Quebec Sets Record as Voters Choose Women for 46% of Legislature
Election workers prepare ballots at a poling station in Montreal on Oct. 3.
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Voters in Quebec set a record by electing women to 46% of the seats in the legislature, the highest ever for a Canadian province.
The previous record was 43% in British Columbia’s election in 2020, according to Equal Voice, a Canadian non-partisan group dedicated to encouraging political participation by women. At the national level, 30% of the electoral districts in the country’s House of Commons are represented by women.