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.
Here is the list of the elected people meeting the following search criteria.
Jurisdiction | British Columbia | |
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Level | Federal | |
Gender | ♀ Women | |
Alive | ⊕ Yes | |
Results | 39 |
Elected members | |||||||
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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 |