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Senate (Senate) LAST ELECTIONS

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Parliament name Parliament of Canada - Parlement du Canada
Structure of parliament Bicameral
Chamber name Senate
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) House of Commons
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) not applicable
Purpose of elections (not applicable)
(not applicable)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes


Notes (not applicable)
Distribution of votes
Round no 1
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women		 54
34
35.92%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Note on the number of women in the Senate:
- As at 3 December 2015, 31 out of 83 senators were women, with 22 vacancies.
- Two senators (one woman and one man) left the Senate in February 2016, reducing the total number of senators to 81, of whom 30 were women.
- On 18 March 2016, the Prime Minister announced that he would recommend to the Governor General the appointment of seven new senators four of whom would be women. In March, one male senator was sworn in.
- In April, the six remaining senators were sworn in, bringing the total number of women senators to 34 out of 88.

Sources:
Parliament of Canada (03.12.2015, 30.03.2016, 21.04.2016, 28.11.2016, 01.01.2017, 07.02.2017, 10.01.2018)
https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/fr_CA/Personnes/parlementaires
http://www.parl.gc.ca/SenatorsBio/default.aspx?sortord=S&Language=E
http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/lists/PartyStandings.aspx?Language=E&Menu=SEN-Politic&Section=b571082f-7b2d-4d6a-b30a-b6025a9cbb98&Gender=F
http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/lists/PartyStandings.aspx?Language=E&Menu=SEN-Politic&Section=b571082f-7b2d-4d6a-b30a-b6025a9cbb98&Gender=

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