Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

How many people have been elected so far?
(And name them while you're at it!)

by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)

Edith Blanche Rogers (1894–1985)
© Photo 1935 — Public domain

Have you ever wondered how many people have been elected to Parliament or the legislative assemblies since they've been in existence? Well, maybe you haven't, but I have! And it's 14,277 persons — 12,920 men, 1,352 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,549 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,406 men, 1,138 women, and all non-binary individuals.

Although they are not legion, some people never sat in the legislature to which they were elected. A few examples:

These people are still part of this count.

The following interactive table shows how many people have been elected to each legislature.

  • The number in an F (Federal) or P (Provincial) cell for each jurisdiction leads to the corresponding list of people.
    • Numbers in the first row for a jurisdiction lead to the full list.
    • Those in the second row lead to only those who are still alive.
  • However, for the last row (Total), only the F cells are active and lead to the corresponding list of people.
  • Finally, the "Diff." rows at the end of the table adjust the counts so that the same person is counted only once.

Number of persons elected
F: Federal    P: Provincial/Territorial    T: Total    number in italic: Alive
Obtain the list of the persons behind these numbers by clicking on one under the F or P column (except Total row).
Juri. Total Men (M) Women (F) Non binary (X)
F P T F P T F P T F P T
9 AB 245
101
984
409
1,229
510
227
85
856
308
1,083
393
18
16
127
100
145
116
0
0
1
1
1
1
8 BC 355
143
972
326
1,327
469
309
105
840
221
1,149
326
46
38
132
105
178
143
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 MB 221
60
889
233
1,110
293
206
47
812
169
1,018
216
15
13
76
63
91
76
0
0
1
1
1
1
3 NB 222
46
930
237
1,152
283
212
39
882
197
1,094
236
10
7
48
40
58
47
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 NL 61
31
391
213
452
244
54
25
352
179
406
204
7
6
39
34
46
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 NS 261
49
828
235
1,089
284
250
40
766
181
1,016
221
11
9
61
53
72
62
0
0
1
1
1
1
14 NT 12
6
158
113
170
119
10
5
134
90
144
95
2
1
24
23
26
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
13 NU 5
5
85
77
90
82
1
1
67
60
68
61
4
4
18
17
22
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
15 NW 15
0
82
0
97
0
15
0
82
0
97
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 ON 1,589
411
1,972
511
3,561
922
1,464
306
1,805
367
3,269
673
125
105
166
143
291
248
0
0
1
1
1
1
4 PE 75
13
510
119
585
132
72
11
474
89
546
100
3
2
36
30
39
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 QC 1,286
376
1,842
614
3,128
990
1,164
272
1,648
441
2,812
713
122
104
194
173
316
277
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 SK 222
57
767
246
989
303
211
49
705
195
916
244
11
8
62
51
73
59
0
0
0
0
0
0
12 YT 12
5
121
80
133
85
9
3
92
57
101
60
3
2
28
22
31
24
0
0
1
1
1
1
Total 4,581
1,303
10,531
3,413
15,112
4,716
4,204
988
9,515
2,554
13,719
3,542
377
315
1,011
854
1,388
1,169
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -835
-167
14,277
4,549
31.9%
Diff. -799
-136
12,920
3,406
26.4%
Diff. -36
-31
1,352
1,138
84.2%
Diff. 0
0
5
5
100.0%
This table counts the number of persons elected to a legislature. A person elected to more than one legislature is counted for each one, but the total is then ajusted.

While the relatively small number elected women is glaring, it is interesting to note that most of them (84.2%) are still alive compared to the average (31.9%). Even though women have had the right to vote for a bit more than a century in most jurisdictions, they only started to be elected in more significant numbers to legislative assemblies in the 1980s, and parity with men is still very far from being achieved.

Parliamentarian list

Here is the list of the elected people meeting the following search criteria.

Jurisdiction Alberta
Level Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes
Results 100
Elected members
Legend } In office: 33
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Cindy L. Ady  PC  2001 Calgary-Shaw
2. Leela Sharon Aheer  WR  2015 Chestermere-Rocky View
3. Nagwan Al-Guneid  NDP  2023 Calgary-Glenmore
4. Tracy Allard  UCP  2019 Grande Prairie
5. Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk  UCP  2019 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
6. Mary Anne Balsillie  LIB  1996 Redwater
7. Diana Batten  NDP  2023 Calgary-Acadia
8. Pat Nelson  PC  1989 Calgary-Foothills
9. Laurie Blakeman  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Centre
10. Mary Jocelyn Burgener  PC  1993 Calgary-Currie
11. Pearl Calahasen  PC  1989 Lesser Slave Lake
12. Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse  NDP  2023 Edmonton-Rutherford
13. Debby Carlson  LIB  1993 Edmonton-Ellerslie
14. Amanda Chapman  NDP  2023 Calgary-Beddington
15. Shirley A. Cripps  PC  1979 Drayton Valley
16. Christine Cusanelli  PC  2012 Calgary-Currie
17. Chantelle de Jonge  UCP  2023 Chestermere-Strathmore
18. Alana DeLong  PC  2001 Calgary-Bow
19. Deborah Drever  NDP  2015 Calgary-Bow
20. Sarah Elmeligi  NDP  2023 Banff-Kananaskis
21. Janet Eremenko  NDP  2023 Calgary-Currie
22. Iris Evans  PC  1997 Sherwood Park
23. Jacquie Fenske  PC  2012 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
24. Tanya Fir  UCP  2019 Calgary-Peigan
25. Maria M. Fitzpatrick  NDP  2015 Lethbridge-East
26. Heather M. Forsyth  PC  1993 Calgary-Fish Creek
27. Michaela Frey Glasgo  UCP  2019 Brooks-Medicine Hat
28. Yvonne M. Fritz  PC  1993 Calgary-Cross
29. Myrna Fyfe  PC  1979 St. Albert
30. Yolande Gagnon  LIB  1989 Calgary-McKnight
31. Kathleen Ganley  NDP  2015 Calgary-Buffalo
32. Nicole Goehring  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Castle Downs
33. Laila Goodridge  UCP  2018 Fort McMurray-Conklin
34. Marlene L. Graham  PC  1997 Calgary-Lougheed
35. Christina Gray  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Mill Woods
36. Carol L. Haley  PC  1993 Three Hills-Airdrie
37. Julia Hayter  NDP  2023 Calgary-Edgemont
38. Sarah Marjorie Hoffman  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Glenora
39. Rhiannon Hoyle  NDP  2023 Edmonton-South
40. Janis Irwin  NDP  2019 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
41. Whitney Issik  UCP  2019 Calgary-Glenmore
42. Deborah Cecile Jabbour  NDP  2015 Peace River
43. Mary Anne Jablonski  PC  2000 Red Deer-North
44. Sandra Jansen  PC  2012 Calgary-North West
45. Jennifer Johnson  UCP  2023 Lacombe-Ponoka
46. Linda Johnson  PC  2012 Calgary-Glenmore
47. Anam Kazim  NDP  2015 Calgary-Glenmore
48. Donna M. Kennedy-Glans  PC  2012 Calgary-Varsity
49. Heather M. Klimchuk  PC  2008 Edmonton-Glenora
50. Karen Kryczka  PC  1997 Calgary-West
51. Maureen A. Kubinec  PC  2012 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
52. Adriana LaGrange  UCP  2019 Red Deer-North
53. Danielle Marie Larivee  NDP  2015 Lesser Slave Lake
54. Karen Leibovici  LIB  1993 Edmonton-Meadowlark
55. Genia Leskiw  PC  2008 Bonnyville-Cold Lake
56. Jessica N. Littlewood  NDP  2015 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
57. Jackie Lovely  UCP  2019 Camrose
58. Robyn Luff  NDP  2015 Calgary-East
59. Nancy MacBeth  PC  1986 Edmonton-Glenora
60. Shirley A.M. McClellan  PC  1987 Chinook
61. Margaret McCuaig-Boyd  NDP  2015 Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
62. Annie McKitrick  NDP  2015 Sherwood Park
63. Stephanie V. McLean  NDP  2015 Calgary-Varsity
64. Karen M. McPherson  NDP  2015 Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
65. Diana J. McQueen  PC  2008 Drayton Valley-Calmar
66. Luanne Metz  NDP  2023 Calgary-Varsity
67. Barbara Miller  NDP  2015 Red Deer-South
68. Dianne F. Mirosh  PC  1986 Calgary-Glenmore
69. Christine Mjolsness  NDP  1986 Edmonton-Calder
70. Rachel Notley  NDP  2008 Edmonton-Strathcona
71. Mary O'Neill  PC  1997 St. Albert
72. Cathy Olesen  PC  2012 Sherwood Park
73. Sue Olsen  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Norwood
74. Constance E. Osterman  PC  1979 Three Hills
75. Rakhi Pancholi  NDP  2019 Edmonton-Whitemud
76. Bridget Pastoor  LIB  2004 Lethbridge-East
77. Brandy Payne  NDP  2015 Calgary-Acadia
78. Chelsae Petrovic  UCP  2023 Livingstone-Macleod
79. Shannon Phillips  NDP  2015 Lethbridge-West
80. Angela Pitt  WR  2015 Airdrie
81. Josephine Pon  UCP  2019 Calgary-Beddington
82. Alison Redford  PC  2008 Calgary-Elbow
83. Marie Renaud  NDP  2015 St. Albert
84. Miranda Rosin  UCP  2019 Banff-Kananaskis
85. Sonya M. Savage  UCP  2019 Calgary-North West
86. Rajan Sawhney  UCP  2019 Calgary-North East
87. Kim Schreiner  NDP  2015 Red Deer-North
88. Rebecca Schulz  UCP  2019 Calgary-Shaw
89. Lori D. Sigurdson  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Riverview
90. Linda Sloan  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Riverview
91. Marlaina Danielle Smith  WRA  2012 Highwood
92. Pamela C. Snelgrove-Paul  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Castle Downs
93. Colleen Soetaert  LIB  1993 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
94. Heather D. Sweet  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Manning
95. Janis Tarchuk  PC  1997 Banff-Cochrane
96. Lizette Tejada  NDP  2023 Calgary-Klein
97. Kerry Towle  WRA  2012 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
98. Teresa Woo-Paw  PC  2008 Calgary-Mackay
99. Denise K. Woollard  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Mill Creek
100. Peggy Wright  NDP  2023 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview



© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.:  1 May 2024 20:07 (but data presented dynamically)