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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 14,302 persons — 12,944 men, 1,353 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,507 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,367 men, 1,135 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 247
100		 984
407		 1,231
507		 229
84		 856
306		 1,085
390		 18
16		 127
100		 145
116		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
8 BC 356
141		 971
318		 1,327
459		 310
103		 840
215		 1,150
318		 46
38		 131
103		 177
141		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
11 MB 223
61		 890
234		 1,113
295		 207
47		 812
169		 1,019
216		 16
14		 77
64		 93
78		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
3 NB 222
46		 931
234		 1,153
280		 212
39		 883
194		 1,095
233		 10
7		 48
40		 58
47		 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		 829
233		 1,090
280		 250
38		 767
179		 1,017
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 12
0		 82
0		 94
0		 12
0		 82
0		 94
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
6 ON 1,589
409		 1,974
508		 3,563
917		 1,464
305		 1,807
365		 3,271
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 1,287
372		 1,842
607		 3,129
979		 1,165
269		 1,648
434		 2,813
703		 122
103		 194
173		 316
276		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
10 SK 224
58		 767
244		 991
302		 213
50		 705
193		 918
243		 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 4,586
1,294		 10,557
3,383		 15,143
4,677		 4,208
980		 9,541
2,526		 13,749
3,506		 378
314		 1,011
852		 1,389
1,166		 0
0		 5
5		 5
5
Diff. -841
-170		 14,302
4,507
31.5%		 Diff. -805
-139		 12,944
3,367
26.0%		 Diff. -36
-31		 1,353
1,135
83.9%		 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 (83.9%) are still alive compared to the average (31.5%). 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.


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 13 Oct 2024 22:55 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.