21%

Conservative

270

38

12%

111

14

39%

11%

Total

751

248

25%

243

64

26%

 

%successful

     

31%

26%

   

ource: Elections Canada http//www.elections.ca; Parliament of Canada http://www.parl.gc.ca

 

Number of Candidates and Winners by Political Affiliation and Sex, 2004 Federal Election

 

Candidates

Elected

Men

Women

% Women

Men

Women

Success Rate

% Women in Caucus as of June 2005

NDP

212

96

31.2

14

5

5.2

26.3

BQ

57

18

24.0

40

14

77.8

25.9

Liberal

233

75

24.4

101

34

45.3

25.6

Conservative

272

36

11.7

87

12

33.3

12.2

TOTAL

774

225

22.5

(avg)

242

65

% successful

31.3

28.9

Source: Newman & White, 2006 p. 117; Elections Canada http//www.elections.ca; Parliament of Canada http://www.parl.gc.ca

 

Women Candidates in Canadian Federal Elections, 1968–2006

 

1968

1972

1974

1979

1980

1984

1988

1993

1997

2000

2004

2006

Candidates

36

71

137

195

217

214

302

476

408

373

391

380

Elected

1

5

9

10

14

27

39

53

62

62

65

64

Percentage

.4

2.0

3.4

3.5

5.0

9.6

13.2

18.0

20.6

20.6

21.1

20.8

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Newman &White, 2006, p. 114 and Elections Canada

 

Provincial Distribution of Women Candidates in the 2006 Federal Election

 

Candidates

# women candidates

% women

# successful women

Provincial %

Newfoundland

28

9

32%

0

0

P.E.I.

19

4

21%

0

0

Nova Scotia

51

6

12%

1

9%

New Brunswick

45

7

16%

0

0

Quebec

427

113

26%

22

29%

Ontario

564

125

22%

23

22%

Manitoba

75

18

24%

4

29%

Saskatchewan

65

13

20%

2

14%

Alberta

141

32

23%

2

7%

British Columbia

205

43

21%

9

25%

Yukon

4

2

50%

0

0

N.W.T

5

1

20%

0

0

Nunavut

5

1

20%

1

100%

Total

1634

374

23%

64

21%

 

Women Running in Urban Ridings in the Federal Election of 2006

 

Urban Ridings

Urban Candidates

Women candidates in urban ridings

%

Women elected in urban ridings

% or women elected

Nfld

2

28

9

32%

0

0

P.E.I.

1

6

0

0

0

0

Nova Scotia

4

18

2

11%

1

100%

New Brunswick

2

9

2

22%

0

0

Quebec

27

159

46

29%

9

41%

Ontario

62

334

75

22%

15

65%

Manitoba

6

33

9

27%

2

50%

Saskatchewan

7

34

9

26%

2

100%

Alberta

17

86

20

23%

2

100%

British Columbia

15

87

19

23%

5

55%

Total

143

794

191

24%

36

56%

Urban ridings were based on the call out boxes on the Elections Canada Map of Canada available at http://www.elections.ca/intro.asp?section=cir&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false. The GTA ridings are based on the categorization by the Toronto Star.

 

Elected Men 137 Elected Women 28 Elected Men 107 Elected Women 36