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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/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.

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 246
101		 984
409		 1,230
510		 228
85		 856
308		 1,084
393		 18
16		 127
100		 145
116		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
8 BC 354
143		 972
326		 1,326
469		 308
105		 840
221		 1,148
326		 46
38		 132
105		 178
143		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
11 MB 223
60		 889
233		 1,112
293		 208
47		 812
169		 1,020
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 14
0		 82
0		 96
0		 14
0		 82
0		 96
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 1,285
376		 1,842
614		 3,127
990		 1,163
272		 1,648
441		 2,811
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 Nova Scotia
Level Federal
Gender ♂ Men
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 40
Elected members
Legend } ✓ In office: 10
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♂ ⊕ D. Scott Armstrong  CPC  2009 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
2. ♂ ⊕ Jaime Battiste ✓  LIB  2019 Sydney—Victoria
3. ♂ ⊕ Kody Blois ✓  LIB  2019 Kings—Hants
4. ♂ ⊕ Scott A. Brison  PC  1997 Kings—Hants
5. ♂ ⊕ William D. Casey  PC  1988 Cumberland—Colchester
6. ♂ ⊕ Robert Chisholm  NDP  2011 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
7. ♂ ⊕ Louis-Roland Comeau  PC  1968 South Western Nova
8. ♂ ⊕ George T.H. Cooper  PC  1979 Halifax
9. ♂ ⊕ Rodger T. Cuzner  LIB  2000 Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
10. ♂ ⊕ Christopher A. d'Entremont ✓  CPC  2019 West Nova
11. ♂ ⊕ David C. Dingwall  LIB  1980 Cape Breton—East Richmond
12. ♂ ⊕ Gordon S. Earle  NDP  1997 Halifax West
13. ♂ ⊕ Stephen D. Ellis ✓  CPC  2021 Cumberland—Colchester
14. ♂ ⊕ Mark Eyking  LIB  2000 Sydney—Victoria
15. ♂ ⊕ Andy Fillmore ✓  LIB  2015 Halifax
16. ♂ ⊕ Darren Fisher ✓  LIB  2015 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
17. ♂ ⊕ Colin Fraser  LIB  2015 West Nova
18. ♂ ⊕ Sean Fraser ✓  LIB  2015 Central Nova
19. ♂ ⊕ Charles Haliburton  PC  1972 South Western Nova
20. ♂ ⊕ Gerald G. Keddy  PC  1997 South Shore
21. ♂ ⊕ Michael J. Kelloway ✓  LIB  2019 Cape Breton—Canso
22. ♂ ⊕ Greg Kerr  CPC  2008 West Nova
23. ♂ ⊕ Francis G. LeBlanc  LIB  1988 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
24. ♂ ⊕ Ronald J. MacDonald  LIB  1988 Dartmouth
25. ♂ ⊕ Malcolm V. MacInnis  NDP  1962 Cape Breton South
26. ♂ ⊕ Elmer M. MacKay  PC  1971 Central Nova
27. ♂ ⊕ Peter G. MacKay  PC  1997 Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
28. ♂ ⊕ Russell G. MacLellan  LIB  1979 Cape Breton—The Sydneys
29. ♂ ⊕ Dominic Peter Mancini  NDP  1997 Sydney—Victoria
30. ♂ ⊕ Peter L. McCreath  PC  1988 South Shore
31. ♂ ⊕ Mark Muise  PC  1997 West Nova
32. ♂ ⊕ John Murphy  LIB  1993 Annapolis Valley—Hants
33. ♂ ⊕ Lawrence O'Neil  PC  1984 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
34. ♂ ⊕ Rick Perkins ✓  CPC  2021 South Shore—St. Margarets
35. ♂ ⊕ Geoff Regan  LIB  1993 Halifax West
36. ♂ ⊕ Darrell Samson ✓  LIB  2015 Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
37. ♂ ⊕ Mike Savage  LIB  2004 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
38. ♂ ⊕ Peter A. Stoffer  NDP  1997 Sackville—Eastern Shore
39. ♂ ⊕ Robert Thibault  LIB  2000 West Nova
40. ♂ ⊕ Derek M. Wells  LIB  1993 South Shore


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

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