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 14,277 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:
These people are still part of this count.
The following interactive table shows how many people have been elected to each legislature.
Here is the list of the elected people meeting the following search criteria.
Jurisdiction | Northwest Territories | |
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Level | Territorial | |
Gender | ♀ Women | |
Alive | ⊕ Yes –or– ⊖ No | |
Results | 24 |
Elected members | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Legend } | ⊕ Alive: 23 ⊖ Deceased: 1 |
✓ In office: 8 ‡ Died in office: 0 PAR Party and year at first election |
Who | First election | |||
1. | ♀ | ⊕ | Diane Archie Thom) | IND | 2019 | Inuvik Boot Lake | |
2. | ♀ | ⊕ | Wendy Bisaro | IND | 2007 | Frame Lake | |
3. | ♀ | ⊕ | Paulie Chinna | IND | 2019 | Sahtu | |
4. | ♀ | ⊕ | Caitlin Cleveland ✓ | IND | 2019 | Kam Lake | |
5. | ♀ | ⊕ | Caroline Cochrane | IND | 2015 | Range Lake | |
6. | ♀ | ⊕ | Nellie J. Cournoyea | IND | 1979 | Western Arctic | |
7. | ♀ | ⊕ | Julie Green | IND | 2015 | Yellowknife Centre | |
8. | ♀ | ⊕ | Jane M.O. Groenewegen | IND | 1995 | Hay River | |
9. | ♀ | ⊕ | Lucy Kuptana ✓ | IND | 2023 | Nunakput | |
10. | ♀ | ⊖ | Eliza Lawrence | IND | 1983 | Tu Nedhé | |
11. | ♀ | ⊕ | Sandy Lee | IND | 1999 | Range Lake | |
12. | ♀ | ⊕ | Jeannie Marie-Jewell | IND | 1987 | Slave River | |
13. | ♀ | ⊕ | Frieda Martselos | IND | 2019 | Thebacha | |
14. | ♀ | ⊕ | Rebecca Mike | IND | 1991 | Baffin Central | |
15. | ♀ | ⊕ | Shauna Morgan ✓ | IND | 2023 | Yellowknife North | |
16. | ♀ | ⊕ | Katrina Nokleby | IND | 2019 | Great Slave | |
17. | ♀ | ⊕ | Lena Elizabeth Magdalena) Pedersen | IND | 1970 | Central Arctic | |
18. | ♀ | ⊕ | Katherine Kate) Reid ✓ | IND | 2023 | Great Slave | |
19. | ♀ | ⊕ | Lesa Semmler ✓ | IND | 2019 | Inuvik Twin Lakes | |
20. | ♀ | ⊕ | Lynda Sorenson | IND | 1979 | Yellowknife South | |
21. | ♀ | ⊕ | Manitok Catherine Thompson | IND | 1995 | Aivilik | |
22. | ♀ | ⊕ | Caroline Wawzonek ✓ | IND | 2019 | Yellowknife South | |
23. | ♀ | ⊕ | Jane Weyallon Armstrong ✓ | IND | 2021 | Monfwi | |
24. | ♀ | ⊕ | Sheryl Yakeleya ✓ | IND | 2023 | Dehcho |