Women for 50% Conference - October 2025
Our Progress
From 16% to 35% — and we're not stopping until we reach 50%
Women in the NB Legislature
Maintaining Momentum
16%
in 2014
22%
in 2018
29%
in 2020
35%
in 2024
50%
in 2028
Women for 50% Conference - October 2025
In 2024, New Brunswick elected its first woman Premier.
Susan Holt
A historic milestone - and proof that when women step forward, change happens.
Our Journey
Women for 50% founded as a non-partisan organization promoting gender equality in the NB Legislature.
2017
Educational conference with 400+ attendees
Regional workshops launched across the province
NB becomes first jurisdiction in North America to adopt an Elections Act change to incent parties to nominate women candidates
2018
Advocacy on She-cession and COVID-19 impact
Public awareness and media attention
Outreach to party leaders to encourage nomination of women candidates
2020
Women for 50% presents to Legislative Committee on how NB can show global leadership, close gaps for women, and become a more family-friendly legislature
MLA Megan Mitton gives birth while in office — the first time in 24 years since Carolle de Ste-Croix in 1995
Baby-changing tables installed in the Legislature
More organizations focused on women in politics emerge, growing the movement province-wide
Record numbers — 224 women elected across NB, up from 164 in 2016
2021
Media advocacy continues
Candidate mentoring, awareness building, and grassroots mobilization across the province
Parties begin to recruit women candidates
2022-2023
Historic numbers of women elected
Susan Holt becomes New Brunswick's first woman Premier
2024
May listening session to validate future focus
October 17 Falls Conference
2025
Women for 50% Honor Roll
The progress is real -
but the work continues.
Help us reach 50% by 2028