by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)
While most Canadians aspire to retire when they reach a certain age, some politicians choose to keep going as long as they still have the desire and, of course, get re-elected.
This list shows who are the oldest sitting MPs and MLAs, federally and provincially, by jurisdiction. It is only accurate to the extent that the birth date of 419 of the 1,115 members currently in office is unknown. Also, for the territories, where there is only one MP, the datum here is meaningless.
| Legend } | Current age: (yy.mm.dd) ⊕ Alive: 47 (m: 24; f:: 23) |
PAR Party at last election | |||
| Jurisdiction | Federal | Prov/Terr | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA Canada |
BQ LPC |
⊕ Louis Plamondon (82.01.14) [QC] ⊕ Hedy Fry (84.01.08) [BC] |
PCO CPBC
⊕ Raymond Cho (88.09.27) [ON] |
⊕ Teresa Wat (±76.08.13) [BC] |
| 9 | AB Alberta |
CPC LPC |
⊕ Kerry Diotte (69.06.19) ⊕ Eleanor Olszewski (±71.08.13) |
UCP NDP
⊕ Rick Wilson (±68.08.13) |
⊕ Luanne Metz (67.09.28) |
| 8 | BC British Columbia |
LPC LPC |
⊕ Ron McKinnon (74.01.06) ⊕ Hedy Fry (84.01.08) |
NDP CPBC
⊕ George Chow (±75.08.13) |
⊕ Teresa Wat (±76.08.13) |
| 11 | MB Manitoba |
LPC NDP |
⊕ Terry Duguid (±71.08.13) ⊕ Leah Gazan (53.05.06) |
NDP NDP
⊕ Jim Maloway (72.10.04) |
⊕ Nahanni Fontaine (±54.08.13) |
| 3 | NB New Brunswick |
LPC LPC |
⊕ Wayne Long (62.05.01) ⊕ Ginette Petitpas Taylor (57.00.22) |
NBLP NBLP
⊕ Guy Arseneault (73.04.03) |
⊕ Francine Landry (67.03.00) |
| 7 | NL Newfoundland and Labrador |
LPC LPC |
⊕ Tom Osborne (60.11.25) ⊕ Joanne Thompson (65.02.12) |
LPNL LPNL
⊕ John Haggie (71.07.13) |
⊕ Siobhán Coady (64.10.03) |
| 2 | NS Nova Scotia |
LPC LPC |
⊕ Darren Fisher (60.00.04) ⊕ Lena Diab (60.00.28) |
NSPC NSPC
⊕ Tim Outhit (±64.08.13) |
⊕ Twila Grosse (±64.08.13) |
| 14 | NT Northwest Territories |
|
IND IND
⊕ Shane Thompson (62.02.03) |
⊕ Lesa Semmler (±49.08.13) | |
| 13 | NU Nunavut |
NDP |
⊕ Lori Idlout (51.05.17) |
IND IND
⊕ Alexander Sammurtok (±73.08.13) |
⊕ Janet Brewster (±56.08.13) |
| 6 | ON Ontario |
LPC LPC |
⊕ Bill Blair (71.05.05) ⊕ Judy Sgro (80.08.29) |
PCO NDP
⊕ Raymond Cho (88.09.27) |
⊕ France Gélinas (±72.08.13) |
| 4 | PE Prince Edward Island |
LPC |
⊕ Bobby Morrissey (70.09.27) |
LPPE PCPE
⊕ Robert Henderson (64.01.24) |
⊕ Darlene Compton (64.07.24) |
| 5 | QC Québec |
BQ LPC |
⊕ Louis Plamondon (82.01.14) ⊕ Linda Lapointe (65.02.12) |
CAQ CAQ
⊕ Luc Provençal (70.04.05) |
⊕ Chantal Rouleau (66.02.10) |
| 10 | SK Saskatchewan |
CPC CPC |
⊕ Kevin Waugh (69.03.05) ⊕ Cathay Wagantall (69.06.07) |
NDP SKP
⊕ Bhajan Brar (75.03.30) |
⊕ Alana Ross (68.02.02) |
| 12 | YT Yukon |
LPC |
⊕ Brendan Hanley (66.10.07) |
YLP YP
⊕ John Streicker (62.10.18) |
⊕ Geraldine Van Bibber (74.02.11) |
| This table is only accurate to the extent that the birth date of 419 of the 1,115 members currently in office is unknown. Each territory has only one MP federally. It is also possible that, in some smaller jurisdictions, the elected members are all men or all women. |
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