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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)
© Photo 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 14,277 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.

  • 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 246
101		 984
409		 1,230
510		 228
85		 856
308		 1,084
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 261
49		 828
235		 1,089
284		 250
40		 766
181		 1,016
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 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		 1,972
511		 3,561
922		 1,464
306		 1,805
367		 3,269
673		 125
105		 166
143		 291
248		 0
0		 1
1		 1
1
4 PE 75
13		 510
119		 585
132		 72
11		 474
89		 546
100		 3
2		 36
30		 39
32		 0
0		 0
0		 0
0
5 QC 1,285
376		 1,842
614		 3,127
990		 1,163
272		 1,648
441		 2,811
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		 10,531
3,414		 15,112
4,717		 4,204
988		 9,515
2,555		 13,719
3,543		 377
315		 1,011
854		 1,388
1,169		 0
0		 5
5		 5
5
Diff. -835
-167		 14,277
4,550
31.9%		 Diff. -799
-136		 12,920
3,407
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 Alberta
Level Federal
Gender ♂ Men
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 85
Elected members
Legend } ✓ In office: 28
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♂ ⊕ Ziad Aboultaif ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton Manning
2. ♂ ⊕ Robert J. Anders  REF  1997 Calgary West
3. ♂ ⊕ John Barlow ✓  CPC  2014 Macleod
4. ♂ ⊕ Leon E. Benoit  REF  1993 Vegreville
5. ♂ ⊕ Bob Benzen  CPC  2017 Calgary Heritage
6. ♂ ⊕ Randy P.A. Boissonnault ✓  LIB  2015 Edmonton Centre
7. ♂ ⊕ Clifford N. Breitkreuz  REF  1993 Yellowhead
8. ♂ ⊕ Blaine Calkins ✓  CPC  2006 Wetaskiwin
9. ♂ ⊕ Rick Casson  REF  1997 Lethbridge
10. ♂ ⊕ Harnirjodh George Chahal ✓  LIB  2021 Calgary Skyview
11. ♂ ⊕ Joe Clark  PC  1972 Rocky Mountain
12. ♂ ⊕ Albert G. Cooper  PC  1980 Peace River
13. ♂ ⊕ Michael J. Cooper ✓  CPC  2015 St. Albert—Edmonton
14. ♂ ⊕ James Cumming  CPC  2019 Edmonton Centre
15. ♂ ⊕ Blake B. Desjarlais ✓  NDP  2021 Edmonton Griesbach
16. ♂ ⊕ Kerry Thomas Diotte  CPC  2015 Edmonton Griesbach
17. ♂ ⊕ Earl Dreeshen ✓  CPC  2008 Red Deer
18. ♂ ⊕ Jim Edwards  PC  1984 Edmonton South
19. ♂ ⊕ Jim Eglinski  CPC  2014 Yellowhead
20. ♂ ⊕ Douglas Fee  PC  1988 Red Deer
21. ♂ ⊕ Paul Gagnon  PC  1984 Calgary North
22. ♂ ⊕ Garnett Genuis ✓  CPC  2015 Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
23. ♂ ⊕ Peter Goldring  REF  1997 Edmonton East
24. ♂ ⊕ Jasraj S. Hallan ✓  CPC  2019 Calgary Forest Lawn
25. ♂ ⊕ Arthur Hanger  REF  1993 Calgary Northeast
26. ♂ ⊕ Stephen Harper  REF  1993 Calgary West
27. ♂ ⊕ Ross Harvey  NDP  1988 Edmonton East
28. ♂ ⊕ Laurie D. Hawn  CPC  2006 Edmonton Centre
29. ♂ ⊕ Kent Hehr  LIB  2015 Calgary Centre
30. ♂ ⊕ Grant Hill  REF  1993 Macleod
31. ♂ ⊕ Kenneth G. Hughes  PC  1988 Macleod
32. ♂ ⊕ Rahim N. Jaffer  REF  1997 Edmonton—Strathcona
33. ♂ ⊕ Brian M. Jean  CPC  2004 Athabasca
34. ♂ ⊕ Matt Jeneroux ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton Riverbend
35. ♂ ⊕ Al Johnson  PC  1988 Calgary North
36. ♂ ⊕ F. Dale Johnston  REF  1993 Wetaskiwin
37. ♂ ⊕ Darshan Kang  LIB  2015 Calgary Skyview
38. ♂ ⊕ Pat Kelly ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Rocky Ridge
39. ♂ ⊕ Jason T. Kenney  REF  1997 Calgary Southeast
40. ♂ ⊕ Tom Kmiec ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Shepard
41. ♂ ⊕ Damien C. Kurek ✓  CPC  2019 Battle River—Crowfoot
42. ♂ ⊕ Michael S. Lake ✓  CPC  2006 Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
43. ♂ ⊕ Ronald Liepert ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Signal Hill
44. ♂ ⊕ J. Wilton Littlechild  PC  1988 Wetaskiwin
45. ♂ ⊕ Dane Lloyd ✓  CPC  2017 Sturgeon River—Parkland
46. ♂ ⊕ Eric Lowther  REF  1997 Calgary Centre
47. ♂ ⊕ Shuvaloy Majumdar ✓  CPC  2023 Calgary Heritage
48. ♂ ⊕ Arnold J. Malone  PC  1974 Battle River
49. ♂ ⊕ Preston Manning  REF  1993 Calgary Southwest
50. ♂ ⊕ Kelly J. McCauley ✓  CPC  2015 Edmonton West
51. ♂ ⊕ Ian McClelland  REF  1993 Edmonton Southwest
52. ♂ ⊕ Greg McLean ✓  CPC  2019 Calgary Centre
53. ♂ ⊕ Ted Menzies  CPC  2004 Macleod
54. ♂ ⊕ Robert Merrifield  CA  2000 Yellowhead
55. ♂ ⊕ Robert Mills  REF  1993 Red Deer
56. ♂ ⊕ Glen Motz ✓  CPC  2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
57. ♂ ⊕ Brian A. O'Kurley  PC  1988 Elk Island
58. ♂ ⊕ LaVar Payne  CPC  2008 Medicine Hat
59. ♂ ⊕ Charles F. Penson  REF  1993 Peace River
60. ♂ ⊕ James Rajotte  CA  2000 Edmonton Southwest
61. ♂ ⊕ F.J. Jack Ramsay  REF  1993 Crowfoot
62. ♂ ⊕ Brent M. Rathgeber  CPC  2008 Edmonton—St. Albert
63. ♂ ⊕ Blake Richards ✓  CPC  2008 Wild Rose
64. ♂ ⊕ Lee Richardson  PC  1988 Calgary Southeast
65. ♂ ⊕ Douglas Roche  PC  1972 Edmonton—Strathcona
66. ♂ ⊕ S. Kenneth Schellenberger  PC  1972 Wetaskiwin
67. ♂ ⊕ Martin Shields ✓  CPC  2015 Bow River
68. ♂ ⊕ Devinder Shory  CPC  2008 Calgary Northeast
69. ♂ ⊕ Jim Silye  REF  1993 Calgary Centre
70. ♂ ⊕ Amarjeet Sohi  LIB  2015 Edmonton Mill Woods
71. ♂ ⊕ Monte K. Solberg  REF  1993 Medicine Hat
72. ♂ ⊕ Kevin A. Sorenson  CA  2000 Crowfoot
73. ♂ ⊕ Gerald Soroka ✓  CPC  2019 Yellowhead
74. ♂ ⊕ Ray Speaker  REF  1993 Lethbridge
75. ♂ ⊕ Brian S. Storseth  CPC  2006 Westlock-St. Paul
76. ♂ ⊕ Allen B. Sulatycky  LIB  1968 Rocky Mountain
77. ♂ ⊕ John Thomson  PC  1979 Calgary South
78. ♂ ⊕ Tim Uppal ✓  CPC  2008 Edmonton—Sherwood Park
79. ♂ ⊕ Arnold Viersen ✓  CPC  2015 Peace River—Westlock
80. ♂ ⊕ Chris Warkentin ✓  CPC  2006 Peace River
81. ♂ ⊕ Len Webber ✓  CPC  2015 Calgary Confederation
82. ♂ ⊕ John G. Williams  REF  1993 St. Albert
83. ♂ ⊕ Bill Wright  PC  1980 Calgary North
84. ♂ ⊕ Paul Yewchuk  PC  1968 Athabasca
85. ♂ ⊕ David Yurdiga  CPC  2014 Fort McMurray—Athabasca


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 26 Apr 2024 07:52 (but data presented dynamically)

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