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	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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 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	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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 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	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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 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	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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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 Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage 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%