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 Newfoundland and Labrador
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 54
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 25
Deceased: 29
In office: 4
Died in office: 1
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Scott Andrews  LIB  2008 Avalon
2. Thomas G.W. Ashbourne  LIB  1949 Grand Falls—White Bay
3. George S. Baker  LIB  1974 Gander—Twillingate
4. Rex Barnes  PC  2002 Gander—Grand Falls
5. Herman M. Batten  LIB  1953 Humber—St. George's
6. F. Gordon Bradley  LIB  1949 Bonavista—Twillingate
7. William J. Browne  PC  1949 St. John's West
8. Gerry Byrne  LIB  1996 Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
9. Chesley W. Carter  LIB  1949 Burin—Burgeo
10. Walter C. Carter  PC  1968 St. John's West
11. Richard J. Cashin  LIB  1962 St. John's West
12. Andrew Chatwood  LIB  1966 Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
13. Ronald E. (Ryan) Cleary  NDP  2011 St. John's South—Mount Pearl
14. John C. Crosbie  PC  1976 St. John's West
15. Norman E. Doyle  PC  1997 St. John's East
16. R. John Efford  LIB  2002 Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
17. Alphonsus (Fonse) Faour  NDP  1978 Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
18. Allan M. Fraser  LIB  1953 St. John's East
19. Charles R.M. Granger  LIB  1958 Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
20. John J. (Jack) Harris  NDP  1987 St. John's East
21. Loyola W. Hearn  PC  2000 St. John's West
22. Gordon F. Higgins  PC  1949 St. John's East
23. Donald C. Jamieson  LIB  1966 Burin—Burgeo
24. F. Morrissey Johnson  PC  1984 Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
25. William R. Kent  LIB  1949 Humber—St. George's
26. John H. Lundrigan  PC  1968 Gander—Twillingate
27. Fabian Manning  CPC  2006 Avalon
28. Jack Marshall  PC  1968 Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
29. William Matthews  PC  1997 Burin—St. George's
30. Kenneth J. McDonald  LIB  2015 Avalon
31. James A. McGrath  PC  1957 St. John's East
32. Fred J. Mifflin  LIB  1988 Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
33. Frank D. Moores  PC  1968 Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
34. Lawrence D. O'Brien  LIB  1996 Labrador
35. Joseph P. O'Keefe  LIB  1963 St. John's East
36. Seamus T.H. O'Regan  LIB  2015 St. John's South—Mount Pearl
37. Ambrose H. Peddle  PC  1968 Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
38. Peter Penashue  CPC  2011 Labrador
39. John W. Pickersgill  LIB  1953 Bonavista—Twillingate
40. Charles J. Power  PC  1997 St. John's West
41. James A. Power  LIB  1953 St. John's West
42. Joseph Price  PC  1984 Burin—St. George's
43. Ian A. (Ross) Reid  PC  1988 St. John's East
44. Churence Rogers  LIB  2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity
45. William H. Rompkey  LIB  1972 Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador
46. R. David Rooney  LIB  1972 Bonavista—Trinity—Conception
47. Todd N.D. Russell  LIB  2005 Labrador
48. Roger C. Simmons  LIB  1979 Burin—St. George's
49. Scott Simms  LIB  2004 Bonavista—Exploits
50. Clifford Small  CPC  2021 Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
51. Leonard T. Stick  LIB  1949 Trinity—Conception
52. Brian V. Tobin  LIB  1980 Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
53. James R. Tucker  LIB  1958 Trinity—Conception
54. Nicholas J. Whalen  LIB  2015 St. John's East



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 19:45 (but data presented dynamically)