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 246
101
984
409
1,230
510
228
85
856
308
1,084
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 13
0
82
0
95
0
13
0
82
0
95
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 Québec
Level Federal
Gender Women
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 122
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 104
Deceased: 18
In office: 29
Died in office: 1
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Hélène Alarie  BQ  1997 Louis-Hébert
2. Carole-Marie Allard  LIB  2000 Laval-Est
3. Paulina Ayala  NDP  2011 Honoré-Mercier
4. Eleni Bakopanos  LIB  1993 Saint-Denis
5. Vivian Barbot  BQ  2006 Papineau
6. Suzanne Beauchamp-Niquet  LIB  1980 Roberval
7. Josée Beaudin  BQ  2008 Saint-Lambert
8. Monique Bégin  LIB  1972 Saint-Michel
9. Rachel Bendayan  LIB  2019 Outremont
10. Gabrielle Bertrand  PC  1984 Brome—Missisquoi
11. Sylvie Bérubé  BQ  2019 Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
12. Lyne Bessette  LIB  2019 Brome—Missisquoi
13. Marie-Claude Bibeau  LIB  2015 Compton—Stanstead
14. Suzanne Blais-Grenier  PC  1984 Rosemont
15. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe  NDP  2011 Pierrefonds—Dollard
16. Anne Blouin  PC  1984 Montmorency—Orléans
17. Françoise Boivin  LIB  2004 Gatineau
18. France Bonsant  BQ  2004 Compton—Stanstead
19. Charmaine Borg  NDP  2011 Terrebonne—Blainville
20. Sylvie Boucher  CPC  2006 Beauport—Limoilou
21. Lise Bourgault  PC  1984 Argenteuil—Papineau
22. Diane Bourgeois  BQ  2000 Terrebonne—Blainville
23. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet  NDP  2011 Hochelaga
24. Élisabeth Brière  LIB  2019 Sherbrooke
25. Ruth Ellen Brosseau  NDP  2011 Berthier—Maskinongé
26. Paule Brunelle  BQ  2004 Trois-Rivières
27. Louise Chabot  BQ  2019 Thérèse-De Blainville
28. Andrée P. Champagne  PC  1984 Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
29. Louise Charbonneau  BQ  2019 Trois-Rivières
30. Sophie Chatel  LIB  2021 Pontiac
31. Eva L. Côté  LIB  1980 Rimouski
32. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral  BQ  1993 Laval Centre
33. Anne-Marie Day  NDP  2011 Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
34. Claude DeBellefeuille  BQ  2006 Beauharnois—Salaberry
35. Maud Debien  BQ  1993 Laval-Est
36. Nicole Demers  BQ  2004 Laval
37. Caroline Desbiens  BQ  2019 Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix
38. Johanne Deschamps  BQ  2004 Laurentides—Labelle
39. Anju Dhillon  LIB  2015 Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
40. Rosane Doré Lefebvre  NDP  2011 Alfred-Pellan
41. Meili Faille  BQ  2004 Vaudreuil—Soulanges
42. Sheila Finestone  LIB  1984 Mont-Royal
43. Raymonde Folco  LIB  1997 Laval-Ouest
44. Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis  PC  1984 Louis-Hébert
45. Carole Freeman  BQ  2006 Châteauguay—St-Constant
46. Mylène Freeman  NDP  2011 Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
47. Liza Frulla  LIB  2002 Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles
48. Christiane Gagnon  BQ  1993 Québec
49. Anna Gainey  LIB  2023 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
50. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau  BQ  2019 Laurentides—Labelle
51. Marie Gibeau  PC  1988 Bourassa
52. Marilène Gill  BQ  2015 Manicouagan
53. Jocelyne Girard-Bujold  BQ  1997 Jonquière
54. Sadia Groguhé  NDP  2011 Saint-Lambert
55. Monique Guay  BQ  1993 Laurentides
56. Sana Hassainia  NDP  2011 Verchères—Les-Patriotes
57. Céline Hervieux-Payette  LIB  1979 Mercier
58. Carole Jacques  PC  1984 Montréal—Mercier
59. Marlene Jennings  LIB  1997 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
60. Mélanie Joly  LIB  2015 Ahuntsic-Cartierville
61. Marie Thérèse R. Killens  LIB  1979 Saint-Michel
62. Annie Koutrakis  LIB  2019 Vimy
63. Francine Lalonde  BQ  1993 Mercier
64. Emmanuella Lambropoulos  LIB  2017 Saint-Laurent
65. Monique B. Landry  PC  1984 Blainville—Deux-Montagnes
66. Linda Lapointe  LIB  2015 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
67. Andréanne Larouche  BQ  2019 Shefford
68. Alexandrine Latendresse  NDP  2011 Louis-Saint-Laurent
69. Patricia Lattanzio  LIB  2019 Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
70. Carole Lavallée  BQ  2004 Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
71. Hélène Laverdière  NDP  2011 Laurier—Sainte-Marie
72. Hélène LeBlanc  NDP  2011 LaSalle—Émard
73. Diane Lebouthillier  LIB  2015 Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine
74. Laurin Liu  NDP  2011 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
75. Shirley Maheu  LIB  1988 Saint-Laurent
76. Claudy Mailly  PC  1984 Gatineau
77. Soraya M. Martínez Ferrada  LIB  2019 Hochelaga
78. Alexandra Mendès  LIB  2008 Brossard—La Prairie
79. Élaine Michaud  NDP  2011 Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
80. Kristina Michaud  BQ  2019 Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
81. Christine Moore  NDP  2011 Abitibi—Témiscamingue
82. Albanie Morin  LIB  1972 Louis-Hébert
83. Isabelle Morin  NDP  2011 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine
84. Marie-Claude Morin  NDP  2011 Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
85. Maria Mourani  BQ  2006 Ahuntsic
86. Eva Nassif  LIB  2015 Vimy
87. Christine Normandin  BQ  2019 Saint-Jean
88. Annick Papillon  NDP  2011 Québec
89. Monique Pauzé  BQ  2015 Repentigny
90. Ève Péclet  NDP  2011 La Pointe-de-l'Île
91. Lucie Pépin  LIB  1984 Outremont
92. Manon Perreault  NDP  2011 Montcalm
93. Pauline Picard  BQ  1993 Drummond
94. Denise Poirier-Rivard  BQ  2004 Châteauguay—St-Constant
95. Anne Minh-Thu Quach  NDP  2011 Beauharnois—Salaberry
96. Francine Raynault  NDP  2011 Joliette
97. Lucienne Robillard  LIB  1995 Saint-Henri—Westmount
98. Sherry Romanado  LIB  2015 Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
99. Nicole Roy-Arcelin  PC  1988 Ahuntsic
100. Brigitte Sansoucy  NDP  2015 Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
101. Jeanne M. Sauvé  LIB  1972 Ahuntsic
102. Hélène C. Scherrer  LIB  2000 Louis-Hébert
103. Djaouida Sellah  NDP  2011 Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert
104. Brenda Shanahan  LIB  2015 Châteauguay—Lacolle
105. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné  BQ  2021 Terrebonne
106. Lise St-Denis  NDP  2011 Saint-Maurice—Champlain
107. Caroline St-Hilaire  BQ  1997 Longueuil
108. Diane St-Jacques  PC  1997 Shefford
109. Pascale St-Onge  LIB  2021 Brome—Missisquoi
110. Monique B. Tardif  PC  1984 Charlesbourg
111. Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac  BQ  2007 Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
112. Louise Thibault  BQ  2004 Rimouski—Témiscouata
113. Yolande Thibeault  LIB  1997 Saint-Lambert
114. Suzanne Tremblay  BQ  1993 Rimouski—Témiscouata
115. Karine Trudel  NDP  2015 Jonquière
116. Nycole Turmel  NDP  2011 Hull—Aylmer
117. Pierrette Venne  PC  1988 Saint-Hubert
118. Josée Verner  CPC  2006 Louis-Saint-Laurent
119. Monique Vézina  PC  1984 Rimouski—Témiscouata
120. Dominique Vien  CPC  2021 Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
121. Julie Vignola  BQ  2019 Beauport—Limoilou
122. Lise Zarac  LIB  2008 LaSalle—Émard



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 22:14 (but data presented dynamically)