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)
© Photo — Public domain

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:

• 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.
   
• F. 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 (Territorial) 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.

Parliamentarian list

Here is the list of the elected people meeting the following search criteria.

Jurisdiction	Nunavut
Level	Territorial
Gender	♀ Women
Alive	⊕ Yes –or– ⊖ No
Results	18

Elected members
Legend }				⊕ Alive: 17 ⊖ Deceased: 1	✓ In office: 6 ‡ Died in office: 0  PAR  Party and year at first election
Who					First election
1.	♀	⊕		Eva Q. Aariak	IND	2008	Iqaluit East
2.	♀	⊕		Mila Adjukak Kamingoak	IND	2017	Kugluktuk
3.	♀	⊕		Leona Aglukkaq	IND	2004	Nattilik
4.	♀	⊕		Patricia J. Angnakak	IND	2013	Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu
5.	♀	⊕		Janet P. Brewster ✓	IND	2021	Iqaluit-Sinaa
6.	♀	⊕		Levinia Nuqaalaq Brown	IND	2004	Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove
7.	♀	⊕		Jeannie H. Ehaloak	IND	2017	Cambridge Bay
8.	♀	⊕		Monica I. Ell-Kanayuk	IND	2011	Iqaluit West
9.	♀	⊕		Pamela Hakongak Gross ✓	IND	2021	Cambridge Bay
10.	♀	⊕		Mary Killiktee ✓	IND	2021	Uqqummiut
11.	♀	⊕		Margaret Nakashuk ✓	IND	2017	Pangnirtung
12.	♀	⊕		Karen Nutarak ✓	IND	2021	Tununiq
13.	♀	⊕		Joanna Quassa ✓	IND	2021	Aggu
14.	♀	⊕		Elisapee Sheutiapik	IND	2017	Iqaluit-Sinaa
15.	♀	⊕		Manitok Catherine Thompson	IND	1999	Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove
16.	♀	⊕		Cathy Q. Towtongie	IND	2017	Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet
17.	♀	⊕		Jeannie K. Ugyuk	IND	2010	Nattilik
18.	♀	⊖		Rebekah Williams	IND	2000	Quttiktuq