by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)
Among the 56 oldest persons at the time of their election, 8 (or 14.29%) are in office, including this category's laureate: Ontario Progressive Conservative Raymond Cho, at 85 years and 6 months on June 2, 2022. He is also be the oldest on first election, as he was 79 years old when he was first elected in a by-election in Scarborough—Rouge River in September 2016, the dozen or so others in this database having been re-elected at that age. That being said, Cho had been a Toronto city councillor since 1991.
We notice a former prime minister on this list, namely John Diefenbaker, re-elected in 1979 at the age of 83 but dying a few months later. We notice as well a husband and wife team: George and Martha Black. George suffered a nervous breakdown toward the end of the 17th Parliament. Martha won his Yukon seat for him, occupying it for only one term until George returned to it from 1940 to 1949.
| Legend } | Age at election: (yy.mm.dd) ⊕ Alive: 28 (m: 9; f:: 19) ⊖ Dead: 28 (m: 19; f:: 9) |
PAR Party at last election ✓ In office: 8 (m: 5; f:: 3) ‡ Died in office: 3 (m: 3; f:: 0) |
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| Jurisdiction | Federal | Prov/Terr | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA Canada |
LIB LIB |
⊖ Daniel McIvor (84.03.27) [ON] ⊕ Hedy M. Fry (80.01.14) [BC] ✓ |
PC LIB
⊕ Raymond S.J. Cho (85.06.15) [ON] ✓ |
⊕ Donna Barnett (±75.04.08) [BC] |
| 9 | AB Alberta |
LIB NDP |
⊖ Joseph Miville Déchêne (77.07.19) ⊕ Linda Duncan (66.03.24) |
SC SC |
⊖ Ira McLaughlin (76.04.18) ⊖ Rosamond (Rose) E. Wilkinson (74.02.30) |
| 8 | BC British Columbia |
LIB LIB |
⊕ Ken C. Hardie (±74.08.19) ✓ ⊕ Hedy M. Fry (80.01.14) ✓ |
LIB LIB |
⊕ Ralph Sultan (83.11.03) ⊕ Donna Barnett (±75.04.08) |
| 11 | MB Manitoba |
LIB LIB |
⊖ James E. Matthews (79.10.10) ‡ ⊕ Anita R. Neville (66.02.22) |
LIBP PC |
⊖ Robert H. Mooney (76.03.00) ⊕ Myrna Driedger (±67.08.09) |
| 3 | NB New Brunswick |
LIB PC |
⊖ Olivier J. LeBlanc (77.10.29) ⊖ Elsie E. Wayne (68.07.07) |
CONS LIB |
⊖ Joseph A. Poirier (81.00.05) ⊖ Shirley T. Dysart (63.07.01) |
| 7 | NL Newfoundland and Labrador |
NDP LIB |
⊕ John J. (Jack) Harris (70.11.24) ⊕ Judy M. Foote (63.03.26) |
LIBR NDP |
⊖ Joseph R. (Joey) Smallwood (74.08.23) ⊕ Lorraine Michael (72.08.03) |
| 2 | NS Nova Scotia |
LC NDP |
⊖ William A. Black (82.09.19) ‡ ⊖ Alexa A. McDonough (61.05.12) |
PC PC |
⊖ George A. Burridge (80.00.18) ⊖ Gladys M. Porter (70.02.04) |
| 14 | NT Northwest Territories |
LIB LIB |
⊕ Michael McLeod (62.00.14) ✓ ⊕ Ethel D. Blondin-Andrew (53.03.03) |
IND IND |
⊖ Peter Baker (±76.11.30) ⊕ Caroline Cochrane (58.09.26) |
| 13 | NU Nunavut |
LIB LIB |
⊕ Hunter A. Tootoo (52.02.01) ⊕ Nancy U. Karetak-Lindell (48.01.13) |
IND IND |
⊕ Isaac Shooyook (±74.09.27) ⊕ Monica I. Ell-Kanayuk (±59.09.27) |
| 6 | ON Ontario |
LIB LIB |
⊖ Daniel McIvor (84.03.27) ⊕ Judy A. Sgro (76.09.04) ✓ |
PC PC |
⊕ Raymond S.J. Cho (85.06.15) ✓ ⊖ Julia A.L. Munro (71.11.13) |
| 4 | PE Prince Edward Island |
LIB CPC |
⊕ Lawrence A. MacAulay (75.00.11) ✓ ⊕ A.M. Gail Shea (52.00.26) |
LIB PC |
⊖ Angus McMillan (79.08.22) ⊕ Mildred A. Dover (62.05.17) |
| 5 | QC Québec |
LIB NDP |
⊕ Yves Robillard (±79.08.19) ✓ ⊕ Lise St-Denis (71.00.14) |
UN QLP |
⊖ Charles-Romulus Ducharme (76.00.10) ⊕ Nicole Ménard (69.09.04) |
| 10 | SK Saskatchewan |
PC CPC |
⊖ John G. Diefenbaker (83.08.04) ‡ ⊕ Cathay Wagantall (65.06.13) ✓ |
LIB SKP |
⊖ Donald M. Finlayson (74.09.28) ⊕ June Draude (62.07.21) |
| 12 | YT Yukon |
PC ICON |
⊖ George Black (72.02.01) ⊖ Martha L. Black (69.07.20) |
YP YP |
⊖ William G. Brewster (67.11.25) ⊕ Geraldine Van Bibber (69.09.09) ✓ |
| 15 | NW North-West Territories |
LIB |
⊖ James M. Douglas (61.05.12) |
IND |
⊖ William Eakin (70.04.21) |
| So far, Hunter Tootoo is the only male MP for Nunavut, making him both the youngest and oldest elected. Women never had the right to vote or to get elected in the North-West Territories. |
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