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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 B. 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 14,276 persons — 12,919 men, 1,352 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,549 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,406 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 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 1,589
411		 1,971
510		 3,560
921		 1,464
306		 1,804
366		 3,268
672		 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		 10,530
3,413		 15,111
4,716		 4,204
988		 9,514
2,554		 13,718
3,542		 377
315		 1,011
854		 1,388
1,169		 0
0		 5
5		 5
5
Diff. -835
-167		 14,276
4,549
31.9%		 Diff. -799
-136		 12,919
3,406
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 British Columbia
Level Provincial
Gender ♀ Women
Alive ⊕ Yes –or– ⊖ No
Results 132
Elected members
Legend } ⊕ Alive: 105
⊖ Deceased: 27		 ✓ In office: 37
‡ Died in office: 1
 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. ♀ ⊖ Lydia A. Arsens  SC  1953 Victoria City (A)
5. ♀ ⊕ Michele Babchuk ✓  NDP  2020 North Island
6. ♀ ⊕ Brenda Bailey ✓  NDP  2020 Vancouver-False Creek
7. ♀ ⊕ Donna Barnett  LIB  2009 Cariboo-Chilcotin
8. ♀ ⊕ Lisa Beare ✓  NDP  2017 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
9. ♀ ⊕ Dawn Black  NDP  2009 New Westminster
10. ♀ ⊕ Shirley Bond ✓  LIB  2001 Prince George-Mount Robson
11. ♀ ⊕ Lois R. Boone  NDP  1986 Prince George North
12. ♀ ⊕ Elayne Brenzinger  LIB  2001 Surrey-Whalley
13. ♀ ⊕ Gretchen Brewin  NDP  1991 Victoria-Beacon Hill
14. ♀ ⊕ Susan Brice  LIB  2001 Saanich South
15. ♀ ⊖ Buda H. Brown ‡  SC  1956 Vancouver-Point Grey
16. ♀ ⊖ Rosemary Brown  NDP  1972 Vancouver-Burrard
17. ♀ ⊕ Stephanie Cadieux  LIB  2009 Surrey-Panorama
18. ♀ ⊕ A. Kim Campbell  SC  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
19. ♀ ⊕ Susie Chant ✓  NDP  2020 North Vancouver-Seymour
20. ♀ ⊕ Katrina Chen ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Lougheed
21. ♀ ⊕ Ida Chong  LIB  1996 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
22. ♀ ⊕ Christy Clark  LIB  1996 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
23. ♀ ⊕ Katrine Conroy ✓  NDP  2005 West Kootenay-Boundary
24. ♀ ⊕ Barbara E. Copping  NDP  1991 Port Moody-Burnaby Mountain
25. ♀ ⊕ Kathy Corrigan  NDP  2009 Burnaby-Deer Lake
26. ♀ ⊕ Elizabeth Cull  NDP  1989 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
27. ♀ ⊖ Eileen E. Dailly  NDP  1966 Burnaby North
28. ♀ ⊕ Judy Darcy  NDP  2013 New Westminster
29. ♀ ⊖ Isabel P. Dawson  SC  1966 Mackenzie
30. ♀ ⊕ Mitzi J. Dean ✓  NDP  2017 Esquimalt-Metchosin
31. ♀ ⊕ Megan Dykeman ✓  NDP  2020 Langley East
32. ♀ ⊖ K. Anne Edwards  NDP  1986 Kootenay
33. ♀ ⊕ Mable Elmore ✓  NDP  2009 Vancouver-Kensington
34. ♀ ⊕ Sonia Furstenau ✓  GRN  2017 Cowichan Valley
35. ♀ ⊕ Evelyn Marie Gillespie  NDP  1996 Comox Valley
36. ♀ ⊕ Caroline M. Carol) Gran  SC  1986 Langley
37. ♀ ⊕ Kelly Greene ✓  NDP  2020 Richmond-Steveston
38. ♀ ⊖ Anita M.J. Hagen  NDP  1986 New Westminster
39. ♀ ⊖ Lois M. Haggen  CFF  1956 Grand Forks-Greenwood
40. ♀ ⊕ Sue Hammell  NDP  1991 Surrey-Green Timbers
41. ♀ ⊖ S.K. Sindi) Hawkins  LIB  1996 Okanagan West
42. ♀ ⊖ Margaret F. Hobbs  NDP  1962 Revelstoke
43. ♀ ⊖ Nancy Hodges  LIB  1941 Victoria City
44. ♀ ⊕ Victoria Vicki) Huntington  IND  2009 Delta South
45. ♀ ⊕ Olga Ilich  LIB  2005 Richmond Centre
46. ♀ ⊕ Joan Isaacs  LIB  2017 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
47. ♀ ⊕ Carole A. James  NDP  2005 Victoria-Beacon Hill
48. ♀ ⊖ Laura E.M. Jamieson  CFF  1939 Vancouver Centre
49. ♀ ⊕ Rita M. Johnston  SC  1983 Surrey
50. ♀ ⊖ Patricia J. Jordan  SC  1966 North Okanagan
51. ♀ ⊕ Anne Kang ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby-Deer Lake
52. ♀ ⊕ Maurine Karagianis  NDP  2005 Esquimalt-Metchosin
53. ♀ ⊕ Karin Kirkpatrick ✓  LIB  2020 West Vancouver-Capilano
54. ♀ ⊖ Agnes Kripps  SC  1969 Vancouver South
55. ♀ ⊕ Jenny Wai Ching Kwan  NDP  1996 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
56. ♀ ⊕ Linda M. Larson  LIB  2013 Boundary-Similkameen
57. ♀ ⊕ Ronna-Rae Leonard ✓  NDP  2017 Courtenay-Comox
58. ♀ ⊕ Brenda J. Locke  LIB  2001 Surrey-Green Timbers
59. ♀ ⊕ Margaret Lord  NDP  1991 Comox Valley
60. ♀ ⊕ Grace Lore ✓  NDP  2020 Victoria-Beacon Hill
61. ♀ ⊕ Bowinn Ma ✓  NDP  2017 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
62. ♀ ⊕ Margaret MacDiarmid  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Fairview
63. ♀ ⊖ Grace MacInnis  CFF  1941 Vancouver-Burrard
64. ♀ ⊕ Joy K. MacPhail  NDP  1991 Vancouver-Hastings
65. ♀ ⊕ Sheila Malcolmson ✓  NDP  2019 Nanaimo
66. ♀ ⊕ Melanie Joy Mark  NDP  2016 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
67. ♀ ⊕ Darlene Marzari  NDP  1986 Vancouver-Point Grey
68. ♀ ⊖ Camille M. Mather  CFF  1960 Delta
69. ♀ ⊖ Grace M. McCarthy  SC  1966 Vancouver-Little Mountain
70. ♀ ⊕ Jenn McGinn  NDP  2008 Vancouver-Fairview
71. ♀ ⊕ Catherine McGregor  NDP  1996 Kamloops
72. ♀ ⊕ Joan McIntyre  LIB  2005 West Vancouver-Garibaldi
73. ♀ ⊕ Bonnie McKinnon  LIB  1996 Surrey-Cloverdale
74. ♀ ⊕ Wendy McMahon  LIB  2001 Columbia River-Revelstoke
75. ♀ ⊕ Mary McNeil  LIB  2009 Vancouver-False Creek
76. ♀ ⊕ Renee Merrifield ✓  LIB  2020 Kelowna-Mission
77. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Mungall  NDP  2009 Nelson-Creston
78. ♀ ⊕ Joyce Murray  LIB  2001 New Westminster
79. ♀ ⊕ Gwen O'Mahony  NDP  2012 Chilliwack-Hope
80. ♀ ⊕ Shannon E. O'Neill  NDP  1991 Shuswap
81. ♀ ⊕ Coralee E. Oakes ✓  LIB  2013 Cariboo North
82. ♀ ⊕ Sheila Orr  LIB  2001 Victoria-Hillside
83. ♀ ⊕ Josie Osborne ✓  NDP  2020 Mid Island-Pacific Rim
84. ♀ ⊕ Kelli Paddon ✓  NDP  2020 Chilliwack-Kent
85. ♀ ⊕ Jacquelynne Pement  NDP  1991 Bulkley Valley-Stikine
86. ♀ ⊕ Joan Phillip ✓  NDP  2023 Vancouver-Mount Pleasant
87. ♀ ⊕ Mary Ruth Polak  LIB  2005 Langley
88. ♀ ⊕ Lana Popham ✓  NDP  2009 Saanich South
89. ♀ ⊕ Penny Priddy  NDP  1991 Surrey-Newton
90. ♀ ⊕ Janis M. Pullinger  NDP  1989 Nanaimo
91. ♀ ⊕ Tracy Redies  LIB  2017 Surrey-White Rock
92. ♀ ⊕ Judith Reid  LIB  1998 Parksville-Qualicum
93. ♀ ⊕ Linda Reid  LIB  1991 Richmond East
94. ♀ ⊕ Linda Reimer  LIB  2013 Port Moody-Coquitlam
95. ♀ ⊕ Jennifer Rice ✓  NDP  2013 North Coast
96. ♀ ⊕ Selina Robinson ✓  NDP  2013 Coquitlam-Maillardville
97. ♀ ⊕ Val Roddick  LIB  1999 Delta South
98. ♀ ⊖ Tilly J. Rolston  CONS  1941 Vancouver-Point Grey
99. ♀ ⊕ Janet Routledge ✓  NDP  2017 Burnaby North
100. ♀ ⊖ Patty Sahota  LIB  2001 Burnaby-Edmonds
101. ♀ ⊕ April Sanders  LIB  1996 Okanagan-Vernon
102. ♀ ⊕ Harwinder K. Sandhu ✓  NDP  2020 Vernon-Monashee
103. ♀ ⊖ Karen E. Sanford  NDP  1972 Comox
104. ♀ ⊕ Joan M. Sawicki  NDP  1991 Burnaby-Willingdon
105. ♀ ⊕ Niki Sharma ✓  NDP  2020 Vancouver-Hastings
106. ♀ ⊕ Jane J.K. Shin  NDP  2013 Burnaby-Lougheed
107. ♀ ⊕ Jinny J. Sims ✓  NDP  2017 Surrey-Panorama
108. ♀ ⊕ Rachna Singh ✓  NDP  2017 Surrey-Green Timbers
109. ♀ ⊕ Joan K. Smallwood  NDP  1986 Surrey-Guildford-Whalley
110. ♀ ⊖ Helen D. Smith  LIB  1933 Vancouver-Burrard
111. ♀ ⊖ Mary Ellen S. Smith  IND  1918 Vancouver City
112. ♀ ⊖ Dorothy G. Steeves  CFF  1934 North Vancouver
113. ♀ ⊕ M. Lynn Stephens  LIB  1991 Langley
114. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Stilwell  LIB  2013 Parksville-Qualicum
115. ♀ ⊕ Moira Stilwell  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Langara
116. ♀ ⊕ Elenore Sturko ✓  LIB  2022 Surrey South
117. ♀ ⊕ Carole Taylor  LIB  2005 Vancouver-Langara
118. ♀ ⊕ Jackie L. Tegart ✓  LIB  2013 Fraser-Nicola
119. ♀ ⊕ Diane Thorne  NDP  2005 Coquitlam-Maillardville
120. ♀ ⊕ Jane A. Thornthwaite  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Seymour
121. ♀ ⊕ Claire F. Trevena  NDP  2005 North Island
122. ♀ ⊖ Gillian R. Trumper  LIB  2001 Alberni-Qualicum
123. ♀ ⊕ Judi K.M. Tyabji  LIB  1991 Okanagan East
124. ♀ ⊖ Barbara B. Wallace  NDP  1975 Cowichan-Malahat
125. ♀ ⊕ Erda Sieglinde Walsh  NDP  1996 Kootenay
126. ♀ ⊕ Teresa Wat ✓  LIB  2013 Richmond Centre
127. ♀ ⊖ Daisy Webster  NDP  1972 Vancouver South
128. ♀ ⊕ Jennifer Whiteside ✓  NDP  2020 New Westminster
129. ♀ ⊕ Katherine A. Whittred  LIB  1996 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
130. ♀ ⊕ Jodie Wickens  NDP  2016 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
131. ♀ ⊕ Naomi Yamamoto  LIB  2009 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
132. ♀ ⊖ Phyllis F. Young  NDP  1972 Vancouver-Little Mountain


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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 19 Apr 2024 00:17 (but data presented dynamically)

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