This is a list of indigenous persons in Canada who have been elected to the federal House of Commons, legislative assemblies of provinces and territories, and members appointed to the Senate. It also includes Indigenous Canadians who have been elected to overseas legislatures.
The first Metis politicians elected to the House of Commons were Pierre Delorme and Angus McKay, elected as Conservative party MPs in 1871. The very first First Nations parliamentarian is Leonard Marchand.
There have been 46 Indigenous persons who have served as Members of Parliament, as well as 21 who have been named Senators. After the 2021 Canadian election, the largest number of Indigenous persons were elected to Parliament in history – with 11 MPs (3.3% of the House of Commons). The current Indigenous Members of Parliament consist of 6 Liberals, 3 New Democrats and 2 Conservatives.
Provincially three times an Indigenous person has served as premier (or been elected to serve as premier). John Norquay, who was Métis, served as premier of Manitoba from 1878 to 1887. Peter Lougheed, who was of Metis ancestry (although that fact is not generally known), served as premier of Alberta 1971-1985. Wab Kinew, of the Onigaming First Nation, began to serve as premier of Manitoba in October 2023.
Indigenous persons have been elected to 11 of the 13 provincial legislatures – with only Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island never having had Indigenous representation. As of October 2024, 28 Indigenous people serve in seven provincial legislatures. Those 28 consist of 21 New Democrats, 4 Conservatives (one Manitoba Progressive Conservative, one BC Conservative, one CAQ, one UCP), and one Liberal.
In the territories, Indigenous persons form a majority of members of the legislatures of Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Additionally, the Yukon legislature includes four indigenous MLAs (two Liberals, one New Democrat, and one Yukon Party).
Outside Canada, one Indigenous Canadian was elected in Australia: Walt Secord served as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2011 until his retirement in 2023. Secord is of Mohawk and Ojibwe descent.
Federal
House of Commons PortraitMember of Parliament Riding Took office Left office Party Note Pierre Delorme(1832–1912) Provencher, MB Conservative Métis Angus McKay(1836–1910) Marquette, MB Louis Riel(1844–1885) Provencher, MB Independent William Boucher(1889–1976) Rosthern, SK Liberal Roger Teillet(1912–2002) St. Boniface, MB Eugène Rhéaume(1932–2013) Northwest Territories Conservative Leonard Marchand(1933–2016) Kamloops–Cariboo, BC Liberal First Nations (Syilx) Wally Firth(1935–2024) Northwest Territories NDP MétisPeter Ittinuarᐲᑎᕐ ᐃᑦᑎᓄᐊᕐ(born 1950)NunatsiaqInuit Liberal Cyril Keeper(born 1943) Winnipeg North Centre, MB NDP Métis Thomas Sulukᑖᒪᔅ ᓱᓗᒃ(born 1950) Nunatsiaq Conservative Inuit Jack Anawakᔭᒃ ᐃᐊᕋᒃ ᐊᓇᕙᒃ(born 1950) Liberal Ethel Blondin-Andrew(born 1951) Western Arctic, NWT First Nations (Dene) Willie Littlechild(born 1944) Wetaskiwin, AB Conservative First Nations (Cree) Elijah Harper(1949–2013) Churchill, MB Liberal First Nations (Oji-Cree) Lawrence D. O'Brien(1951–2004) Labrador, NL Métis Nancy Karetak-Lindellᓇᓐᓰ ᑲᕆᑕᒃ-ᓕᓐᑎᓪ(born 1957) Nunavut Inuit Rick Laliberte(born 1958) Churchill River, SK Métis Bernard Cleary(1937–2020) Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC Bloc Quebecois First Nations (Innu) David Smith(born 1963) Pontiac, QC Liberal Métis Todd Russell(born 1966) Labrador, NL Metis (NunatuKavut) Rod Bruinooge(born 1973) Winnipeg South, MB Conservative Métis Tina Keeper(born 1962) Churchill, MB Liberal First Nations (Cree) Gary Merasty(born 1964) Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK Rob Clarke(born 1967) Conservative Leona Aglukkaqᓕᐅᓇ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ(born 1967) Nunavut Inuit Shelly Glover(born 1967) Saint Boniface, MB Métis Jonathan Genest-Jourdain(born 1979) Manicouagan, QC NDP First Nations (Innu) Peter Penashue(born 1964) Labrador, NL Conservative Romeo Saganash(born 1961) Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC NDP First Nations (Cree) Yvonne Jones(born 1968) Labrador, NL Liberal Métis (NunatuKavut) Vance Badawey(born 1964) Niagara Centre, ON MétisHunter TootooHᐊᓐᑕ ᑐᑐ(born 1963)Nunavut Inuit May 31, 2016 Independent Georgina Jolibois(born 1968) Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, QC NDP First Nations (Clearwater River Dene) Michael McLeod(born 1959) Northwest Territories Liberal Métis (Dene) Robert-Falcon Ouellette(born 1979) Winnipeg Centre, MB First Nations (Red Pheasant Cree) & Métis Don Rusnak(born 1975) Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON First Nations (Anishinaabe) Marc Serré(born 1955) Nickel Belt, ON Métis Dan Vandal(born 1960) Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, MB Jody Wilson-Raybould(born 1971)Vancouver Granville, BCApril 2, 2019First Nations (Kwakwaka’wakw) April 2, 2019 August 15, 2021 Independent Jaime Battiste(born 1979) Sydney—Victoria, NS Incumbent Liberal First Nations (Mi'kmaq) Marc Dalton(born 1960) Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, BC Conservative Métis Leah Gazan(born 1972) Winnipeg Centre, MB NDP First Nations (Lakota) Mumilaaq Qaqqaqᒧᒥᓛᖅ ᖃᖅᑲᖅ (born 1993) Nunavut Inuit Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton, QC Incumbent Bloc Quebecois First Nations (Wendat)Lori Idloutᓘᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᖅ(born 1974)Nunavut IncumbentNDPInuitBlake Desjarlais(born 1993)Edmonton Griesbach, AB Métis (Cree Heritage)Adam Chambers(born 1984 or 1985)Simcoe North, ONIncumbentConservativeMétis Buckley Belanger Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK Liberal Rebecca Chartrand Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, MB First Nations (Anishinaabe, Cree, Dakota) and Métis Wade Grant Vancouver Quadra, BC First Nations (Musqueam) Mandy Gull-Masty Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC First Nations (Cree)Billy Morin Edmonton Northwest, ABConservativeEllis Ross Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BCFirst Nations (Haisla)
Senate PortraitSenator Riding Took office Left office Party Note Richard Hardisty(1831–1889) Northwest Territories Conservative Métis James Gladstone(1887–1971) Alberta Metis (Cree)He gained access to a status card from his wife who was the daughter of the chief as written in his autobiography by his son-in-law James Dempsey Guy Williams(1907–1992) British Columbia Liberal First Nations (Haisla) Willie Adams(born 1934) Northwest Territories Inuit Nunavut Charlie Watt(born 1944) Quebec Leonard Marchand(1933–2016) British Columbia Liberal First Nations (Syilx) Walter Twinn(1934–1997) Alberta Conservative First Nations (Cree) Gerry St. Germain(born 1937) British Columbia Métis Thelma Chalifoux(1929–2017) Alberta Liberal Aurélien Gill(1933–2015) Quebec First Nations (Innu) Nick Sibbeston(born 1943) Northwest Territories Métis Lillian Dyck(born 1945) Saskatchewan PSG First Nations (Cree) Sandra Lovelace Nicholas(born 1948) New Brunswick First Nations (Maliseet) Patrick Brazeau(born 1974)QuebecConservativeFirst Nations (Algonquin) Incumbent Independent Murray Sinclair(born 1951) Manitoba First Nations (Ojibwe) Daniel Christmas(born 1956) Nova Scotia First Nations (Mi'kmaq) Mary Jane McCallum(born 1952) Manitoba Incumbent First Nations (Cree) Yvonne Boyer(born 1953) Ontario Métis Marty Klyne(born 1957) Saskatchewan PSG First Nations (Cree)Métis Patti LaBoucane-Benson(born 1969) Alberta Independent Métis Margaret Dawn Anderson(born 1967) Northwest Territories PSG Inuit (Inuvialuit) Brian Francis(born 1957) Prince Edward Island First Nations (Mi'kmaq) Michèle Audette(born 1971) Quebec Independent First Nations (Innu) Margo Lainne Greenwood(born 1953) British Columbia ISG First Nations (Cree) Judy White(born 1964) Newfoundland and Labrador Independent First Nations (Qalipu) Paul Prosper(born 1965) Nova Scotia First Nations (Mi'kmaq) Nancy Karetak-Lindellᓇᓐᓰ ᑲᕆᑕᒃ-ᓕᓐᑎᓪ(born 1957) Nunavut Inuit
Provincial Alberta PortraitMLA Riding Took office Left office Party Note Peter Lougheed(1928–2012) Calgary-West Conservative MétisPeter Lougheed, MLA 1967-1986; premier 1971-1985, was of Metis heritage. One of his paternal great-grandfathers, Senator Richard Hardisty, was Metis (Scottish-Chipwyan) (listed above); his paternal grandmother was Belle Hardisty, a Metis of Scottish Metis and Chinook heritage (she married Senator Sir James Lougheed). Pearl Calahasen(born 1952) Lesser Slave Lake Métis Mike Cardinal(1941–2023) Athabasca-Redwater First Nations (Cree) Yvonne Fritz(born 1950) Calgary-Cross Métis Frank Oberle(born 1957) Peace River Brooks Arcand-Paul Edmonton-West Henday Incumbent NDP First Nations (Cree) Scott Sinclair(born 1984) Lesser Slave Lake Conservative First Nations Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse(born 1974 or 1975) Edmonton-Rutherford NDP First Nations (Cree)First Nations (Mohawk)
British Columbia PortraitMLA Riding Took office Left office Party NoteJames W. DouglasVictoria City18751878IndependentMétisFrank Arthur Calder(1915–2006)Atlin1975CCF/NDPFirst Nations (Nisga’a) 1975 Social Credit Larry Guno(1940–2005) NDP Carole James(born 1957) Victoria-Beacon Hill Métis Marc Dalton(born 1960) Maple Ridge-Mission BC Liberal Melanie Mark(born 1975) Vancouver-Mount Pleasant April 14, 2023 NDP First Nations (Nisga’a)First Nations (Cree)First Nations (Gitxsan)First Nations (Ojibway) Adam Olsen(born 1976) Saanich North and the Islands September 21, 2024 Green First Nations (Coast Salish) Ellis Ross(born 1965) Skeena BC United First Nations (Haisla) Joan Phillip(born 1952) Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Incumbent NDP First Nations (Tsleil-Waututh) Tamara Davidson North Coast-Haida Gwaii NDP First Nations (Haida) Debra Toporowski Cowichan Valley First Nations (Cowichan) Á'a:líya Warbus(born 1984 or 1985) Chilliwack-Cultus Lake BC Conservative First Nations (Stó꞉lō)
Manitoba PortraitMLA Riding Took office Left office Party Note Pascal Breland(1811–1896) St. Francois Xavier East Independent Métis Pierre Delorme(1832–1912) St. Norbert SouthAndré Beauchemin(1824–1902)St. Vital John Norquay(1841–1889) High Bluff St. Andrews South ConservativeKildonan Louis Schmidt(1844–1935) Saint Boniface Independent Maxime Lépine(1837–1897) St. Francois Xavier East Maxime Goulet(1855–1932) La Verendrye January 22, 1883January 23, 1883December 8, 1886Conservative Patrice Breland(1837–1908) St. Francis Xavier Edith Rogers(1876–1947) Winnipeg Liberal Roger Teillet(1912–2002) St. Boniface Liberal Ken Dillen(1938–2020) Thompson NDP First Nations (Anishinaabe) Elijah Harper(1949–2013) Rupertsland First Nations (Oji-Cree) Denis Rocan(born 1949) Carman Conservative Métis Greg Dewar(born 1956) Selkirk NDP George Hickes(born 1946) Point Douglas Inuit Oscar Lathlin(1947–2008) The Pas First Nations (Cree) Eric Robinson(born 1953) Kewatinook Frank Whitehead The Pas Kevin Chief(born 1974) Point Douglas Métis Amanda Lathlin(1976–2026) The Pas First Nations (Cree) The Pas-Kameesak March 21, 2026 Nahanni Fontaine(born 1971) St. Johns Incumbent First Nations (Anishinaabe) Wab Kinew(born 1981) Fort Rouge First Nations (Anishinaabe)Manitoba NDP Leader and Premier of Manitoba Judy Klassen Kewatinook Liberal First Nations (Cree)Manitoba Liberal Interim Leader (2016–2017) Bob Lagassé Dawson Trail Incumbent Independent Métis Alan Lagimodiere(born 1957) Selkirk September 5, 2023 Conservative Colleen Mayer St. Vital Bernadette Smith Point Douglas Incumbent NDP First Nations (Anishinaabe)Métis Ian Bushie Keewatinook First Nations (Anishinaabe)Eric RedheadThompsonJune 7, 2022 First Nations (Cree)Renée CableSouthdaleOctober 3, 2023 MétisBillie CrossSeine RiverRobert LoiselleSt. BonifaceTyler BlashkoLagimodière
New Brunswick PortraitMLA Riding Took office Left office Party Note T. J. Burke(born 1972) Fredericton-Nashwaaksis Liberal First Nations (Maliseet)
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