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 1,589
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 Federal
Gender Men –or– Women –or– Non binary
Alive Yes
Results 146
Elected members
Legend } Men: 107
Women: 39
Non binary: 0
In office: 42 ( 31   11   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Dan Albas  CPC  2011 Okanagan—Coquihalla
2. John Aldag  LIB  2015 Cloverdale—Langley City
3. David A. Anderson  LIB  1968 Esquimalt—Saanich
4. Mel Arnold  CPC  2015 North Okanagan—Shuswap
5. Alex T. Atamanenko  NDP  2006 British Columbia Southern Interior
6. Taylor B. Bachrach  NDP  2019 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
7. Paramvir (Parm) Bains  LIB  2021 Steveston—Richmond East
8. Lisa Marie Barron  NDP  2021 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
9. Terry Beech  LIB  2015 Burnaby North—Seymour
10. Catherine J. Bell  NDP  2006 Vancouver Island North
11. Donald H. Bell  LIB  2004 North Vancouver
12. Dawn Black  NDP  1988 New Westminster—Burnaby
13. Rachel A. Blaney  NDP  2015 North Island—Powell River
14. John F. Brewin  NDP  1988 Victoria
15. Andrew Burton  CA  2000 Skeena
16. Dona Cadman  CPC  2008 Surrey North
17. Iona V. Campagnolo  LIB  1974 Skeena
18. A. Kim Campbell  PC  1988 Vancouver Centre
19. Ronald D.E. Cannan  CPC  2006 Kelowna—Lake Country
20. Richard J. Cannings  NDP  2015 South Okanagan—West Kootenay
21. Frank Caputo  CPC  2021 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
22. Raymond Chan  LIB  1993 Richmond
23. Kenny Chiu  CPC  2019 Steveston—Richmond East
24. William H. Clarke  PC  1972 Vancouver Quadra
25. Laurel Collins  NDP  2019 Victoria
26. Mary Collins  PC  1984 Capilano
27. Jean A. Crowder  NDP  2004 Nanaimo—Cowichan
28. Nathan Cullen  NDP  2004 Skeena—Bulkley Valley
29. John M. Cummins  REF  1993 Delta
30. Marc Dalton  CPC  2019 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
31. Don Davies  NDP  2008 Vancouver Kingsway
32. Libby Davies  NDP  1997 Vancouver East
33. Stockwell B. Day  CA  2000 Okanagan—Coquihalla
34. Harbance S. (Herb) Dhaliwal  LIB  1993 Vancouver South
35. Sukhminder (Sukh) S. Dhaliwal  LIB  2006 Newton—North Delta
36. Todd B. Doherty  CPC  2015 Cariboo—Prince George
37. Fin Donnelly  NDP  2009 New Westminster—Coquitlam
38. Ujjal D.S. Dosanjh  LIB  2004 Vancouver South
39. John A.W. Drysdale  PC  1958 Burnaby—Richmond
40. John M. Duncan  REF  1993 North Island—Powell River
41. Reed Elley  REF  1997 Nanaimo—Cowichan
42. David L. Emerson  LIB  2004 Vancouver Kingsway
43. Edward D. Fast  CPC  2006 Abbotsford
44. Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay  CPC  2011 Delta—Richmond East
45. Paul E. Forseth  REF  1993 New Westminster—Burnaby
46. John A. Fraser  PC  1972 Vancouver South
47. Hedy M. Fry  LIB  1993 Vancouver Centre
48. Stephen Fuhr  LIB  2015 Kelowna—Lake Country
49. Brian L. Gardiner  NDP  1988 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
50. Randall C. Garrison  NDP  2011 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
51. William D. Gilmour  REF  1993 Comox—Alberni
52. Pamela Goldsmith-Jones  LIB  2015 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
53. James W. Gouk  REF  1993 Kootenay West—Revelstoke
54. Tracy Gray  CPC  2019 Kelowna—Lake Country
55. Gurmant S. Grewal  REF  1997 Surrey Central
56. Nina Grewal  CPC  2004 Fleetwood—Port Kells
57. Herbert G. Grubel  REF  1993 Capilano—Howe Sound
58. Ken Hardie  LIB  2015 Fleetwood—Port Kells
59. Richard M. Harris  REF  1993 Prince George—Bulkley Valley
60. James A. Hart  REF  1993 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
61. Sharon R. Hayes  REF  1993 Port Moody—Coquitlam
62. Russel Hiebert  CPC  2004 South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale
63. Jay D. Hill  REF  1993 Prince George—Peace River
64. Betty Z. Hinton  CA  2000 Kamloops, Thompson and Highland Valleys
65. Gordon J. (Gordie) Hogg  LIB  2017 South Surrey—White Rock
66. Lynn Hunter  NDP  1988 Saanich—Gulf Islands
67. Tamara N. Jansen  CPC  2019 Cloverdale—Langley City
68. Daphne G. Jennings  REF  1993 Mission—Coquitlam
69. Gord Johns  NDP  2015 Courtenay—Alberni
70. Peter S. Julian  NDP  2004 Burnaby—New Westminster
71. Randy Kamp  CPC  2004 Dewdney—Alouette
72. James C. Karpoff  NDP  1988 Surrey North
73. Jenny W.C. Kwan  NDP  2015 Vancouver East
74. Arthur J. Lee  LIB  1974 Vancouver East
75. M.R. Sophia Leung  LIB  1997 Vancouver Kingsway
76. Gary V. Lunn  REF  1997 Saanich—Gulf Islands
77. James D. Lunney  CA  2000 Nanaimo—Alberni
78. Alistair B. MacGregor  NDP  2015 Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
79. Lyle D. MacWilliam  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Shuswap
80. Sheila Malcolmson  NDP  2015 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
81. James D. Manly  NDP  1980 Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands
82. Paul Manly  GRN  2019 Nanaimo—Ladysmith
83. Keith P. Martin  REF  1993 Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca
84. Elizabeth E. May  GRN  2011 Saanich—Gulf Islands
85. Colin N. Mayes  CPC  2006 Okanagan—Shuswap
86. Philip W. Mayfield  REF  1993 Cariboo—Chilcotin
87. Ronald McKinnon  LIB  2015 Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
88. Cathy McLeod  CPC  2008 Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
89. Grant McNally  REF  1997 Dewdney—Alouette
90. Valerie Meredith  REF  1993 Surrey—White Rock—South Langley
91. Chung An Wilson Miao  LIB  2021 Richmond Centre
92. Edward A. Miller  NDP  1979 Nanaimo—Alberni
93. James Moore  CA  2000 Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
94. Rob Morrison  CPC  2019 Kootenay—Columbia
95. Joyce C. Murray  LIB  2008 Vancouver Quadra
96. Taleeb F. Noormohamed  LIB  2021 Vancouver Granville
97. Frank Oberle  PC  1972 Prince George—Peace River
98. Harry M. Olaussen  NDP  1972 Coast Chilcotin
99. Sidney J. Parker  NDP  1980 Kootenay East—Revelstoke
100. Joe Peschisolido  CA  2000 Richmond
101. Penny Priddy  NDP  2006 Surrey North
102. Carla D. Qualtrough  LIB  2015 Delta
103. Murray Rankin  NDP  2012 Victoria
104. John D. Reynolds  PC  1972 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
105. Nelson A. Riis  NDP  1980 Kamloops—Shuswap
106. Svend J. Robinson  NDP  1979 Burnaby
107. Daniel Ruimy  LIB  2015 Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
108. Harjit S. Sajjan  LIB  2015 Vancouver South
109. Jasbir Sandhu  NDP  2011 Surrey North
110. Randeep S. Sarai  LIB  2015 Surrey Centre
111. Denise Savoie  NDP  2006 Victoria
112. Andrew Saxton  CPC  2008 North Vancouver
113. Ted W. Schellenberg  PC  1984 Nanaimo—Alberni
114. Werner Schmidt  REF  1993 Okanagan Centre
115. Michael G. Scott  REF  1993 Skeena
116. Louis Sekora  LIB  1998 Port Moody—Coquitlam
117. Nelly Shin  CPC  2019 Port Moody—Coquitlam
118. Thomas E. Siddon  PC  1978 Burnaby—Richmond—Delta
119. Jati Sidhu  LIB  2015 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
120. William L. Siksay  NDP  2004 Burnaby—Douglas
121. Jinny J. Sims  NDP  2011 Newton—North Delta
122. Jagmeet Singh  NDP  2019 Burnaby South
123. Gerry St. Germain  PC  1983 Mission—Port Moody
124. Wayne L. Stetski  NDP  2015 Kootenay—Columbia
125. E.C. Kennedy Stewart  NDP  2011 Burnaby—Douglas
126. Darrel Stinson  REF  1993 Okanagan—Shuswap
127. Charles R. (Chuck) Strahl  REF  1993 Fraser Valley East
128. Mark R. Strahl  CPC  2011 Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
129. Anna M. Terrana  LIB  1993 Vancouver East
130. Tako J. van Popta  CPC  2019 Langley—Aldergrove
131. Brad Vis  CPC  2019 Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
132. Dianne L. Watts  CPC  2015 South Surrey—White Rock
133. Patrick B. Weiler  LIB  2019 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
134. John D. Weston  CPC  2008 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
135. Edward A. (Ted) White  REF  1993 North Vancouver
136. Randy A. White  REF  1993 Fraser Valley West
137. John R. (Jack) Whittaker  NDP  1988 Okanagan—Similkameen—Merritt
138. Godfrey S. (Stan) Wilbee  PC  1988 Delta
139. Jonathan Wilkinson  LIB  2015 North Vancouver
140. David Wilks  CPC  2011 Kootenay—Columbia
141. Blair Wilson  LIB  2006 West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
142. Jody Wilson-Raybould  LIB  2015 Vancouver Granville
143. Alice Wong  CPC  2008 Richmond
144. Wai Young  CPC  2011 Vancouver South
145. Bonita Zarrillo  NDP  2021 Port Moody—Coquitlam
146. Bob Zimmer  CPC  2011 Prince George—Peace River



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 13:52 (but data presented dynamically)