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 Nova Scotia
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes
Results 40
Elected members
Legend } In office: 10
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. D. Scott Armstrong  CPC  2009 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
2. Jaime Battiste  LIB  2019 Sydney—Victoria
3. Kody Blois  LIB  2019 Kings—Hants
4. Scott A. Brison  PC  1997 Kings—Hants
5. William D. Casey  PC  1988 Cumberland—Colchester
6. Robert L. Chisholm  NDP  2011 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
7. Louis-Roland Comeau  PC  1968 South Western Nova
8. George T.H. Cooper  PC  1979 Halifax
9. Rodger T. Cuzner  LIB  2000 Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
10. Christopher A. d'Entremont  CPC  2019 West Nova
11. David C. Dingwall  LIB  1980 Cape Breton—East Richmond
12. Gordon S. Earle  NDP  1997 Halifax West
13. Stephen D. Ellis  CPC  2021 Cumberland—Colchester
14. Mark Eyking  LIB  2000 Sydney—Victoria
15. P. Alexander (Andy) Fillmore  LIB  2015 Halifax
16. Darren Fisher  LIB  2015 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
17. Colin Fraser  LIB  2015 West Nova
18. Sean S.A. Fraser  LIB  2015 Central Nova
19. Charles E. Haliburton  PC  1972 South Western Nova
20. Gerald G. Keddy  PC  1997 South Shore
21. Michael J. Kelloway  LIB  2019 Cape Breton—Canso
22. J. Gregory Kerr  CPC  2008 West Nova
23. Francis G. LeBlanc  LIB  1988 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
24. Ronald J. MacDonald  LIB  1988 Dartmouth
25. Malcolm V. MacInnis  NDP  1962 Cape Breton South
26. Elmer M. MacKay  PC  1971 Central Nova
27. Peter G. MacKay  PC  1997 Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
28. Russell G. MacLellan  LIB  1979 Cape Breton—The Sydneys
29. D. Peter Mancini  NDP  1997 Sydney—Victoria
30. Peter L. McCreath  PC  1988 South Shore
31. Mark Muise  PC  1997 West Nova
32. John Murphy  LIB  1993 Annapolis Valley—Hants
33. Lawrence I. O'Neil  PC  1984 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
34. Rick Perkins  CPC  2021 South Shore—St. Margarets
35. Geoff P. Regan  LIB  1993 Halifax West
36. Darrell Samson  LIB  2015 Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
37. Michael J. Savage  LIB  2004 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
38. Peter A. Stoffer  NDP  1997 Sackville—Eastern Shore
39. Robert G. Thibault  LIB  2000 West Nova
40. Derek M. Wells  LIB  1993 South Shore



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 00:28 (but data presented dynamically)