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 14,276 persons — 12,919 men, 1,352 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,549 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,406 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 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 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 260
49
828
235
1,088
284
249
40
766
181
1,015
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 15
0
82
0
97
0
15
0
82
0
97
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 ON 1,588
411
1,971
510
3,559
921
1,463
306
1,804
366
3,267
672
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
614
3,128
990
1,164
272
1,648
441
2,812
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
10,530
3,413
15,111
4,716
4,204
988
9,514
2,554
13,718
3,542
377
315
1,011
854
1,388
1,169
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -835
-167
14,276
4,549
31.9%
Diff. -799
-136
12,919
3,406
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 Nova Scotia
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 249
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 40
Deceased: 209
In office: 10
Died in office: 17
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. William H. Allison  CONS  1878 Hants
2. William Johnston Almon  CONS  1872 Halifax
3. Sir Adams George Archibald  CONS  1869 Colchester
4. D. Scott Armstrong  CPC  2009 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
5. Frederick T. Armstrong  LIB  1963 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
6. Loran E. Baker  LIB  1945 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
7. Samuel R. Balcom  LIB  1950 Halifax
8. Jaime Battiste  LIB  2019 Sydney—Victoria
9. Adam C. Bell  CONS  1896 Pictou
10. John L. Bethune  CONS  1896 Victoria
11. Silas T.R. Bill  CONS  1878 Queens
12. Judson Black  LIB  1904 Hants
13. Percy C. Black  NCP  1940 Cumberland
14. William A. Black  LC  1923 Halifax
15. Edward Blackadder  LIB  1921 Halifax
16. Kody Blois  LIB  2019 Kings—Hants
17. Frederick Borden  LIB  1874 Kings
18. Robert Borden  CONS  1896 Halifax
19. John O. Bower  PC  1965 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
20. Edward C. Bowers  LIB  1891 Digby
21. Scott A. Brison  PC  1997 Kings—Hants
22. William M. Buchanan  LIB  1953 Cape Breton North and Victoria
23. Robert H. Butts  UNIO  1917 Cape Breton South and Richmond
24. Daniel A. Cameron  LIB  1935 Cape Breton North and Victoria
25. Hugh Cameron  ANTI  1867 Inverness
26. Charles J. Campbell  CONS  1874 Victoria
27. John Campbell  CONS  1887 Digby
28. Stewart Campbell  ANTI  1867 Guysborough
29. Thomas Cantley  LC  1925 Pictou
30. James W. Carmichael  ANTI  1867 Pictou
31. Michael Carney  LIB  1904 Halifax
32. William F. Carroll  LIB  1911 Cape Breton South
33. William D. Casey  PC  1988 Cumberland—Colchester
34. Leverett de Veber Chipman  LIB  1870 Kings
35. William H. Chipman  ANTI  1867 Kings
36. Alexander W. Chisholm  LIB  1908 Inverness
37. Robert L. Chisholm  NDP  2011 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
38. William Chisholm  LIB  1905 Antigonish
39. Charles E. Church  LIB  1872 Lunenburg
40. Robert C. Coates  PC  1957 Cumberland
41. Kenneth J. Cochrane  LIB  1935 Cumberland
42. Thomas Coffin  ANTI  1867 Shelburne
43. Gerald Comeau  PC  1984 South West Nova
44. Louis-Roland Comeau  PC  1968 South Western Nova
45. George T.H. Cooper  PC  1979 Halifax
46. Albert J.S. Copp  LIB  1896 Digby
47. William J. Croke  ANTI  1867 Richmond
48. Adam B. Crosby  CONS  1908 Halifax
49. Howard E. Crosby  PC  1978 Halifax—East Hants
50. Lloyd R. Crouse  PC  1957 Queens—Lunenburg
51. Rodger T. Cuzner  LIB  2000 Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
52. Christopher A. d'Entremont  CPC  2019 West Nova
53. Malachy B. Daly  CONS  1878 Halifax
54. Avard L. Davidson  CONS  1911 Annapolis
55. John A. Dawson  LIB  1874 Pictou
56. Arthur R. Dickey  CONS  1888 Cumberland
57. John H. Dickey  LIB  1947 Halifax
58. Wilbert D. Dimock  CONS  1896 Colchester
59. David C. Dingwall  LIB  1980 Cape Breton—East Richmond
60. Murray Dodd  CONS  1882 Cape Breton
61. John C. Douglas  UNIO  1917 Cape Breton South and Richmond
62. Robert Doull  CONS  1872 Pictou
63. William Duff  LL  1917 Lunenburg
64. Gordon S. Earle  NDP  1997 Halifax West
65. James D. Eisenhauer  LIB  1887 Lunenburg
66. Angus A. Elderkin  LIB  1949 Annapolis—Kings
67. Stephen D. Ellis  CPC  2021 Cumberland—Colchester
68. William G. Ernst  LC  1926 Queens—Lunenburg
69. Mark Eyking  LIB  2000 Sydney—Victoria
70. William S. Fielding  LIB  1896 Shelburne and Queens
71. Andy Fillmore  LIB  2015 Halifax
72. Duncan Finlayson  LIB  1904 Richmond
73. Robert E. Finn  LIB  1922 Halifax
74. Darren Fisher  LIB  2015 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
75. Thomas B. Flint  LIB  1891 Yarmouth
76. Edmund P. Flynn  LIB  1874 Richmond
77. Francis G. Forbes  LIB  1891 Queens
78. James F. Forbes  ANTI  1867 Queens
79. J. Michael W.C. Forrestall  PC  1965 Halifax
80. Arthur D. Foster  CONS  1911 Kings
81. Colin Fraser  LIB  2015 West Nova
82. Duncan C. Fraser  LIB  1891 Guysborough
83. Sean Fraser  LIB  2015 Central Nova
84. Joshua N. Freeman  CONS  1887 Queens
85. Joseph A. Gillies  CONS  1891 Richmond
86. Clarence Gillis  CCF  1940 Cape Breton South
87. Monson H. Goudge  LIB  1873 Hants
88. Seymour E. Gourley  CONS  1900 Colchester
89. Allen Haley  LIB  1896 Hants
90. Charles E. Haliburton  PC  1972 South Western Nova
91. David J. Hartigan  LIB  1935 Cape Breton South
92. Paul L. Hatfield  LIB  1921 Yarmouth and Clare
93. Andrew Hogan  NDP  1974 Cape Breton—East Richmond
94. Joseph Howe  ANTI  1867 Hants
95. James L. Ilsley  LIB  1926 Hants—Kings
96. Gordon B. Isnor  LIB  1935 Halifax
97. Clarence Jameson  CONS  1908 Digby
98. Alexander Johnston  LIB  1900 Cape Breton
99. Lewis W. Johnstone  LC  1925 Cape Breton North—Victoria
100. Alfred G. Jones  ANTI  1867 Halifax
101. Herbert L. Jones  CONS  1887 Digby
102. Charles E. Kaulbach  CONS  1878 Lunenburg
103. Gerald G. Keddy  PC  1997 South Shore
104. Thomas T. Keefler  LIB  1882 Lunenburg
105. Michael J. Kelloway  LIB  2019 Cape Breton—Canso
106. Fenwick L. Kelly  LIB  1923 North Cape Breton and Victoria
107. Arthur S. Kendall  LIB  1900 Cape Breton
108. Cyril F. Kennedy  PC  1957 Colchester—Hants
109. Thomas E. Kenny  CONS  1887 Halifax
110. J. Gregory Kerr  CPC  2008 West Nova
111. Frank Killam  LIB  1869 Yarmouth
112. Thomas Killam  ANTI  1867 Yarmouth
113. J. James Kinley  LIB  1935 Queens—Lunenburg
114. Joseph R. Kinney  LIB  1882 Yarmouth
115. J. Ralph Kirk  LIB  1936 Antigonish—Guysborough
116. John A. Kirk  LIB  1874 Guysborough
117. Thomas A.M. Kirk  LIB  1949 Digby—Yarmouth
118. George W. Kyte  LIB  1908 Richmond
119. Frederick A. Laurence  LIB  1904 Colchester
120. John W. Laurie  CONS  1887 Shelburne
121. Bowman Law  LIB  1902 Yarmouth
122. Francis G. LeBlanc  LIB  1988 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
123. Felton F. Legere  PC  1958 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
124. Isaac LeVesconte  CONS  1869 Richmond
125. John E. Lloyd  LIB  1963 Halifax
126. Hance J. Logan  LIB  1896 Cumberland
127. Avard Longley  CONS  1878 Annapolis
128. Lewis J. Lovett  LIB  1921 Digby and Annapolis
129. John Lovitt  LIB  1887 Yarmouth
130. Azel R. Lusby  LIB  1953 Cumberland
131. Angus L. Macdonald  LIB  1923 Pictou
132. Angus R. Macdonald  PC  1957 Antigonish—Guysborough
133. Edward M. Macdonald  LIB  1904 Pictou
134. Finlay MacDonald  LC  1925 Cape Breton South
135. John Macdonald  LC  1925 Richmond—West Cape Breton
136. Ronald J. MacDonald  LIB  1988 Dartmouth
137. William C. Macdonald  LIB  1940 Halifax
138. Isaac D. MacDougall  LC  1925 Inverness
139. Allan J. MacEachen  LIB  1953 Inverness—Richmond
140. H. Russell MacEwan  PC  1957 Pictou
141. Donald MacInnis  PC  1957 Cape Breton South
142. Malcolm V. MacInnis  NDP  1962 Cape Breton South
143. Elmer M. MacKay  PC  1971 Central Nova
144. Newton L. Mackay  CONS  1872 Cape Breton
145. Peter G. MacKay  PC  1997 Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
146. David MacKeen  CONS  1887 Cape Breton
147. Alexander K. Maclean  LIB  1904 Lunenburg
148. Matthew MacLean  LIB  1937 Cape Breton North and Victoria
149. Robert S. MacLellan  PC  1958 Inverness—Richmond
150. Russell G. MacLellan  LIB  1979 Cape Breton—The Sydneys
151. Donald MacLennan  LIB  1935 Inverness—Richmond
152. George T. MacNutt  LC  1925 Colchester
153. James W. Maddin  CONS  1908 Cape Breton South
154. Dominic Peter Mancini  NDP  1997 Sydney—Victoria
155. Lewis H. Martell  LIB  1921 Hants
156. Peter Martin  UNIO  1918 Halifax
157. Joseph Matheson  LIB  1900 Richmond
158. Robert J. McCleave  PC  1957 Halifax
159. Firman McClure  LIB  1897 Colchester
160. Peter L. McCreath  PC  1988 South Shore
161. Henry B. McCulloch  LIB  1935 Pictou
162. Fleming B. McCurdy  CONS  1911 Shelburne and Queens
163. Duncan McDonald  LIB  1878 Victoria
164. Edmund M. McDonald  ANTI  1867 Lunenburg
165. Hugh McDonald  ANTI  1867 Antigonish
166. James McDonald  CONS  1872 Pictou
167. John A. McDonald  CONS  1887 Victoria
168. William McDonald  CONS  1872 Cape Breton
169. Samuel McDonnell  CONS  1872 Inverness
170. John McDougald  CONS  1881 Pictou
171. Hector F. McDougall  CONS  1884 Cape Breton
172. Moses E. McGarry  LIB  1940 Inverness—Richmond
173. Alexander McGregor  UNIO  1917 Pictou
174. Stewart D. McInnes  PC  1984 Halifax
175. Angus McIsaac  LIB  1873 Antigonish
176. Colin F. McIsaac  LIB  1895 Antigonish
177. Thomas McKay  CONS  1874 Colchester
178. James C. McKeagney  ANTI  1867 Cape Breton
179. Daniel D. McKenzie  LIB  1904 North Cape Breton and Victoria
180. Archibald W. McLelan  ANTI  1867 Colchester
181. Angus McLennan  LIB  1896 Inverness
182. Hugh McLeod  CONS  1878 Cape Breton
183. William M. McLeod  CONS  1879 Cape Breton
184. John B. Mills  CONS  1887 Annapolis
185. Edmund L. Morris  PC  1957 Halifax
186. Robert Muir  PC  1957 Cape Breton North and Victoria
187. Mark Muise  PC  1997 West Nova
188. John Murphy  LIB  1993 Annapolis Valley—Hants
189. George C. Nowlan  PC  1948 Digby—Annapolis—Kings
190. J. Patrick Nowlan  PC  1965 Digby—Annapolis—Kings
191. Clement A. O'Leary  PC  1958 Antigonish—Guysborough
192. Lawrence O'Neil  PC  1984 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
193. Edwin R. Oakes  CONS  1874 Digby
194. Alfred Ogden  CONS  1878 Guysborough
195. Henry N. Paint  CONS  1882 Richmond
196. William A. Patterson  CONS  1891 Colchester
197. Frederick M. Pearson  LIB  1870 Colchester
198. Rick Perkins  CPC  2021 South Shore—St. Margarets
199. Samuel W.W. Pickup  LIB  1904 Annapolis
200. Vincent-Joseph Pottier  LIB  1935 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
201. Patrick Power  ANTI  1867 Halifax
202. Gordon T. Purdy  LIB  1935 Colchester—Hants
203. Alfred Putnam  CONS  1887 Hants
204. Harold Putnam  LIB  1921 Colchester
205. Felix P. Quinn  LC  1925 Halifax
206. William H. Ray  ANTI  1867 Annapolis
207. Geoff Regan  LIB  1993 Halifax West
208. Gerald Regan  LIB  1963 Halifax
209. Edgar Rhodes  CONS  1908 Cumberland
210. Matthew H. Richey  CONS  1878 Halifax
211. Thomas Robertson  LIB  1878 Shelburne
212. Ernest Robinson  LIB  1921 Kings
213. William Roche  LIB  1900 Halifax
214. Alexander C. Ross  LIB  1906 North Cape Breton and Victoria
215. William Ross  ANTI  1867 Victoria
216. Benjamin Russell  LIB  1896 Halifax
217. Darrell Samson  LIB  2015 Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
218. Michael J. Savage  LIB  2004 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
219. Alfred W. Savary  ANTI  1867 Digby
220. Harry B. Short  LC  1925 Digby—Annapolis
221. John H. Sinclair  LIB  1904 Guysborough
222. Donald Smith  LIB  1949 Queens—Shelburne
223. Robert Smith  LC  1925 Cumberland
224. John D. Sperry  LIB  1909 Lunenburg
225. Edgar K. Spinney  UNIO  1917 Yarmouth and Clare
226. John F. Stairs  CONS  1883 Halifax
227. Frank Stanfield Jr.  PC  1945 Colchester—Hants
228. John Stanfield  CONS  1907 Colchester
229. Robert Stanfield  PC  1967 Colchester—Hants
230. Dugald Stewart  CONS  1911 Lunenburg
231. John B. Stewart  LIB  1962 Antigonish—Guysborough
232. Peter A. Stoffer  NDP  1997 Sackville—Eastern Shore
233. Robert G. Thibault  LIB  2000 West Nova
234. John Sparrow David Thompson  CONS  1885 Antigonish
235. Stephen Tobin  LIB  1872 Halifax
236. Charles J. Townshend  CONS  1884 Cumberland
237. Barclay E. Tremain  LIB  1875 Victoria
238. Hadley B. Tremain  CONS  1911 Hants
239. Charles H. Tupper  CONS  1882 Pictou
240. Sir Charles Tupper  CONS  1867 Cumberland
241. Martin L. Urquhart  LIB  1930 Colchester
242. William B. Vail  LIB  1874 Digby
243. Harry J. Verran  LIB  1993 South West Nova
244. Fletcher B. Wade  LIB  1900 Annapolis
245. John C. Wade  CONS  1878 Digby
246. Derek M. Wells  LIB  1993 South Shore
247. Nathaniel W. White  CONS  1891 Shelburne
248. Robert Winters  LIB  1945 Queens—Lunenburg
249. Douglas Woodworth  CONS  1882 Kings



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