List of visible minority politicians in Canada
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This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate. Note that the term "visible minority" refers to Canadians who identify as neither white nor indigenous. The first visible minority elected was Chinese-Canadian Douglas Jung, elected as a Conservative MP to the House of Commons in the 1957 federal election.
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Alberta
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British Columbia
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Manitoba
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New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
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This list comprises persons who belong to a visible minority group who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate. Note that the term "visible minority" refers to Canadians who identify as neither white nor indigenous. The first visible minority elected was Chinese-Canadian Douglas Jung, elected as a Conservative MP to the House of Commons in the 1957 federal election. There have been 135 visible minorities who have served as Members of Parliament, as well as 23 who have been named senators. After the 2021 Canadian election, the highest number of visible minorities were elected to Parliament in history - with 53 MPs (15.7% of the House of Commons). As of October 2022, of the visible minority members of the 44th Canadian Parliament, 44 are Liberals (43 Liberal MPs, 1 Progressive Senator), 8 are Conservatives (5 MPs, 3 Senators), 3 are New Democrats (3 MPs) and 10 are Independents (2 MPs, 8 Senators). Provincially, visible minorities have been elected to 12 of the 13 legislatures – with only New Brunswick never having visible minority representation. As of October 2022, there are 93 visible minorities serving in 9 provincial legislatures. Of those members, 47 are Conservatives (25 Progressive Conservative, 11 United Conservative, 6 CAQ, 2 BC Liberal, 2 Saskatchewan Party, 1 Yukon Party), 32 are New Democrats, 18 are Liberals (11 Liberal, 7 Quebec Liberal) and 4 represent Quebec sovereigntist parties (Québec Solidaire).
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