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)

Edith Blanche Rogers (1894–1985)
© Photo 1935 — Public domain

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 14,277 persons — 12,920 men, 1,352 women, and 5 persons identifying as non-binary. Among them, 4,550 are (or are believed to be) still alive: 3,407 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 247
101
984
409
1,231
510
229
85
856
308
1,085
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 223
60
889
233
1,112
293
208
47
812
169
1,020
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 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
1,972
511
3,561
922
1,464
306
1,805
367
3,269
673
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
10,531
3,414
15,112
4,717
4,204
988
9,515
2,555
13,719
3,543
377
315
1,011
854
1,388
1,169
0
0
5
5
5
5
Diff. -835
-167
14,277
4,550
31.9%
Diff. -799
-136
12,920
3,407
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 Newfoundland and Labrador
Level Federal
Gender Men –or– Women –or– Non binary
Alive Yes
Results 31
Elected members
Legend } Men: 25
Women: 6
Non binary: 0
In office: 7 ( 4   3   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. Scott Andrews  LIB  2008 Avalon
2. George S. Baker  LIB  1974 Gander—Twillingate
3. Rex Barnes  PC  2002 Gander—Grand Falls
4. Gerry Byrne  LIB  1996 Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte
5. Richard J. Cashin  LIB  1962 St. John's West
6. Ryan Cleary  NDP  2011 St. John's South—Mount Pearl
7. Siobhán Coady  LIB  2008 St. John's South—Mount Pearl
8. Norman E. Doyle  PC  1997 St. John's East
9. Fonse Faour  NDP  1978 Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe
10. Judy May Foote  LIB  2008 Random—Burin—St. George's
11. Jack Harris  NDP  1987 St. John's East
12. Loyola W. Hearn  PC  2000 St. John's West
13. Bonnie Hickey  LIB  1993 St. John's East
14. Gudrid Ida Hutchings  LIB  2015 Long Range Mountains
15. Yvonne Jean Jones  LIB  2013 Labrador
16. Fabian Manning  CPC  2006 Avalon
17. William Matthews  PC  1997 Burin—St. George's
18. Kenneth J. McDonald  LIB  2015 Avalon
19. Seamus T.H. O'Regan  LIB  2015 St. John's South—Mount Pearl
20. Peter Penashue  CPC  2011 Labrador
21. Charles J. Power  PC  1997 St. John's West
22. Joseph Price  PC  1984 Burin—St. George's
23. Ross Reid  PC  1988 St. John's East
24. Churence Rogers  LIB  2017 Bonavista—Burin—Trinity
25. Todd Russell  LIB  2005 Labrador
26. Roger C. Simmons  LIB  1979 Burin—St. George's
27. Scott Simms  LIB  2004 Bonavista—Exploits
28. Clifford Small  CPC  2021 Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
29. Joanne Thompson  LIB  2021 St. John's East
30. Brian Tobin  LIB  1980 Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe
31. Nicholas J. Whalen  LIB  2015 St. John's East



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 25 Apr 2024 20:24 (but data presented dynamically)