A majority of members of British Columbia’s Legislative Assembly elected last week are women!

“a first for Canada. It will be the second time North America has had gender parity in a legislative house, Cuba being the first. And we will be the third jurisdiction in the Commonwealth, following Rwanda and New Zealand.

And a third of the women are also visible minorities, including four Indigenous women.”

Whatever your political stripe, it’s tough to not celebrate the tremendous progress this election has been for women’s representation.”

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/michelle-mungall-women-achieve-gender-parity-in-election-results

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Michelle Mungall: Women achieve gender parity in election results

If last weekend's vote stands as it is currently, women will hold 51.6 per cent of the seats.

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