Attendance in Recorded Divisions Across Canadian Legislatures

A recorded division is a vote in which each member's choice is entered in the official record by name. For every sitting member we can match to that record, this page counts how many of the divisions held while they held their seat they voted in. Figures are compared within each legislature only: the number of divisions, the way they are recorded and the sitting calendar differ from one chamber to the next.

members with a stated share

763

legislatures covered

6

legislatures and territories not yet covered

8

Median share, by legislature

“Not stated” counts members with too few votes on file for a share, or a share under 50.0%, which more often reflects incomplete matching of names to the record than absence. Neither is shown or ranked.

How members are distributed

Both ends of each legislature

Five members at each end, within their own legislature. Each name links to the member's profile, where the same figure appears with their full voting record. Members elected more recently are measured over fewer divisions than long-serving ones, and cabinet ministers and party leaders often have duties away from the chamber: read these lists with the methodology below.