The number of women sitting in the House of Commons decreased to four during the 27th Canadian Parliament; the number of women senators returned to six. 37 women ran for seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1965 federal election; three women out of six incumbents were reelected. Pauline Jewett and Margaret Konantz were defeated when they ran for reelection;[1][2]Eloise Jones did not run for reelection.[3]Grace MacInnis was also elected to the House of Commons in the general election, becoming the first woman elected to the House of Commons from British Columbia.[4]
Mary Elizabeth Kinnear was named to the Canadian senate in April 1967, bringing the number of women senators to six.[5]Marianna Beauchamp Jodoin resigned her seat in June 1966, decreasing the number of women in the Senate to five.[6]