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 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 354
143
972
327
1,326
470
308
105
840
222
1,148
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 1,590
411
1,971
510
3,561
921
1,465
306
1,804
366
3,269
672
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
10,530
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 Prince Edward Island
Level Federal
Gender Men
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 72
Elected members
Legend } Alive: 11
Deceased: 61
In office: 4
Died in office: 9
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. John Bell  LIB  1898 East Prince
2. Pat Binns  PC  1984 Cardigan
3. Frederick S. Brecken  CONS  1878 Queen's County
4. W. Bennett Campbell  LIB  1981 Cardigan
5. Sean Casey  LIB  2011 Charlottetown
6. Daniel Davies  CONS  1873 King's County
7. Louis H. Davies  LIB  1882 Queen's County
8. James L. Douglas  LIB  1940 Queen's
9. Wayne Easter  LIB  1993 Malpeque
10. Donald Farquharson  LIB  1902 West Queen's
11. Jamie D. Fox  CPC  2025 Malpeque
12. Austin L. Fraser  CONS  1908 King's
13. Melbourne A. Gass  PC  1979 Malpeque
14. Thomas V. Grant  LIB  1935 King's
15. Edward Hackett  CONS  1878 Prince County
16. Horace Haszard  LIB  1904 West Queen's
17. George Henderson  LIB  1980 Egmont
18. James J. Hughes  LIB  1900 King's
19. John T. Jenkins  CONS  1882 Queen's County
20. Robert H. Jenkins  LIB  1925 Queen's
21. Thomas J. Kickham  LIB  1949 King's
22. David Laird  LIB  1873 Queen's County
23. J. James Larabee  LIB  1935 Queen's
24. Alfred A. Lefurgey  CONS  1900 East Prince
25. Lawrence A. MacAulay  LIB  1988 Cardigan
26. Augustine C. Macdonald  CONS  1873 King's County
27. Daniel J. MacDonald  LIB  1972 Cardigan
28. David MacDonald  PC  1965 Prince
29. J. Heath MacDonald  LIB  2021 Malpeque
30. John A. Macdonald  LC  1925 King's
31. John A. Macdonald  PC  1957 King's
32. Wilbur B. MacDonald  PC  1979 Cardigan
33. Donald A. MacKinnon  LIB  1900 East Queen's
34. J. Angus MacLean  PC  1951 Queen's
35. Cyrus Macmillan  LIB  1940 Queen's
36. John W. MacNaught  LIB  1945 Prince
37. Heath N. Macquarrie  PC  1957 Queen's
38. Alexander Martin  CONS  1896 East Queen's
39. Neil A. Matheson  LIB  1953 Queen's
40. Joseph B. McGuire  LIB  1988 Egmont
41. Peter A. McIntyre  LIB  1874 King's County
42. James McIsaac  UNIO  1917 King's
43. Alfred E. McLean  LIB  1921 Prince
44. Angus A. McLean  CONS  1904 Queen's
45. John McLean  CONS  1891 King's County
46. Bernard D. McLellan  LIB  1898 West Prince
47. W. Chester S. McLure  LC  1930 Queen's
48. Thomas M. McMillan  PC  1979 Hillsborough
49. Melvin J. McQuaid  PC  1965 King's
50. John A. Messervy  LC  1925 Queen's
51. Robert Joseph Morrissey  LIB  2015 Egmont
52. John C. Mullally  LIB  1963 King's
53. Shawn Murphy  LIB  2000 Hillsborough
54. Ephraim B. Muttart  CONS  1878 King's County
55. John H. Myers  LC  1930 Queen's
56. Donald Nicholson  CONS  1911 Queen's
57. Stanislaus F. Perry  LIB  1874 Prince County
58. Orville H. Phillips  PC  1957 Prince
59. James Colledge Pope  CONS  1873 Prince County
60. George A. Proud  LIB  1988 Hillsborough
61. Lemuel E. Prowse  LIB  1908 Queen's
62. Joseph Read  LL  1917 Prince
63. James W. Richards  LIB  1908 Prince
64. James E. Robertson  LIB  1882 King's County
65. John E. Sinclair  LL  1917 Queen's
66. Peter Sinclair  LIB  1873 Queen's County
67. Peter Sinclair  LIB  1935 Queen's
68. Alexander B. Warburton  LIB  1908 Queen's
69. William Welsh  ILIB  1887 Queen's County
70. Donald P. Wood  LIB  1977 Malpeque
71. James Yeo  LIB  1873 Prince County
72. John Yeo  LIB  1891 Prince County



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 19 Apr 2024 00:17 (but data presented dynamically)