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 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 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 1,287
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 Ontario
Level Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes
Results 143
Elected members
Legend } In office: 46
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Sophia Aggelonitis  LIB  2007 Hamilton Mountain
2. Zanana L. Akande  NDP  1990 St. Andrew—St. Patrick
3. Laura Albanese  LIB  2007 York South—Weston
4. Jill Andrew  NDP  2018 Toronto—St. Paul's
5. Teresa J. Armstrong  NDP  2011 London—Fanshawe
6. Patrice Barnes  PC  2022 Ajax
7. Isabel Bassett  PC  1995 St. Andrew—St. Patrick
8. Doly Begum  NDP  2018 Scarborough Southwest
9. Jessica Bell  NDP  2018 University—Rosedale
10. Rima Berns-McGown  NDP  2018 Beaches—East York
11. Margarett R. Best  LIB  2007 Scarborough—Guildwood
12. Marie Bountrogianni  LIB  1999 Hamilton Mountain
13. Stephanie Bowman  LIB  2022 Don Valley West
14. Bobbi Ann Brady  IND  2022 Haldimand—Norfolk
15. Laurel C. Broten  LIB  2003 Etobicoke—Lakeshore
16. Sarah J. Campbell  NDP  2011 Kenora—Rainy River
17. Donna H. Cansfield  LIB  2003 Etobicoke Centre
18. Elinor Caplan  LIB  1985 Oriole
19. Jenny Carter  NDP  1990 Peterborough
20. Annamarie Castrilli  LIB  1995 Downsview
21. Mary Anne V. Chambers  LIB  2003 Scarborough East
22. Marilyn Churley  NDP  1990 Riverdale
23. Aislinn Clancy  GRN  2023 Kitchener Centre
24. Lucille Collard  LIB  2020 Ottawa—Vanier
25. Shirley J. Collins  LIB  1987 Wentworth East
26. Shirley Coppen  NDP  1990 Niagara South
27. Sheila M. Copps  LIB  1981 Hamilton Centre
28. Dianne E. Cunningham  PC  1988 London North
29. Dipika Damerla  LIB  2011 Mississauga East—Cooksville
30. Nathalie Des Rosiers  LIB  2016 Ottawa—Vanier
31. Caroline Di Cocco  LIB  1999 Sarnia—Lambton
32. Cheri DiNovo  NDP  2006 Parkdale—High Park
33. Jess Dixon  PC  2022 Kitchener South—Hespeler
34. Leona Dombrowsky  LIB  1999 Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox & Addington
35. Jill Dunlop  PC  2018 Simcoe North
36. Janet Ecker  PC  1995 Durham West
37. Brenda Elliott  PC  1995 Guelph
38. Christine J. Elliott  PC  2006 Whitby—Ajax
39. Amy Fee  PC  2018 Kitchener South—Hespeler
40. Catherine E. Fife  NDP  2012 Kitchener—Waterloo
41. Susan A. Fish  PC  1981 St. George
42. Barbara Fisher  PC  1995 Bruce
43. Cindy Forster  NDP  2011 Welland
44. Jennifer K. French  NDP  2014 Oshawa
45. Merrilee K. Fullerton  PC  2018 Kanata—Carleton
46. Dawn Gallagher Murphy  PC  2022 Newmarket—Aurora
47. France Gélinas  NDP  2007 Nickel Belt
48. Golsa (Goldie) Ghamari  PC  2018 Carleton
49. Evelyn A. Gigantes  NDP  1975 Carleton East
50. Lisa Gretzky  NDP  2014 Windsor West
51. Ruth A. Grier  NDP  1985 Lakeshore
52. Christel Haeck  NDP  1990 St. Catharines—Brock
53. Margaret H. Harrington  NDP  1990 Niagara Falls
54. Christine Hart  LIB  1986 York East
55. Karen Haslam  NDP  1990 Perth
56. Andrea Hazell  LIB  2023 Scarborough—Guildwood
57. Christine C.G. Hogarth  PC  2018 Etobicoke—Lakeshore
58. E. Ann Hoggarth  LIB  2014 Barrie
59. Andrea Horwath  NDP  2004 Hamilton East
60. Chaviva M. Hosek  LIB  1987 Oakwood
61. Mitzie J. Hunter  LIB  2013 Scarborough—Guildwood
62. K. Helena Jaczek  LIB  2007 Oak Ridges—Markham
63. Sarah Jama  NDP  2023 Hamilton Centre
64. Linda Jeffrey  LIB  2003 Brampton Centre
65. Helen Johns  PC  1995 Huron
66. Sylvia Jones  PC  2007 Dufferin—Caledon
67. Belinda C. Karahalios  PC  2018 Cambridge
68. Bhutila T. Karpoche  NDP  2018 Parkdale—High Park
69. Andrea D. Khanjin  PC  2018 Barrie—Innisfil
70. Sophie A. Kiwala  LIB  2014 Kingston and the Islands
71. Natalia Kusendova  PC  2018 Mississauga Centre
72. Marie-France Lalonde  LIB  2014 Ottawa—Orléans
73. Frances Lankin  NDP  1990 Beaches—Woodbine
74. Linda L. LeBourdais  LIB  1987 Etobicoke West
75. Laura Mae M. Lindo  NDP  2018 Kitchener Centre
76. Tracy MacCharles  LIB  2011 Pickering—Scarborough East
77. Lisa A. MacLeod  PC  2006 Nepean—Carleton
78. Harinder K. Malhi  LIB  2014 Brampton—Springdale
79. Amrit Mangat  LIB  2007 Mississauga—Brampton South
80. Margaret Marland  PC  1985 Mississauga South
81. Judy Marsales  LIB  2003 Hamilton West
82. Shelley D.M. Martel  NDP  1987 Sudbury East
83. Robin L. Martin  PC  2018 Eglinton—Lawrence
84. I. Cristina P.L. Bento Martins  LIB  2014 Davenport
85. Gila D. Martow  PC  2014 Thornhill
86. Irene R. Mathyssen  NDP  1990 Middlesex
87. Deborah D. Matthews  LIB  2003 London North Centre
88. Karen A. McCrimmon  LIB  2023 Kanata—Carleton
89. Kathryn McGarry  LIB  2014 Cambridge
90. Jane McKenna  PC  2011 Burlington
91. Lyn McLeod  LIB  1987 Fort William
92. M. Eleanor McMahon  LIB  2014 Burlington
93. Mary-Margaret McMahon  LIB  2022 Beaches—East York
94. Madeleine Meilleur  LIB  2003 Ottawa—Vanier
95. Christina M. Mitas  PC  2018 Scarborough Centre
96. Carol Mitchell  LIB  2003 Huron—Bruce
97. Tina R. Molinari  PC  1999 Thornhill
98. Judith Monteith-Farrell  NDP  2018 Thunder Bay—Atikokan
99. Suze Morrison  NDP  2018 Toronto Centre
100. Jennifer F. Mossop  LIB  2003 Stoney Creek
101. Caroline A. Mulroney  PC  2018 York—Simcoe
102. Sharon M. Murdock  NDP  1990 Sudbury
103. Marilyn Mushinski  PC  1995 Scarborough—Ellesmere
104. Indira Naidoo-Harris  LIB  2014 Halton
105. Lindsey E. Park  PC  2018 Durham
106. Chandra Pasma  NDP  2022 Ottawa West—Nepean
107. Leeanna Pendergast  LIB  2007 Kitchener—Conestoga
108. Natalie Pierre  PC  2022 Burlington
109. Teresa Piruzza  LIB  2011 Windsor West
110. Dianne Poole  LIB  1987 Eglinton
111. Sandra Pupatello  LIB  1995 Windsor—Sandwich
112. Lillian Ross  PC  1995 Hamilton West
113. Liz Sandals  LIB  2003 Guelph—Wellington
114. Gillian A. Sandeman  NDP  1975 Peterborough
115. Peggy Sattler  NDP  2013 London West
116. Joyce Savoline  PC  2007 Burlington
117. Laurie J. Scott  PC  2003 Haliburton—Victoria—Brock
118. Sandy Shaw  NDP  2018 Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
119. Amanda Simard  PC  2018 Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
120. Sara Singh  NDP  2018 Brampton Centre
121. Donna Skelly  PC  2018 Flamborough—Glanbrook
122. Laura Smith  PC  2022 Thornhill
123. Monique M. Smith  LIB  2003 Nipissing
124. Jennifer Stevens  NDP  2018 St. Catharines
125. Marit Stiles  NDP  2018 Davenport
126. Norah J. Stoner  LIB  1987 Durham West
127. Kinga Surma  PC  2018 Etobicoke Centre
128. Anne Swarbrick  NDP  1990 Scarborough West
129. Nina Tangri  PC  2018 Mississauga—Streetsville
130. Monique Taylor  NDP  2011 Hamilton Mountain
131. Lisa M. Thompson  PC  2011 Huron—Bruce
132. Effie J. Triantafilopoulos  PC  2018 Oakville North—Burlington
133. Maria Van Bommel  LIB  2003 Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
134. Lise Vaugeois  NDP  2022 Thunder Bay—Superior North
135. Daiene G. Vernile  LIB  2014 Kitchener Centre
136. Daisy Wai  PC  2018 Richmond Hill
137. Shelley Wark-Martyn  NDP  1990 Port Arthur
138. Charmaine A. Williams  PC  2022 Brampton Centre
139. Mavis Wilson  LIB  1987 Dufferin—Peel
140. Elizabeth Witmer  PC  1990 Waterloo North
141. Soo M. Wong  LIB  2011 Scarborough—Agincourt
142. Kathleen O. Wynne  LIB  2003 Don Valley West
143. Elaine Ziemba  NDP  1990 High Park—Swansea



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