[1] This represents a gain of seven seats over the previous record of 69 women in the 40th Canadian Parliament.
This included former PSAC president Nycole Turmel, who was the first woman to hold the position.
She later accepted the role of interim leader of the NDP with the unanimous support of caucus, after Jack Layton took a temporary leave of absence to fight a second bout of cancer.
Layton died on August 22, 2011, at which time Turmel formally assumed the title of Leader of the Opposition.
As they hold only two seats, the Greens are not recognized as having official party status in the House of Commons.