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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 British Columbia
Level Federal
Gender ♂ Men –or– ♀ Women –or– ⚥ Non binary
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 143
Elected members
Legend } ♂ Men: 105
♀ Women: 38
⚥ Non binary: 0
 ✓ In office: 42 (♂ 31  ♀ 11  ⚥ 0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♂ ⊕ Dan Albas ✓  CPC  2011 Okanagan—Coquihalla
2. ♂ ⊕ John Aldag ✓  LIB  2015 Cloverdale—Langley City
3. ♂ ⊕ David A. Anderson  LIB  1968 Esquimalt—Saanich
4. ♂ ⊕ Mel Arnold ✓  CPC  2015 North Okanagan—Shuswap
5. ♂ ⊕ Alex Atamanenko  NDP  2006 British Columbia Southern Interior
6. ♂ ⊕ Taylor B. Bachrach ✓  NDP  2019 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
7. ♂ ⊕ Parm Bains ✓  LIB  2021 Steveston—Richmond East
8. ♀ ⊕ Lisa Marie Barron ✓  NDP  2021 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
9. ♂ ⊕ Terry Beech ✓  LIB  2015 Burnaby North—Seymour
10. ♀ ⊕ Catherine Bell  NDP  2006 Vancouver Island North
11. ♂ ⊕ Donald H. Bell  LIB  2004 North Vancouver
12. ♀ ⊕ Dawn Black  NDP  1988 New Westminster—Burnaby
13. ♀ ⊕ Rachel A. Blaney ✓  NDP  2015 North Island—Powell River
14. ♂ ⊕ John Brewin  NDP  1988 Victoria
15. ♂ ⊕ Andrew Burton  CA  2000 Skeena
16. ♀ ⊕ Dona Cadman  CPC  2008 Surrey North
17. ♀ ⊕ Kim Campbell  PC  1988 Vancouver Centre
18. ♂ ⊕ Ronald D.E. Cannan  CPC  2006 Kelowna—Lake Country
19. ♂ ⊕ Richard J. Cannings ✓  NDP  2015 South Okanagan—West Kootenay
20. ♂ ⊕ Frank Caputo ✓  CPC  2021 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
21. ♂ ⊕ Raymond Chan  LIB  1993 Richmond
22. ♂ ⊕ Kenny Chiu  CPC  2019 Steveston—Richmond East
23. ♂ ⊕ William H. Clarke  PC  1972 Vancouver Quadra
24. ♀ ⊕ Laurel Collins ✓  NDP  2019 Victoria
25. ♀ ⊕ Mary Collins  PC  1984 Capilano
26. ♀ ⊕ Jean A. Crowder  NDP  2004 Nanaimo—Cowichan
27. ♂ ⊕ Nathan Cullen  NDP  2004 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
28. ♂ ⊕ John Martin Cummins  REF  1993 Delta
29. ♂ ⊕ Marc Dalton ✓  CPC  2019 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
30. ♂ ⊕ Don Davies ✓  NDP  2008 Vancouver Kingsway
31. ♀ ⊕ Libby Davies  NDP  1997 Vancouver East
32. ♂ ⊕ Stockwell B. Day  CA  2000 Okanagan—Coquihalla
33. ♂ ⊕ Herb Dhaliwal  LIB  1993 Vancouver South
34. ♂ ⊕ Sukh Dhaliwal ✓  LIB  2006 Newton—North Delta
35. ♂ ⊕ Todd Doherty ✓  CPC  2015 Cariboo—Prince George
36. ♂ ⊕ Fin Donnelly  NDP  2009 New Westminster—Coquitlam
37. ♂ ⊕ Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh  LIB  2004 Vancouver South
38. ♂ ⊕ John A.W. Drysdale  PC  1958 Burnaby—Richmond
39. ♂ ⊕ John M. Duncan  REF  1993 North Island—Powell River
40. ♂ ⊕ Reed Elley  REF  1997 Nanaimo—Cowichan
41. ♂ ⊕ David L. Emerson  LIB  2004 Vancouver Kingsway
42. ♂ ⊕ Edward D. Fast ✓  CPC  2006 Abbotsford
43. ♀ ⊕ Kerry-Lynne Findlay ✓  CPC  2011 Delta—Richmond East
44. ♂ ⊕ Paul E. Forseth  REF  1993 New Westminster—Burnaby
45. ♀ ⊕ Hedy M. Fry ✓  LIB  1993 Vancouver Centre
46. ♂ ⊕ Stephen Fuhr  LIB  2015 Kelowna—Lake Country
47. ♂ ⊕ Brian Gardiner  NDP  1988 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
48. ♂ ⊕ Randall C. Garrison ✓  NDP  2011 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
49. ♂ ⊕ William D. Gilmour  REF  1993 Comox—Alberni
50. ♀ ⊕ Pamela Goldsmith-Jones  LIB  2015 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
51. ♂ ⊕ Jim Gouk  REF  1993 Kootenay West—Revelstoke
52. ♀ ⊕ Tracy Gray ✓  CPC  2019 Kelowna—Lake Country
53. ♂ ⊕ Gurmant S. Grewal  REF  1997 Surrey Central
54. ♀ ⊕ Nina Grewal  CPC  2004 Fleetwood—Port Kells
55. ♂ ⊕ Herbert G. Grubel  REF  1993 Capilano—Howe Sound
56. ♂ ⊕ Ken Hardie ✓  LIB  2015 Fleetwood—Port Kells
57. ♂ ⊕ Dick Harris  REF  1993 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
58. ♂ ⊕ James A. Hart  REF  1993 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
59. ♀ ⊕ Sharon R. Hayes  REF  1993 Port Moody—Coquitlam
60. ♂ ⊕ Russ Hiebert  CPC  2004 South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
61. ♂ ⊕ Jay D. Hill  REF  1993 Prince George—Peace River
62. ♀ ⊕ Betty Zane Hinton  CA  2000 Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys
63. ♂ ⊕ Gordie Hogg  LIB  2017 South Surrey—White Rock
64. ♀ ⊕ Lynn Hunter  NDP  1988 Saanich—Gulf Islands
65. ♀ ⊕ Tamara N. Jansen  CPC  2019 Cloverdale—Langley City
66. ♀ ⊕ Daphne G. Jennings  REF  1993 Mission—Coquitlam
67. ♂ ⊕ Gord Johns ✓  NDP  2015 Courtenay—Alberni
68. ♂ ⊕ Peter Julian ✓  NDP  2004 Burnaby—New Westminster
69. ♂ ⊕ Randy Kamp  CPC  2004 Dewdney—Alouette
70. ♂ ⊕ James C. Karpoff  NDP  1988 Surrey North
71. ♀ ⊕ Jenny Kwan ✓  NDP  2015 Vancouver East
72. ♂ ⊕ Arthur J. Lee  LIB  1974 Vancouver East
73. ♀ ⊕ M.R. Sophia Leung  LIB  1997 Vancouver Kingsway
74. ♂ ⊕ Gary V. Lunn  REF  1997 Saanich—Gulf Islands
75. ♂ ⊕ James D. Lunney  CA  2000 Nanaimo—Alberni
76. ♂ ⊕ Alistair MacGregor ✓  NDP  2015 Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
77. ♂ ⊕ Lyle D. MacWilliam  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Shuswap
78. ♀ ⊕ Sheila Malcolmson  NDP  2015 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
79. ♂ ⊕ James Manly  NDP  1980 Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
80. ♂ ⊕ Paul Manly  GRN  2019 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
81. ♂ ⊕ Keith Martin  REF  1993 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
82. ♀ ⊕ Elizabeth E. May ✓  GRN  2011 Saanich—Gulf Islands
83. ♂ ⊕ Colin Mayes  CPC  2006 Okanagan—Shuswap
84. ♂ ⊕ Philip W. Mayfield  REF  1993 Cariboo—Chilcotin
85. ♂ ⊕ Ronald McKinnon ✓  LIB  2015 Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
86. ♀ ⊕ Cathy McLeod  CPC  2008 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
87. ♂ ⊕ Grant McNally  REF  1997 Dewdney—Alouette
88. ♀ ⊕ Val Meredith  REF  1993 Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
89. ♂ ⊕ Wilson Miao ✓  LIB  2021 Richmond Centre
90. ♂ ⊕ Edward Allan Miller  NDP  1979 Nanaimo—Alberni
91. ♂ ⊕ James Moore  CA  2000 Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
92. ♂ ⊕ Rob Morrison ✓  CPC  2019 Kootenay—Columbia
93. ♀ ⊕ Joyce Murray ✓  LIB  2008 Vancouver Quadra
94. ♂ ⊕ Taleeb Farouk Noormohamed ✓  LIB  2021 Vancouver Granville
95. ♂ ⊕ Frank Oberle  PC  1972 Prince George—Peace River
96. ♂ ⊕ Harry M. Olaussen  NDP  1972 Coast Chilcotin
97. ♂ ⊕ Sidney J. Parker  NDP  1980 Kootenay East—Revelstoke
98. ♂ ⊕ Joe Peschisolido  CA  2000 Richmond
99. ♀ ⊕ Penny Priddy  NDP  2006 Surrey North
100. ♀ ⊕ Carla D. Qualtrough ✓  LIB  2015 Delta
101. ♂ ⊕ Murray Rankin  NDP  2012 Victoria
102. ♂ ⊕ John D. Reynolds  PC  1972 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
103. ♂ ⊕ Nelson Andrew Riis  NDP  1980 Kamloops—Shuswap
104. ♂ ⊕ Svend J. Robinson  NDP  1979 Burnaby
105. ♂ ⊕ Dan Ruimy  LIB  2015 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
106. ♂ ⊕ Harjit Sajjan ✓  LIB  2015 Vancouver South
107. ♂ ⊕ Jasbir Sandhu  NDP  2011 Surrey North
108. ♂ ⊕ Randeep Sarai ✓  LIB  2015 Surrey Centre
109. ♀ ⊕ Denise Savoie  NDP  2006 Victoria
110. ♂ ⊕ Andrew Saxton  CPC  2008 North Vancouver
111. ♂ ⊕ Ted William Schellenberg  PC  1984 Nanaimo—Alberni
112. ♂ ⊕ Mike Scott  REF  1993 Skeena
113. ♂ ⊕ Louis Sekora  LIB  1998 Port Moody—Coquitlam
114. ♀ ⊕ Nelly Shin  CPC  2019 Port Moody—Coquitlam
115. ♂ ⊕ Thomas E. Siddon  PC  1978 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
116. ♂ ⊕ Jati Sidhu  LIB  2015 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
117. ♂ ⊕ William L. Siksay  NDP  2004 Burnaby—Douglas
118. ♀ ⊕ Jinny J. Sims  NDP  2011 Newton—North Delta
119. ♂ ⊕ Jagmeet Singh ✓  NDP  2019 Burnaby South
120. ♂ ⊕ Gerry St. Germain  PC  1983 Mission—Port Moody
121. ♂ ⊕ Wayne L. Stetski  NDP  2015 Kootenay—Columbia
122. ♂ ⊕ E.C. Kennedy Stewart  NDP  2011 Burnaby—Douglas
123. ♂ ⊕ Darrel Stinson  REF  1993 Okanagan—Shuswap
124. ♂ ⊕ Chuck Strahl  REF  1993 Fraser Valley East
125. ♂ ⊕ Mark Strahl ✓  CPC  2011 Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
126. ♀ ⊕ Anna Marina Terrana  LIB  1993 Vancouver East
127. ♂ ⊕ Tako J. van Popta ✓  CPC  2019 Langley—Aldergrove
128. ♂ ⊕ Brad Vis ✓  CPC  2019 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
129. ♀ ⊕ Dianne Watts  CPC  2015 South Surrey—White Rock
130. ♂ ⊕ Patrick Weiler ✓  LIB  2019 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
131. ♂ ⊕ John Weston  CPC  2008 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
132. ♂ ⊕ Ted White  REF  1993 North Vancouver
133. ♂ ⊕ Randy A. White  REF  1993 Fraser Valley West
134. ♂ ⊕ Jack Whittaker  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
135. ♂ ⊕ Godfrey Stanley Wilbee  PC  1988 Delta
136. ♂ ⊕ Jonathan Wilkinson ✓  LIB  2015 North Vancouver
137. ♂ ⊕ David Wilks  CPC  2011 Kootenay—Columbia
138. ♂ ⊕ Blair Wilson  LIB  2006 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
139. ♀ ⊕ Jody Wilson-Raybould  LIB  2015 Vancouver Granville
140. ♀ ⊕ Alice Wong  CPC  2008 Richmond
141. ♀ ⊕ Wai Young  CPC  2011 Vancouver South
142. ♀ ⊕ Bonita Zarrillo ✓  NDP  2021 Port Moody—Coquitlam
143. ♂ ⊕ Bob Zimmer ✓  CPC  2011 Prince George—Peace River


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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.:  1 May 2024 20:07 (but data presented dynamically)

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