Although much contemporary research has found that women candidates do not lose votes, little is known about whether a negative voter bias against women candidates may be disguised or offset by their superior qualifications. Using a unique 1993 Canadian data set that combines aggregate data with survey information from candidates themselves, this paper tested for but did not find such an effect. In fact, the main results indicate that, among similarly situated women and men candidates, women actually had a small vote advantage, even taking into account their higher qualifications. Further analysis aimed at exploring the comparative vote-getting ability of women candidates reveals that neither turnout nor urban/rural constituencies appeared to be relevant factors but that office-holding experience in non-political organizations made a modest contribution to women's electoral advantage.