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/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.

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 Alberta
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 227
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 85
Deceased: 142
In office: 28
Died in office: 12
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Ziad Aboultaif  CPC  2015 Edmonton Manning
2. Herbert B. Adshead  LAB  1926 Calgary East
3. Robert J. Anders  REF  1997 Calgary West
4. Harvie Andre  PC  1972 Calgary Centre
5. Patrick H. Ashby  SC  1945 Edmonton East
6. Gerald W. (Ged) Baldwin  PC  1958 Peace River
7. H. Raymond Ballard  PC  1965 Calgary South
8. John Barlow  CPC  2014 Macleod
9. Peter C. Bawden  PC  1972 Calgary South
10. Richard B. Bennett  CONS  1911 Calgary
11. Leon E. Benoit  REF  1993 Vegreville
12. Bob Benzen  CPC  2017 Calgary Heritage
13. Hilliard H.W. Beyerstein  SC  1949 Camrose
14. Frederick J. (Jack) Bigg  PC  1958 Athabaska
15. John H. Blackmore  SC  1935 Lethbridge
16. William J. Blair  UNIO  1917 Battle River
17. Kenneth A. Blatchford  LIB  1926 Edmonton East
18. Randy P.A. Boissonnault  LIB  2015 Edmonton Centre
19. Arthur M. Boutillier  PROG  1925 Vegreville
20. Clifford N. Breitkreuz  REF  1993 Yellowhead
21. Edwin W. Brunsden  PC  1958 Medicine Hat
22. William A. Buchanan  LIB  1911 Medicine Hat
23. John F. Buckley  LIB  1930 Athabaska
24. Ambrose U.G. Bury  LC  1925 Edmonton East
25. Blaine F. Calkins  CPC  2006 Wetaskiwin
26. Frederick C. Casselman  LIB  1940 Edmonton East
27. Richard L. Casson  REF  1997 Lethbridge
28. Douglas M. Caston  PC  1967 Jasper—Edson
29. H. George Chahal  LIB  2021 Calgary Skyview
30. David C. Chatters  REF  1993 Athabasca
31. C. Joseph (Joe) Clark  PC  1972 Rocky Mountain
32. Michael Clark  LIB  1908 Red Deer
33. Albert G. Cooper  PC  1980 Peace River
34. Michael J. Cooper  CPC  2015 St. Albert—Edmonton
35. George G. Coote  PROG  1921 Macleod
36. Charles W. Cross  LIB  1925 Athabaska
37. James Cumming  CPC  2019 Edmonton Centre
38. Douglas G.L. Cunnington  NCP  1939 Calgary West
39. John R. Dahmer  PC  1988 Beaver River
40. Percy G. Davies  LC  1932 Athabaska
41. A.T. Fred Davis  LC  1925 Calgary East
42. Joseph Miville Déchêne  LIB  1940 Athabaska
43. John Decore  LIB  1949 Vegreville
44. Blake B. Desjarlais  NDP  2021 Edmonton Griesbach
45. Kerry T. Diotte  CPC  2015 Edmonton Griesbach
46. Murray W. Dorin  PC  1984 Edmonton West
47. James M. Douglas  LIB  1909 Strathcona
48. Clifford W. Downey  PC  1968 Battle River
49. Earl Dreeshen  CPC  2008 Red Deer
50. James S. Edwards  PC  1984 Edmonton South
51. Manley J. Edwards  LIB  1940 Calgary West
52. W. James (Jim) Eglinski  CPC  2014 Yellowhead
53. Peter Elzinga  PC  1974 Pembina
54. M. Kenneth Epp  REF  1993 Elk Island
55. Robert Fair  SC  1935 Battle River
56. Frank J.W. Fane  PC  1958 Vegreville
57. Douglas Fee  PC  1988 Red Deer
58. Paul Gagnon  PC  1984 Calgary North
59. Robert Gardiner  PROG  1921 Medicine Hat
60. Edward J. Garland  PROG  1921 Bow River
61. Garnett Genuis  CPC  2015 Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
62. Frederick W. Gershaw  LIB  1925 Medicine Hat
63. Peter Goldring  REF  1997 Edmonton East
64. William A. Griesbach  UNIO  1917 Edmonton West
65. Deane R. Gundlock  PC  1958 Lethbridge
66. William S. Hall  SC  1935 Edmonton East
67. Howard H. Halladay  UNIO  1917 Bow River
68. Jasraj S. Hallan  CPC  2019 Calgary Forest Lawn
69. Arthur Hanger  REF  1993 Calgary Northeast
70. Richmond F.L. Hanna  LIB  1953 Edmonton—Strathcona
71. Hugh F. Hanrahan  REF  1993 Edmonton—Strathcona
72. Ernest G. Hansell  SC  1935 Macleod
73. Herbert T. Hargrave  PC  1972 Medicine Hat
74. Douglas S. Harkness  PC  1945 Calgary East
75. Stephen J. Harper  REF  1993 Calgary West
76. Hu Harries  LIB  1968 Edmonton—Strathcona
77. Ross Harvey  NDP  1988 Edmonton East
78. F. James (Jim) Hawkes  PC  1979 Calgary West
79. Laurie D. Hawn  CPC  2006 Edmonton Centre
80. William Hayhurst  SC  1935 Vegreville
81. Harry W. Hays  LIB  1963 Calgary South
82. Kent Hehr  LIB  2015 Calgary Centre
83. Grant Hill  REF  1993 Macleod
84. James N. Hillyer  CPC  2011 Lethbridge
85. Anthony Hlynka  ND  1940 Vegreville
86. Daniel F. Hollands  PC  1972 Pembina
87. Ambrose A. Holowach  SC  1953 Edmonton East
88. Hugh M. Horner  PC  1958 Jasper—Edson
89. John (Jack) H. Horner  PC  1958 Acadia
90. Kenneth G. Hughes  PC  1988 Macleod
91. Kenneth E. Hurlburt  PC  1972 Lethbridge
92. William Irvine  LAB  1921 East Calgary
93. Rahim N. Jaffer  REF  1997 Edmonton—Strathcona
94. Norman Jaques  SC  1935 Wetaskiwin
95. Brian M. Jean  CPC  2004 Athabasca
96. Lincoln H. Jelliff  PROG  1921 Lethbridge
97. Matthew J.A. Jeneroux  CPC  2015 Edmonton Riverbend
98. Alan A. Johnson  PC  1988 Calgary North
99. Charles E. Johnston  SC  1935 Bow River
100. F. Dale Johnston  REF  1993 Wetaskiwin
101. Darshan S. Kang  LIB  2015 Calgary Skyview
102. Donald F. Kellner  PROG  1921 Edmonton East
103. Pat Kelly  CPC  2015 Calgary Rocky Ridge
104. Donald M. Kennedy  PROG  1921 Edmonton West
105. Orvis A. Kennedy  SC  1938 Edmonton East
106. Jason T. Kenney  REF  1997 Calgary Southeast
107. David W. Kilgour  PC  1979 Edmonton—Strathcona
108. Lawrence E. Kindt  PC  1958 Macleod
109. Alex Kindy  PC  1984 Calgary East
110. Tomasz (Tom) Kmiec  CPC  2015 Calgary Shepard
111. Walter F. Kuhl  SC  1935 Jasper—Edson
112. Harry M. Kuntz  PC  1972 Battle River
113. Damien C. Kurek  CPC  2019 Battle River—Crowfoot
114. John Kushner  PC  1979 Calgary East
115. Michael S. Lake  CPC  2006 Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
116. Marcel J.A. Lambert  PC  1957 Edmonton West
117. John C. Landeryou  SC  1935 Calgary East
118. William G. Lesick  PC  1984 Edmonton East
119. Ronald Liepert  CPC  2015 Calgary Signal Hill
120. J. Wilton Littlechild  PC  1988 Wetaskiwin
121. Dane Lloyd  CPC  2017 Sturgeon River—Parkland
122. Solon E. Low  SC  1945 Peace River
123. Eric C. Lowther  REF  1997 Calgary Centre
124. William T. Lucas  PROG  1921 Victoria
125. Michael Luchkovich  PROG  1926 Vegreville
126. Albert F. Macdonald  LIB  1949 Edmonton East
127. Henry A. Mackie  UNIO  1917 Edmonton East
128. James A. MacKinnon  LIB  1935 Edmonton West
129. Charles A. Magrath  CONS  1908 Medicine Hat
130. Patrick M. Mahoney  LIB  1968 Calgary South
131. Shuvaloy Majumdar  CPC  2023 Calgary Heritage
132. Arnold J. Malone  PC  1974 Battle River
133. E. Preston Manning  REF  1993 Calgary Southwest
134. James A. Marshall  SC  1935 Camrose
135. Donald F. Mazankowski  PC  1968 Vegreville
136. Kelly J. McCauley  CPC  2015 Edmonton West
137. Ian G. McClelland  REF  1993 Edmonton Southwest
138. Wilbert McIntyre  LIB  1906 Strathcona
139. Greg McLean  CPC  2019 Calgary Centre
140. Ted Menzies  CPC  2004 Macleod
141. Robert Merrifield  CA  2000 Yellowhead
142. Robert Mills  REF  1993 Red Deer
143. Archibald H. Mitchell  SC  1935 Medicine Hat
144. Harry A. Moore  PC  1962 Wetaskiwin
145. Glen Motz  CPC  2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
146. Carl O. Nickle  PC  1951 Calgary West
147. Terence J. Nugent  PC  1958 Edmonton—Strathcona
148. Brian A. O'Kurley  PC  1988 Elk Island
149. Deepak Obhrai  REF  1997 Calgary East
150. H.A. Bud Olson  SC  1957 Medicine Hat
151. Steve E. Paproski  PC  1968 Edmonton Centre
152. LaVar Payne  CPC  2008 Medicine Hat
153. René-Antoine Pelletier  SC  1935 Peace River
154. Charles F. Penson  REF  1993 Peace River
155. Eric J. Poole  SC  1935 Red Deer
156. Robert H. Porter  PC  1984 Medicine Hat
157. P.E. James (Jim) Prentice  CPC  2004 Calgary North Centre
158. George Prudham  LIB  1949 Edmonton West
159. Victor Quelch  SC  1935 Acadia
160. James Rajotte  CA  2000 Edmonton Southwest
161. F.J. Jack Ramsay  REF  1993 Crowfoot
162. Brent M. Rathgeber  CPC  2008 Edmonton—St. Albert
163. Daniel L. Redman  UNIO  1917 East Calgary
164. Blake Richards  CPC  2008 Wild Rose
165. Lee Richardson  PC  1988 Calgary Southeast
166. Douglas J. Roche  PC  1972 Edmonton—Strathcona
167. Harris G. Rogers  PC  1958 Red Deer
168. George H. Ross  LIB  1940 Calgary East
169. Percy J. Rowe  SC  1935 Athabaska
170. S. Kenneth Schellenberger  PC  1972 Wetaskiwin
171. Stanley S. Schumacher  PC  1968 Palliser
172. Frederick D. Shaw  ND  1940 Red Deer
173. Hugh M. Shaw  UNIO  1917 Macleod
174. Joseph T. Shaw  LAB  1921 Calgary West
175. John W. Shields  PC  1980 Athabasca
176. Martin Shields  CPC  2015 Bow River
177. Devinder Shory  CPC  2008 Calgary Northeast
178. Arthur L.W. Sifton  UNIO  1917 Medicine Hat
179. Jim Silye  REF  1993 Calgary Centre
180. John H. Sissons  LIB  1940 Peace River
181. William Skoreyko  PC  1958 Edmonton East
182. Clifford S. Smallwood  PC  1958 Battle River—Camrose
183. Arthur L. Smith  PC  1945 Calgary West
184. Arthur R. Smith  PC  1957 Calgary South
185. James A. Smith  SC  1955 Battle River—Camrose
186. Amarjeet Sohi  LIB  2015 Edmonton Mill Woods
187. Monte K. Solberg  REF  1993 Medicine Hat
188. Kevin A. Sorenson  CA  2000 Crowfoot
189. Gerald Soroka  CPC  2019 Yellowhead
190. Raymond A. Speaker  REF  1993 Lethbridge
191. Alfred Speakman  PROG  1921 Red Deer
192. James S. Speakman  PC  1958 Wetaskiwin
193. Henry E. Spencer  PROG  1921 Battle River
194. George D. Stanley  LC  1930 Calgary East
195. Peter Stefura  SC  1957 Vegreville
196. Charles A. Stewart  LIB  1925 Edmonton West
197. John S. Stewart  LC  1930 Lethbridge
198. Brian S. Storseth  CPC  2006 Westlock-St. Paul
199. Allen B. Sulatycky  LIB  1968 Rocky Mountain
200. Gordon E. Taylor  PC  1979 Bow River
201. Blaine A. Thacker  PC  1979 Lethbridge—Foothills
202. Ray Thomas  SC  1949 Wetaskiwin
203. Myron D. Thompson  REF  1993 Wild Rose
204. Robert N. Thompson  SC  1962 Red Deer
205. Sydney H.S. Thompson  SC  1957 Edmonton—Strathcona
206. John W. Thomson  PC  1979 Calgary South
207. Scott J. Thorkelson  PC  1988 Edmonton—Strathcona
208. Stanley G. Tobin  LIB  1925 Wetaskiwin
209. T. Gordon Towers  PC  1972 Red Deer
210. Thomas M.M. Tweedie  UNIO  1917 Calgary West
211. Tim Uppal  CPC  2008 Edmonton—Sherwood Park
212. Walter Van de Walle  PC  1986 Pembina
213. Arnold Viersen  CPC  2015 Peace River—Westlock
214. Chris Warkentin  CPC  2006 Peace River
215. Daniel W. Warner  PROG  1921 Strathcona
216. David Warnock  LIB  1911 Macleod
217. Leonard W. Webber  CPC  2015 Calgary Confederation
218. John W. Welbourn  LIB  1949 Jasper—Edson
219. William H. White  LIB  1908 Victoria
220. John G. Williams  REF  1993 St. Albert
221. Eldon M. Woolliams  PC  1958 Bow River
222. Frederick W. (Bill) Wright  PC  1980 Calgary North
223. William D. Wylie  SC  1945 Medicine Hat
224. Paul Yewchuk  PC  1968 Athabasca
225. Charles Yuill  SC  1953 Jasper—Edson
226. David Yurdiga  CPC  2014 Fort McMurray—Athabasca
227. William J. (Vasile) Yurko  PC  1979 Edmonton East



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