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Canada's Election 2004
Women Candidates - Results

In each of the last two Parliaments, 62 of the 301 MPs have been women. That is only 20.6%, though women account for 52 per cent of the population.

Of the 1,685 candidates nominated in the 2004 general election, 391 or 23.2% are women.

• 96 for the NDP
• 77 for the Green Party
• 75 for the Liberals
• 37 for the Conservatives
• 18 for the BQ

 

Women Candidates: LIB WOMEN
Candidate	Riding	Status	Margin
Judy Stewart	Wild Rose	defeated	-27369
Avalon Roberts	Calgary Southwest	defeated	-25303
Nathalie Tousignant	Verchères-Les-Patriotes	defeated	-23375
Sophie Joncas	Chambly-Borduas	defeated	-21241
Ghislaine Provencher	Richelieu	defeated	-19843
Lorraine Auclair	Rivière-du-Nord	defeated	-19538
Yolaine Savignac	Rivière-des-Mille-Iles	defeated	-16968
Cathy McClusky	Calgary North Centre	defeated	-16844
Lisette Lepage	Charlevoix-Montmorency	defeated	-16831
Arleene Thorpe	Prince George-Peace River	defeated	-16288
Nancy Girard	Marc-Aurèle-Fortin	defeated	-16288
Maureen Towns	Edmonton-Sherwood Park	defeated	-15781
Dominique Boyer	Laurentides-Labelle	defeated	-14219
Christine St-Pierre	Richmond-Arthabaska	defeated	-13199
Vanessa Sutton	Okanagan-Coquihalla	defeated	-13088
Shirley Chan	Vancouver East	defeated	-12722
Isabelle Mignault	Rivière-du-Loup-Montmagny	defeated	-12140
Kim Richter	Langley	defeated	-11687
Marie-Eve Bilodeau	Saint-Maurice-Champlain	defeated	-11454
Julia Turnbull	Calgary South Centre	defeated	-10786
Tanya Parks	Elmwood-Transcona	defeated	-10296
Dianne Brushett	North Nova	defeated	-9386
Blanche Juneau	Dewdney-Alouette	defeated	-7990
Susan L. Green	Central Nova	defeated	-6386
Shelley Leonhardt	Delta-Richmond East	defeated	-5793
Yolande Thibeault	Saint-Lambert	defeated	-5372
Carole-Marie Allard	Alfred-Pellan	defeated	-5093
Hélène Chalifour Scherrer	Louis-Hébert	defeated	-5067
Debby Carlson	Edmonton-Strathcona	defeated	-5030
Kate Wilson	York-Simcoe	defeated	-4536
Tiffany Paulsen	Blackstrap	defeated	-3904
Diane St-Jacques	Shefford	defeated	-3294
Judy Higginbotham	South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverda	defeated	-3095
Allyce Herle	Regina-Qu'Appelle	defeated	-2221
Siobhan Coady	St. John's South	defeated	-1452
Louise V. Parkes	Oshawa	defeated	-1287
Sheila Fougere	Halifax	defeated	-1180
Susan Whelan	Essex	defeated	-829
Martha Hall Findlay	Newmarket-Aurora	defeated	-702
Debbie Zimmerman	Niagara West-Glanbrook	defeated	-664
Mary Pynenburg	Burnaby-New Westminster	defeated	-415
Ethel Blondin-Andrew	Western Arctic	elected	52
Rose-Marie Ur	Middlesex-Kent-Lambton	elected	168
Liza Frulla	Jeanne Le Ber	elected	464
Anne McLellan	Edmonton Centre	elected	711
Françoise Boivin	Gatineau	elected	726
Beth Phinney	Hamilton Mountain	elected	743
Eleni Bakopanos	Ahuntsic	elected	1234
Aileen Carroll	Barrie	elected	1294
Marlene Catterall	Ottawa West-Nepean	elected	1476
Nancy Karetak-Lindell	Nunavut	elected	2532
Colleen Beaumier	Brampton West	elected	2615
Sarmite (Sam) Bulte	Parkdale-High Park	elected	3635
Paddy Torsney	Burlington	elected	4114
Hedy Fry	Vancouver Centre	elected	4257
Judi Longfield	Whitby-Oshawa	elected	5151
Raymonde Folco	Laval-Les Iles	elected	5283
Diane Marleau	Sudbury	elected	5993
Maria Minna	Beaches-East York	elected	7348
Anita Neville	Winnipeg South Centre	elected	7617
Sue Barnes	London West	elected	7713
Ruby Dhalla	Brampton-Springdale	elected	8203
Karen Redman	Kitchener Centre	elected	8852
M.A. Bonnie Brown	Oakville	elected	9234
Jean Augustine	Etobicoke-Lakeshore	elected	9648
Brenda Chamberlain	Guelph	elected	9748
Susan Kadis	Thornhill	elected	10429
Yasmin Ratansi	Don Valley East	elected	10638
Carolyn Parrish	Mississauga-Erindale	elected	11554
Albina Guarnieri	Mississauga East-Cooksville	elected	12121
Judy Sgro	York West	elected	13450
Marlene Jennings	Notre-Dame-De-Grâce-Lachine	elected	13573
Claudette Bradshaw	Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe	elected	15261
Lucienne Robillard	Westmount-Ville-Marie	elected	16463
Carolyn Bennett	St. Paul's	elected	20559

Women Candidates: CON WOMEN
Candidate	Riding	Status	Margin
Catherine Brousseau	Rivière-du-Nord	defeated	-26500
Andrea Paine	Pierrefonds-Dollard	defeated	-24249
Andrée Champagne	Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot	defeated	-24089
Ann Julie Fortier	Berthier-Maskinongé	defeated	-23697
Rosane Raymond	Alfred-Pellan	defeated	-23523
Nicole Roy-Arcelin	LaSalle-Émard	defeated	-23451
Megan Harris	Toronto Centre	defeated	-22095
Lyne Boisvert	Drummond	defeated	-16539
Pierrette Bellefeuille	Hull-Aylmer	defeated	-16167
Lida Preyma	Etobicoke Centre	defeated	-15465
Theresa Rodrigues	Davenport	defeated	-13796
Rupinder Nannar	Etobicoke North	defeated	-13620
Riina DeFaria	Mississauga East-Cooksville	defeated	-12121
Wynanne Downer	Humber-St.Barbe-Baie Verte	defeated	-11282
Angela Vautour	Beauséjour	defeated	-10338
Heather Jewell	Scarborough Southwest	defeated	-9651
Barb Fisher	Huron-Bruce	defeated	-9642
Nina Tangri	Mississauga-Streetsville	defeated	-8281
Bev Sarafin	Thunder Bay-Superior North	defeated	-7607
Judith Grant	Pontiac	defeated	-5940
Merrill Strachan	Labrador	defeated	-4124
Alice Wong	Richmond	defeated	-3817
Mary Crane	Malpeque	defeated	-3640
Josée Verner	Louis-Saint-Laurent	defeated	-3192
Bev Shipley	Middlesex-Kent-Lambton	defeated	-168
Helena Guergis	Simcoe-Grey	elected	100
Joy Smith	Kildonan-St. Paul	elected	278
Belinda Stronach	Newmarket-Aurora	elected	702
Bev Oda	Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge	elected	1204
Diane Finley	Haldimand-Norfolk	elected	1661
Carol Skelton	Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar	elected	2354
Nina Grewal	Fleetwood-Port Kells	elected	2484
Lynne Yelich	Blackstrap	elected	3904
Betty Hinton	Kamloops-Thompson	elected	5974
Cheryl Gallant	Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke	elected	12688
Rona Ambrose	Edmonton-Spruce Grove	elected	17585
Diane Ablonczy	Calgary-Nose Hill	elected	20036

Women Candidates: NDP WOMEN
Candidate	Riding	Status	Margin
Ellen Parker	Crowfoot	defeated	-34226
Daria Fox	Calgary Southwest	defeated	-31856
Joyce Thomas	Macleod	defeated	-29431
Lyse Généreux	Marc-Aurèle-Fortin	defeated	-28910
Joëlle Chevrier	Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot	defeated	-28049
Mélanie Archambault	Châteauguay-Saint-Constant	defeated	-27288
Nicole Fournier-Sylvester	Longueuil	defeated	-26961
Octavia Beckles	Vaughan	defeated	-26935
Betty Stroh	Medicine Hat	defeated	-26856
Elisabeth Clark	Argenteuil-Mirabel	defeated	-26710
Danielle Lustgarten	Pierrefonds-Dollard	defeated	-26646
Janice Hagan	Markham-Unionville	defeated	-26449
Pamela Courtot	Oak Ridges-Markham	defeated	-26433
Ligy Alakkattussery	Beauharnois-Salaberry	defeated	-26395
Hayley Phillips	Edmonton-Spruce Grove	defeated	-25992
Marie Henretta	Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert	defeated	-25798
Yvonne Bobb	Willowdale	defeated	-25777
Melanee Thomas	Lethbridge	defeated	-25057
Alison Myrden	Oakville	defeated	-24454
Rebecca Blaikie	LaSalle-Émard	defeated	-23604
Laura Colella	Saint-Leonard-Saint-Michel	defeated	-23359
Peggy Kirkeby	Westlock-St. Paul	defeated	-22997
Susan Thompson	Peace River	defeated	-22874
C. Nella Cotrupi	Richmond Hill	defeated	-22588
Sue McSheffrey	Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke	defeated	-21774
Nadia Alexan	Brossard-La Prairie	defeated	-21773
Crystal Leblanc	Ottawa-Orléans	defeated	-20478
Louise Foisy	Lévis-Bellechasse	defeated	-20328
Sonia Bisson	Shefford	defeated	-20172
Hélène Lapointe	Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe	defeated	-19932
Monique Garcia	Saint-Lambert	defeated	-19872
Sarah Zaharia	Provencher	defeated	-19449
Isabelle Tremblay	Roberval	defeated	-18604
Fauzia Khan	Scarborough-Rouge River	defeated	-18557
Elizabeth Thomas	Calgary East	defeated	-18362
Annick Bergeron	Ahuntsic	defeated	-18251
Meghan McMaster	Edmonton Centre	defeated	-17725
Jen Hill	Simcoe North	defeated	-17497
Monia Mazigh	Ottawa South	defeated	-17454
Maret Sadem-Thompson	Whitby-Oshawa	defeated	-17439
Piper Huggins	Brome-Missisquoi	defeated	-17423
Margaret Anne McHugh	Etobicoke-Lakeshore	defeated	-17355
Valerie Mah	Don Valley East	defeated	-16576
Starleigh Grass	Kelowna	defeated	-16564
Dominique Vaillancourt	Gatineau	defeated	-16481
Marlene Rivier	Ottawa West-Nepean	defeated	-16296
Sylvia Gerl	York-Simcoe	defeated	-15934
Elaine MacDonald	Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry	defeated	-15925
Rita Landry	Dufferin-Caledon	defeated	-15455
Gina Barber	London West	defeated	-15344
Sheila White	Scarborough-Guildwood	defeated	-15065
H. Pummy Kaur	South Surrey-White Rock-Cloverda	defeated	-15042
Catherine Green	Winnipeg South	defeated	-15031
Joyce Procure	Okanagan-Coquihalla	defeated	-14761
Itrath Syed	Delta-Richmond East	defeated	-14470
Linda Slavin	Peterborough	defeated	-14190
Holly Pike	Humber-St.Barbe-Baie Verte	defeated	-14075
Carrie Sinkowski	Haldimand-Norfolk	defeated	-13817
Jo-Anne Marie Boulding	Parry Sound-Muskoka	defeated	-13801
Janina Strudwick	Edmonton East	defeated	-13768
Sandra Romano Anthony	York West	defeated	-13450
Zoé Dorcas Kunschner	Oxford	defeated	-13431
Margaret E. Sagar	North Nova	defeated	-12247
Gretchen Schwarz	Pontiac	defeated	-12173
Kathy Pounder	Brampton-Springdale	defeated	-11357
Shirley Hartery