Voters will go to the polls in Ontario on February 27, 2025.
With 768 candidates from seven political parties in the race, 32.2% are women. As Ontario’s political landscape evolves, it’s critical that women and gender-diverse candidates are seen as viable, sought-after political leaders. Their skills, expertise, and perspectives not only reflect the priorities of voters but also strengthen representative democracy.
After nearly three consecutive provincial elections, Ontario has consistently elected more than 36% women Members of Municipal Parliament (MPPs). In the 2022 Ontario election, 47 women were elected, representing 37.9% of the legislature. Equal Voice will be tracking the results of the 2025 election, watching to see if this trend continues.
This tracker uses publicly available information to track women and gender-diverse candidates who put their name on the ballot in the upcoming 2025 Provincial Election in Ontario. It will be regularly updated by Equal Voice, please report errors or omissions to [email protected] . Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.
| Party |
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| Total # of Women and Gender-Diverse Candidates by Party | 33 | 56 | 43 | 53 | 24 |
| Total Nominations | 124 | 123 | 124 | 124 | 108 |
| Percentage of Women and Gender-Diverse Candidates | 26.6% | 45.5% | 34.7% | 42.7% | 22.2% |
Nominations as of Friday, February 14, 2025.
Number of Individuals Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Past Elections:
| Election Year | 2011 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Seats | 107 | 107 | 124 | 124 | 124 |
| # Men | 77 | 69 | 75 | 77 | |
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# Women & Gender Diverse-People |
30 | 38 | 49 | 47 | |
| Percentage of Women & Gender Diverse-People | 28% | 35.5% | 39.5% | 37.9% |
Ontario Election Tracking Sheet:
Confirmed women or gender-diverse candidates are identified by name
Blank spaces identify no candidate
Circles represent a confirmed male candidate
Asterisks represent incumbent candidates
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| Ajax | Patrice Barnes* | O | O | O | O | |
| Algoma - Manitoulin | O | O | O | Maria Legault | O | O* |
| Aurora - Oak Ridges - Richmond Hill | O* | Naila Saeed | O | O | Rosaria Wiseman | |
| Barrie - Innisfil | Andrea Khanjin* | O | O | O | O | |
| Barrie - Springwater - Oro-Medonte | O* | Tracey Lapham | O | O | O | |
| Bay of Quinte | O* | Amanda Robertson | O | Lori Borthwick | O | O |
| Beaches - East York | Anna Michaelidis | Kate Dupuis | Mary-Margaret McMahon* | O | O | |
| Brampton Centre | Charmaine Williams* | O | O | Pauline Thornham | Kamal Preet Kaur | |
| Brampton East | O* | O | O | Nancy Porteous | O | |
| Brampton North | O* | Ruby Zaman | O | Sameera Falcon Khan | Melanie Porte | |
| Brampton South | O* | Rajni Sharma | O | O | O | |
| Brampton West | O* | O | O | O | O | O |
| Brantford - Brant | O* | O | O | Karleigh Csordas | O | O |
| Bruce - Grey - Owen Sound | O | O | O | O | O | |
| Burlington | Natalie Pierre* | Megan Beauchemin | Andrea Grebenc | O | O | O |
| Cambridge | O* | Marjorie Knight | O | Carla Johnson | Belinda Karahalios | |
| Carleton | O | Sherin Faili | O | Mystic Plaunt | O | O |
| Chatham-Kent - Leamington | O* | O | O | O | Rhonda Jubenville | O |
| Davenport | O | Marit Stiles* | O | Randi Ramdeen | O | |
| Don Valley East | O | O | O* | O | ||
| Don Valley North | Susan Liu | O | O | O | O* | |
| Don Valley West | O | Linnea Löfström-Abary | Stephanie Bowman* | Sheena Sharp | Laurel Hobbs |
Bahira Abdulsalam |
| Dufferin - Caledon | Sylvia Jones* | O | O | O | O | O |
| Durham | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Eglinton - Lawrence | O | O | Leah Tysoe | O | ||
| Elgin - Middlesex - London | O* | Amanda Zavitz | O | Amanda Stark | O | O |
| Essex | O* | Rachael Mills | Tamara Stomp | O | Brigitte Belton | O |
| Etobicoke Centre | Kinga Surma* | Giulia Volpe | O | O | O | |
| Etobicoke - Lakeshore | Christine Hogarth* | Rozhen Asrani | Lee Fairclough | O | O | |
| Etobicoke North | O* | O | Julie Lutete | Chelsey Edwards | O | |
| Flamborough - Glanbrook | Donna Skelly* | Lilly Noble | O | Janet Errygers | Kristen Halfpenny | |
| Glengarry - Prescott - Russell | O* | O | O | Thaila Riden | O | O |
| Guelph | O* | O | O | O | Carina Fraser | |
| Haldimand - Norfolk | Amy Martin | Erica Englert | O | Anna Massinen | O | Bobbi Ann Brady* |
| Haliburton - Kawartha Lakes - Brock | Laurie Scott* | Barbara Doyle | Alison Bennie | O | Jacquie Barker | O |
| Hamilton Centre | Sarah Bokhari | Robin Lennox | Eileen Walker | Lucia Iannantuono | O | Sarah Jama* |
| Hamilton East - Stoney Creek | O* | O | O | O | Wieslawa Derlatka | O |
| Hamilton Mountain | Monica Ciriello | Kojo Damptey | Dawn Danko | O | Layla Marie-Angela Protopapa | O |
| Hamilton West - Ancaster - Dundas | O | Sandy Shaw* | Julia Brown | O | O | |
| Hastaings - Lennox and Addington | O* | Jessica Zielke | Lynn Rigby | O | O | |
| Humber River - Black Creek | O | O* | O | O | ||
| Huron - Bruce | Lisa Thompson* | O | O | O | O | |
| Kanata - Carleton | O | O | Karen McCrimmon* | Jennifer Purdy | Elizabeth Watson | |
| Kenora - Rainy River | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Kiiwetinoong | O | O* | Manuela Michelizz | Carolyn Spicer | ||
| King - Vaughan | O* | O | Gillian Vivona | Ann Raney | O | |
| Kingston and the Islands | O | O | O* | O | ||
| Kitchener Centre | O | Brooklin Wallis | Colleen James | Aislinn Clancy* | O | O |
| Kitchener - Conestoga | O* | Jodi Szimanski | O | O | O | |
| Kitchener South - Hespeler | Jess Dixon* | O | O | Jessica Riley | O | |
| Lambton - Kent - Middlesex | O* | Kathryn Shailer | Cathy Burghardt-Jesson | Andraena Tilgner | O | |
| Lanark - Frontenac - Kingston | O* | O | O | Marlene Spruyt | O | |
| Leeds - Grenville - Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | O* | O | Lorna Jean Edmonds | Fiona Jager | O | |
| London - Fanshawe | O | Teresa Armstrong* | O | O | O | O |
| London North Centre | O | O* | O | Carol Dyck* | O | |
| London West | Beth Allison | Peggy Sattler* | O | O | O | O |
| Markham - Stouffville | O | O | Kelly Dunn | O | O | |
| Markham - Thornhill | O* | O | Nirmala Armstrong | O | ||
| Markham - Unionville | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Milton | O* | Katherine Cirlincione | Kristina Tesser Derksen | Susan Doyle | O | |
| Mississauga Centre | Natalia Kusendova* | O | Sumira Malik | O | Audrey Simpson | O |
| Mississauga East - Cooksville | Silvia Gualtieri | O | Bonnie Crombie | O | O | |
| Mississauga - Erin Mills | O* | O | O | Adriane Franklin | O | O |
| Mississauga - Lakeshore | O* | O | Elizabeth Mendes | Julia Budahazy | Renata Cynarska | O |
| Mississauga - Malton | O* | O | O | O | Van Nguyen | |
| Mississauga - Streetsville | Nina Tangri* | O | Jill Promoli | O | O | |
| Mushkegowuk - James Bay | O | O* | O | Catherine Jones | ||
| Nepean | O | O | O | Sheilagh McLean | O | O |
| Newmarket - Aurora | Dawn Gallagher Murphy* | O | O | O | Shirin Khasbakhi | |
| Niagara Centre | O | O* | O | Natashia Bergen | O | |
| Niagara Falls | Ruth-ann Nieuwesteeg | O* | Shafoli Kapur | Celia Taylor | O | O |
| Niagara West | O* | O | Shauna Boyle | O | O | |
| Nickel Belt | O | France Gélinas* | Natalie Labbée | O | O | |
| Nipissing | O* | O | O | O | ||
| Northumberland - Peterborough South | O* | O | Dorothy Noronha | O | O | |
| Oakville | O* | Diane Downey | Alison Gohel | O | Shereen Di Vittorio | |
| Oakville North - Burlington | Effie Triantafilopoulos* | O | Kaniz Mouli | O | O | |
| Orléans | O | O | O* | Michelle Petersen | Patricia Hooper | |
| Oshawa | O | Jennifer French* | O | O | O | O |
| Ottawa Centre | O | Catherine McKenney | O | O | Maria Desouza | O |
| Ottawa South | Jan Gao | O | O | Nira Dookeran | O | |
| Ottawa - Vanier | Marilissa Gosselin | Myriam Djilane | Lucille Collard* | O | O | |
| Ottawa West - Nepean | O | Chandra Pasma* | O | Sophia Andrew-Joiner | O | |
| Oxford | O* | Khadijah Haliru | Bernia Martin | O | O | |
| Parkdale - High Park | Justine Teplycky | Alexa Gilmour | Nadia Guerrera | Anna Gorka | O | |
| Parry Sound - Muskoka | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Perth - Wellington | O* | O | Ashley Fox | O | O | O |
| Peterborough - Kawartha | O* | Jen Deck | O | O | O | O |
| Pickering - Uxbridge | O* | O | O | Mini Batra | O | |
| Renfrew - Nipissing - Pembroke | O | O | O | Anna Dolan | O | |
| Richmond Hill | Daisy Wai* | O | O | Alison Lam | Allison Bruns | |
| St. Catharines | O | Jennie Stevens* | O | O | O | |
| Sarnia - Lambton | O* | Candace Young | Rachel Willsie | Pamela Reid | O | O |
| Sault Ste. Marie | O | Lisa Vezeau-Allen | O | O | O | |
| Scarborough - Agincourt | O* | Francesca Policarpio | O | Stephanie LeBlanc | O | O |
| Scarborough Centre | O* | Sonali Chakraborti | O | O | O | O |
| Scarborough - Guildwood | O | O | Andrea Hazell* | Tara McMahon | O | O |
| Scarborough North | O* | Thadsha Navaneethan | Anita Anandarajan | O | ||
| Scarborough - Rouge Park | O* | Hibah Sidat | O | Victoria Jewt | O | |
| Scarborough Southwest | Aderonke Dramola | Doly Begum* | Qadira Jackson | O | ||
| Simcoe - Grey | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Simcoe North | Jill Dunlop* | Jordi Malcolm | O | O | O | |
| Spadina - Fort York | O | O* | April Engelberg | O | O | |
| Stormont - Dundas - South Glengarry | O* | O | O | O | O | O |
| Sudbury | O | O* | O | O | O | |
| Thornhill | Laura Smith* | O | O | O | O | O |
| Thunder Bay - Atikokan | O* | Judith Monteith-Farrell | O | O | O | O |
| Thunder Bay - Superior North | O | Lise Vaugeois* | O | O | Katherine Suutari | O |
| Timiskaming - Cochrane | O | O* | O | O | O | |
| Timmins | O* | O | O | Marie-Josée Yelle | O | |
| Toronto Centre | Ruth Farkas | Kristyn Wong-Tam* | Holly Rasky | O | ||
| Toronto - Danforth | O | O* | O | O | ||
| Toronto St. Paul's | O | Jill Andrew* | Stephanie Smyth | Chloe Tangpongprush | ||
| University - Rosedale | Sydney Pothakos | Jessica Bell* | Pamela Jeffery | O | O | |
| Vaughan - Woodbridge | O* | O | O | O | O | O |
| Waterloo | O | Catherine Fife* | O | Shefaza Esmail | Suja Biber | O |
| Wellington - Halton Hills | O | Simone Kent | O | Bronwynne Wilton | O | O |
| Whitby | O* | O | O | O | O | |
| Willowdale | O* | O | O | Sharolyn Vettese | Lilya Eklishaeva | |
| Windsor - Tecumseh | O* | Gemma Grey-Hall | O | Roxanne Tellier | Sophia Sevo | O |
| Windsor West | O | Lisa Gretzky* | O | O | O | |
| York Centre | O* | Natalie Van Halteren | O | Courtney Martin | O | |
| York - Simcoe | Caroline Mulroney* | O | Fatima Chaudhry | Jennifer Baron | O | |
| York South - Weston | O | O | O | Lilian Barrera | O |
Nominations as of Friday, February 14, 2025.
This directory tracks the candidates in the major political parties. We also included the candidate’s website or campaign platform if the information was available.
Please credit “Equal Voice” if using this data.
