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)
© 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 (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 247
101
984
409
1,231
510
229
85
856
308
1,085
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 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 Northwest Territories
Level Territorial
Gender Men –or– Women –or– Non binary
Alive Yes
Results 113
Elected members
Legend } Men: 90
Women: 23
Non binary: 0
In office: 19 ( 11   8   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Glen Abernethy  IND  2007 Great Slave
2. Willie Adams  IND  1970 Keewatin
3. Roger T. Allen  IND  1999 Inuvik Twin Lakes
4. Titus Allooloo  IND  1987 Amittuq
5. Michael Angottitauruq  IND  1983 Kitikmeot East (Natilikmiot)
6. James L. Antoine  IND  1991 Nahendeh
7. Moses Appaqaq  IND  1979 Hudson Bay
8. Diane Archie  IND  2019 Inuvik Boot Lake
9. Joe Arlooktoo  IND  1979 Baffin South
10. Silas Arngna'naaq  IND  1991 Kivallivik
11. James T. Arreak  IND  1979 Baffin Central
12. Levi Barnabas  IND  1995 High Arctic (Quttiktuq)
13. Tom Beaulieu  IND  2007 Tu Nedhé
14. Brendan Bell  IND  1999 Yellowknife South
15. Ernie Bernhardt  IND  1991 Kitikmeot
16. Wendy Bisaro  IND  2007 Frame Lake
17. Frederick S. Blake  IND  2011 Mackenzie Delta
18. Ronald Bonnetrouge  IND  2019 Dehcho
19. Robert Bouchard  IND  2011 Hay River North
20. Bill Braden  IND  1999 Great Slave
21. Robert Bromley  IND  2007 Weledeh
22. Paulie Chinna  IND  2019 Sahtu
23. Caitlin Cleveland  IND  2019 Kam Lake
24. Caroline Cochrane  IND  2015 Range Lake
25. Nellie J. Cournoyea  IND  1979 Western Arctic
26. Charlie Crow  IND  1987 Hudson Bay
27. Tagak Curley  IND  1979 Keewatin South
28. Charles Dent  IND  1991 Yellowknife Frame Lake
29. Daryl Dolynny  IND  2011 Range Lake
30. Richard Edjericon  IND  2022 Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
31. Tommy Enuaraq  IND  1995 Baffin Central
32. Roy Erasmus  IND  1995 Yellowknife North
33. Elijah Erkloo  IND  1983 Foxe Basin (Amittuq)
34. Samuel Gargan  IND  1983 Dehcho
35. Julie Green  IND  2015 Yellowknife Centre
36. Jane M.O. Groenewegen  IND  1995 Hay River
37. Joseph L. Handley  IND  1999 Weledeh
38. Robert Hawkins  IND  2003 Yellowknife Centre
39. Seamus Henry  IND  1995 Yellowknife South
40. Piita T. Irniq  IND  1975 Keewatin
41. Jackie Jacobson  IND  2007 Nunakput
42. Rylund Johnson  IND  2019 Yellowknife North
43. Stephen Kakfwi  IND  1987 Sahtu
44. Fred Koe  IND  1991 Inuvik
45. David M. Krutko  IND  1995 Mackenzie Delta
46. Lucy Kuptana  IND  2023 Nunakput
47. Jackson Lafferty  IND  2005 North Slave (Monfwi)
48. Leon (Napoleon) I. Lafferty  IND  1999 North Slave
49. Sandy Lee  IND  1999 Range Lake
50. Brian W. Lewis  IND  1987 Yellowknife Centre
51. Jay MacDonald  IND  2023 Thebacha
52. Jeannie Marie-Jewell  IND  1987 Slave River
53. Frieda Martselos  IND  2019 Thebacha
54. Vince McKay  IND  2023 Hay River South
55. Bruce McLaughlin  IND  1979 Pine Point
56. Michael McLeod  IND  1999 Dehcho
57. Robert C. McLeod  IND  2004 Inuvik Twin Lakes
58. Robert R. McLeod  IND  2007 Yellowknife South
59. Daniel McNeely  IND  2015 Sahtu
60. Kevin A. Menicoche  IND  2003 Nahendeh
61. Rebecca Mike  IND  1991 Baffin Central
62. J. Michael Miltenberger  IND  1995 Thebacha
63. Shauna Morgan  IND  2023 Yellowknife North
64. Don A. Morin  IND  1987 Tu Nedhé
65. Julian Morse  IND  2023 Frame Lake
66. Michael Nadli  IND  2011 Dehcho
67. Herbert Nakimayak  IND  2015 Nunakput
68. George Nerysoo  IND  2023 Mackenzie Delta
69. Richard W. Nerysoo  IND  1979 Mackenzie Delta
70. Kelvin Ng  IND  1995 Kitikmeot
71. Dave Nickerson  IND  1975 Yellowknife North
72. Steven Nitah  IND  1999 Tu Nedhé
73. William Noah  IND  1979 Keewatin North
74. Katrina Nokleby  IND  2019 Great Slave
75. Steve Norn  IND  2019 Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh
76. Kevin J. O'Brien  IND  1995 Kivallivik
77. Kevin O’Reilly  IND  2015 Frame Lake
78. Jake Ootes  IND  1995 Yellowknife Centre
79. Dennis Patterson  IND  1979 Frobisher Bay
80. Red Pedersen  IND  1983 Kitikmeot West
81. Lena Pedersen  IND  1970 Central Arctic
82. Edward W. Picco  IND  1995 Iqaluit
83. Calvin P. Pokiak  IND  2003 Nunakput
84. John D. Pollard  IND  1987 Hay River
85. Kenoayoak Pudlat  IND  1991 Baffin South
86. James Rabesca  IND  1970 Great Slave North
87. David Ramsay  IND  2003 Kam Lake
88. Kate Reid  IND  2023 Great Slave
89. J. Edward Richard  IND  1987 Yellowknife South
90. Denny Rodgers  IND  2023 Inuvik Boot Lake
91. Floyd K. Roland  IND  1995 Inuvik
92. Wally Schumann  IND  2015 Hay River South
93. Louis Sebert  IND  2015 Thebacha
94. Lesa Semmler  IND  2019 Inuvik Twin Lakes
95. Nick G. Sibbeston  IND  1970 Mackenzie-Laird
96. Rocky Simpson Sr.  IND  2019 Hay River South
97. R.J. Simpson  IND  2015 Hay River North
98. Lynda Sorenson  IND  1979 Yellowknife South
99. John T'Seleie  IND  1983 Sahtu
100. Kieron Testart  IND  2015 Kam Lake
101. Manitok Catherine Thompson  IND  1995 Aivilik
102. Shane A. Thompson  IND  2015 Nahendeh
103. John Todd  IND  1991 Keewatin Central
104. Kane Tologanak  IND  1979 Central Arctic
105. Cory E. Vanthuyne  IND  2015 Yellowknife North
106. Robert J. Villeneuve  IND  2003 Tu Nedhé
107. James Wah-Shee  IND  1975 Great Slave Lake
108. Caroline Wawzonek  IND  2019 Yellowknife South
109. Jane Weyallon Armstrong  IND  2021 Monfwi
110. Anthony W.J. Whitford  IND  1988 Yellowknife South
111. Norman Yakeleya  IND  2003 Sahtu
112. Sheryl Yakeleya  IND  2023 Dehcho
113. Henry Zoe  IND  1987 Rae-Lac La Martre



© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.:  1 May 2024 19:43 (but data presented dynamically)