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) 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
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 13
0
82
0
95
0
13
0
82
0
95
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 British Columbia
Level Provincial
Gender Men
Alive Yes
Results 222
Elected members
Legend } In office: 50
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. George M. Abbott  LIB  1996 Shuswap
2. David A. Anderson  LIB  1972 Victoria
3. Dan Ashton  LIB  2013 Penticton
4. Robin Austin  NDP  2005 Skeena
5. Harry Bains  NDP  2005 Surrey-Newton
6. Bruce Banman  LIB  2020 Abbotsford South
7. Charles F. Barber  NDP  1975 Victoria
8. Bill Barisoff  LIB  1996 Okanagan-Boundary
9. James L.S. Beattie  NDP  1991 Okanagan-Penticton
10. Garry Begg  NDP  2017 Surrey-Guildford
11. Patrick Bell  LIB  2001 Prince George North
12. Bill Belsey  LIB  2001 North Coast
13. William Bennett  LIB  2001 East Kootenay
14. Mike Bernier  LIB  2013 Peace River South
15. Tony Bhullar  LIB  2001 Surrey-Newton
16. Doug Bing  LIB  2013 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
17. Iain J.S. Black  LIB  2005 Port Moody-Westwood
18. Robin K. Blencoe  NDP  1983 Victoria
19. J.H. (Harry) Bloy  LIB  2001 Burquitlam
20. Graeme T. Bowbrick  NDP  1996 New Westminster
21. Jagrup Brar  NDP  2004 Surrey-Panorama Ridge
22. Jeff Bray  LIB  2001 Victoria-Beacon Hill
23. Graham P. Bruce  SC  1986 Cowichan-Malahat
24. Anthony J. Brummet  SC  1979 North Peace River
25. Pietro Calendino  NDP  1996 Burnaby North
26. Gordon M. Campbell  LIB  1994 Vancouver-Quilchena
27. Ron Cantelon  LIB  2005 Nanaimo-Parksville
28. John M. Cashore  NDP  1986 Maillardville-Coquitlam
29. Spencer Chandra Herbert  NDP  2008 Vancouver-Burrard
30. Arthur L. Charbonneau  NDP  1991 Kamloops
31. Gulzar S. Cheema  LIB  2001 Surrey-Panorama Ridge
32. Robert M. Chisholm  LIB  1991 Chilliwack
33. Raj Chouhan  NDP  2005 Burnaby-Edmonds
34. George Chow  NDP  2017 Vancouver-Fraserview
35. Tom Christensen  LIB  2001 Okanagan-Vernon
36. David Chudnovsky  NDP  2005 Vancouver-Kensington
37. David Chutter  LIB  2001 Yale-Lillooet
38. Glen D. Clark  NDP  1986 Vancouver East
39. Doug Clovechok  LIB  2017 Columbia River-Revelstoke
40. Walter L. Cobb  LIB  2001 Cariboo South
41. Murray R. Coell  LIB  1996 Saanich North and the Islands
42. Richard T. Coleman  LIB  1996 Fort Langley-Aldergrove
43. Gary Collins  LIB  1991 Fort Langley-Aldergrove
44. Gary E. Coons  NDP  2005 North Coast
45. Dan Coulter  NDP  2020 Chilliwack
46. Duane D. Crandall  SC  1986 Columbia River
47. David Cubberley  NDP  2005 Saanich South
48. Nathan Cullen  NDP  2020 Stikine
49. Christopher A.C. D'Arcy  NDP  1972 Rossland-Trail
50. Robert J. D'Eith  NDP  2017 Maple Ridge-Mission
51. Marc Dalton  LIB  2009 Maple Ridge-Mission
52. K. Walter Davidson  SC  1975 Delta
53. Dan Davies  LIB  2017 Peace River North
54. Michael G. De Jong  LIB  1994 Matsqui
55. Adrian Dix  NDP  2005 Vancouver-Kingsway
56. Lorne Doerksen  LIB  2020 Cariboo-Chilcotin
57. Doug Donaldson  NDP  2009 Stikine
58. Fin Donnelly  NDP  2020 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
59. Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh  NDP  1991 Vancouver-Kensington
60. Jim Doyle  NDP  1991 Columbia River-Revelstoke
61. David R.P. Eby  NDP  2013 Vancouver-Point Grey
62. Corky S. Evans  NDP  1991 Nelson-Creston
63. Kevin Falcon  LIB  2001 Surrey-Cloverdale
64. Michael C. Farnworth  NDP  1991 Port Coquitlam
65. Peter Fassbender  LIB  2013 Surrey-Fleetwood
66. Rob Fleming  NDP  2005 Victoria-Hillside
67. Eric B. Foster  LIB  2009 Vernon-Monashee
68. Russell G. Fraser  SC  1983 Vancouver South
69. Scott K. Fraser  NDP  2005 Alberni-Qualicum
70. Colin S. Gabelmann  NDP  1972 North Vancouver-Seymour
71. Guy Gentner  NDP  2005 Delta North
72. Simon J. Gibson  LIB  2013 Abbotsford-Mission
73. Rick Glumac  NDP  2017 Port Moody-Coquitlam
74. Trevor Halford  LIB  2020 Surrey-White Rock
75. Greg Halsey-Brandt  LIB  2001 Richmond Centre
76. Arnie Hamilton  LIB  2001 Esquimalt-Metchosin
77. W. Scott Hamilton  LIB  2013 Delta North
78. Colin G. Hansen  LIB  1996 Vancouver-Quilchena
79. Michael F. Harcourt  NDP  1986 Vancouver Centre
80. Roger B. Harris  LIB  2001 Skeena
81. William J. Hartley  NDP  1991 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
82. Randy C. Hawes  LIB  2001 Maple Ridge-Mission
83. Dave S.S. Hayer  LIB  2001 Surrey-Tynehead
84. Kashmir P.S. Heed  LIB  2009 Vancouver-Fraserview
85. John H. Heinrich  SC  1979 Prince George North
86. James J. Hewitt  SC  1975 Boundary-Similkameen
87. George Heyman  NDP  2013 Vancouver-Fairview
88. Gordon J. (Gordie) Hogg  LIB  1997 Surrey-White Rock
89. Gary Holman  NDP  2013 Saanich North and the Islands
90. John J. Horgan  NDP  2005 Malahat-Juan de Fuca
91. Douglas Horne  LIB  2009 Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
92. Rob Howard  LIB  2009 Richmond Centre
93. Terry Huberts  SC  1986 Saanich and the Islands
94. Marvin Hunt  LIB  2013 Surrey-Panorama
95. Mike Hunter  LIB  2001 Nanaimo
96. Wilf Hurd  LIB  1991 Surrey-White Rock
97. John Jansen  SC  1986 Chilliwack
98. Gerard A. Janssen  NDP  1988 Alberni
99. Jas Johal  LIB  2017 Richmond-Queensborough
100. Ken Johnston  LIB  2001 Vancouver-Fraserview
101. J. Barry Jones  NDP  1986 Burnaby North
102. Ken J.E. Jones  LIB  1991 Surrey-Cloverdale
103. Ravinder Kahlon  NDP  2017 Delta North
104. Rick F.G. Kasper  NDP  1991 Malahat-Juan de Fuca
105. Brian J. Kerr  LIB  2001 Malahat-Juan de Fuca
106. George H. Kerster  SC  1975 Coquitlam
107. Leonard E. Krog  NDP  1991 Parksville-Qualicum
108. Kevin Krueger  LIB  1996 Kamloops-North Thompson
109. Gregory J. Kyllo  LIB  2013 Shuswap
110. Terry Lake  LIB  2009 Kamloops-North Thompson
111. Harbhajan (Harry) S. Lali  NDP  1991 Yale-Lillooet
112. Michael Lee  LIB  2017 Vancouver-Langara
113. Richard T. Lee  LIB  2001 Burnaby North
114. Blair Lekstrom  LIB  2001 Peace River South
115. John Les  LIB  2001 Chilliwack-Sumas
116. Norm Letnick  LIB  2009 Kelowna-Lake Country
117. Nick Loenen  SC  1986 Richmond
118. Raymond L. Loewen  SC  1975 Burnaby-Edmonds
119. Norm Lortie  NDP  1991 Delta North
120. L. Dale Lovick  NDP  1986 Nanaimo
121. Norm Macdonald  NDP  2005 Columbia River-Revelstoke
122. Dennis MacKay  LIB  2001 Bulkley Valley-Stikine
123. Lyle D. MacWilliam  NDP  1984 Okanagan North
124. Karn Manhas  LIB  2001 Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain
125. Donald A. Marshall  SC  1969 South Peace River
126. John Martin  LIB  2013 Chilliwack
127. Lorne Mayencourt  LIB  2001 Vancouver-Burrard
128. Robert H. McClelland  SC  1972 Langley
129. Don McRae  LIB  2009 Comox Valley
130. Andrew Mercier  NDP  2020 Langley
131. Clifford C. Michael  SC  1983 Shuswap-Revelstoke
132. A. Daniel Miller  NDP  1986 Prince Rupert
133. Peter G. Milobar  LIB  2017 Kamloops-North Thompson
134. David J. Mitchell  LIB  1991 West Vancouver-Garibaldi
135. Mike Morris  LIB  2013 Prince George-Mackenzie
136. Paul R. Nettleton  LIB  1996 Prince George-Ominica
137. Richard Neufeld  SC  1991 Peace River North
138. Rob Nijjar  LIB  2001 Vancouver-Kingsway
139. A. Alfred Nunweiler  NDP  1972 Fort George
140. Adam Olsen  GRN  2017 Saanich North and the Islands
141. Wallace T. Oppal  LIB  2005 Vancouver-Fraserview
142. Steve Orcherton  NDP  1996 Victoria-Hillside
143. David F.H. Parker  SC  1986 Skeena
144. John M. Parks  SC  1983 Maillardville-Coquitlam
145. Ravi Parmar  NDP  2023 Langford-Juan de Fuca
146. Ian Paton  LIB  2017 Delta South
147. Barry Penner  LIB  1996 Chilliwack
148. Tom Perry  NDP  1989 Vancouver-Point Grey
149. Daniel G. Peterson  SC  1986 Langley
150. Andrew J. Petter  NDP  1991 Saanich South
151. Pat Pimm  LIB  2009 Peace River North
152. Geoff Plant  LIB  1996 Richmond-Steveston
153. Darryl Plecas  LIB  2013 Abbotsford South
154. Charles Puchmayr  NDP  2005 New Westminster
155. James T. Rabbitt  SC  1986 Yale-Lillooet
156. Bruce Ralston  NDP  2005 Surrey-Whalley
157. Paul Ramsey  NDP  1991 Prince George North
158. Murray Rankin  NDP  2020 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
159. Paul Reitsma  LIB  1996 Parksville-Qualicum
160. John D. Reynolds  SC  1983 West Vancouver-Howe Sound
161. Claude H. Richmond  SC  1981 Kamloops
162. Glenn Robertson  NDP  1996 North Island
163. Gregor A.B. Robertson  NDP  2005 Vancouver-Fairview
164. C. Stephen Rogers  SC  1975 Vancouver South
165. Ellis Ross  LIB  2017 Skeena
166. Bill Routley  NDP  2009 Cowichan Valley
167. Doug Routley  NDP  2005 Cowichan-Ladysmith
168. Roly Russell  NDP  2020 Boundary-Similkameen
169. John Rustad  LIB  2005 Prince George-Omineca
170. Sandy Santori  LIB  2001 West Kootenay-Boundary
171. Michael Sather  NDP  2005 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
172. David D. Schreck  NDP  1991 North Vancouver-Lonsdale
173. Harvey W. Schroeder  SC  1972 Chilliwack
174. Terence P. Segarty  SC  1979 Kootenay
175. Clifford J. Serwa  SC  1986 Okanagan South
176. Thomas G. Shypitka  LIB  2017 Kootenay East
177. Munmohan S. (Moe) Sihota  NDP  1986 Esquimalt-Port Renfrew
178. Nicholas Simons  NDP  2005 Powell River-Sunshine Coast
179. Bernie Simpson  NDP  1991 Vancouver-Fraserview
180. Bob Simpson  NDP  2005 Cariboo North
181. Shane L. Simpson  NDP  2005 Vancouver-Hastings
182. Aman Singh  NDP  2020 Richmond-Queensborough
183. Brian R.D. Smith  SC  1979 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
184. Dean E. (Ed) Smith  SC  1966 North Peace River
185. S.D. Boland (Bud) Smith  SC  1986 Kamloops
186. Mike Starchuk  NDP  2020 Surrey-Cloverdale
187. Victor A. Stephens  PC  1978 Oak Bay
188. Tim Stevenson  NDP  1996 Vancouver-Burrard
189. Harold L. Steves  NDP  1972 Richmond
190. Benjamin R. Stewart  LIB  2009 Westside-Kelowna
191. Ken Stewart  LIB  2001 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
192. Richard Stewart  LIB  2001 Coquitlam-Maillardville
193. Todd G. Stone  LIB  2013 Kamloops-South Thompson
194. W. Bruce Strachan  SC  1979 Prince George South
195. Dennis W. Streifel  NDP  1991 Mission-Kent
196. Jordan Sturdy  LIB  2013 West Vancouver-Sea to Sky
197. Blair F. Suffredine  LIB  2001 Nelson-Creston
198. Sam Sullivan  LIB  2013 Vancouver-False Creek
199. Ralph Sultan  LIB  2001 West Vancouver-Capilano
200. Douglas Symons  LIB  1991 Richmond Centre
201. Steve Thomson  LIB  2009 Kelowna-Mission
202. Rick Thorpe  LIB  1996 Okanagan-Penticton
203. Laurie Throness  LIB  2013 Chilliwack-Hope
204. Joe Trasolini  NDP  2012 Port Moody-Coquitlam
205. John van Dongen  LIB  1995 Abbotsford
206. William N. Vander Zalm  SC  1975 Surrey
207. T. Neil Vant  SC  1986 Cariboo
208. Amrik S. Virk  LIB  2013 Surrey-Tynehead
209. Rod S. Visser  LIB  2001 North Island
210. Adam Walker  NDP  2020 Parksville-Qualicum
211. Thomas M. Waterland  SC  1975 Yale-Lillooet
212. Andrew J. Weaver  GRN  2013 Oak Bay-Gordon Head
213. John A. Weisbeck  LIB  1996 Okanagan East
214. Andrew F. Wilkinson  LIB  2013 Vancouver-Quilchena
215. Robert A. Williams  NDP  1966 Vancouver East
216. Gordon F. Wilson  LIB  1991 Powell River-Sunshine Coast
217. John D. Wilson  LIB  1996 Cariboo North
218. Patrick Wong  LIB  2001 Vancouver-Kensington
219. Charles R. Wyse  NDP  2005 Cariboo South
220. Henry J.-H. Yao  NDP  2020 Richmond South Centre
221. John Yap  LIB  2005 Richmond-Steveston
222. David Zirnhelt  NDP  1989 Cariboo



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 22:14 (but data presented dynamically)