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:

• 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/Territorial) 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.

Parliamentarian list

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

Jurisdiction	Newfoundland and Labrador
Level	Federal
Gender	♂ Men
Alive	⊕ Yes
Results	25

Elected members
Legend }					✓ In office: 4  PAR  Party and year at first election
Who					First election
1.	♂	⊕		Scott Andrews	LIB	2008	Avalon
2.	♂	⊕		George S. Baker	LIB	1974	Gander—Twillingate
3.	♂	⊕		Rex Barnes	PC	2002	Gander—Grand Falls
4.	♂	⊕		Gerry Byrne	LIB	1996	Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
5.	♂	⊕		Richard J. Cashin	LIB	1962	St. John's West
6.	♂	⊕		Ryan Cleary	NDP	2011	St. John's South—Mount Pearl
7.	♂	⊕		Norman E. Doyle	PC	1997	St. John's East
8.	♂	⊕		Fonse Faour	NDP	1978	Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
9.	♂	⊕		Jack Harris	NDP	1987	St. John's East
10.	♂	⊕		Loyola W. Hearn	PC	2000	St. John's West
11.	♂	⊕		Fabian Manning	CPC	2006	Avalon
12.	♂	⊕		William Matthews	PC	1997	Burin—St. George's
13.	♂	⊕		Kenneth J. McDonald ✓	LIB	2015	Avalon
14.	♂	⊕		Seamus T.H. O'Regan ✓	LIB	2015	St. John's South—Mount Pearl
15.	♂	⊕		Peter Penashue	CPC	2011	Labrador
16.	♂	⊕		Charles J. Power	PC	1997	St. John's West
17.	♂	⊕		Joseph Price	PC	1984	Burin—St. George's
18.	♂	⊕		Ross Reid	PC	1988	St. John's East
19.	♂	⊕		Churence Rogers ✓	LIB	2017	Bonavista—Burin—Trinity
20.	♂	⊕		Todd Russell	LIB	2005	Labrador
21.	♂	⊕		Roger C. Simmons	LIB	1979	Burin—St. George's
22.	♂	⊕		Scott Simms	LIB	2004	Bonavista—Exploits
23.	♂	⊕		Clifford Small ✓	CPC	2021	Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
24.	♂	⊕		Brian Tobin	LIB	1980	Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
25.	♂	⊕		Nicholas J. Whalen	LIB	2015	St. John's East