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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 Confederation? Well, maybe you haven’t, but I have! And it’s 14,903 persons — 13,426 men, 1,471 women, and 6 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,702 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,449 men, 1,247 women, and all the 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.
  • However, only the F cells are active in the Total row.
  • The "Diff." rows show the adjustments to count the same person only once, and how many are (or are believed to be) still alive.

Number of persons elected
F: Federal    P: Provincial/Territorial    T: Total
Click on a number under an F or P column (except P in the Total row) for the list of the persons behind that number.
Juri. Total Men (M) Women (F) Non binary (X)
F P T F P T F P T F P T
8 BC 376 1,028 1,404 325 866 1,191 51 162 213 0 0 0
9 AB 260 988 1,248 241 859 1,100 19 128 147 0 1 1
10 SK 226 798 1,024 215 725 940 11 73 84 0 0 0
11 MB 230 893 1,123 212 813 1,025 18 79 97 0 1 1
6 ON 1,647 1,992 3,639 1,504 1,817 3,321 143 173 316 0 2 2
5 QC 1,314 1,844 3,158 1,184 1,649 2,833 130 195 325 0 0 0
3 NB 225 962 1,187 215 906 1,121 10 56 66 0 0 0
2 NS 267 847 1,114 253 780 1,033 14 66 80 0 1 1
4 PE 78 512 590 75 475 550 3 37 40 0 0 0
7 NL 66 755 821 58 712 770 8 43 51 0 0 0
12 YT 12 134 146 9 97 106 3 36 39 0 1 1
14 NT 14 178 192 10 154 164 4 24 28 0 0 0
13 NU 5 97 102 1 75 76 4 22 26 0 0 0
15 NW 19 82 101 19 82 101 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4,739 11,110 15,849 4,321 10,010 14,331 418 1,094 1,512 0 6 6
Diff. -946
Alive		 14,903
4,702
31.6%		 Diff. -905
Alive		 13,426
3,449
25.7%		 Diff. -41
Alive		 1,471
1,247
84.8%		 Diff. 0
Alive		 6
6
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. Similarly, a person elected to federal seats in different provinces — a recent example: Pierre Poilievre in Ontario and Alberta — is counted for each province. However, the overall total is then ajusted.

The small number of elected women is glaring, but it is interesting to note that most of them (84.8%) are still alive compared to the average (31.6%). Even though most Canadian women have had the right to vote for a century, they only started to be elected in more significant numbers to legislative assemblies in the 1980s, and parity with men is mostly still far from being achieved.


© 2005, 2025 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.:  9 Nov 2025 00:32 (but data presented dynamically)

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