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)

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 14,277 persons — 12,920 men, 1,352 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,550 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,407 men, 1,138 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) 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
101
984
409
1,231
510
229
85
856
308
1,085
393
18
16
127
100
145
116
0
0
1
1
1
1
8 BC 355
143
972
327
1,327
470
309
105
840
222
1,149
327
46
38
132
105
178
143
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 MB 223
60
889
233
1,112
293
208
47
812
169
1,020
216
15
13
76
63
91
76
0
0
1
1
1
1
3 NB 222
46
930
237
1,152
283
212
39
882
197
1,094
236
10
7
48
40
58
47
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 NL 61
31
391
213
452
244
54
25
352
179
406
204
7
6
39
34
46
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 NS 260
49
828
235
1,088
284
249
40
766
181
1,015
221
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 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 1,587
411
1,972
511
3,559
922
1,462
306
1,805
367
3,267
673
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 1,286
376
1,842
614
3,128
990
1,164
272
1,648
441
2,812
713
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 4,581
1,303
10,531
3,414
15,112
4,717
4,204
988
9,515
2,555
13,719
3,543
377
315
1,011
854
1,388
1,169
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -835
-167
14,277
4,550
31.9%
Diff. -799
-136
12,920
3,407
26.4%
Diff. -36
-31
1,352
1,138
84.2%
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 (84.2%) 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 Alberta
Level Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 127
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 100
Deceased: 27
In office: 33
Died in office: 2
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Muriel R. Abdurahman  LIB  1993 Clover Bar-Fort Saskatchewan
2. Cindy L. Ady  PC  2001 Calgary-Shaw
3. Leela Sharon Aheer  WR  2015 Chestermere-Rocky View
4. Nagwan Al-Guneid  NDP  2023 Calgary-Glenmore
5. Tracy Allard  UCP  2019 Grande Prairie
6. Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk  UCP  2019 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
7. Erin Babcock  NDP  2015 Stony Plain
8. Mary Anne Balsillie  LIB  1996 Redwater
9. Pamela T. Barrett  NDP  1986 Edmonton-Highlands
10. Diana Batten  NDP  2023 Calgary-Acadia
11. Pat Nelson  PC  1989 Calgary-Foothills
12. Laurie Blakeman  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Centre
13. Mary Jocelyn Burgener  PC  1993 Calgary-Currie
14. Pearl Calahasen  PC  1989 Lesser Slave Lake
15. Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse  NDP  2023 Edmonton-Rutherford
16. Debby Carlson  LIB  1993 Edmonton-Ellerslie
17. Amanda Chapman  NDP  2023 Calgary-Beddington
18. Catherine Chichak  PC  1971 Edmonton-Norwood
19. Shirley A. Cripps  PC  1979 Drayton Valley
20. Christine Cusanelli  PC  2012 Calgary-Currie
21. Chantelle de Jonge  UCP  2023 Chestermere-Strathmore
22. Alana DeLong  PC  2001 Calgary-Bow
23. Deborah Drever  NDP  2015 Calgary-Bow
24. Sarah Elmeligi  NDP  2023 Banff-Kananaskis
25. Sheila B. Embury  PC  1979 Calgary-North West
26. Janet Eremenko  NDP  2023 Calgary-Currie
27. Iris S. Evans  PC  1997 Sherwood Park
28. Jacquie Fenske  PC  2012 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
29. Tanya Fir  UCP  2019 Calgary-Peigan
30. Maria M. Fitzpatrick  NDP  2015 Lethbridge-East
31. Heather M. Forsyth  PC  1993 Calgary-Fish Creek
32. Michaela Frey Glasgo  UCP  2019 Brooks-Medicine Hat
33. Yvonne M. Fritz  PC  1993 Calgary-Cross
34. Myrna C. Fyfe  PC  1979 St. Albert
35. Yolande Gagnon  LIB  1989 Calgary-McKnight
36. Kathleen T. Ganley  NDP  2015 Calgary-Buffalo
37. Nicole Goehring  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Castle Downs
38. Laila Goodridge  UCP  2018 Fort McMurray-Conklin
39. Judith D. Gordon  PC  1993 Lacombe-Stettler
40. Edith H. Gostick  SC  1935 Calgary
41. Marlene L. Graham  PC  1997 Calgary-Lougheed
42. Christina Gray  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Mill Woods
43. Carol L. Haley  PC  1993 Three Hills-Airdrie
44. Alice Ann Hanson  LIB  1993 Edmonton-Highlands-Beverly
45. Julia Hayter  NDP  2023 Calgary-Edgemont
46. Elizabeth J. Hewes  LIB  1986 Edmonton-Gold Bar
47. Sarah Marjorie Hoffman  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Glenora
48. Rhiannon Hoyle  NDP  2023 Edmonton-South
49. W. Helen Hunley  PC  1971 Rocky Mountain House
50. Janis Irwin  NDP  2019 Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood
51. Whitney Issik  UCP  2019 Calgary-Glenmore
52. Deborah Cecile Jabbour  NDP  2015 Peace River
53. Mary Anne Jablonski  PC  2000 Red Deer-North
54. Sandra Jansen  PC  2012 Calgary-North West
55. Jennifer Johnson  UCP  2023 Lacombe-Ponoka
56. Linda Johnson  PC  2012 Calgary-Glenmore
57. Anam Kazim  NDP  2015 Calgary-Glenmore
58. Donna M. Kennedy-Glans  PC  2012 Calgary-Varsity
59. Heather M. Klimchuk  PC  2008 Edmonton-Glenora
60. Janet S. Koper  PC  1982 Calgary-Foothills
61. Karen P. Kryczka  PC  1997 Calgary-West
62. Maureen A. Kubinec  PC  2012 Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock
63. Adriana LaGrange  UCP  2019 Red Deer-North
64. Bonnie Laing  PC  1989 Calgary-Bow
65. Marie Laing  NDP  1986 Edmonton-Avonmore
66. Danielle Marie Larivee  NDP  2015 Lesser Slave Lake
67. Karen Leibovici  LIB  1993 Edmonton-Meadowlark
68. Mary J. LeMessurier  PC  1979 Edmonton-Centre
69. Genia Leskiw  PC  2008 Bonnyville-Cold Lake
70. Jessica N. Littlewood  NDP  2015 Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville
71. Jackie Lovely  UCP  2019 Camrose
72. Robyn Luff  NDP  2015 Calgary-East
73. Nancy MacBeth  PC  1986 Edmonton-Glenora
74. Weslyn M. Mather  LIB  2004 Edmonton-Mill Woods
75. Roberta Catherine McAdams  CAF  1917 Province-Wide (Soldiers' vote)
76. Shirley A.M. McClellan  PC  1987 Chinook
77. Nellie Letitia McClung  LIB  1921 Edmonton
78. Elaine J. McCoy  PC  1986 Calgary-West
79. Margaret McCuaig-Boyd  NDP  2015 Dunvegan-Central Peace-Notley
80. Louise McKinney  NPL  1917 Claresholm
81. Annie J.F. McKitrick  NDP  2015 Sherwood Park
82. Stephanie V. McLean  NDP  2015 Calgary-Varsity
83. Karen M. McPherson  NDP  2015 Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill
84. Diana J. McQueen  PC  2008 Drayton Valley-Calmar
85. Luanne Metz  NDP  2023 Calgary-Varsity
86. Barbara Miller  NDP  2015 Red Deer-South
87. Dianne F. Mirosh  PC  1986 Calgary-Glenmore
88. Christine Mjolsness  NDP  1986 Edmonton-Calder
89. Rachel Notley  NDP  2008 Edmonton-Strathcona
90. Mary O'Neill  PC  1997 St. Albert
91. Cathy Olesen  PC  2012 Sherwood Park
92. Susan K. Olsen  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Norwood
93. Constance E. Osterman  PC  1979 Three Hills
94. Rakhi Pancholi  NDP  2019 Edmonton-Whitemud
95. Mary Irene Parlby  UFA  1921 Lacombe
96. Bridget Pastoor  LIB  2004 Lethbridge-East
97. Brandy Payne  NDP  2015 Calgary-Acadia
98. Chelsae Petrovic  UCP  2023 Livingstone-Macleod
99. Shannon Phillips  NDP  2015 Lethbridge-West
100. Angela Pitt  WR  2015 Airdrie
101. Josephine Pon  UCP  2019 Calgary-Beddington
102. Alison Redford  PC  2008 Calgary-Elbow
103. Marie Renaud  NDP  2015 St. Albert
104. Elizabeth Gladys Robinson  SC  1953 Medicine Hat
105. Edith Rogers  SC  1935 Ponoka
106. Miranda Rosin  UCP  2019 Banff-Kananaskis
107. Janice Sarich  PC  2008 Edmonton-Decore
108. Sonya M. Savage  UCP  2019 Calgary-North West
109. Rajan Sawhney  UCP  2019 Calgary-North East
110. Kim Schreiner  NDP  2015 Red Deer-North
111. Rebecca Schulz  UCP  2019 Calgary-Shaw
112. Lori D. Sigurdson  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Riverview
113. Linda Sloan  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Riverview
114. Marlaina Danielle Smith  WRA  2012 Highwood
115. Pamela C. Snelgrove-Paul  LIB  1997 Edmonton-Castle Downs
116. Colleen Soetaert  LIB  1993 Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
117. Heather D. Sweet  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Manning
118. Janis Tarchuk  PC  1997 Banff-Cochrane
119. Lizette Tejada  NDP  2023 Calgary-Klein
120. Edith B.B. Thurston  SC  1944 Cypress
121. Kerry Towle  WRA  2012 Innisfail-Sylvan Lake
122. Rose Wilkinson  SC  1944 Calgary
123. Ethel S. Wilson  SC  1959 Edmonton North
124. Teresa Y. Woo-Paw  PC  2008 Calgary-Mackay
125. Cornelia L.R. Wood  SC  1940 Stony Plain
126. Denise K. Woollard  NDP  2015 Edmonton-Mill Creek
127. Peggy Wright  NDP  2023 Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 25 Apr 2024 20:24 (but data presented dynamically)