Former Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has made a public commitment to field a minimum of 33% female candidates in the last election.
The single biggest challenge in electing more women seems to be getting them nominated. We know from past elections that women, once nominated, are as likely to be elected as male candidates. Given a chance to do so, electors apparently are as happy to choose a woman as a man. But they don’t get that choice if women’s names are not on the ballot.
We are taking a proactive approach to ensure there are more women on the ballot in the next election. We have a large scale effort underway to recruit, empower and encourage women candidates. We are committed to ensuring that we reach our target of 33% women candidates in the next federal election.
To learn more about the number of women elected to Canada’s parliament, click here
| Candidate | Riding |
| Carolyn Bennett | St. Paul’s |
| Julie Bourgeois | Glengarry—Prescott—Russell |
| Nancy Charest | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia |
| Lorraine Chartier | Beauport—Limoilou |
| Bernadette Clement | Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry |
| Siobhan Coady | St. John’s South—Mount Pearl / St. John’s-Sud—Mount Pearl |
| Bonnie Crombie | Mississauga—Streetsville |
| Rebecca Darnell | Langley |
| Ruby Dhalla | Brampton—Springdale |
| Kirsty Duncan | Etobicoke North / Etobicoke-Nord |
| Cindy Duncan-McMillan | Pontiac |
| Noushig Eloyan | Ahuntsic |
| Raymonde Folco | Laval—Les Îles |
| Judy Foote | Random—Burin—St. George’s |
| Janna Francis | Okanagan—Shuswap |
| Hedy Fry | Vancouver Centre / Vancouver-Centre |
| Anne Gagné | Québec |
| Francine Gaudet | Berthier—Maskinongé |
| Martha Hall Findlay | Willowdale |
| Carol Hartman | Sudbury |
| Renée Hetherington | Saanich—Gulf Islands |
| Bev Hodgson | Niagara Falls |
| Christine Innes | Trinity—Spadina |
| Marlene Jennings | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine |
| Marlene Lamontagne | Calgary Southwest / Calgary-Sud-Ouest |
| Nicole Larouche | Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière |
| Kimberley Love | Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound |
| Marjory Loveys | Leeds—Grenville |
| Monica Lysack | Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre |
| Mary MacDonald | Edmonton Centre / Edmonton-Centre |
| Karen McCrimmon | Carleton—Mississippi Mills |
| Betsy McGregor | Peterborough |
| Alexandra Mendès | Brossard—La Prairie |
| Jacqueline Miller | Regina—Qu’Appelle |
| Maria Minna | Beaches—East York |
| Karen Mock | Thornhill |
| Joyce Murray | Vancouver Quadra |
| Eva Nassif | Laval |
| Anita Neville | Winnipeg South Centre / Winnipeg-Centre-Sud |
| Ilona Niemczyk | Elmwood—Transcona |
| Lyne Pelchat | Vaudreuil-Soulanges |
| Chantal Perreault | Repentigny |
| Josipa Petrunic | Calgary East / Calgary-Est |
| Yasmin Ratansi | Don Valley East / Don Valley-Est |
| Karen Redman | Kitchener Centre / Kitchener-Centre |
| Kim Rudd | Northumberland—Quinte West |
| Carolyn Scott | Sackville Eastern Shore |
| Judy Sgro | York West / York-Ouest |
| Michelle Simson | Scarborough Southwest / Scarborough-Sud-Ouest |
| Roxane Stanners | Saint-Lambert |
| Michelle Stockwell | Hamilton East—Stoney Creek / Hamilton-Est—Stoney Creek |
| Gayle Stucke | Lambton—Kent—Middlesex |
| Lillian Szpak | Esquimalt – Juan de Fuca |
| Christine Tabbert | Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke |
| Anita Vandenbeld | Ottawa West—Nepean / Ottawa-Ouest—Nepean |
| Bianka Villeneuve | Jonquière—Alma |
| Cindy Waters | Parry Sound—Muskoka |
| Linda WilhelmKelly Wilson | Fundy RoyalNew Brunswick Southwest / Nouveau-Brunswick-Sud-Ouest |
| Marilyn Wood | Timmins—James Bay / Timmins—Baie James |
| Wendy Yuan | Vancouver Kingsway |
| Lise Zarac | LaSalle—Émard |
| Patricia Zipchen | Saskatoon—Wanuskewin |
