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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 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 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 13
0		 82
0		 95
0		 13
0		 82
0		 95
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
6 ON 1,588
411		 1,972
511		 3,560
922		 1,463
306		 1,805
367		 3,268
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 223
57		 767
246		 990
303		 212
49		 705
195		 917
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 Federal
Gender ♂ Men –or– ♀ Women –or– ⚥ Non binary
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 101
Elected members
Legend } ♂ Men: 85
♀ Women: 16
⚥ Non binary: 0
 ✓ In office: 34 (♂ 28  ♀ 6  ⚥ 0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♀ ⊕ Diane Ablonczy  REF  1993 Calgary North
2. ♂ ⊕ Ziad Aboultaif ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton Manning
3. ♀ ⊕ Rona Chapchuk Ambrose Veitch  CPC  2004 Edmonton—Spruce Grove
4. ♂ ⊕ Robert J. Anders  REF  1997 Calgary West
5. ♂ ⊕ John Barlow ✓  CPC  2014 Macleod
6. ♂ ⊕ Leon E. Benoit  REF  1993 Vegreville
7. ♂ ⊕ Bob Benzen  CPC  2017 Calgary Heritage
8. ♀ ⊕ Judith Claire Bethel  LIB  1993 Edmonton East
9. ♂ ⊕ Randy P.A. Boissonnault ✓  LIB  2015 Edmonton Centre
10. ♂ ⊕ Clifford N. Breitkreuz  REF  1993 Yellowhead
11. ♀ ⊕ Jan Brown  REF  1993 Calgary Southeast
12. ♂ ⊕ Blaine Calkins ✓  CPC  2006 Wetaskiwin
13. ♂ ⊕ Rick Casson  REF  1997 Lethbridge
14. ♂ ⊕ Harnirjodh George Chahal ✓  LIB  2021 Calgary Skyview
15. ♂ ⊕ Joe Clark  PC  1972 Rocky Mountain
16. ♂ ⊕ Albert G. Cooper  PC  1980 Peace River
17. ♂ ⊕ Michael Cooper ✓  CPC  2015 St. Albert—Edmonton
18. ♀ ⊕ Joan Crockatt  CPC  2012 Calgary Centre
19. ♂ ⊕ James Cumming  CPC  2019 Edmonton Centre
20. ♂ ⊕ Blake B. Desjarlais ✓  NDP  2021 Edmonton Griesbach
21. ♂ ⊕ Kerry Thomas Diotte  CPC  2015 Edmonton Griesbach
22. ♂ ⊕ Earl Dreeshen ✓  CPC  2008 Red Deer
23. ♀ ⊕ Linda Duncan  NDP  2008 Edmonton—Strathcona
24. ♂ ⊕ Jim Edwards  PC  1984 Edmonton South
25. ♂ ⊕ Jim Eglinski  CPC  2014 Yellowhead
26. ♂ ⊕ Douglas Fee  PC  1988 Red Deer
27. ♂ ⊕ Paul Gagnon  PC  1984 Calgary North
28. ♂ ⊕ Garnett Genuis ✓  CPC  2015 Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
29. ♂ ⊕ Peter Goldring  REF  1997 Edmonton East
30. ♀ ⊕ Laila Goodridge ✓  CPC  2021 Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
31. ♀ ⊕ Deborah Grey  REF  1989 Beaver River
32. ♂ ⊕ Jasraj Hallan ✓  CPC  2019 Calgary Forest Lawn
33. ♂ ⊕ Arthur Hanger  REF  1993 Calgary Northeast
34. ♂ ⊕ Stephen Harper  REF  1993 Calgary West
35. ♂ ⊕ Ross Harvey  NDP  1988 Edmonton East
36. ♂ ⊕ Laurie D. Hawn  CPC  2006 Edmonton Centre
37. ♂ ⊕ Kent Hehr  LIB  2015 Calgary Centre
38. ♂ ⊕ Grant Hill  REF  1993 Macleod
39. ♂ ⊕ Ken Hughes  PC  1988 Macleod
40. ♂ ⊕ Rahim Jaffer  REF  1997 Edmonton—Strathcona
41. ♂ ⊕ Brian M. Jean  CPC  2004 Athabasca
42. ♂ ⊕ Matt Jeneroux ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton Riverbend
43. ♂ ⊕ Al Johnson  PC  1988 Calgary North
44. ♂ ⊕ Dale Johnston  REF  1993 Wetaskiwin
45. ♂ ⊕ Darshan Kang  LIB  2015 Calgary Skyview
46. ♂ ⊕ Pat Kelly ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Rocky Ridge
47. ♂ ⊕ Jason Kenney  REF  1997 Calgary Southeast
48. ♂ ⊕ Tom Kmiec ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Shepard
49. ♂ ⊕ Damien C. Kurek ✓  CPC  2019 Battle River—Crowfoot
50. ♀ ⊕ Stephanie Kusie ✓  CPC  2017 Calgary Midnapore
51. ♂ ⊕ Michael S. Lake ✓  CPC  2006 Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
52. ♂ ⊕ Ronald Liepert ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Signal Hill
53. ♂ ⊕ Willie Littlechild  PC  1988 Wetaskiwin
54. ♂ ⊕ Dane Lloyd ✓  CPC  2017 Sturgeon River—Parkland
55. ♂ ⊕ Eric Lowther  REF  1997 Calgary Centre
56. ♂ ⊕ Shuvaloy Majumdar ✓  CPC  2023 Calgary Heritage
57. ♂ ⊕ Arnold J. Malone  PC  1974 Battle River
58. ♂ ⊕ Preston Manning  REF  1993 Calgary Southwest
59. ♂ ⊕ Kelly J. McCauley ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton West
60. ♂ ⊕ Ian McClelland  REF  1993 Edmonton Southwest
61. ♂ ⊕ Greg McLean ✓  CPC  2019 Calgary Centre
62. ♀ ⊕ Anne McLellan  LIB  1993 Edmonton Northwest
63. ♀ ⊕ Heather McPherson ✓  NDP  2019 Edmonton Strathcona
64. ♂ ⊕ Ted Menzies  CPC  2004 Macleod
65. ♂ ⊕ Robert Merrifield  CA  2000 Yellowhead
66. ♂ ⊕ Robert Mills  REF  1993 Red Deer
67. ♂ ⊕ Glen Motz ✓  CPC  2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
68. ♂ ⊕ Brian A. O'Kurley  PC  1988 Elk Island
69. ♂ ⊕ LaVar Payne  CPC  2008 Medicine Hat
70. ♂ ⊕ Charles F. Penson  REF  1993 Peace River
71. ♂ ⊕ James Rajotte  CA  2000 Edmonton Southwest
72. ♂ ⊕ F.J. Jack Ramsay  REF  1993 Crowfoot
73. ♂ ⊕ Brent Rathgeber  CPC  2008 Edmonton—St. Albert
74. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Rempel Garner ✓  CPC  2011 Calgary Centre-North
75. ♂ ⊕ Blake Richards ✓  CPC  2008 Wild Rose
76. ♂ ⊕ Lee Richardson  PC  1988 Calgary Southeast
77. ♂ ⊕ Douglas Roche  PC  1972 Edmonton—Strathcona
78. ♀ ⊕ Jagdeep Kaur Sahota  CPC  2019 Calgary Skyview
79. ♂ ⊕ Kenneth Schellenberger  PC  1972 Wetaskiwin
80. ♂ ⊕ Martin Shields ✓  CPC  2015 Bow River
81. ♂ ⊕ Devinder Shory  CPC  2008 Calgary Northeast
82. ♂ ⊕ Jim Silye  REF  1993 Calgary Centre
83. ♂ ⊕ Amarjeet Sohi  LIB  2015 Edmonton Mill Woods
84. ♂ ⊕ Monte Solberg  REF  1993 Medicine Hat
85. ♂ ⊕ Kevin A. Sorenson  CA  2000 Crowfoot
86. ♂ ⊕ Gerald Soroka ✓  CPC  2019 Yellowhead
87. ♀ ⊕ Bobbie Sparrow  PC  1984 Calgary South
88. ♂ ⊕ Ray Speaker  REF  1993 Lethbridge
89. ♂ ⊕ Brian S. Storseth  CPC  2006 Westlock-St. Paul
90. ♀ ⊕ Shannon Stubbs ✓  CPC  2015 Lakeland
91. ♂ ⊕ Allen B. Sulatycky  LIB  1968 Rocky Mountain
92. ♀ ⊕ Rachael Thomas ✓  CPC  2015 Lethbridge
93. ♂ ⊕ John Thomson  PC  1979 Calgary South
94. ♂ ⊕ Tim Uppal ✓  CPC  2008 Edmonton—Sherwood Park
95. ♂ ⊕ Arnold Viersen ✓  CPC  2015 Peace River—Westlock
96. ♂ ⊕ Chris Warkentin ✓  CPC  2006 Peace River
97. ♂ ⊕ Len Webber ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Confederation
98. ♂ ⊕ John Williams  REF  1993 St. Albert
99. ♂ ⊕ Bill Wright  PC  1980 Calgary North
100. ♂ ⊕ Paul Yewchuk  PC  1968 Athabasca
101. ♂ ⊕ David Yurdiga  CPC  2014 Fort McMurray—Athabasca


© 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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