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 1,590
411
1,970
509
3,560
920
1,465
306
1,803
365
3,268
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 Newfoundland and Labrador
Level Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 39
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 34
Deceased: 5
In office: 9
Died in office: 1
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Joan M. Aylward  LIB  1996 St. John's Centre
2. Cathy Bennett  LIB  2014 Virginia Waters
3. Julie Bettney  LIB  1996 Mount Pearl
4. Joan Burke Shea  PC  2003 St. George's—Stephenville East
5. Siobhán Coady  LIB  2015 St. John's West
6. Alison Coffin  NDP  2019 St. John's East—Quidi Vidi
7. Helen Conway-Ottenheimer  PC  2019 Harbour Main
8. Patricia A. Cowan  LIB  1989 Conception Bay South
9. Lisa V. Dempster  LIB  2013 Cartwright—L'Anse Au Clair
10. Suzanne (Shannie) M. Duff  PC  1989 St. John's East
11. Kathy M.M. Dunderdale  PC  2003 Virginia Waters
12. Lela M.A. Evans  PC  2019 Torngat Mountains
13. Judy M. Foote  LIB  1996 Grand Bank
14. Sherry Gambin-Walsh  LIB  2015 Placentia—St. Mary's
15. Kathy Goudie  PC  2003 Humber Valley
16. Carol Anne Haley  LIB  2015 Burin—Grand Bank
17. Mary J. Hodder  LIB  1996 Burin—Placentia West
18. Krista L. Howell  LIB  2021 St. Barbe—L'Anse aux Meadows
19. Charlene Johnson  PC  2003 Trinity—Bay de Verde
20. Yvonne J. Jones  IND  1996 Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair
21. Sandra C. Kelly  LIB  1996 Gander
22. Elizabeth (Beth) Marshall  PC  2003 Topsail
23. Hazel A. McIsaac  LIB  1975 St. George's
24. Lorraine Michael  NDP  2006 Signal Hill—Quidi Vidi
25. Hazel R. Newhook  PC  1979 Gander
26. Sheila Osborne  PC  1997 St. John's West
27. Betty Parsley  LIB  2015 Harbour Main
28. Pamela Parsons  LIB  2015 Harbour Grace—Port de Grave
29. Tracey Perry  PC  2007 Fortune Bay—Cape La Hune
30. Patty Pottle  PC  2007 Torngat Mountains
31. Ida M. Reid  PC  1982 Twillingate
32. Gerry Rogers  NDP  2011 St. John's Centre
33. Sarah Stoodley  LIB  2019 Mount Scio
34. Lucy S. Stoyles  LIB  2021 Mount Pearl North
35. Susan Sullivan  PC  2007 Grand Falls-Windsor/Buchans
36. Anna Thistle  LIB  1996 Grand Falls—Buchans
37. V. Lynn Verge  PC  1979 Humber East
38. Dianne C. Whalen  PC  2003 Conception Bay East & Bell Island
39. Caroline K. (Kay) Young  LIB  1993 Terra Nova



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