by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)
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 14,184 persons — 12,864 men, 1,316 women, and 4 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,569 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,447 men, 1,118 women, and all non-binary individuals.
The following table breaks down those numbers by legislature; clicking on one of those numbers under the "Federal (F)" or "Provincial (P)" column gives the list of the people behind that number. And while 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.
| Number of persons elected and still alive | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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). |
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| Juri. | Men | Women | Non binary | Total | |||||||||
| F | P | T | F | P | T | F | P | T | F | P | T | ||
| 9 | AB | 226 85 |
841 304 |
1,067 389 |
18 16 |
115 89 |
133 105 |
0 0 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
244 101 |
957 394 |
1,201 495 |
| 8 | BC | 308 109 |
839 226 |
1,147 335 |
46 40 |
131 107 |
177 147 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
354 149 |
970 333 |
1,324 482 |
| 11 | MB | 204 45 |
799 155 |
1,003 200 |
15 13 |
65 53 |
80 66 |
0 0 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
219 58 |
865 209 |
1,084 267 |
| 3 | NB | 211 38 |
880 204 |
1,091 242 |
10 7 |
47 40 |
57 47 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
221 45 |
927 244 |
1,148 289 |
| 7 | NL | 54 25 |
350 185 |
404 210 |
7 6 |
39 34 |
46 40 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
61 31 |
389 219 |
450 250 |
| 2 | NS | 249 41 |
766 186 |
1,015 227 |
11 9 |
60 52 |
71 61 |
0 0 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
260 50 |
827 239 |
1,087 289 |
| 14 | NT | 10 6 |
128 87 |
138 93 |
2 1 |
20 19 |
22 20 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
12 7 |
148 106 |
160 113 |
| 13 | NU | 1 1 |
67 60 |
68 61 |
4 4 |
18 18 |
22 22 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
5 5 |
85 78 |
90 83 |
| 15 | NW | 14 0 |
82 0 |
96 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
14 0 |
82 0 |
96 0 |
| 6 | ON | 1,462 313 |
1,803 372 |
3,265 685 |
125 107 |
163 140 |
288 247 |
0 0 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
1,587 420 |
1,967 513 |
3,554 933 |
| 4 | PE | 72 10 |
468 87 |
540 97 |
3 2 |
32 27 |
35 29 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
75 12 |
500 114 |
575 126 |
| 5 | QC | 1,165 284 |
1,647 451 |
2,812 735 |
121 106 |
194 174 |
315 280 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
1,286 390 |
1,841 625 |
3,127 1,015 |
| 10 | SK | 212 50 |
702 202 |
914 252 |
11 8 |
62 51 |
73 59 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
223 58 |
764 253 |
987 311 |
| 12 | YT | 9 3 |
92 57 |
101 60 |
3 2 |
29 23 |
32 25 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
0 0 |
12 5 |
121 80 |
133 85 |
| Total | 4,197 1,010 |
9,464 2,576 |
13,661 3,586 |
376 321 |
975 827 |
1,351 1,148 |
0 0 |
4 4 |
4 4 |
4,573 1,331 |
10,443 3,407 |
15,016 4,738 |
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| Diff. | -797 -139 |
12,864 3,447 26.8% |
Diff. | -35 -30 |
1,316 1,118 85.0% |
Diff. | 0 0 |
4 4 100.0% |
Diff. | -832 -169 |
14,184 4,569 32.2% |
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| 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 (85.0%) are still alive compared to the average (32.2%). 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. |
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