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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)

Edith Blanche Rogers (1894–1985)
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1935 — 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 (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

Juri.		Total			Men (M)			Women (F)			Non binary (X)
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.		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	355 143	972 327	1,327 470	309 105	840 222	1,149 327	46 38	132 105	178 143	0 0	0 0	0 0
11	MB	222 60	889 233	1,111 293	207 47	812 169	1,019 216	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	260 49	828 235	1,088 284	249 40	766 181	1,015 221	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	1,588 411	1,971 510	3,559 921	1,463 306	1,804 366	3,267 672	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	1,842 614	3,128 990	1,164 272	1,648 441	2,812 713	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
Total		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	Saskatchewan
Level	Provincial
Gender	♀ Women
Alive	⊕ Yes –or– ⊖ No
Results	62

Elected members
Legend }			⊕ Alive: 51 ⊖ Deceased: 11	✓ In office: 17 ‡ Died in office: 1 PAR Party and year at first election
Who				First election
1.	♀	⊕	Patricia Atkinson	NDP	1986	Saskatoon Nutana
2.	♀	⊕	Evelyn L. Bacon	PC	1982	Saskatoon Nutana
3.	♀	⊕	Brenda Bakken-Lackey	SKP	1999	Weyburn-Big Muddy
4.	♀	⊖	Mary John Batten	LIB	1956	Humboldt
5.	♀	⊕	Joan Beatty	NDP	2003	Cumberland
6.	♀	⊕	Tina Beaudry-Mellor	SKP	2016	Regina University
7.	♀	⊕	Carla Beck ✓	NDP	2016	Regina Lakeview
8.	♀	⊕	Anita Bergman	LIB	1994	Regina North West
9.	♀	⊕	Jennifer Bowes ✓	NDP	2020	Saskatoon University
10.	♀	⊕	Judy Bradley	NDP	1991	Bengough-Milestone
11.	♀	⊕	Jennifer Campeau	SKP	2011	Saskatoon Fairview
12.	♀	⊕	Lori Carr ✓	SKP	2016	Estevan
13.	♀	⊕	Carol Carson	NDP	1991	Melfort
14.	♀	⊕	Gay White Caswell	PC	1982	Saskatoon Westmount
15.	♀	⊕	Danielle Chartier	NDP	2009	Saskatoon Riversdale
16.	♀	⊕	Linda B. Clifford	LIB	1975	Wilkie
17.	♀	⊕	Meara Conway ✓	NDP	2020	Regina Elphinstone-Centre
18.	♀	⊖	Marjorie Alexandra Cooper	CCF	1952	Regina City
19.	♀	⊕	Joanne Sharon Crofford	NDP	1991	Regina Lake Centre
20.	♀	⊕	June Draude	LIB	1995	Kelvington-Wadena
21.	♀	⊖	Joan Heather Duncan	PC	1978	Maple Creek
22.	♀	⊕	Doreen Eagles	SKP	1999	Estevan
23.	♀	⊖	Evelyn Grace Edwards ‡	LIB	1975	Saskatoon Sutherland
24.	♀	⊕	Bronwyn O. Eyre ✓	SKP	2016	Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota
25.	♀	⊖	Doreen Ellen Hamilton	NDP	1991	Regina Wascana Plains
26.	♀	⊕	Donna Harpauer ✓	SKP	1999	Watrous
27.	♀	⊕	Lynda Maureen Haverstock	LIB	1991	Saskatoon Greystone
28.	♀	⊕	Nancy Heppner	SKP	2007	Martensville
29.	♀	⊕	Debra Elaine Higgins	NDP	1999	Moose Jaw Wakamow
30.	♀	⊕	Carolyn R. Jones	NDP	1999	Saskatoon Meewasin
31.	♀	⊕	Arlene G. Jul�	LIB	1995	Humboldt
32.	♀	⊕	Judy Junor	NDP	1998	Saskatoon Eastview
33.	♀	⊕	Victoria Jurgens	SKP	2011	Prince Albert Northcote
34.	♀	⊕	Lisa Lambert ✓	SKP	2016	Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood
35.	♀	⊕	Pat Lorje	NDP	1991	Saskatoon Wildwood
36.	♀	⊕	Janice MacKinnon	NDP	1991	Saskatoon Westmount
37.	♀	⊖	Sally Merchant	LIB	1964	Saskatoon City
38.	♀	⊕	Sandra Morin	NDP	2003	Regina Walsh Acres
39.	♀	⊕	Vicki Mowat ✓	NDP	2017	Saskatoon Fairview
40.	♀	⊕	Suzanne M.A. Murray	NDP	1991	Qu'Appelle-Lumsden
41.	♀	⊕	Sharon Murrell	NDP	1995	Battleford-Cut Knife
42.	♀	⊕	Betty Nippi-Albright ✓	NDP	2020	Saskatoon Centre
43.	♀	⊖	Sarah Katherine Ramsland	LIB	1919	Pelly
44.	♀	⊕	Nicole Rancourt	NDP	2016	Prince Albert Northcote
45.	♀	⊕	Erika Ritchie ✓	NDP	2020	Saskatoon Nutana
46.	♀	⊕	Alana Ross ✓	SKP	2020	Prince Albert Northcote
47.	♀	⊕	Laura Ross ✓	SKP	2007	Regina Qu'Appelle Valley
48.	♀	⊕	Nicole Sarauer ✓	NDP	2016	Regina Douglas Park
49.	♀	⊕	Joceline Schriemer	SKP	2007	Saskatoon Sutherland
50.	♀	⊕	Louise Simard	NDP	1986	Regina Lakeview
51.	♀	⊕	Anne D. Smart	NDP	1986	Saskatoon Centre
52.	♀	⊕	Patricia A. Smith	PC	1982	Swift Current
53.	♀	⊕	Cathy Sproule	NDP	2011	Saskatoon Nutana
54.	♀	⊖	Violet Stanger	NDP	1991	Cut Knife-Lloydminster
55.	♀	⊖	Gladys Strum	CCF	1960	Saskatoon City
56.	♀	⊖	Carol Teichrob	NDP	1991	Saskatoon River Heights
57.	♀	⊕	Christine Tell ✓	SKP	2007	Regina Wascana Plains
58.	♀	⊖	Beatrice J. Trew	CCF	1944	Maple Creek
59.	♀	⊕	Nadine Wilson ✓	SKP	2007	Saskatchewan Rivers
60.	♀	⊕	Aleana Young ✓	NDP	2020	Regina University
61.	♀	⊕	Colleen Young ✓	SKP	2014	Lloydminster
62.	♀	⊕	Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk	PC	1982	Saskatoon Riversdale

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca  (Maurice Y. Michaud)

Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02

Rev.: 20 Apr 2024 11:43 (but data presented dynamically)

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