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 Nova Scotia
Level Provincial
Gender Women
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 61
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 53
Deceased: 8
In office: 19
Died in office: 2
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Barbara A. Adams  PC  2017 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
2. Patricia A. Arab  LIB  2013 Fairview-Clayton Park
3. Yvonne Atwell  NDP  1998 Preston
4. Muriel U. (Fluff) Baillie  PC  1999 Pictou West
5. Jill S. Balser  PC  2021 Digby-Annapolis
6. Danielle Barkhouse  PC  2021 Chester-St. Margaret's
7. Joanne L. Bernard  LIB  2013 Dartmouth North
8. Pamela D. Birdsall  NDP  2009 Lunenburg
9. Carolyn A. Bolivar-Getson  PC  2003 Lunenburg West
10. Karen L. Casey  PC  2006 Colchester North
11. Claudia Chender  NDP  2017 Dartmouth South
12. Maxine E. Cochran  PC  1984 Lunenburg Centre
13. Victoria P. Conrad  NDP  2006 Queens
14. Kendra C. Coombes  NDP  2020 Cape Breton Centre
15. Susan M. Corkum-Greek  PC  2021 Lunenburg
16. Francene J. Cosman  LIB  1993 Bedford-Fall River
17. Marie P. Dechman  PC  1988 Lunenburg West
18. Lena M. Diab  LIB  2013 Halifax Armdale
19. Rafah DiCostanzo  LIB  2017 Clayton Park West
20. Rebecca (Becky) Druhan  PC  2021 Lunenburg West
21. Cora H. Etter  PC  1984 Hants East
22. Pam Eyking  LIB  2013 Victoria-The Lakes
23. Rosemary Godin  NDP  1998 Sackville-Beaver Bank
24. Twila Grosse  PC  2023 Preston
25. Sue Ellen (Suzy) Hansen  NDP  2021 Halifax Needham
26. Ramona C. Jennex  NDP  2009 Kings South
27. Sandra L. Jolly  LIB  1988 Dartmouth North
28. Rebecca (Becky) J. Kent  NDP  2007 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
29. Susan Leblanc  NDP  2017 Dartmouth North
30. Suzanne L. Lohnes-Croft  LIB  2013 Lunenburg
31. Helen MacDonald  NDP  1997 Cape Breton The Lakes
32. M. Maureen MacDonald  NDP  1998 Halifax Needham
33. Karla M. MacFarlane  PC  2013 Pictou West
34. Melinda J. MacLean  LIB  1974 Colchester
35. Marian B. Mancini  NDP  2015 Dartmouth South
36. Tammy Martin  NDP  2017 Cape Breton Centre
37. Kimberly D. Masland  PC  2017 Queens-Shelburne
38. Joan Massey  NDP  2003 Dartmouth East
39. Alexa A. McDonough  NDP  1981 Halifax Chebucto
40. Mary Ann McGrath  PC  1999 Halifax Bedford Basin
41. Margaret Miller  LIB  2013 Hants East
42. Marilyn A. More  NDP  2003 Dartmouth South-Portland Valley
43. Lorelei Nicoll  LIB  2021 Cole Harbour-Darmouth
44. Eleanor E.T. Norrie  LIB  1993 Truro-Bible Hill
45. A. Eileen O'Connell  NDP  1996 Halifax Fairview
46. Lila J. O'Connor  LIB  1993 Lunenburg
47. Alana Paon  PC  2017 Cape Breton-Richmond
48. Denise J. Peterson-Rafuse  NDP  2009 Chester-St. Margaret's
49. Gladys M. Porter  PC  1960 Kings North
50. Jane S. Purves  PC  1999 Halifax Citadel
51. Michèle H. Raymond  NDP  2003 Halifax Atlantic
52. Kelly M. Regan  LIB  2009 Bedford-Birch Cove
53. Lisa Roberts  NDP  2016 Halifax Needham
54. Melissa Sheehy-Richard  PC  2021 Hants West
55. Angela E. Simmonds  LIB  2021 Preston
56. Elizabeth A. Smith-McCrossin  PC  2017 Cumberland North
57. Judy Streatch  PC  2005 Chester-St. Margaret's
58. M. Michelle Thompson  PC  2021 Antigonish
59. C. Joyce Treen  LIB  2013 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
60. Diana C. Whalen  LIB  2003 Halifax Clayton Park
61. Lenore E. Zann  NDP  2009 Truro-Bible Hill



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 22:14 (but data presented dynamically)