I have looked at this a number of times. A few weeks back we passed nine straight years of at least one woman being a premier in Canada.
This is the list by time of the women that have lead governments in Canada
- Christy Clark BC 2319 days Liberal
- Eva Aariak Nunavut 1827 days non-partisan
- Kathleen Wynne Ontario 1755 days Liberal
- Nellie Cournoyea NWT 1469 days non-partisan
- Catherine Callbeck PEI 1353 days Liberal
- Kathy Dunderdale NF 1148 days PC
- Rachel Notley Alberta 923 days NDP
- Alison Redford Alberta 898 days PC
- Pat Duncan Yukon 884 days Liberal
- Pauline Marois Quebec 581 days Parti Quebecois
- Rita Johnson BC 217 days Social Credit
- Kim Campbell Federal 132 days PC
Bold=won a general election
Underline=currently in power
Here is the list by person days governed, the number of people multiplied by the days in office. I do this because I think it is a much better measure of the political impact of each woman
- Kathleen Wynne Ont 23,868,000,000 Lib
- Christy Clark BC 10,435,500,000 Lib
- Pauline Marois Que 4,582,000,000 PQ
- Rachel Notley Ab 3,826,760,000 NDP
- Kim Campbell Fed 3,786,000,000 PC
- Alison Redford Ab 3,273,000,000 PC
- Rita Johnson BC 715,500,000 Socred
- Kathy Dunderdale NL 590,700,000 PC
- Catherine Callbeck PEI 149,000,000 Lib
- Nellie Cournoyea NWT 92,000,000 na
- Eva Aariak Nu 58,300,000 na
- Pat Duncan Yk 24,800,000 Lib
When I first looked at this in 2011 Kim Campbell was way up on this list representing more than 70% of the person days on the list. Now she only represents just over 7% of the person days. Kathleen Wynne dominates with 45.5% of the person days.
Since 2010 we have moved in Canada from women being only a small footnote in political leadership to a normal and ongoing part.
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