Record high number of women elected

Monday’s federal election saw 76 women elected in the House of Commons. This is a historic high for Canada. The previous record was 69. According to the unofficial results posted on Parliament’s website, the NDP elected the most women MPs. 40 of them are among the 102 MPs who make up the new Official Opposition party. 27 of the women MPs are from Quebec. 

The preliminary vote turnout has gone up since three years ago. The turnout went up to 61.4% after nearly 15 million Canadians elected a Conservative majority government. 

Our country’s two largest provinces saw their voter turnout rates rise. The Conservatives saw their hold on Ontario increase after 62% of registered voters showed up on election Monday. Quebec saw the NDP win 58 of 75 seats with the same percentage of preliminary voter turnout rate as Ontario.