Upcoming Workshop:
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News - Announcements - Media Releases
- Percentage of Women in PEI Cabinet among lowest in Canada
- PEI is in eighth place among Canadian provinces with regard to the percentage of women in Cabinet after the recent Cabinet announcement by Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier Kathy Dunderdale.
- NDP and Green Party Excluded from the Debate
- Open Letter to CBC PEI
- Strategic Planning Workshop: Electing Women to All Levels of Government in PEI
- Coming up November 8 - deadline to register November 4!
- Winning a Game, or Making a Difference?
- Letter to the Editor
PEI in 2011
- 29.3% of municipal councillors are women
- 25% of MPs are women
- 22.2% of MLAs are women
- 25% of Lennox Island First Nation Band Council are women (no women are members of the Abegweit First Nations Band Council)
- 50% of appointed senators are women
How Does PEI Compare?
Percentage of women in provincial, territorial and national legislatures (November 4, 2011):
| Rank | Jurisdiction | % of Women in Legislature |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yukon* | 31.6% (6/19) |
| 2 | British Columbia | 31.0% (26/84, 1 vac) |
| 3 | Province of Quebec | 28.8% (36/125) |
| 4 | Manitoba | 28.1% (16/57) |
| 5 | Ontario | 28.0% (30/107) |
| 6 | Nova Scotia | 23.1% (12/52) |
| 7 | Saskatchewan | 22.4% (13/58) |
| 8 | Prince Edward Island | 22.2% (6/27) |
| 9 | CANADA | 22.1% (68/308) |
| 10 | Alberta | 20.5% (17/83) |
| 11 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 16.7% (8/48) |
| 12 | Nunavut | 15.8% (3/19) |
| 13 | New Brunswick | 14.6% (8/55) |
| 14 | Northwest Territories | 10.5% (2/19) |
*The new Yukon Cabinet was sworn in November 5, 2011. Six of nineteen (31.6%) MLAs are women, however, there are only 2 women in the government caucus of 11.
Women in Provincial Government Cabinets 2011: How Does PEI Compare?
Women's Campaign Skills
As part of the project titled Supporting Democratic Participation of PEI's Women and Girls, the PEI Coalition for Women in Government is providing a series of skills-building workshops for women interested in running for elected office in the period from 2010 to 2013. More information >>
Getting to the Gate
Getting to the Gate is an online women's campaign school developed by Equal Voice, a Canadian organization focused on getting more women elected. Check it out!