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Women in the 16th Canadian Parliament

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During the 16th Canadian Parliament, women sat as members for the first time in both the House of Commons and the Senate. Two women ran for seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1926 federal election but Agnes Macphail, first elected in 1921, continued to be the only woman elected.

In February 1930, Cairine Wilson was named to the Canadian senate, becoming the first woman named to that body.

Party Standings

Party	Total women candidates	% women candidates of total candidates	Total women elected	% women elected of total women candidates	% women elected of total elected
Liberal	1 (of 203)	0.5%	0 (of 116)	0%	0%
Progressive	1 (of 28)	3.6%	1 (of 11)	100%	9.1%
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Members of the House of Commons

	Name	Party	Electoral district	Notes
	Agnes Macphail	Progressive	Grey Southeast

Senators

	Senator	Appointed on the advice of	Term	from	Party
	Cairine Wilson	King	1930.02.15 - 1962.03.03	Ontario	Liberal

References

v t e Women in Canadian politics
Federal	List of vicereines in Canada Parliament (Full lists: House and Senate) 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th–32nd 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd 44th
Provincial and local	List of female first ministers in Canada Women in Canadian provincial and territorial legislatures