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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)
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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:

Percival Baker (1867–1921) was the elected United Farmers of Alberta candidate in Ponoka in the 1921 general election, but he had had an accident while chopping down trees on his farm three weeks prior to the election and he died the day after his election.
Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broët (1870–1908), a Québec Liberal born in France, was elected in Lac-Saint-Jean in the 1908 general election, but he died on September 14, 1908, before the first sitting of the 12th assembly.
Ann Sloat (1928–2017) was elected as the Progressive Conservative MPP in a December 1984 by-election in Wentworth North, but the Ontario legislature was not in session and she lost the seat in the 1985 general election.

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

Juri.		Total			Men (M)			Women (F)			Non binary (X)
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.		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
Total		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	Prince Edward Island
Level	Provincial
Gender	♀ Women
Alive	⊕ Yes
Results	30

Elected members
Legend }				✓ In office: 7 PAR Party and year at first election
Who				First election
1.	♀	⊕	Trish Altass	GRN	2019	Tyne Valley-Sherbrooke
2.	♀	⊕	Michele Beaton	GRN	2019	Mermaid-Stratford
3.	♀	⊕	Hannah Bell	GRN	2017	Charlottetown-Parkdale
4.	♀	⊕	Karla Bernard ✓	GRN	2019	Charlottetown-Victoria Park
5.	♀	⊕	Carolyn Bertram	LIB	2003	Crapaud-Hazel Grove
6.	♀	⊕	Paula Biggar	LIB	2007	Tyne Valley-Linkletter
7.	♀	⊕	Betty Jean Brown	LIB	1986	Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
8.	♀	⊕	Jill Burridge ✓	PC	2023	Stratford-Keppoch
9.	♀	⊕	Catherine Callbeck	LIB	1974	Prince 4th - Assemblyman
10.	♀	⊕	Kathleen Casey	LIB	2007	Charlottetown-Lewis Point
11.	♀	⊕	Darlene Compton ✓	PC	2015	Belfast-Murray River
12.	♀	⊕	Olive Crane	PC	2006	Morell-Fortune Bay
13.	♀	⊕	Susie Dillon ✓	PC	2023	Charlottetown-Belvedere
14.	♀	⊕	Valerie Docherty	LIB	2007	Kellys Cross-Cumberland
15.	♀	⊕	Mildred Dover	PC	1996	Tracadie-Fort Augustus
16.	♀	⊕	Cynthia Dunsford	LIB	2007	Stratford-Kinlock
17.	♀	⊕	Libbe Hubley	LIB	1989	Prince 4th - Councillor
18.	♀	⊕	Roberta Hubley	LIB	1989	Kings 3rd - Councillor
19.	♀	⊕	Natalie Jameson ✓	PC	2019	Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park
20.	♀	⊕	Jeannie Lea	LIB	1993	Queens 6th - Assemblyman
21.	♀	⊕	Lynne Lund	GRN	2019	Summerside-Wilmot
22.	♀	⊕	Helen MacDonald	PC	2000	St. Eleanors-Summerside
23.	♀	⊕	Pat Mella	PC	1993	Queens 3rd - Assemblyman
24.	♀	⊕	Tina Mundy	LIB	2015	Summerside-St. Eleanors
25.	♀	⊕	Marion Murphy	LIB	1989	Queens 1st - Assemblyman
26.	♀	⊕	Barb Ramsay ✓	PC	2023	Summerside-South Drive
27.	♀	⊕	Jenn Redmond ✓	PC	2023	Mermaid-Stratford
28.	♀	⊕	Eva Rodgerson	PC	2000	West Point-Bloomfield
29.	♀	⊕	Gail Shea	PC	2000	Tignish-DeBlois
30.	♀	⊕	Janice Sherry	LIB	2007	Summerside-Wilmot

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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02

Rev.:  1 May 2024 20:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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