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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 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 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 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 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 261
49		 828
235		 1,089
284		 250
40		 766
181		 1,016
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 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		 1,972
511		 3,561
922		 1,464
306		 1,805
367		 3,269
673		 125
105		 166
143		 291
248		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
4 PE 75
13		 510
119		 585
132		 72
11		 474
89		 546
100		 3
2		 36
30		 39
32		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
5 QC 1,285
376		 1,842
614		 3,127
990		 1,163
272		 1,648
441		 2,811
713		 122
104		 194
173		 316
277		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
10 SK 222
57		 767
246		 989
303		 211
49		 705
195		 916
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 Nova Scotia
Level Provincial
Gender ♀ Women
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 53
Elected members
Legend } ✓ In office: 18
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♀ ⊕ Barbara Adams ✓  PC  2017 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
2. ♀ ⊕ Patricia Arab ✓  LIB  2013 Fairview-Clayton Park
3. ♀ ⊕ Yvonne Atwell  NDP  1998 Preston
4. ♀ ⊕ Jill Balser ✓  PC  2021 Digby-Annapolis
5. ♀ ⊕ Danielle Barkhouse ✓  PC  2021 Chester-St. Margaret's
6. ♀ ⊕ Joanne L. Bernard  LIB  2013 Dartmouth North
7. ♀ ⊕ Pamela D. Birdsall  NDP  2009 Lunenburg
8. ♀ ⊕ Carolyn Anne Bolivar-Getson  PC  2003 Lunenburg West
9. ♀ ⊕ Karen Casey  PC  2006 Colchester North
10. ♀ ⊕ Claudia Chender ✓  NDP  2017 Dartmouth South
11. ♀ ⊕ Victoria P. Conrad  NDP  2006 Queens
12. ♀ ⊕ Kendra Coombes ✓  NDP  2020 Cape Breton Centre
13. ♀ ⊕ Susan Corkum-Greek ✓  PC  2021 Lunenburg
14. ♀ ⊕ Francene J. Cosman  LIB  1993 Bedford-Fall River
15. ♀ ⊕ Marie P. Dechman  PC  1988 Lunenburg West
16. ♀ ⊕ Lena M. Diab  LIB  2013 Halifax Armdale
17. ♀ ⊕ Rafah DiCostanzo ✓  LIB  2017 Clayton Park West
18. ♀ ⊕ Becky Druhan ✓  PC  2021 Lunenburg West
19. ♀ ⊕ Pam Eyking  LIB  2013 Victoria-The Lakes
20. ♀ ⊕ Rosemary Godin  NDP  1998 Sackville-Beaver Bank
21. ♀ ⊕ Twila Grosse ✓  PC  2023 Preston
22. ♀ ⊕ Suzy Hansen ✓  NDP  2021 Halifax Needham
23. ♀ ⊕ Ramona C. Jennex  NDP  2009 Kings South
24. ♀ ⊕ Sandra L. Jolly  LIB  1988 Dartmouth North
25. ♀ ⊕ Becky Kent  NDP  2007 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
26. ♀ ⊕ Susan Leblanc ✓  NDP  2017 Dartmouth North
27. ♀ ⊕ Suzanne L. Lohnes-Croft  LIB  2013 Lunenburg
28. ♀ ⊕ Helen MacDonald  NDP  1997 Cape Breton The Lakes
29. ♀ ⊕ M. Maureen MacDonald  NDP  1998 Halifax Needham
30. ♀ ⊕ Karla MacFarlane  PC  2013 Pictou West
31. ♀ ⊕ Melinda J. MacLean  LIB  1974 Colchester
32. ♀ ⊕ Marian Borden Mancini  NDP  2015 Dartmouth South
33. ♀ ⊕ Tammy Martin  NDP  2017 Cape Breton Centre
34. ♀ ⊕ Kim Masland ✓  PC  2017 Queens-Shelburne
35. ♀ ⊕ Joan Massey  NDP  2003 Dartmouth East
36. ♀ ⊕ Mary Ann McGrath  PC  1999 Halifax Bedford Basin
37. ♀ ⊕ Margaret Miller  LIB  2013 Hants East
38. ♀ ⊕ Marilyn A. More  NDP  2003 Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
39. ♀ ⊕ Lorelei Nicoll ✓  LIB  2021 Cole Harbour-Darmouth
40. ♀ ⊕ Eleanor E.T. Norrie  LIB  1993 Truro-Bible Hill
41. ♀ ⊕ Alana Paon  PC  2017 Cape Breton-Richmond
42. ♀ ⊕ Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse  NDP  2009 Chester-St. Margaret's
43. ♀ ⊕ Michèle H. Raymond  NDP  2003 Halifax Atlantic
44. ♀ ⊕ Kelly Regan ✓  LIB  2009 Bedford-Birch Cove
45. ♀ ⊕ Lisa Roberts  NDP  2016 Halifax Needham
46. ♀ ⊕ Melissa Sheehy-Richard ✓  PC  2021 Hants West
47. ♀ ⊕ Angela E. Simmonds  LIB  2021 Preston
48. ♀ ⊕ Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin ✓  PC  2017 Cumberland North
49. ♀ ⊕ Judy Streatch  PC  2005 Chester-St. Margaret's
50. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Thompson ✓  PC  2021 Antigonish
51. ♀ ⊕ C. Joyce Treen  LIB  2013 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
52. ♀ ⊕ Diana Caroline Whalen  LIB  2003 Halifax Clayton Park
53. ♀ ⊕ Lenore E. Zann  NDP  2009 Truro-Bible Hill


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 21:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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