Party Leaders and Standings

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^ Current Provincial and Territorial Party Standings

Political Party	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Liberal Party	212	58	27.36%
Progressive Conservative Party	204	42	20.59%
New Democratic Party	143	50	34.97%
Parti Québécois	54	17	31.48%
Saskatchewan Party	49	9	18.37%
Independent	42	6	14.29%
Coalition avenir Québec	19	5	26.32%
Wildrose Alliance Party	17	3	17.65%
Yukon Party	11	2	18.18%
Vacancy	4	0	0.00%
Québec solidaire	2	1	50.00%
Green Party of British Columbia	1	0	0.00%

^ Alberta - Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2012.04.23
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2012.04.23
Total of Seats	87
Seats Occupied	87
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	23 (26.44%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party	Redford, Alison	2011.10.02	61	18	29.51%
Wildrose Alliance Party	Smith, Danielle	2009.10.17	17	3	17.65%
Liberal Party	Sherman, Raj	2011.09.12	5	1	20.00%
New Democratic Party	Mason, Brian	2004.09.18	4	1	25.00%

^ British Columbia - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.05.14
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.05.14
Total of Seats	85
Seats Occupied	85
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	30 (35.29%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Liberal Party	Clark, Christy	2011.02.26	50	16	32.00%
New Democratic Party	Dix, Adrian	2011.04.17	33	13	39.39%
Green Party of British Columbia	Sterk, Jane	2007.10.21	1	0	0.00%
Independent			1	1	100.00%

^ Manitoba - Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.04
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.02.12
Total of Seats	57
Seats Occupied	56
Vacant Seats	1
Seats Occupied by Women	15 (26.79%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
New Democratic Party	Selinger, Gregory	2009.10.18	37	11	29.73%
Progressive Conservative Party	Pallister, Brian William	2012.07.30	18	4	22.22%
Vacancy			1	0	0.00%
Liberal Party	Gerrard, Jon	1998.10.18	1	0	0.00%

^ New Brunswick - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2010.09.27
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.04.15
Total of Seats	55
Seats Occupied	55
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	7 (12.73%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party	Alward, David	2008.10.18	41	7	17.07%
Liberal Party	Gallant, Brian	2012.10.27	13	0	0.00%
Independent			1	0	0.00%

^ Newfoundland and Labrador - House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.11
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.04.08
Total of Seats	48
Seats Occupied	47
Vacant Seats	1
Seats Occupied by Women	7 (14.89%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party	Dunderdale, Kathy	2011.04.02	36	5	13.89%
New Democratic Party	Michael, Lorraine	2006.05.28	5	2	40.00%
Liberal Party	Ball, Dwight (Acting)	2012.01.03	5	0	0.00%
Vacancy			1	0	0.00%
Independent			1	0	0.00%

^ Northwest Territories - Council of Northwest Territories

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.03
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.03
Total of Seats	19
Seats Occupied	19
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	2 (10.53%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Independent	McLeod, Bob	2011.10.27	19	2	10.53%

^ Nova Scotia - House of Assembly of Nova Scotia

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2009.06.09
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.06.21
Total of Seats	52
Seats Occupied	52
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	12 (23.08%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
New Democratic Party	Dexter, Darrell	2001.06.04	31	9	29.03%
Liberal Party	McNeil, Stephen	2007.04.28	13	3	23.08%
Progressive Conservative Party	Baillie, Jamie	2010.10.30	7	0	0.00%
Independent			1	0	0.00%

^ Nunavut - Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2008.10.27
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.09.11
Total of Seats	19
Seats Occupied	19
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	3 (15.79%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Independent	Aariak, Eva	2008.11.14	19	3	15.79%

^ Ontario - Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.06
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2013.02.14
Total of Seats	107
Seats Occupied	105
Vacant Seats	2
Seats Occupied by Women	30 (28.57%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Liberal Party	Wynne, Kathleen	2013.01.26	51	15	29.41%
Progressive Conservative Party	Hudak, Tim	2009.06.27	36	7	19.44%
New Democratic Party	Horwath, Andrea	2009.03.07	18	8	44.44%
Vacancy			2	0	0.00%

^ Prince Edward Island - Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.03
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.03
Total of Seats	27
Seats Occupied	27
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	6 (22.22%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Liberal Party	Ghiz, Robert W. J.	2003.04.05	22	5	22.73%
Progressive Conservative Party	Myers, Steven (Acting)	2013.01.31	5	1	20.00%

^ Quebec - National Assembly of Quebec

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2012.09.04
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2012.09.04
Total of Seats	125
Seats Occupied	125
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	41 (32.80%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Parti Québécois	Marois, Pauline	2007.06.26	54	17	31.48%
Liberal Party	Couillard, Philippe	2013.03.17	50	18	36.00%
Coalition avenir Québec	Legault, François	2012.04.21	19	5	26.32%
Québec solidaire	Séguin, Régent	2011.03.31	2	1	50.00%

^ Saskatchewan - Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.11.07
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.11.07
Total of Seats	58
Seats Occupied	58
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	11 (18.97%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Saskatchewan Party	Wall, Brad	2004.03.15	49	9	18.37%
New Democratic Party	Broten, Cam	2013.03.09	9	2	22.22%

^ Yukon - Legislative Assembly of Yukon

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.11
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2011.10.11
Total of Seats	19
Seats Occupied	19
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	6 (31.58%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Yukon Party	Pasloski, Darrell	2011.05.28	11	2	18.18%
New Democratic Party	Hanson, Elizabeth	2009.09.26	6	4	66.67%
Liberal Party	Elias, Darius (Acting)	2011.10.28	2	0	0.00%