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^ Current Provincial and Territorial Party Standings
Political PartySeats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party 275 66 24.00%
Progressive Conservative Party 190 39 20.53%
New Democratic Party 137 44 32.12%
Parti Québécois 51 14 27.45%
Independent 44 5 11.36%
Saskatchewan Party 38 8 21.05%
Yukon Party 10 2 20.00%
Action démocratique du Québec 4 1 25.00%
Vacancy 1 0 0.00%
Wildrose Alliance Party 1 0 0.00%
Québec solidaire 1 0 0.00%

^ Alberta - Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2008.03.03
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.09.14
Total of Seats 83
Seats Occupied 83
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 17 (20.48%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party Stelmach, Ed 2006.12.02 70 14 20.00%
Liberal Party Swann, David 2008.12.15 9 2 22.22%
New Democratic Party Mason, Brian 2004.09.18 2 1 50.00%
Wildrose Alliance Party Smith, Danielle 2009.10.17 1 0 0.00%
Independent 1 0 0.00%

^ British Columbia - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.05.12
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.05.12
Total of Seats 85
Seats Occupied 85
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 24 (28.24%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party Campbell, Gordon 1993.09.11 49 11 22.45%
New Democratic Party James, Carole 2003.11.23 35 12 34.29%
Independent 1 1 100.00%

^ Manitoba - Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.05.22
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.10.18
Total of Seats 57
Seats Occupied 56
Vacant Seats 1
Seats Occupied by Women 18 (32.14%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
New Democratic Party Selinger, Gregory 2009.10.18 35 13 37.14%
Progressive Conservative Party McFadyen, Hugh 2006.04.29 19 5 26.32%
Liberal Party Gerrard, Jon 1998.10.18 2 0 0.00%
Vacancy 1 0 0.00%

^ New Brunswick - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2006.09.18
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.03.09
Total of Seats 55
Seats Occupied 55
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 7 (12.73%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party Graham, Shawn 2002.05.11 33 4 12.12%
Progressive Conservative Party Alward, David 2008.10.18 22 3 13.64%

^ Newfoundland and Labrador - House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.10.09
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.10.27
Total of Seats 48
Seats Occupied 47
Vacant Seats 1
Seats Occupied by Women 11 (23.40%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party Williams, Danny 2001.01.31 42 9 21.43%
Liberal Party Jones, Yvonne (Acting) 2007.11.14 4 1 25.00%
New Democratic Party Michael, Lorraine 2006.05.28 1 1 100.00%

^ Northwest Territories - Council of Northwest Territories
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.10.01
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.10.01
Total of Seats 19
Seats Occupied 19
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 3 (15.79%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Independent Roland, Floyd 2007.10.18 19 3 15.79%

^ Nova Scotia - House of Assembly of Nova Scotia
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.06.09
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.10.20
Total of Seats 52
Seats Occupied 52
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 12 (23.08%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
New Democratic Party Dexter, Darrell 2001.06.04 32 9 28.13%
Liberal Party McNeil, Stephen 2007.04.28 11 2 18.18%
Progressive Conservative Party Casey, Karen (Acting) 2009.06.24 9 1 11.11%

^ Nunavut - Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2008.10.27
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2008.10.27
Total of Seats 19
Seats Occupied 19
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 1 (5.26%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Independent Aariak, Eva 2008.11.14 19 1 5.26%

^ Ontario - Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.10.10
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.09.17
Total of Seats 107
Seats Occupied 107
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 29 (27.10%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party McGuinty, Dalton 1996.12.01 72 19 26.39%
Progressive Conservative Party Hudak, Tim 2009.06.27 25 6 24.00%
New Democratic Party Horwath, Andrea 2009.03.07 10 3 30.00%

^ Prince Edward Island - Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.05.28
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.10.15
Total of Seats 27
Seats Occupied 27
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 7 (25.93%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party Ghiz, Robert W. J. 2003.04.05 24 6 25.00%
Progressive Conservative Party Crane, Olive (Acting) 2007.09.04 3 1 33.33%

^ Quebec - National Assembly of Quebec
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2008.12.08
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.11.10
Total of Seats 125
Seats Occupied 125
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 36 (28.80%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Liberal Party Charest, Jean J. 1998.04.30 66 21 31.82%
Parti Québécois Marois, Pauline 2007.06.26 51 14 27.45%
Action démocratique du Québec Deltell, Gérard (Acting) 2009.11.19 4 1 25.00%
Independent 3 0 0.00%
Québec solidaire Khadir, Amir Co-leader with Françoise David. 2008.12.08 1 0 0.00%

^ Saskatchewan - Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2007.11.07
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.09.21
Total of Seats 58
Seats Occupied 58
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 13 (22.41%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Saskatchewan Party Wall, Brad 2004.03.15 38 8 21.05%
New Democratic Party Lingenfelter, Dwain 2009.06.06 20 5 25.00%

^ Yukon - Legislative Assembly of Yukon
Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd) 2006.10.10
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd) 2009.10.29
Total of Seats 18
Seats Occupied 18
Vacant Seats 0
Seats Occupied by Women 2 (11.11%)

Political PartyParty LeaderAs of (yyyy.mm.dd)Seats OccupiedSeats Occupied by WomenPercentage of Women
Yukon Party Fentie, Dennis 2002.06.16 10 2 20.00%
Liberal Party Mitchell, Arthur 2005.06.04 5 0 0.00%
New Democratic Party Hanson, Elizabeth 2009.09.26 2 0 0.00%
Independent 1 0 0.00%
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