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 Prince Edward Island
Level Federal
Gender Men –or– Women –or– Non binary
Alive Yes –or– No
Results 76
Elected members
Legend } Men: 73 ( 11)
Women: 3 ( 2)
Non binary: 0 ( 0)
Alive: 13
Dead: 63
In office: 4 ( 4   0   0)
Died in office: 9 ( 9   0   0)
 PAR  Party and year at first election
Who First election
1. John H. Bell  LIB  1898 East Prince
2. Patrick G. Binns  PC  1984 Cardigan
3. Frederick S. Brecken  CONS  1878 Queen's County
4. Catherine S. Callbeck  LIB  1988 Malpeque
5. W. Bennett Campbell  LIB  1981 Cardigan
6. Sean J. Casey  LIB  2011 Charlottetown
7. Daniel Davies  CONS  1873 King's County
8. Louis H. Davies  LIB  1882 Queen's County
9. James L. Douglas  LIB  1940 Queen's
10. Wayne Easter  LIB  1993 Malpeque
11. Donald Farquharson  LIB  1902 West Queen's
12. Jamie D. Fox  CPC  2025 Malpeque
13. Austin L. Fraser  CONS  1908 King's
14. Melbourne A. Gass  PC  1979 Malpeque
15. Thomas V. Grant  LIB  1935 King's
16. Edward Hackett  CONS  1878 Prince County
17. Horace Haszard  LIB  1904 West Queen's
18. George R. Henderson  LIB  1980 Egmont
19. James J. Hughes  LIB  1900 King's
20. John T. Jenkins  CONS  1882 Queen's County
21. Robert H. Jenkins  LIB  1925 Queen's
22. Thomas J. Kickham  LIB  1949 King's
23. David Laird  LIB  1873 Queen's County
24. J. James Larabee  LIB  1935 Queen's
25. Alfred A. Lefurgey  CONS  1900 East Prince
26. Lawrence A. MacAulay  LIB  1988 Cardigan
27. Augustine C. Macdonald  CONS  1873 King's County
28. Daniel J. MacDonald  LIB  1972 Cardigan
29. David S.H. MacDonald  PC  1965 Prince
30. J. Heath MacDonald  LIB  2021 Malpeque
31. John A. Macdonald  LC  1925 King's
32. John A. Macdonald  PC  1957 King's
33. Margaret M. Macdonald  PC  1961 King's
34. Wilbur B. MacDonald  PC  1979 Cardigan
35. Donald A. MacKinnon  LIB  1900 East Queen's
36. J. Angus MacLean  PC  1951 Queen's
37. Cyrus Macmillan  LIB  1940 Queen's
38. John W. MacNaught  LIB  1945 Prince
39. Heath N. Macquarrie  PC  1957 Queen's
40. Alexander Martin  CONS  1896 East Queen's
41. Neil A. Matheson  LIB  1953 Queen's
42. Joseph B. McGuire  LIB  1988 Egmont
43. Peter A. McIntyre  LIB  1874 King's County
44. James McIsaac  UNIO  1917 King's
45. Alfred E. McLean  LIB  1921 Prince
46. Angus A. McLean  CONS  1904 Queen's
47. John McLean  CONS  1891 King's County
48. Bernard D. McLellan  LIB  1898 West Prince
49. W. Chester S. McLure  LC  1930 Queen's
50. Thomas M. McMillan  PC  1979 Hillsborough
51. Melvin J. McQuaid  PC  1965 King's
52. John A. Messervy  LC  1925 Queen's
53. Robert J. Morrissey  LIB  2015 Egmont
54. John C. Mullally  LIB  1963 King's
55. Shawn Murphy  LIB  2000 Hillsborough
56. Ephraim B. Muttart  CONS  1878 King's County
57. John H. Myers  LC  1930 Queen's
58. Donald Nicholson  CONS  1911 Queen's
59. Stanislaus F. Perry  LIB  1874 Prince County
60. Orville H. Phillips  PC  1957 Prince
61. James C. Pope  CONS  1873 Prince County
62. George A. Proud  LIB  1988 Hillsborough
63. Lemuel E. Prowse  LIB  1908 Queen's
64. James L. Ralston  LIB  1940 Prince
65. Joseph Read  LL  1917 Prince
66. James W. Richards  LIB  1908 Prince
67. James E. Robertson  LIB  1882 King's County
68. A.M. Gail Shea  CPC  2008 Egmont
69. John E. Sinclair  LL  1917 Queen's
70. Peter Sinclair  LIB  1873 Queen's County
71. Peter Sinclair  LIB  1935 Queen's
72. Alexander B. Warburton  LIB  1908 Queen's
73. William Welsh  ILIB  1887 Queen's County
74. Donald P. Wood  LIB  1977 Malpeque
75. James Yeo  LIB  1873 Prince County
76. John Yeo  LIB  1891 Prince County



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Pub.: 12 Nov 2022 08:02
Rev.: 28 Mar 2024 22:14 (but data presented dynamically)