| DonFerrari said: Yes, politics... around 50-50 voters but woman don't get that many votes. Maybe woman don't believe in the woman candidates? |
Perhaps there aren't that many female candidates. I didn't check who I actually voted for last election. I voted for the party I wanted in government, who ever was attached to that at the local level got the vote. It was Danielle Takacs, yet she didn't win although the Liberals won by a landslide. (Phil McColeman took the win) The new parliament is:
26% in parliament, while 33% of the candidates were female. (1% increase from 2011)
The party with the highest female percentage (43%) lost the most, unfortunate byproduct of getting Harper out.
A key hurdle is that the main parties are still not putting forward enough female candidates, says Louise Carbert, a Dalhousie University political scientist. This year, women accounted for one-third of the 1,427 candidates running for the five main parties, but many of them were running for the Green Party or the Bloc Quebecois, with little to no chance of winning their riding. The increase in female representation has mostly happened in cities – to improve representation, more women need to win in the country’s rural ridings.
At least Trudaux has come true on his promise to make a gender balanced cabinet (15 to 16)
Anyway I don't think it's a case of lesser confidence in female candidates.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/we-have-a-record-number-of-female-mps-but-hold-the-applause/article26887164/
