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)

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 14,272 persons — 12,916 men, 1,351 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,553 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,409 men, 1,139 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 245
101
984
409
1,229
510
227
85
856
308
1,083
393
18
16
127
100
145
116
0
0
1
1
1
1
8 BC 354
146
971
326
1,325
472
308
107
840
222
1,148
329
46
39
131
104
177
143
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 MB 221
60
889
233
1,110
293
206
47
812
169
1,018
216
15
13
76
63
91
76
0
0
1
1
1
1
3 NB 221
45
929
238
1,150
283
211
38
881
197
1,092
235
10
7
48
41
58
48
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 NL 61
31
390
213
451
244
54
25
351
179
405
204
7
6
39
34
46
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 NS 260
49
828
236
1,088
285
249
40
766
182
1,015
222
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 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 1,589
411
1,970
509
3,559
920
1,464
306
1,803
365
3,267
671
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 1,287
376
1,842
615
3,129
991
1,165
272
1,648
442
2,813
714
122
104
194
173
316
277
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 SK 223
57
767
246
990
303
212
49
705
195
917
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 4,580
1,305
10,526
3,414
15,106
4,719
4,203
989
9,511
2,555
13,714
3,544
377
316
1,010
854
1,387
1,170
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -834
-166
14,272
4,553
31.9%
Diff. -798
-135
12,916
3,409
26.4%
Diff. -36
-31
1,351
1,139
84.3%
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 (84.3%) are still alive compared to the average (31.9%). 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 Federal
Gender Women
Alive Yes
Results 39
Elected members
Legend } In office: 11
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Lisa Marie Barron  NDP  2021 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
2. Catherine J. Bell  NDP  2006 Vancouver Island North
3. Dawn Black  NDP  1988 New Westminster—Burnaby
4. Rachel A. Blaney  NDP  2015 North Island—Powell River
5. Dona Cadman  CPC  2008 Surrey North
6. Iona V. Campagnolo  LIB  1974 Skeena
7. A. Kim Campbell  PC  1988 Vancouver Centre
8. Laurel Collins  NDP  2019 Victoria
9. Mary Collins  PC  1984 Capilano
10. Jean A. Crowder  NDP  2004 Nanaimo—Cowichan
11. Libby Davies  NDP  1997 Vancouver East
12. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay  CPC  2011 Delta—Richmond East
13. Hedy M. Fry  LIB  1993 Vancouver Centre
14. Pamela Goldsmith-Jones  LIB  2015 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
15. Tracy Gray  CPC  2019 Kelowna—Lake Country
16. Nina Grewal  CPC  2004 Fleetwood—Port Kells
17. Sharon R. Hayes  REF  1993 Port Moody—Coquitlam
18. Betty Z. Hinton  CA  2000 Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys
19. Lynn Hunter  NDP  1988 Saanich—Gulf Islands
20. Tamara N. Jansen  CPC  2019 Cloverdale—Langley City
21. Daphne G. Jennings  REF  1993 Mission—Coquitlam
22. Jenny W.C. Kwan  NDP  2015 Vancouver East
23. M.R. Sophia Leung  LIB  1997 Vancouver Kingsway
24. Sheila Malcolmson  NDP  2015 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
25. Elizabeth E. May  GRN  2011 Saanich—Gulf Islands
26. Cathy McLeod  CPC  2008 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
27. Valerie Meredith  REF  1993 Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
28. Joyce C. Murray  LIB  2008 Vancouver Quadra
29. Penny Priddy  NDP  2006 Surrey North
30. Carla D. Qualtrough  LIB  2015 Delta
31. Denise Savoie  NDP  2006 Victoria
32. Nelly Shin  CPC  2019 Port Moody—Coquitlam
33. Jinny J. Sims  NDP  2011 Newton—North Delta
34. Anna M. Terrana  LIB  1993 Vancouver East
35. Dianne L. Watts  CPC  2015 South Surrey—White Rock
36. Jody Wilson-Raybould  LIB  2015 Vancouver Granville
37. Alice Wong  CPC  2008 Richmond
38. Wai Young  CPC  2011 Vancouver South
39. Bonita Zarrillo  NDP  2021 Port Moody—Coquitlam



© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 21:01 (but data presented dynamically)