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 Alberta
Level Federal
Gender Men –or– Women –or– Non binary
Alive Yes
Results 101
Elected members
Legend } Men: 85
Women: 16
Non binary: 0
In office: 34 ( 28   6   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Diane Ablonczy  REF  1993 Calgary North
2. Ziad Aboultaif  CPC  2015 Edmonton Manning
3. Rona C. Ambrose Veitch  CPC  2004 Edmonton—Spruce Grove
4. Robert J. Anders  REF  1997 Calgary West
5. John Barlow  CPC  2014 Macleod
6. Leon E. Benoit  REF  1993 Vegreville
7. Bob Benzen  CPC  2017 Calgary Heritage
8. Judith C. Bethel  LIB  1993 Edmonton East
9. Randy P.A. Boissonnault  LIB  2015 Edmonton Centre
10. Clifford N. Breitkreuz  REF  1993 Yellowhead
11. Janet (Jan) C. Brown  REF  1993 Calgary Southeast
12. Blaine F. Calkins  CPC  2006 Wetaskiwin
13. Richard L. Casson  REF  1997 Lethbridge
14. H. George Chahal  LIB  2021 Calgary Skyview
15. C. Joseph (Joe) Clark  PC  1972 Rocky Mountain
16. Albert G. Cooper  PC  1980 Peace River
17. Michael J. Cooper  CPC  2015 St. Albert—Edmonton
18. Joan Crockatt  CPC  2012 Calgary Centre
19. James Cumming  CPC  2019 Edmonton Centre
20. Blake B. Desjarlais  NDP  2021 Edmonton Griesbach
21. Kerry T. Diotte  CPC  2015 Edmonton Griesbach
22. Earl Dreeshen  CPC  2008 Red Deer
23. Linda Duncan  NDP  2008 Edmonton—Strathcona
24. James S. Edwards  PC  1984 Edmonton South
25. W. James (Jim) Eglinski  CPC  2014 Yellowhead
26. Douglas Fee  PC  1988 Red Deer
27. Paul Gagnon  PC  1984 Calgary North
28. Garnett Genuis  CPC  2015 Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
29. Peter Goldring  REF  1997 Edmonton East
30. Laila Goodridge  CPC  2021 Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
31. Deborah C. Grey  REF  1989 Beaver River
32. Jasraj S. Hallan  CPC  2019 Calgary Forest Lawn
33. Arthur Hanger  REF  1993 Calgary Northeast
34. Stephen J. Harper  REF  1993 Calgary West
35. Ross Harvey  NDP  1988 Edmonton East
36. Laurie D. Hawn  CPC  2006 Edmonton Centre
37. Kent Hehr  LIB  2015 Calgary Centre
38. Grant Hill  REF  1993 Macleod
39. Kenneth G. Hughes  PC  1988 Macleod
40. Rahim N. Jaffer  REF  1997 Edmonton—Strathcona
41. Brian M. Jean  CPC  2004 Athabasca
42. Matthew J.A. Jeneroux  CPC  2015 Edmonton Riverbend
43. Alan A. Johnson  PC  1988 Calgary North
44. F. Dale Johnston  REF  1993 Wetaskiwin
45. Darshan S. Kang  LIB  2015 Calgary Skyview
46. Pat Kelly  CPC  2015 Calgary Rocky Ridge
47. Jason T. Kenney  REF  1997 Calgary Southeast
48. Tomasz (Tom) Kmiec  CPC  2015 Calgary Shepard
49. Damien C. Kurek  CPC  2019 Battle River—Crowfoot
50. Stephanie Kusie  CPC  2017 Calgary Midnapore
51. Michael S. Lake  CPC  2006 Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
52. Ronald Liepert  CPC  2015 Calgary Signal Hill
53. J. Wilton Littlechild  PC  1988 Wetaskiwin
54. Dane Lloyd  CPC  2017 Sturgeon River—Parkland
55. Eric C. Lowther  REF  1997 Calgary Centre
56. Shuvaloy Majumdar  CPC  2023 Calgary Heritage
57. Arnold J. Malone  PC  1974 Battle River
58. E. Preston Manning  REF  1993 Calgary Southwest
59. Kelly J. McCauley  CPC  2015 Edmonton West
60. Ian G. McClelland  REF  1993 Edmonton Southwest
61. Greg McLean  CPC  2019 Calgary Centre
62. A. Anne McLellan  LIB  1993 Edmonton Northwest
63. Heather L. McPherson  NDP  2019 Edmonton Strathcona
64. Ted Menzies  CPC  2004 Macleod
65. Robert Merrifield  CA  2000 Yellowhead
66. Robert Mills  REF  1993 Red Deer
67. Glen Motz  CPC  2016 Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
68. Brian A. O'Kurley  PC  1988 Elk Island
69. LaVar Payne  CPC  2008 Medicine Hat
70. Charles F. Penson  REF  1993 Peace River
71. James Rajotte  CA  2000 Edmonton Southwest
72. F.J. Jack Ramsay  REF  1993 Crowfoot
73. Brent M. Rathgeber  CPC  2008 Edmonton—St. Albert
74. Michelle Rempel Garner  CPC  2011 Calgary Centre-North
75. Blake Richards  CPC  2008 Wild Rose
76. Lee Richardson  PC  1988 Calgary Southeast
77. Douglas J. Roche  PC  1972 Edmonton—Strathcona
78. Jagdeep K. Sahota  CPC  2019 Calgary Skyview
79. S. Kenneth Schellenberger  PC  1972 Wetaskiwin
80. Martin Shields  CPC  2015 Bow River
81. Devinder Shory  CPC  2008 Calgary Northeast
82. Jim Silye  REF  1993 Calgary Centre
83. Amarjeet Sohi  LIB  2015 Edmonton Mill Woods
84. Monte K. Solberg  REF  1993 Medicine Hat
85. Kevin A. Sorenson  CA  2000 Crowfoot
86. Gerald Soroka  CPC  2019 Yellowhead
87. Barbara J. (Bobbie) Sparrow  PC  1984 Calgary South
88. Raymond A. Speaker  REF  1993 Lethbridge
89. Brian S. Storseth  CPC  2006 Westlock-St. Paul
90. Shannon Stubbs  CPC  2015 Lakeland
91. Allen B. Sulatycky  LIB  1968 Rocky Mountain
92. Rachael Thomas  CPC  2015 Lethbridge
93. John W. Thomson  PC  1979 Calgary South
94. Tim Uppal  CPC  2008 Edmonton—Sherwood Park
95. Arnold Viersen  CPC  2015 Peace River—Westlock
96. Chris Warkentin  CPC  2006 Peace River
97. Leonard W. Webber  CPC  2015 Calgary Confederation
98. John G. Williams  REF  1993 St. Albert
99. Frederick W. (Bill) Wright  PC  1980 Calgary North
100. Paul Yewchuk  PC  1968 Athabasca
101. David Yurdiga  CPC  2014 Fort McMurray—Athabasca



© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 00:28 (but data presented dynamically)