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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 14,278 persons — 12,922 men, 1,351 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,542 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,400 men, 1,137 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) 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
142		 971
324		 1,326
466		 309
104		 840
220		 1,149
324		 46
38		 131
104		 177
142		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
11 MB 222
60		 889
233		 1,111
293		 207
47		 812
169		 1,019
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
212		 452
243		 54
25		 352
178		 406
203		 7
6		 39
34		 46
40		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
2 NS 260
48		 829
236		 1,089
284		 249
39		 767
182		 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 1,589
409		 1,973
512		 3,562
921		 1,464
304		 1,806
368		 3,270
672		 125
105		 166
143		 291
248		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
4 PE 76
13		 510
119		 586
132		 73
11		 474
89		 547
100		 3
2		 36
30		 39
32		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
5 QC 1,285
376		 1,842
612		 3,127
988		 1,163
272		 1,648
439		 2,811
711		 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
1,299		 10,532
3,410		 15,113
4,709		 4,204
984		 9,517
2,552		 13,721
3,536		 377
315		 1,010
853		 1,387
1,168		 0
0		 5
5		 5
5
Diff. -835
-167		 14,278
4,542
31.8%		 Diff. -799
-136		 12,922
3,400
26.3%		 Diff. -36
-31		 1,351
1,137
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 (31.8%). 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 Provincial
Gender ♀ Women
Alive ⊕ Yes –or– ⊖ No
Results 131
Elected members
Legend } ⊕ Alive: 104
⊖ Deceased: 27		 ✓ In office: 36
‡ Died in office: 1
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♀ ⊕ Pam Alexis ✓  NDP  2020 Abbotsford-Mission
2. ♀ ⊕ Brittny Anderson ✓  NDP  2020 Nelson-Creston
3. ♀ ⊕ Suzanne Anton  LIB  2013 Vancouver-Fraserview
4. ♀ ⊖ Lydia Arsens  SC  1953 Victoria City (A)
5. ♀ ⊕ Michele Babchuk ✓  NDP  2020 North Island
6. ♀ ⊕ Donna Barnett  LIB  2009 Cariboo-Chilcotin
7. ♀ ⊕ Lisa Beare ✓  NDP  2017 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
8. ♀ ⊕ Dawn Black  NDP  2009 New Westminster
9. ♀ ⊕ Shirley Bond ✓  LIB  2001 Prince George-Mount Robson
10. ♀ ⊕ Lois Boone  NDP  1986 Prince George North
11. ♀ ⊕ Elayne Brenzinger  LIB  2001 Surrey-Whalley
12. ♀ ⊕ Gretchen Brewin  NDP  1991 Victoria-Beacon Hill
13. ♀ ⊕ Susan Brice  LIB  2001 Saanich South
14. ♀ ⊖ Buda Brown ‡  SC  1956 Vancouver-Point Grey
15. ♀ ⊖ Rosemary Brown  NDP  1972 Vancouver-Burrard
16. ♀ ⊕ Stephanie Cadieux  LIB  2009 Surrey-Panorama
17. ♀ ⊕ Kim Campbell  SC  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
18. ♀ ⊕ Susie Chant ✓  NDP  2020 North Vancouver-Seymour
19. ♀ ⊕ Katrina Chen ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Lougheed
20. ♀ ⊕ Ida Chong  LIB  1996 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
21. ♀ ⊕ Christy Clark  LIB  1996 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
22. ♀ ⊕ Katrine Conroy ✓  NDP  2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
23. ♀ ⊕ Barbara Copping  NDP  1991 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
24. ♀ ⊕ Kathy Corrigan  NDP  2009 Burnaby-Deer Lake
25. ♀ ⊕ Elizabeth Cull  NDP  1989 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
26. ♀ ⊖ Eileen Dailly  NDP  1966 Burnaby North
27. ♀ ⊕ Judy Darcy  NDP  2013 New Westminster
28. ♀ ⊖ Isabel Dawson  SC  1966 Mackenzie
29. ♀ ⊕ Mitzi Dean ✓  NDP  2017 Esquimalt-Metchosin
30. ♀ ⊕ Megan Dykeman ✓  NDP  2020 Langley East
31. ♀ ⊖ Anne Edwards  NDP  1986 Kootenay
32. ♀ ⊕ Mable Elmore ✓  NDP  2009 Vancouver-Kensington
33. ♀ ⊕ Sonia Furstenau ✓  GRN  2017 Cowichan Valley
34. ♀ ⊕ Evelyn Gillespie  NDP  1996 Comox Valley
35. ♀ ⊕ Carol Gran  SC  1986 Langley
36. ♀ ⊕ Kelly Greene ✓  NDP  2020 Richmond-Steveston
37. ♀ ⊖ Anita Hagen  NDP  1986 New Westminster
38. ♀ ⊖ Lois Haggen  CFF  1956 Grand Forks-Greenwood
39. ♀ ⊕ Sue Hammell  NDP  1991 Surrey-Green Timbers
40. ♀ ⊖ Sindi Hawkins  LIB  1996 Okanagan West
41. ♀ ⊖ Margaret Hobbs  NDP  1962 Revelstoke
42. ♀ ⊖ Nancy Hodges  LIB  1941 Victoria City
43. ♀ ⊕ Vicki Huntington  IND  2009 Delta South
44. ♀ ⊕ Olga Ilich  LIB  2005 Richmond Centre
45. ♀ ⊕ Joan Isaacs  LIB  2017 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
46. ♀ ⊕ Carole James  NDP  2005 Victoria-Beacon Hill
47. ♀ ⊖ Laura Jamieson  CFF  1939 Vancouver Centre
48. ♀ ⊕ Rita Johnston  SC  1983 Surrey
49. ♀ ⊖ Patricia Jordan  SC  1966 North Okanagan
50. ♀ ⊕ Anne Kang ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Deer Lake
51. ♀ ⊕ Maurine Karagianis  NDP  2005 Esquimalt-Metchosin
52. ♀ ⊕ Karin Kirkpatrick ✓  LIB  2020 West Vancouver-Capilano
53. ♀ ⊖ Agnes Kripps  SC  1969 Vancouver South
54. ♀ ⊕ Jenny Kwan  NDP  1996 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
55. ♀ ⊕ Linda Larson  LIB  2013 Boundary-Similkameen
56. ♀ ⊕ Ronna-Rae Leonard ✓  NDP  2017 Courtenay-Comox
57. ♀ ⊕ Brenda Locke  LIB  2001 Surrey-Green Timbers
58. ♀ ⊕ Margaret Lord  NDP  1991 Comox Valley
59. ♀ ⊕ Grace Lore ✓  NDP  2020 Victoria-Beacon Hill
60. ♀ ⊕ Bowinn Ma ✓  NDP  2017 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
61. ♀ ⊕ Margaret MacDiarmid  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Fairview
62. ♀ ⊖ Grace MacInnis  CFF  1941 Vancouver-Burrard
63. ♀ ⊕ Joy MacPhail  NDP  1991 Vancouver-Hastings
64. ♀ ⊕ Sheila Malcolmson ✓  NDP  2019 Nanaimo
65. ♀ ⊕ Melanie Mark  NDP  2016 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
66. ♀ ⊕ Darlene Marzari  NDP  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
67. ♀ ⊖ Camille Mather  CFF  1960 Delta
68. ♀ ⊖ Grace McCarthy  SC  1966 Vancouver-Little Mountain
69. ♀ ⊕ Jenn McGinn  NDP  2008 Vancouver-Fairview
70. ♀ ⊕ Cathy McGregor  NDP  1996 Kamloops
71. ♀ ⊕ Joan McIntyre  LIB  2005 West Vancouver-Garibaldi
72. ♀ ⊕ Bonnie McKinnon  LIB  1996 Surrey-Cloverdale
73. ♀ ⊕ Wendy McMahon  LIB  2001 Columbia River-Revelstoke
74. ♀ ⊕ Mary McNeil  LIB  2009 Vancouver-False Creek
75. ♀ ⊕ Renee Merrifield ✓  LIB  2020 Kelowna-Mission
76. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Mungall  NDP  2009 Nelson-Creston
77. ♀ ⊕ Joyce Murray  LIB  2001 New Westminster
78. ♀ ⊕ Gwen O'Mahony  NDP  2012 Chilliwack-Hope
79. ♀ ⊕ Shannon O'Neill  NDP  1991 Shuswap
80. ♀ ⊕ Coralee Oakes ✓  LIB  2013 Cariboo North
81. ♀ ⊕ Sheila Orr  LIB  2001 Victoria-Hillside
82. ♀ ⊕ Josie Osborne ✓  NDP  2020 Mid Island-Pacific Rim
83. ♀ ⊕ Kelli Paddon ✓  NDP  2020 Chilliwack-Kent
84. ♀ ⊕ Jackie Pement  NDP  1991 Bulkley Valley-Stikine
85. ♀ ⊕ Joan Phillip ✓  NDP  2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
86. ♀ ⊕ Mary Polak  LIB  2005 Langley
87. ♀ ⊕ Lana Popham ✓  NDP  2009 Saanich South
88. ♀ ⊕ Penny Priddy  NDP  1991 Surrey-Newton
89. ♀ ⊕ Jan Pullinger  NDP  1989 Nanaimo
90. ♀ ⊕ Tracy Redies  LIB  2017 Surrey-White Rock
91. ♀ ⊕ Judith Reid  LIB  1998 Parksville-Qualicum
92. ♀ ⊕ Linda Reid  LIB  1991 Richmond East
93. ♀ ⊕ Linda Reimer  LIB  2013 Port Moody-Coquitlam
94. ♀ ⊕ Jennifer Rice ✓  NDP  2013 North Coast
95. ♀ ⊕ Selina Robinson ✓  NDP  2013 Coquitlam-Maillardville
96. ♀ ⊕ Val Roddick  LIB  1999 Delta South
97. ♀ ⊖ Tilly Rolston  CONS  1941 Vancouver-Point Grey
98. ♀ ⊕ Janet Routledge ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby North
99. ♀ ⊖ Patty Sahota  LIB  2001 Burnaby-Edmonds
100. ♀ ⊕ April Sanders  LIB  1996 Okanagan-Vernon
101. ♀ ⊕ Harwinder Sandhu ✓  NDP  2020 Vernon-Monashee
102. ♀ ⊖ Karen Sanford  NDP  1972 Comox
103. ♀ ⊕ Joan Sawicki  NDP  1991 Burnaby-Willingdon
104. ♀ ⊕ Niki Sharma ✓  NDP  2020 Vancouver-Hastings
105. ♀ ⊕ Jane Shin  NDP  2013 Burnaby-Lougheed
106. ♀ ⊕ Jinny Sims ✓  NDP  2017 Surrey-Panorama
107. ♀ ⊕ Rachna Singh ✓  NDP  2017 Surrey-Green Timbers
108. ♀ ⊕ Joan Smallwood  NDP  1986 Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
109. ♀ ⊖ Helen Smith  LIB  1933 Vancouver-Burrard
110. ♀ ⊖ Mary Ellen Smith  IND  1918 Vancouver City
111. ♀ ⊖ Dorothy Steeves  CFF  1934 North Vancouver
112. ♀ ⊕ Lynn Stephens  LIB  1991 Langley
113. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Stilwell  LIB  2013 Parksville-Qualicum
114. ♀ ⊕ Moira Stilwell  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Langara
115. ♀ ⊕ Elenore Sturko ✓  LIB  2022 Surrey South
116. ♀ ⊕ Carole Taylor  LIB  2005 Vancouver-Langara
117. ♀ ⊕ Jackie Tegart ✓  LIB  2013 Fraser-Nicola
118. ♀ ⊕ Diane Thorne  NDP  2005 Coquitlam-Maillardville
119. ♀ ⊕ Jane Thornthwaite  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Seymour
120. ♀ ⊕ Claire Trevena  NDP  2005 North Island
121. ♀ ⊖ Gillian Trumper  LIB  2001 Alberni-Qualicum
122. ♀ ⊕ Judi Tyabji  LIB  1991 Okanagan East
123. ♀ ⊖ Barbara Wallace  NDP  1975 Cowichan-Malahat
124. ♀ ⊕ Erda Walsh  NDP  1996 Kootenay
125. ♀ ⊕ Teresa Wat ✓  LIB  2013 Richmond Centre
126. ♀ ⊖ Daisy Webster  NDP  1972 Vancouver South
127. ♀ ⊕ Jennifer Whiteside ✓  NDP  2020 New Westminster
128. ♀ ⊕ Katherine Whittred  LIB  1996 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
129. ♀ ⊕ Jodie Wickens  NDP  2016 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
130. ♀ ⊕ Naomi Yamamoto  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
131. ♀ ⊖ Phyllis Young  NDP  1972 Vancouver-Little Mountain


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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.:  3 Jun 2024 18:10 (but data presented dynamically)

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