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 1,590
411
1,970
509
3,560
920
1,465
306
1,803
365
3,268
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 1,286
376
1,842
615
3,128
991
1,164
272
1,648
442
2,812
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 British Columbia
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes
Results 107
Elected members
Legend } In office: 31
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Dan Albas  CPC  2011 Okanagan—Coquihalla
2. John Aldag  LIB  2015 Cloverdale—Langley City
3. David A. Anderson  LIB  1968 Esquimalt—Saanich
4. Mel Arnold  CPC  2015 North Okanagan—Shuswap
5. Alex T. Atamanenko  NDP  2006 British Columbia Southern Interior
6. Taylor B. Bachrach  NDP  2019 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
7. Paramvir (Parm) Bains  LIB  2021 Steveston—Richmond East
8. Terry Beech  LIB  2015 Burnaby North—Seymour
9. Donald H. Bell  LIB  2004 North Vancouver
10. John F. Brewin  NDP  1988 Victoria
11. Andrew Burton  CA  2000 Skeena
12. Ronald D.E. Cannan  CPC  2006 Kelowna—Lake Country
13. Richard J. Cannings  NDP  2015 South Okanagan—West Kootenay
14. Frank Caputo  CPC  2021 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
15. Raymond Chan  LIB  1993 Richmond
16. Kenny Chiu  CPC  2019 Steveston—Richmond East
17. William H. Clarke  PC  1972 Vancouver Quadra
18. Nathan Cullen  NDP  2004 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
19. John M. Cummins  REF  1993 Delta
20. Marc Dalton  CPC  2019 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
21. Don Davies  NDP  2008 Vancouver Kingsway
22. Stockwell B. Day  CA  2000 Okanagan—Coquihalla
23. Harbance S. (Herb) Dhaliwal  LIB  1993 Vancouver South
24. Sukhminder (Sukh) S. Dhaliwal  LIB  2006 Newton—North Delta
25. Todd B. Doherty  CPC  2015 Cariboo—Prince George
26. Fin Donnelly  NDP  2009 New Westminster—Coquitlam
27. Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh  LIB  2004 Vancouver South
28. John A.W. Drysdale  PC  1958 Burnaby—Richmond
29. John M. Duncan  REF  1993 North Island—Powell River
30. Reed Elley  REF  1997 Nanaimo—Cowichan
31. David L. Emerson  LIB  2004 Vancouver Kingsway
32. Edward D. Fast  CPC  2006 Abbotsford
33. Paul E. Forseth  REF  1993 New Westminster—Burnaby
34. John A. Fraser  PC  1972 Vancouver South
35. Stephen Fuhr  LIB  2015 Kelowna—Lake Country
36. Brian L. Gardiner  NDP  1988 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
37. Randall C. Garrison  NDP  2011 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
38. William D. Gilmour  REF  1993 Comox—Alberni
39. James W. Gouk  REF  1993 Kootenay West—Revelstoke
40. Gurmant S. Grewal  REF  1997 Surrey Central
41. Herbert G. Grubel  REF  1993 Capilano—Howe Sound
42. Ken Hardie  LIB  2015 Fleetwood—Port Kells
43. Richard M. Harris  REF  1993 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
44. James A. Hart  REF  1993 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
45. Russel Hiebert  CPC  2004 South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
46. Jay D. Hill  REF  1993 Prince George—Peace River
47. Gordon J. (Gordie) Hogg  LIB  2017 South Surrey—White Rock
48. Gord Johns  NDP  2015 Courtenay—Alberni
49. Peter S. Julian  NDP  2004 Burnaby—New Westminster
50. Randy Kamp  CPC  2004 Dewdney—Alouette
51. James C. Karpoff  NDP  1988 Surrey North
52. Arthur J. Lee  LIB  1974 Vancouver East
53. Gary V. Lunn  REF  1997 Saanich—Gulf Islands
54. James D. Lunney  CA  2000 Nanaimo—Alberni
55. Alistair B. MacGregor  NDP  2015 Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
56. Lyle D. MacWilliam  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Shuswap
57. James D. Manly  NDP  1980 Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
58. Paul Manly  GRN  2019 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
59. Keith P. Martin  REF  1993 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
60. Colin N. Mayes  CPC  2006 Okanagan—Shuswap
61. Philip W. Mayfield  REF  1993 Cariboo—Chilcotin
62. Ronald McKinnon  LIB  2015 Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
63. Grant McNally  REF  1997 Dewdney—Alouette
64. Chung An Wilson Miao  LIB  2021 Richmond Centre
65. Edward A. Miller  NDP  1979 Nanaimo—Alberni
66. James Moore  CA  2000 Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
67. Rob Morrison  CPC  2019 Kootenay—Columbia
68. Taleeb F. Noormohamed  LIB  2021 Vancouver Granville
69. Frank Oberle  PC  1972 Prince George—Peace River
70. Harry M. Olaussen  NDP  1972 Coast Chilcotin
71. Sidney J. Parker  NDP  1980 Kootenay East—Revelstoke
72. Joe Peschisolido  CA  2000 Richmond
73. Murray Rankin  NDP  2012 Victoria
74. John D. Reynolds  PC  1972 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
75. Nelson A. Riis  NDP  1980 Kamloops—Shuswap
76. Svend J. Robinson  NDP  1979 Burnaby
77. Daniel Ruimy  LIB  2015 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
78. Harjit S. Sajjan  LIB  2015 Vancouver South
79. Jasbir Sandhu  NDP  2011 Surrey North
80. Randeep S. Sarai  LIB  2015 Surrey Centre
81. Andrew Saxton  CPC  2008 North Vancouver
82. Ted W. Schellenberg  PC  1984 Nanaimo—Alberni
83. Werner Schmidt  REF  1993 Okanagan Centre
84. Michael G. Scott  REF  1993 Skeena
85. Louis Sekora  LIB  1998 Port Moody—Coquitlam
86. Thomas E. Siddon  PC  1978 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
87. Jati Sidhu  LIB  2015 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
88. William L. Siksay  NDP  2004 Burnaby—Douglas
89. Jagmeet Singh  NDP  2019 Burnaby South
90. Gerry St. Germain  PC  1983 Mission—Port Moody
91. Wayne L. Stetski  NDP  2015 Kootenay—Columbia
92. E.C. Kennedy Stewart  NDP  2011 Burnaby—Douglas
93. Darrel Stinson  REF  1993 Okanagan—Shuswap
94. Charles R. (Chuck) Strahl  REF  1993 Fraser Valley East
95. Mark R. Strahl  CPC  2011 Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
96. Tako J. van Popta  CPC  2019 Langley—Aldergrove
97. Brad Vis  CPC  2019 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
98. Patrick B. Weiler  LIB  2019 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
99. John D. Weston  CPC  2008 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
100. Edward A. (Ted) White  REF  1993 North Vancouver
101. Randy A. White  REF  1993 Fraser Valley West
102. John R. (Jack) Whittaker  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
103. Godfrey S. (Stan) Wilbee  PC  1988 Delta
104. Jonathan Wilkinson  LIB  2015 North Vancouver
105. David Wilks  CPC  2011 Kootenay—Columbia
106. Blair Wilson  LIB  2006 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
107. Bob Zimmer  CPC  2011 Prince George—Peace River



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 13:52 (but data presented dynamically)