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	256	60	23.44%
Progressive Conservative Party	198	38	19.19%
New Democratic Party	137	36	26.28%
Action démocratique du Québec / Équipe Mario Dumont	41	7	17.07%
Independent	38	5	13.16%
Parti Québécois	35	9	25.71%
Saskatchewan Party	28	8	28.57%
Yukon Party	10	2	20.00%
Alberta Alliance Party	1	0	0.00%

^ Alberta - Legislative Assembly of Alberta

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2004.11.22
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.06.12
Total of Seats	83
Seats Occupied	83
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	13 (15.66%)

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	61	10	16.39%
Liberal Party	Taft, Kevin	2004.03.27	16	3	18.75%
New Democratic Party	Mason, Brian	2004.09.18	4	0	0.00%
Alberta Alliance Party	Hinman, Paul	2005.11.19	1	0	0.00%
Independent			1	0	0.00%

^ British Columbia - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2005.05.17
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2005.05.17
Total of Seats	79
Seats Occupied	79
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	17 (21.52%)

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	46	10	21.74%
New Democratic Party	James, Carole	2003.11.23	33	7	21.21%

^ Manitoba - Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.05.22
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.05.22
Total of Seats	57
Seats Occupied	57
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	18 (31.58%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
New Democratic Party	Doer, Gary	1988.03.30	36	13	36.11%
Progressive Conservative Party	McFadyen, Hugh	2006.04.29	19	5	26.32%
Liberal Party	Gerrard, Jon	1998.10.18	2	0	0.00%

^ New Brunswick - Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2006.09.18
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.04.17
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	32	4	12.50%
Progressive Conservative Party	Volpe, Jeannot (Acting)	2007.01.31	23	3	13.04%

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

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.09
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.09
Total of Seats	48
Seats Occupied	47
Vacant Seats	1
Seats Occupied by Women	10 (21.28%)

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	43	9	20.93%
Liberal Party	Reid, Gerry	2006.05.29	3	1	33.33%
New Democratic Party			1	0	0.00%

^ Northwest Territories - Council of Northwest Territories

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.01
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.02
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 - Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2006.06.13
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.02
Total of Seats	52
Seats Occupied	52
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	10 (19.23%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
Progressive Conservative Party	MacDONALD, Rodney	2006.02.11	23	3	13.04%
New Democratic Party	Dexter, Darrell	2001.06.04	20	6	30.00%
Liberal Party	McNeil, Stephen	2007.04.28	9	1	11.11%

^ Nunavut - Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2004.02.16
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2006.04.22
Total of Seats	19
Seats Occupied	18
Vacant Seats	1
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
Independent	Okalik, Paul	1999.02.15	18	2	11.11%

^ Ontario - Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.10
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.10
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	71	19	26.76%
Progressive Conservative Party	Tory, John	2004.09.18	26	7	26.92%
New Democratic Party	Hampton, Howard	1996.06.22	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	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)	2007.03.26
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.10.17
Total of Seats	125
Seats Occupied	124
Vacant Seats	1
Seats Occupied by Women	32 (25.81%)

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	48	16	33.33%
Action démocratique du Québec / Équipe Mario Dumont	Dumont, Mario	1994.05.11	41	7	17.07%
Parti Québécois	Marois, Pauline	2007.06.26	35	9	25.71%

^ Saskatchewan - Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2003.11.05
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2007.03.05
Total of Seats	58
Seats Occupied	58
Vacant Seats	0
Seats Occupied by Women	15 (25.86%)

Political Party	Party Leader	As of (yyyy.mm.dd)	Seats Occupied	Seats Occupied by Women	Percentage of Women
New Democratic Party	Calvert, Lorne Albert	2001.01.27	30	7	23.33%
Saskatchewan Party	Wall, Bradley	2004.03.15	28	8	28.57%

^ Yukon - Legislative Assembly of Yukon

Last General Election (yyyy.mm.dd)	2006.10.10
Last Update (yyyy.mm.dd)	2006.10.10
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	Hardy, Todd	2002.09.21	3	0	0.00%