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) 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 222
60
889
233
1,111
293
207
47
812
169
1,019
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 1,286
376
1,842
615
3,128
991
1,164
272
1,648
442
2,812
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 Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes
Results 104
Elected members
Legend } In office: 36
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Pam Alexis  NDP  2020 Abbotsford-Mission
2. Brittny Anderson  NDP  2020 Nelson-Creston
3. Suzanne Anton  LIB  2013 Vancouver-Fraserview
4. Michele Babchuk  NDP  2020 North Island
5. Donna Barnett  LIB  2009 Cariboo-Chilcotin
6. Lisa M. Beare  NDP  2017 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
7. Dawn Black  NDP  2009 New Westminster
8. Shirley Bond  LIB  2001 Prince George-Mount Robson
9. Lois R. Boone  NDP  1986 Prince George North
10. Elayne Brenzinger  LIB  2001 Surrey-Whalley
11. P. Gretchen M. Brewin  NDP  1991 Victoria-Beacon Hill
12. Susan Brice  LIB  2001 Saanich South
13. Stephanie Cadieux  LIB  2009 Surrey-Panorama
14. A. Kim Campbell  SC  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
15. Susie Chant  NDP  2020 North Vancouver-Seymour
16. Katrina Chen  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Lougheed
17. Ida Chong  LIB  1996 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
18. Christy J. Clark  LIB  1996 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
19. Katrine Conroy  NDP  2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
20. Barbara E. Copping  NDP  1991 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
21. Kathy Corrigan  NDP  2009 Burnaby-Deer Lake
22. Elizabeth Cull  NDP  1989 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
23. I.M. Judith (Judy) Darcy  NDP  2013 New Westminster
24. Mitzi J. Dean  NDP  2017 Esquimalt-Metchosin
25. Megan Dykeman  NDP  2020 Langley East
26. Mable Elmore  NDP  2009 Vancouver-Kensington
27. Sonia Furstenau  GRN  2017 Cowichan Valley
28. Evelyn M. Gillespie  NDP  1996 Comox Valley
29. Caroline M. (Carol) Gran  SC  1986 Langley
30. Kelly Greene  NDP  2020 Richmond-Steveston
31. Sue Hammell  NDP  1991 Surrey-Green Timbers
32. Victoria (Vicki) Huntington  IND  2009 Delta South
33. Olga Ilich  LIB  2005 Richmond Centre
34. Joan Isaacs  LIB  2017 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
35. Carole A. James  NDP  2005 Victoria-Beacon Hill
36. Rita M. Johnston  SC  1983 Surrey
37. Anne Kang  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Deer Lake
38. Maurine Karagianis  NDP  2005 Esquimalt-Metchosin
39. Karin Kirkpatrick  LIB  2020 West Vancouver-Capilano
40. Jenny W.C. Kwan  NDP  1996 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
41. Linda M. Larson  LIB  2013 Boundary-Similkameen
42. Ronna-Rae Leonard  NDP  2017 Courtenay-Comox
43. Brenda J. Locke  LIB  2001 Surrey-Green Timbers
44. Margaret Lord  NDP  1991 Comox Valley
45. Grace Lore  NDP  2020 Victoria-Beacon Hill
46. Bowinn Ma  NDP  2017 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
47. Margaret MacDiarmid  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Fairview
48. Joy K. MacPhail  NDP  1991 Vancouver-Hastings
49. Sheila Malcolmson  NDP  2019 Nanaimo
50. Melanie J. Mark  NDP  2016 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
51. Darlene R. Marzari  NDP  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
52. Jenn McGinn  NDP  2008 Vancouver-Fairview
53. Catherine McGregor  NDP  1996 Kamloops
54. Joan McIntyre  LIB  2005 West Vancouver-Garibaldi
55. Bonnie McKinnon  LIB  1996 Surrey-Cloverdale
56. Wendy McMahon  LIB  2001 Columbia River-Revelstoke
57. Mary McNeil  LIB  2009 Vancouver-False Creek
58. Renee Merrifield  LIB  2020 Kelowna-Mission
59. Michelle Mungall  NDP  2009 Nelson-Creston
60. Joyce C. Murray  LIB  2001 New Westminster
61. Gwen O'Mahony  NDP  2012 Chilliwack-Hope
62. Shannon E. O'Neill  NDP  1991 Shuswap
63. Coralee E. Oakes  LIB  2013 Cariboo North
64. Sheila Orr  LIB  2001 Victoria-Hillside
65. Josie Osborne  NDP  2020 Mid Island-Pacific Rim
66. Kelli Paddon  NDP  2020 Chilliwack-Kent
67. Jacquelynne Pement  NDP  1991 Bulkley Valley-Stikine
68. Joan Phillip  NDP  2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
69. Mary R. Polak  LIB  2005 Langley
70. Lana Popham  NDP  2009 Saanich South
71. Penny Priddy  NDP  1991 Surrey-Newton
72. Janis M. Pullinger  NDP  1989 Nanaimo
73. Tracy Redies  LIB  2017 Surrey-White Rock
74. Judith Reid  LIB  1998 Parksville-Qualicum
75. Linda Reid  LIB  1991 Richmond East
76. Linda Reimer  LIB  2013 Port Moody-Coquitlam
77. Jennifer Rice  NDP  2013 North Coast
78. Selina M. Robinson  NDP  2013 Coquitlam-Maillardville
79. Val Roddick  LIB  1999 Delta South
80. Janet Routledge  NDP  2017 Burnaby North
81. April Sanders  LIB  1996 Okanagan-Vernon
82. Harwinder K. Sandhu  NDP  2020 Vernon-Monashee
83. Joan M. Sawicki  NDP  1991 Burnaby-Willingdon
84. Niki Sharma  NDP  2020 Vancouver-Hastings
85. Jane J.K. Shin  NDP  2013 Burnaby-Lougheed
86. Jinny J. Sims  NDP  2017 Surrey-Panorama
87. Rachna Singh  NDP  2017 Surrey-Green Timbers
88. Joan K. Smallwood  NDP  1986 Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
89. M. Lynn Stephens  LIB  1991 Langley
90. Michelle Stilwell  LIB  2013 Parksville-Qualicum
91. Moira Stilwell  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Langara
92. Elenore Sturko  LIB  2022 Surrey South
93. Carole Taylor  LIB  2005 Vancouver-Langara
94. Jackie L. Tegart  LIB  2013 Fraser-Nicola
95. Diane Thorne  NDP  2005 Coquitlam-Maillardville
96. Jane A. Thornthwaite  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Seymour
97. Claire F. Trevena  NDP  2005 North Island
98. Judi K.M. Tyabji  LIB  1991 Okanagan East
99. Erda S. Walsh  NDP  1996 Kootenay
100. Teresa Wat  LIB  2013 Richmond Centre
101. Jennifer Whiteside  NDP  2020 New Westminster
102. Katherine A. Whittred  LIB  1996 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
103. Jodie Wickens  NDP  2016 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
104. Naomi Yamamoto  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Lonsdale



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 00:28 (but data presented dynamically)