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 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 –or– No
Results 261
Elected members
Legend } Men: 250 ( 40)
Women: 11 ( 9)
Non binary: 0 ( 0)
Alive: 49
Dead: 212
In office: 11 ( 10   1   0)
Died in office: 17 ( 17   0   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. William H. Allison  CONS  1878 Hants
2. William Johnston Almon  CONS  1872 Halifax
3. Sir Adams George Archibald  CONS  1869 Colchester
4. D. Scott Armstrong  CPC  2009 Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
5. Frederick T. Armstrong  LIB  1963 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
6. Loran E. Baker  LIB  1945 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
7. Samuel R. Balcom  LIB  1950 Halifax
8. Jaime Battiste  LIB  2019 Sydney—Victoria
9. Adam C. Bell  CONS  1896 Pictou
10. John L. Bethune  CONS  1896 Victoria
11. Silas T.R. Bill  CONS  1878 Queens
12. Judson Black  LIB  1904 Hants
13. Percy C. Black  NCP  1940 Cumberland
14. William A. Black  LC  1923 Halifax
15. Edward Blackadder  LIB  1921 Halifax
16. Kody Blois  LIB  2019 Kings—Hants
17. Frederick Borden  LIB  1874 Kings
18. Robert Borden  CONS  1896 Halifax
19. John O. Bower  PC  1965 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
20. Edward C. Bowers  LIB  1891 Digby
21. Scott A. Brison  PC  1997 Kings—Hants
22. Dianne Brushett  LIB  1993 Cumberland—Colchester
23. William M. Buchanan  LIB  1953 Cape Breton North and Victoria
24. Robert H. Butts  UNIO  1917 Cape Breton South and Richmond
25. Daniel A. Cameron  LIB  1935 Cape Breton North and Victoria
26. Hugh Cameron  ANTI  1867 Inverness
27. Charles J. Campbell  CONS  1874 Victoria
28. Coline Campbell  LIB  1974 South Western Nova
29. John Campbell  CONS  1887 Digby
30. Stewart Campbell  ANTI  1867 Guysborough
31. Thomas Cantley  LC  1925 Pictou
32. James W. Carmichael  ANTI  1867 Pictou
33. Michael Carney  LIB  1904 Halifax
34. William F. Carroll  LIB  1911 Cape Breton South
35. William D. Casey  PC  1988 Cumberland—Colchester
36. Leverett de Veber Chipman  LIB  1870 Kings
37. William H. Chipman  ANTI  1867 Kings
38. Alexander W. Chisholm  LIB  1908 Inverness
39. Robert Chisholm  NDP  2011 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
40. William Chisholm  LIB  1905 Antigonish
41. Charles E. Church  LIB  1872 Lunenburg
42. Mary Clancy  LIB  1988 Halifax
43. Robert C. Coates  PC  1957 Cumberland
44. Kenneth J. Cochrane  LIB  1935 Cumberland
45. Thomas Coffin  ANTI  1867 Shelburne
46. Gerald Comeau  PC  1984 South West Nova
47. Louis-Roland Comeau  PC  1968 South Western Nova
48. George T.H. Cooper  PC  1979 Halifax
49. Albert J.S. Copp  LIB  1896 Digby
50. William J. Croke  ANTI  1867 Richmond
51. Adam B. Crosby  CONS  1908 Halifax
52. Howard E. Crosby  PC  1978 Halifax—East Hants
53. Lloyd R. Crouse  PC  1957 Queens—Lunenburg
54. Rodger T. Cuzner  LIB  2000 Bras d'Or—Cape Breton
55. Christopher A. d'Entremont  CPC  2019 West Nova
56. Malachy B. Daly  CONS  1878 Halifax
57. Avard L. Davidson  CONS  1911 Annapolis
58. John A. Dawson  LIB  1874 Pictou
59. Lena M. Diab  LIB  2021 Halifax West
60. Arthur R. Dickey  CONS  1888 Cumberland
61. John H. Dickey  LIB  1947 Halifax
62. Wilbert D. Dimock  CONS  1896 Colchester
63. David C. Dingwall  LIB  1980 Cape Breton—East Richmond
64. Michelle Dockrill  NDP  1997 Bras d'Or
65. Murray Dodd  CONS  1882 Cape Breton
66. John C. Douglas  UNIO  1917 Cape Breton South and Richmond
67. Robert Doull  CONS  1872 Pictou
68. William Duff  LL  1917 Lunenburg
69. Gordon S. Earle  NDP  1997 Halifax West
70. James D. Eisenhauer  LIB  1887 Lunenburg
71. Angus A. Elderkin  LIB  1949 Annapolis—Kings
72. Stephen D. Ellis  CPC  2021 Cumberland—Colchester
73. William G. Ernst  LC  1926 Queens—Lunenburg
74. Mark Eyking  LIB  2000 Sydney—Victoria
75. William S. Fielding  LIB  1896 Shelburne and Queens
76. Andy Fillmore  LIB  2015 Halifax
77. Duncan Finlayson  LIB  1904 Richmond
78. Robert E. Finn  LIB  1922 Halifax
79. Darren Fisher  LIB  2015 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
80. Thomas B. Flint  LIB  1891 Yarmouth
81. Edmund P. Flynn  LIB  1874 Richmond
82. Francis G. Forbes  LIB  1891 Queens
83. James F. Forbes  ANTI  1867 Queens
84. J. Michael W.C. Forrestall  PC  1965 Halifax
85. Arthur D. Foster  CONS  1911 Kings
86. Colin Fraser  LIB  2015 West Nova
87. Duncan C. Fraser  LIB  1891 Guysborough
88. Sean Fraser  LIB  2015 Central Nova
89. Joshua N. Freeman  CONS  1887 Queens
90. Joseph A. Gillies  CONS  1891 Richmond
91. Clarence Gillis  CCF  1940 Cape Breton South
92. Monson H. Goudge  LIB  1873 Hants
93. Seymour E. Gourley  CONS  1900 Colchester
94. Allen Haley  LIB  1896 Hants
95. Charles Haliburton  PC  1972 South Western Nova
96. David J. Hartigan  LIB  1935 Cape Breton South
97. Paul L. Hatfield  LIB  1921 Yarmouth and Clare
98. Andrew Hogan  NDP  1974 Cape Breton—East Richmond
99. Joseph Howe  ANTI  1867 Hants
100. James L. Ilsley  LIB  1926 Hants—Kings
101. Gordon B. Isnor  LIB  1935 Halifax
102. Clarence Jameson  CONS  1908 Digby
103. Alexander Johnston  LIB  1900 Cape Breton
104. Lewis W. Johnstone  LC  1925 Cape Breton North—Victoria
105. Alfred G. Jones  ANTI  1867 Halifax
106. Herbert L. Jones  CONS  1887 Digby
107. Bernadette Jordan  LIB  2015 South Shore—St. Margarets
108. Charles E. Kaulbach  CONS  1878 Lunenburg
109. Gerald G. Keddy  PC  1997 South Shore
110. Thomas T. Keefler  LIB  1882 Lunenburg
111. Michael J. Kelloway  LIB  2019 Cape Breton—Canso
112. Fenwick L. Kelly  LIB  1923 North Cape Breton and Victoria
113. Arthur S. Kendall  LIB  1900 Cape Breton
114. Cyril F. Kennedy  PC  1957 Colchester—Hants
115. Thomas E. Kenny  CONS  1887 Halifax
116. Greg Kerr  CPC  2008 West Nova
117. Frank Killam  LIB  1869 Yarmouth
118. Thomas Killam  ANTI  1867 Yarmouth
119. J. James Kinley  LIB  1935 Queens—Lunenburg
120. Joseph R. Kinney  LIB  1882 Yarmouth
121. J. Ralph Kirk  LIB  1936 Antigonish—Guysborough
122. John A. Kirk  LIB  1874 Guysborough
123. Thomas A.M. Kirk  LIB  1949 Digby—Yarmouth
124. George W. Kyte  LIB  1908 Richmond
125. Frederick A. Laurence  LIB  1904 Colchester
126. John W. Laurie  CONS  1887 Shelburne
127. Bowman Law  LIB  1902 Yarmouth
128. Francis G. LeBlanc  LIB  1988 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
129. Felton F. Legere  PC  1958 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
130. Megan A. Leslie  NDP  2008 Halifax
131. Isaac LeVesconte  CONS  1869 Richmond
132. Wendy Lill  NDP  1997 Dartmouth
133. John E. Lloyd  LIB  1963 Halifax
134. Hance J. Logan  LIB  1896 Cumberland
135. Avard Longley  CONS  1878 Annapolis
136. Lewis J. Lovett  LIB  1921 Digby and Annapolis
137. John Lovitt  LIB  1887 Yarmouth
138. Azel R. Lusby  LIB  1953 Cumberland
139. Angus L. Macdonald  LIB  1923 Pictou
140. Angus R. Macdonald  PC  1957 Antigonish—Guysborough
141. Edward M. Macdonald  LIB  1904 Pictou
142. Finlay MacDonald  LC  1925 Cape Breton South
143. John Macdonald  LC  1925 Richmond—West Cape Breton
144. Ronald J. MacDonald  LIB  1988 Dartmouth
145. William C. Macdonald  LIB  1940 Halifax
146. Isaac D. MacDougall  LC  1925 Inverness
147. Allan MacEachen  LIB  1953 Inverness—Richmond
148. H. Russell MacEwan  PC  1957 Pictou
149. Donald MacInnis  PC  1957 Cape Breton South
150. Malcolm V. MacInnis  NDP  1962 Cape Breton South
151. Elmer M. MacKay  PC  1971 Central Nova
152. Newton L. Mackay  CONS  1872 Cape Breton
153. Peter G. MacKay  PC  1997 Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough
154. David MacKeen  CONS  1887 Cape Breton
155. Alexander K. Maclean  LIB  1904 Lunenburg
156. Matthew MacLean  LIB  1937 Cape Breton North and Victoria
157. Robert S. MacLellan  PC  1958 Inverness—Richmond
158. Russell G. MacLellan  LIB  1979 Cape Breton—The Sydneys
159. Donald MacLennan  LIB  1935 Inverness—Richmond
160. George T. MacNutt  LC  1925 Colchester
161. James W. Maddin  CONS  1908 Cape Breton South
162. Dominic Peter Mancini  NDP  1997 Sydney—Victoria
163. Lewis H. Martell  LIB  1921 Hants
164. Peter Martin  UNIO  1918 Halifax
165. Joseph Matheson  LIB  1900 Richmond
166. Robert J. McCleave  PC  1957 Halifax
167. Firman McClure  LIB  1897 Colchester
168. Peter L. McCreath  PC  1988 South Shore
169. Henry B. McCulloch  LIB  1935 Pictou
170. Fleming B. McCurdy  CONS  1911 Shelburne and Queens
171. Duncan McDonald  LIB  1878 Victoria
172. Edmund M. McDonald  ANTI  1867 Lunenburg
173. Hugh McDonald  ANTI  1867 Antigonish
174. James McDonald  CONS  1872 Pictou
175. John A. McDonald  CONS  1887 Victoria
176. William McDonald  CONS  1872 Cape Breton
177. Samuel McDonnell  CONS  1872 Inverness
178. Alexa Ann McDonough  NDP  1997 Halifax
179. John McDougald  CONS  1881 Pictou
180. Hector F. McDougall  CONS  1884 Cape Breton
181. Moses E. McGarry  LIB  1940 Inverness—Richmond
182. Alexander McGregor  UNIO  1917 Pictou
183. Stewart D. McInnes  PC  1984 Halifax
184. Angus McIsaac  LIB  1873 Antigonish
185. Colin F. McIsaac  LIB  1895 Antigonish
186. Thomas McKay  CONS  1874 Colchester
187. James C. McKeagney  ANTI  1867 Cape Breton
188. Daniel D. McKenzie  LIB  1904 North Cape Breton and Victoria
189. Archibald W. McLelan  ANTI  1867 Colchester
190. Angus McLennan  LIB  1896 Inverness
191. Hugh McLeod  CONS  1878 Cape Breton
192. William M. McLeod  CONS  1879 Cape Breton
193. John B. Mills  CONS  1887 Annapolis
194. Edmund L. Morris  PC  1957 Halifax
195. Robert Muir  PC  1957 Cape Breton North and Victoria
196. Mark Muise  PC  1997 West Nova
197. John Murphy  LIB  1993 Annapolis Valley—Hants
198. George C. Nowlan  PC  1948 Digby—Annapolis—Kings
199. J. Patrick Nowlan  PC  1965 Digby—Annapolis—Kings
200. Clement A. O'Leary  PC  1958 Antigonish—Guysborough
201. Lawrence O'Neil  PC  1984 Cape Breton Highlands—Canso
202. Edwin R. Oakes  CONS  1874 Digby
203. Alfred Ogden  CONS  1878 Guysborough
204. Henry N. Paint  CONS  1882 Richmond
205. William A. Patterson  CONS  1891 Colchester
206. Frederick M. Pearson  LIB  1870 Colchester
207. Rick Perkins  CPC  2021 South Shore—St. Margarets
208. Samuel W.W. Pickup  LIB  1904 Annapolis
209. Vincent-Joseph Pottier  LIB  1935 Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare
210. Patrick Power  ANTI  1867 Halifax
211. Gordon T. Purdy  LIB  1935 Colchester—Hants
212. Alfred Putnam  CONS  1887 Hants
213. Harold Putnam  LIB  1921 Colchester
214. Felix P. Quinn  LC  1925 Halifax
215. James L. Ralston  LIB  1926 Shelburne—Yarmouth
216. William H. Ray  ANTI  1867 Annapolis
217. Geoff Regan  LIB  1993 Halifax West
218. Gerald Regan  LIB  1963 Halifax
219. Edgar Rhodes  CONS  1908 Cumberland
220. Matthew H. Richey  CONS  1878 Halifax
221. Thomas Robertson  LIB  1878 Shelburne
222. Ernest Robinson  LIB  1921 Kings
223. William Roche  LIB  1900 Halifax
224. Alexander C. Ross  LIB  1906 North Cape Breton and Victoria
225. William Ross  ANTI  1867 Victoria
226. Benjamin Russell  LIB  1896 Halifax
227. Darrell Samson  LIB  2015 Sackville—Preston—Chezzetcook
228. Mike Savage  LIB  2004 Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
229. Alfred W. Savary  ANTI  1867 Digby
230. Harry B. Short  LC  1925 Digby—Annapolis
231. John H. Sinclair  LIB  1904 Guysborough
232. Roseanne M. Skoke  LIB  1993 Central Nova
233. Donald Smith  LIB  1949 Queens—Shelburne
234. Robert Smith  LC  1925 Cumberland
235. John D. Sperry  LIB  1909 Lunenburg
236. Edgar K. Spinney  UNIO  1917 Yarmouth and Clare
237. John F. Stairs  CONS  1883 Halifax
238. Frank Stanfield Jr.  PC  1945 Colchester—Hants
239. John Stanfield  CONS  1907 Colchester
240. Robert Stanfield  PC  1967 Colchester—Hants
241. Dugald Stewart  CONS  1911 Lunenburg
242. John B. Stewart  LIB  1962 Antigonish—Guysborough
243. Peter A. Stoffer  NDP  1997 Sackville—Eastern Shore
244. Robert Thibault  LIB  2000 West Nova
245. John Sparrow David Thompson  CONS  1885 Antigonish
246. Stephen Tobin  LIB  1872 Halifax
247. Charles J. Townshend  CONS  1884 Cumberland
248. Barclay E. Tremain  LIB  1875 Victoria
249. Hadley B. Tremain  CONS  1911 Hants
250. Charles H. Tupper  CONS  1882 Pictou
251. Sir Charles Tupper  CONS  1867 Cumberland
252. Martin L. Urquhart  LIB  1930 Colchester
253. William B. Vail  LIB  1874 Digby
254. Harry Verran  LIB  1993 South West Nova
255. Fletcher B. Wade  LIB  1900 Annapolis
256. John C. Wade  CONS  1878 Digby
257. Derek M. Wells  LIB  1993 South Shore
258. Nathaniel W. White  CONS  1891 Shelburne
259. Robert Winters  LIB  1945 Queens—Lunenburg
260. Douglas Woodworth  CONS  1882 Kings
261. Lenore E. Zann  LIB  2019 Cumberland—Colchester



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