Women_in_the_26th_Canadian_Parliament
The number of women sitting in the House of Commons increased to six during the 26th Canadian Parliament; the number of women senators remained at six. 40 women ran for seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1963 federal election; two women out of five incumbents were reelected. Ellen Fairclough, Isabel Hardie and Margaret Mary Macdonald were defeated when they ran for reelection.[1][2][3] Pauline Jewett and Margaret Konantz were elected to the House of Commons in the general election;[4][5] Eloise Jones and Margaret Rideout were elected in by-elections held in June 1964.[6][7]
Judy LaMarsh was named to the Canadian cabinet, becoming the second woman to serve as a federal cabinet minister.[8]
Nancy Hodges resigned her seat in the Senate in June 1965, reducing the number of women senators to five.[9]