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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)
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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:

Percival Baker (1867–1921) was the elected United Farmers of Alberta candidate in Ponoka in the 1921 general election, but he had had an accident while chopping down trees on his farm three weeks prior to the election and he died the day after his election.
Théodore-Louis-Antoine Broët (1870–1908), a Québec Liberal born in France, was elected in Lac-Saint-Jean in the 1908 general election, but he died on September 14, 1908, before the first sitting of the 12th assembly.
Ann Sloat (1928–2017) was elected as the Progressive Conservative MPP in a December 1984 by-election in Wentworth North, but the Ontario legislature was not in session and she lost the seat in the 1985 general election.

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

Juri.		Total			Men (M)			Women (F)			Non binary (X)
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.		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	354 143	972 327	1,326 470	308 105	840 222	1,148 327	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	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	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	1,588 411	1,972 511	3,560 922	1,463 306	1,805 367	3,268 673	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	1,286 376	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	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
Total		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	Québec
Level	Provincial
Gender	♀ Women
Alive	⊕ Yes
Results	173

Elected members
Legend }				✓ In office: 56 PAR Party and year at first election
Who				First election
1.	♀	⊕	Alice Abou-Khalil ✓	CAQ	2022	Fabre
2.	♀	⊕	Dominique Anglade	QLP	2015	Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne
3.	♀	⊕	Lise Bacon	QLP	1973	Bourassa
4.	♀	⊕	Line Beauchamp	QLP	1998	Sauv�
5.	♀	⊕	Denise Beaudoin	PQ	2003	Mirabel
6.	♀	⊕	Louise Beaudoin	PQ	1994	Chambly
7.	♀	⊕	Louise B�gin	QLP	1985	Bellechasse
8.	♀	⊕	Madeleine B�langer	QLP	1983	M�gantic-Compton
9.	♀	⊕	Sonia B�langer ✓	CAQ	2022	Pr�vost
10.	♀	⊕	Martine Biron ✓	CAQ	2022	Chutes-de-la-Chaudi�re
11.	♀	⊕	Jeanne Larocque Blackburn	PQ	1985	Chicoutimi
12.	♀	⊕	Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais	QLP	2007	Saint-Henri—Sainte-Anne
13.	♀	⊕	Suzanne Blais ✓	CAQ	2018	Abitibi-Ouest
14.	♀	⊕	Manon Blanchet	PQ	1998	Cr�mazie
15.	♀	⊕	Ma�t� Blanchette V�zina ✓	CAQ	2022	Rimouski
16.	♀	⊕	Catherine Blouin ✓	CAQ	2022	Bonaventure
17.	♀	⊕	Audrey Bogemans ✓	CAQ	2022	Iberville
18.	♀	⊕	Karine Boivin Roy ✓	CAQ	2022	Anjou—Louis-Riel
19.	♀	⊕	Huguette Boucher-Bacon	QLP	1989	Bourget
20.	♀	⊕	Marie Bouill�	PQ	2008	Iberville
21.	♀	⊕	Julie Boulet	QLP	2001	Laviolette
22.	♀	⊕	Kariane Bourassa ✓	CAQ	2022	Charlevoix-C�te-de-Beaupr�
23.	♀	⊕	Jo�lle Boutin	CAQ	2019	Jean-Talon
24.	♀	⊕	Madwa-Nika Cadet ✓	QLP	2022	Bourassa-Sauv�
25.	♀	⊕	Pierrette Cardinal	QLP	1985	Ch�teauguay
26.	♀	⊕	Jocelyne Caron	PQ	1989	Terrebonne
27.	♀	⊕	Linda Caron ✓	QLP	2022	La Pini�re
28.	♀	⊕	Denise Carrier-Perreault	PQ	1989	Chutes-de-la-Chaudi�re
29.	♀	⊕	Kateri Champagne Jourdain ✓	CAQ	2022	Duplessis
30.	♀	⊕	No�lla Champagne	PQ	2003	Champlain
31.	♀	⊕	Francine Charbonneau	QLP	2008	Mille-�les
32.	♀	⊕	Isabelle Charest ✓	CAQ	2018	Brome-Missisquoi
33.	♀	⊕	Solange Charest	PQ	1994	Rimouski
34.	♀	⊕	Lucie Charlebois	QLP	2003	Soulanges
35.	♀	⊕	MarieChantal Chass�	CAQ	2018	Ch�teauguay
36.	♀	⊕	Michelle Courchesne	QLP	2003	Fabre
37.	♀	⊕	Sylvie D'Amours ✓	CAQ	2014	Mirabel
38.	♀	⊕	H�l�ne Daneault	CAQ	2012	Groulx
39.	♀	⊕	Suzanne Dansereau	CAQ	2018	Verch�res
40.	♀	⊕	Fran�oise David	QS	2012	Gouin
41.	♀	⊕	H�l�ne David	QLP	2014	Outremont
42.	♀	⊕	Diane De Courcy	PQ	2012	Cr�mazie
43.	♀	⊕	Rita de Santis	QLP	2012	Bourassa-Sauv�
44.	♀	⊕	Margaret Fortier Delisle	QLP	1994	Jean-Talon
45.	♀	⊕	Pascale D�ry ✓	CAQ	2022	Repentigny
46.	♀	⊕	Am�lie Dionne ✓	CAQ	2022	Rivi�re-du-Loup—T�miscouata
47.	♀	⊕	France Dionne	QLP	1985	Kamouraska-T�miscouata
48.	♀	⊕	Rita Dionne-Marsolais	PQ	1994	Rosemont
49.	♀	⊕	Catherine Dorion	QS	2018	Taschereau
50.	♀	⊕	Shirley Dorismond ✓	CAQ	2022	Marie-Victorin
51.	♀	⊕	Danielle Doyer	PQ	1994	Matap�dia
52.	♀	⊕	Virginie Dufour ✓	QLP	2022	Mille-�les
53.	♀	⊕	Luce Dupuis	PQ	1989	Verch�res
54.	♀	⊕	France-�laine Duranceau ✓	CAQ	2022	Bertrand
55.	♀	⊕	�milie Foster	CAQ	2018	Charlevoix-C�te-de-Beaupr�
56.	♀	⊕	Catherine Fournier	PQ	2016	Marie-Victorin
57.	♀	⊕	Christine Fr�chette ✓	CAQ	2022	Sanguinet
58.	♀	⊕	Liza Frulla	QLP	1989	Marguerite-Bourgeoys
59.	♀	⊕	Diane Gadoury-Hamelin	PQ	2012	Masson
60.	♀	⊕	Monique Gagnon-Tremblay	QLP	1985	Saint-Fran�ois
61.	♀	⊕	Brigitte B. Garceau ✓	QLP	2022	Robert-Baldwin
62.	♀	⊕	Francine Gaudet	QLP	2003	Maskinong�
63.	♀	⊕	Maryse Gaudreault	QLP	2008	Hull
64.	♀	⊕	Fran�oise Gauthier	QLP	2001	Jonqui�re
65.	♀	⊕	Marie-Belle Gendron ✓	CAQ	2022	Ch�teauguay
66.	♀	⊕	Ruba Ghazal ✓	QS	2018	Mercier
67.	♀	⊕	Johanne Gonthier	QLP	2007	M�gantic-Compton
68.	♀	⊕	Linda Goupil	PQ	1998	L�vis
69.	♀	⊕	Marie Gr�goire	ADQ	2002	Berthier
70.	♀	⊕	Agn�s Grondin ✓	CAQ	2018	Argenteuil
71.	♀	⊕	Genevi�ve Guilbault ✓	CAQ	2017	Louis-H�bert
72.	♀	⊕	Nancy Guillemette ✓	CAQ	2018	Roberval
73.	♀	⊕	France Hamel	QLP	2003	La Peltrie
74.	♀	⊕	Louise Harel	PQ	1981	Maisonneuve
75.	♀	⊕	C�line Haytayan ✓	CAQ	2022	Laval-des-Rapides
76.	♀	⊕	Genevi�ve H�bert ✓	CAQ	2018	Saint-Fran�ois
77.	♀	⊕	V�ronique Hivon	PQ	2008	Joliette
78.	♀	⊕	Fatima Houda-Pepin	QLP	1994	La Pini�re
79.	♀	⊕	Claire-H�l�ne Hovington	QLP	1985	Matane
80.	♀	⊕	Claire IsaBelle	CAQ	2018	Huntingdon
81.	♀	⊕	Yolande James	QLP	2004	Nelligan
82.	♀	⊕	Chantale Jeannotte ✓	CAQ	2018	Labelle
83.	♀	⊕	Monique J�r�me-Forget	QLP	1998	Marguerite-Bourgeoys
84.	♀	⊕	Christine Labrie ✓	QS	2018	Sherbrooke
85.	♀	⊕	St�phanie Lachance ✓	CAQ	2018	Bellechasse
86.	♀	⊕	Andr�e Laforest ✓	CAQ	2018	Chicoutimi
87.	♀	⊕	Sona Lakhoyan Olivier ✓	QLP	2022	Chomedey
88.	♀	⊕	Diane Lamarre	PQ	2014	Taillon
89.	♀	⊕	Mich�le Lamquin-�thier	QLP	1997	Bourassa
90.	♀	⊕	Linda Lapointe	ADQ	2007	Groulx
91.	♀	⊕	Lisette Lapointe	PQ	2007	Cr�mazie
92.	♀	⊕	�lizabeth Larouche	PQ	2012	Abitibi-Est
93.	♀	⊕	Lise Lavall�e	CAQ	2014	Repentigny
94.	♀	⊕	Sonia LeBel ✓	CAQ	2018	Champlain
95.	♀	⊕	Diane Leblanc	QLP	1997	Beauce-Sud
96.	♀	⊕	Lucie Leblanc	ADQ	2007	Deux-Montagnes
97.	♀	⊕	Isabelle Lecours ✓	CAQ	2018	Lotbini�re-Frontenac
98.	♀	⊕	Lucie Lecours ✓	CAQ	2018	Les Plaines
99.	♀	⊕	Lyse Leduc	PQ	1994	Mille-�les
100.	♀	⊕	Elsie Lefebvre	PQ	2004	Laurier-Dorion
101.	♀	⊕	Diane Legault	QLP	2003	Chambly
102.	♀	⊕	Nicole L�ger	PQ	1996	Pointe-aux-Trembles
103.	♀	⊕	Diane Lemieux	PQ	1998	Bourget
104.	♀	⊕	�milise Lessard-Therrien	QS	2018	Rouyn-Noranda-T�miscamingue
105.	♀	⊕	Nicole Loiselle	QLP	1989	Saint-Henri
106.	♀	⊕	Jennifer Maccarone ✓	QLP	2018	Westmount—Saint-Louis
107.	♀	⊕	Marie Malavoy	PQ	1994	Sherbrooke
108.	♀	⊕	Carole Mallette ✓	CAQ	2022	Huntingdon
109.	♀	⊕	Agn�s Maltais	PQ	1998	Taschereau
110.	♀	⊕	Anna Mancuso	QLP	2002	Viger
111.	♀	⊕	Pauline Marois	PQ	1981	La Peltrie
112.	♀	⊕	Manon Mass� ✓	QS	2014	Sainte-Marie—Saint-Jacques
113.	♀	⊕	Danielle McCann	CAQ	2018	Sanguinet
114.	♀	⊕	D�sir�e McGraw ✓	QLP	2022	Notre-Dame-de-Gr�ce
115.	♀	⊕	Isabelle Melan�on	QLP	2016	Verdun
116.	♀	⊕	Nicole M�nard	QLP	2007	Laporte
117.	♀	⊕	Lucille M�th�	ADQ	2007	Saint-Jean
118.	♀	⊕	Marie Montpetit	QLP	2014	Cr�mazie
119.	♀	⊕	Johanne Morasse	PQ	2007	Rouyn-Noranda-T�miscamingue
120.	♀	⊕	Catherine Morissette	ADQ	2007	Charlesbourg
121.	♀	⊕	Marie-Claude Nichols ✓	QLP	2014	Vaudreuil
122.	♀	⊕	Nathalie Normandeau	QLP	1998	Bonaventure
123.	♀	⊕	Martine Ouellet	PQ	2010	Vachon
124.	♀	⊕	Lucie Papineau	PQ	1997	Pr�vost
125.	♀	⊕	Christiane Pelchat	QLP	1985	Vachon
126.	♀	⊕	Sarah Perreault	QLP	2003	Chauveau
127.	♀	⊕	M�ganne Perry M�lan�on	PQ	2018	Gasp�
128.	♀	⊕	Marilyne Picard ✓	CAQ	2018	Soulanges
129.	♀	⊕	Carole Poirier	PQ	2008	Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
130.	♀	⊕	Isabelle Poulet ✓	CAQ	2022	Laporte
131.	♀	⊕	Elisabeth Prass ✓	QLP	2022	D'Arcy-McGee
132.	♀	⊕	Caroline Proulx ✓	CAQ	2018	Berthier
133.	♀	⊕	Marie-Eve Proulx	CAQ	2018	C�te-du-Sud
134.	♀	⊕	Suzanne Proulx	PQ	2012	Sainte-Rose
135.	♀	⊕	Jeannine Richard	PQ	2012	�les-de-la-Madeleine
136.	♀	⊕	Lorraine Richard	PQ	2003	Duplessis
137.	♀	⊕	Monique Richard	PQ	2008	Marguerite-D'Youville
138.	♀	⊕	Marwah Rizqy ✓	QLP	2018	Saint-Laurent
139.	♀	⊕	H�l�ne Robert	PQ	1994	Deux-Montagnes
140.	♀	⊕	Lucienne Robillard	QLP	1989	Chambly
141.	♀	⊕	Paule Robitaille	QLP	2018	Bourassa-Sauv�
142.	♀	⊕	Nathalie Rochefort	QLP	2001	Mercier
143.	♀	⊕	Filomena Rotiroti ✓	QLP	2008	Jeanne-Mance—Viger
144.	♀	⊕	Chantal Rouleau ✓	CAQ	2018	Pointe-aux-Trembles
145.	♀	⊕	Monique Roy Verville	ADQ	2007	La Prairie
146.	♀	⊕	Nathalie Roy ✓	CAQ	2012	Montarville
147.	♀	⊕	Suzanne Roy ✓	CAQ	2022	Verch�res
148.	♀	⊕	Aline Saint-Amand	QLP	1983	Jonqui�re
149.	♀	⊕	Claire Samson	CAQ	2014	Iberville
150.	♀	⊕	Monique Sauv�	QLP	2015	Fabre
151.	♀	⊕	Val�rie Schmaltz ✓	CAQ	2022	Vimont
152.	♀	⊕	Michelle Setlakwe ✓	QLP	2022	Mont-Royal—Outremont
153.	♀	⊕	C�line Signori	PQ	1994	Blainville
154.	♀	⊕	Caroline Simard	QLP	2014	Charlevoix-C�te-de-Beaupr�
155.	♀	⊕	Monique Simard	PQ	1996	La Prairie
156.	♀	⊕	Chantal Soucy ✓	CAQ	2014	Saint-Hyacinthe
157.	♀	⊕	Danielle St-Amand	QLP	2008	Trois-Rivi�res
158.	♀	⊕	Michelyne C. St-Laurent	CAQ	2012	Montmorency
159.	♀	⊕	Christine St-Pierre	QLP	2007	Acadie
160.	♀	⊕	Marie-Louise Tardif ✓	CAQ	2018	Laviolette—Saint-Maurice
161.	♀	⊕	Carole Th�berge	QLP	2003	L�vis
162.	♀	⊕	Lise Th�riault	QLP	2002	Anjou
163.	♀	⊕	Suzanne Tremblay ✓	CAQ	2022	Hull
164.	♀	⊕	V�ronyque Tremblay	QLP	2015	Chauveau
165.	♀	⊕	Violette Tr�panier	QLP	1985	Dorion
166.	♀	⊕	Denise Trudel	CAQ	2012	Charlesbourg
167.	♀	⊕	Claire Vaive	QLP	1994	Chapleau
168.	♀	⊕	St�phanie Vall�e	QLP	2007	Gatineau
169.	♀	⊕	Karine Valli�res	QLP	2012	Richmond
170.	♀	⊕	C�cile Vermette	PQ	1985	Marie-Victorin
171.	♀	⊕	Dominique Vien	QLP	2003	Bellechasse
172.	♀	⊕	Kathleen Weil	QLP	2008	Notre-Dame-de-Gr�ce
173.	♀	⊕	Alejandra Zaga Mendez ✓	QS	2022	Verdun

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca  (Maurice Y. Michaud)

Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02

Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 10:53 (but data presented dynamically)

Well that's interesting!

♂ Thomas Clement Douglas (81)
20 October 1904 — 24 February 1986
Times presented: 16 Times elected: 13

Themightyquill — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Douglas is remembered as the "Father of Medicare." While he was federal NDP leader, he lost his Burnaby�Seymour seat by only 138 votes in the 1968 general election. He was able to return to Parliament through a by-election necessitated in Nanaimo�Cowichan�The Islands in February of the following year because of the sudden death of Colin Cameron one month after the general election. Like many Pro�gres�sives / early CCF members, Douglas endorsed eugenics � his 1933 MA thesis was on that topic � but, like most of the others, he reversed his position and advocated instead for vocational training for the mentally handicapped and therapy for those suffering from mental disorders.

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