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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 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 355
143		 972
327		 1,327
470		 309
105		 840
222		 1,149
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 1,589
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 Nova Scotia
Level Federal
Gender ♂ Men –or– ♀ Women –or– ⚥ Non binary
Alive ⊕ Yes
Results 49
Elected members
Legend } ♂ Men: 40
♀ Women: 9
⚥ Non binary: 0
 ✓ In office: 11 (♂ 10  ♀ 1  ⚥ 0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. ♂ ⊕ D. Scott Armstrong  CPC  2009 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
2. ♂ ⊕ Jaime Battiste ✓  LIB  2019 Sydney—Victoria
3. ♂ ⊕ Kody Blois ✓  LIB  2019 Kings—Hants
4. ♂ ⊕ Scott A. Brison  PC  1997 Kings—Hants
5. ♀ ⊕ Coline Campbell  LIB  1974 South Western Nova
6. ♂ ⊕ William D. Casey  PC  1988 Cumberland—Colchester
7. ♂ ⊕ Robert Chisholm  NDP  2011 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
8. ♀ ⊕ Mary Clancy  LIB  1988 Halifax
9. ♂ ⊕ Louis-Roland Comeau  PC  1968 South Western Nova
10. ♂ ⊕ George T.H. Cooper  PC  1979 Halifax
11. ♂ ⊕ Rodger T. Cuzner  LIB  2000 Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
12. ♂ ⊕ Christopher A. d'Entremont ✓  CPC  2019 West Nova
13. ♀ ⊕ Lena M. Diab ✓  LIB  2021 Halifax West
14. ♂ ⊕ David C. Dingwall  LIB  1980 Cape Breton—East Richmond
15. ♀ ⊕ Michelle Dockrill  NDP  1997 Bras d'Or
16. ♂ ⊕ Gordon S. Earle  NDP  1997 Halifax West
17. ♂ ⊕ Stephen D. Ellis ✓  CPC  2021 Cumberland—Colchester
18. ♂ ⊕ Mark Eyking  LIB  2000 Sydney—Victoria
19. ♂ ⊕ Andy Fillmore ✓  LIB  2015 Halifax
20. ♂ ⊕ Darren Fisher ✓  LIB  2015 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
21. ♂ ⊕ Colin Fraser  LIB  2015 West Nova
22. ♂ ⊕ Sean Fraser ✓  LIB  2015 Central Nova
23. ♂ ⊕ Charles Haliburton  PC  1972 South Western Nova
24. ♀ ⊕ Bernadette Jordan  LIB  2015 South Shore—St. Margarets
25. ♂ ⊕ Gerald G. Keddy  PC  1997 South Shore
26. ♂ ⊕ Michael J. Kelloway ✓  LIB  2019 Cape Breton—Canso
27. ♂ ⊕ Greg Kerr  CPC  2008 West Nova
28. ♂ ⊕ Francis G. LeBlanc  LIB  1988 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
29. ♀ ⊕ Megan A. Leslie  NDP  2008 Halifax
30. ♀ ⊕ Wendy Lill  NDP  1997 Dartmouth
31. ♂ ⊕ Ronald J. MacDonald  LIB  1988 Dartmouth
32. ♂ ⊕ Malcolm V. MacInnis  NDP  1962 Cape Breton South
33. ♂ ⊕ Elmer M. MacKay  PC  1971 Central Nova
34. ♂ ⊕ Peter G. MacKay  PC  1997 Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
35. ♂ ⊕ Russell G. MacLellan  LIB  1979 Cape Breton—The Sydneys
36. ♂ ⊕ Dominic Peter Mancini  NDP  1997 Sydney—Victoria
37. ♂ ⊕ Peter L. McCreath  PC  1988 South Shore
38. ♂ ⊕ Mark Muise  PC  1997 West Nova
39. ♂ ⊕ John Murphy  LIB  1993 Annapolis Valley—Hants
40. ♂ ⊕ Lawrence O'Neil  PC  1984 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
41. ♂ ⊕ Rick Perkins ✓  CPC  2021 South Shore—St. Margarets
42. ♂ ⊕ Geoff Regan  LIB  1993 Halifax West
43. ♂ ⊕ Darrell Samson ✓  LIB  2015 Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
44. ♂ ⊕ Mike Savage  LIB  2004 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
45. ♀ ⊕ Roseanne M. Skoke  LIB  1993 Central Nova
46. ♂ ⊕ Peter A. Stoffer  NDP  1997 Sackville—Eastern Shore
47. ♂ ⊕ Robert Thibault  LIB  2000 West Nova
48. ♂ ⊕ Derek M. Wells  LIB  1993 South Shore
49. ♀ ⊕ Lenore E. Zann  LIB  2019 Cumberland—Colchester


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 24 Apr 2024 21:58 (but data presented dynamically)

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