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 14,406 persons — 12,999 men, 1,402 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,606 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,417 men, 1,184 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
100
984
407
1,230
507
228
84
856
306
1,084
390
18
16
127
100
145
116
0
0
1
1
1
1
8 BC 355
141
1,027
374
1,382
515
309
103
866
241
1,175
344
46
38
161
133
207
171
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 MB 223
59
890
233
1,113
292
207
45
812
168
1,019
213
16
14
77
64
93
78
0
0
1
1
1
1
3 NB 222
46
949
252
1,171
298
212
39
893
204
1,105
243
10
7
56
48
66
55
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 NL 61
31
393
211
454
242
54
25
354
177
408
202
7
6
39
34
46
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 NS 261
47
830
233
1,091
280
250
38
768
179
1,018
217
11
9
61
53
72
62
0
0
1
1
1
1
14 NT 12
6
178
112
190
118
10
5
154
89
164
94
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 1,591
409
1,974
508
3,565
917
1,466
305
1,807
365
3,273
670
125
104
166
142
291
246
0
0
1
1
1
1
4 PE 75
13
510
118
585
131
72
11
474
88
546
99
3
2
36
30
39
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
5 QC 1,286
372
1,842
607
3,128
979
1,164
269
1,648
434
2,812
703
122
103
194
173
316
276
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 SK 223
58
798
274
1,021
332
212
50
725
212
937
262
11
8
73
62
84
70
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 4,586
1,292
10,663
3,486
15,249
4,778
4,208
978
9,598
2,580
13,806
3,558
378
314
1,060
901
1,438
1,215
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -843
-172
14,406
4,606
32.0%
Diff. -807
-141
12,999
3,417
26.3%
Diff. -36
-31
1,402
1,184
84.5%
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 (84.5%) are still alive compared to the average (32.0%). 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 Nunavut
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 1
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 1
Deceased: 0
In office: 0
Died in office: 0
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Hunter Tootoo  LIB  2015 Nunavut



© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 10 Nov 2024 14:48 (but data presented dynamically)