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This article was published 04/06/2011 (5448 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
THE AVERAGE CANADIAN MP
AGE: 49.7
GENDER: 75 per cent male, 25 per cent female
PRE-PARLIAMENTARY OCCUPATION: municipal politician (20.1 per cent); businessman/woman (18.5 per cent); lawyer (12.7 per cent)
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 4.7
VISIBLE MINORITIES: 28
OLDEST: 74
YOUNGEST: 20
Conservatives
166
AVERAGE AGE: 51
NUMBER OF WOMEN: 28 (16.9 per cent)
TOP OCCUPATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: Businessman/woman (47 or 28.3 per cent), lawyer (24 or 14.5 per cent)
NUMBER BORN OUTSIDE CANADA: 16
MOST COMMON PROVINCE OF BIRTH: Ontario (57)
VISIBLE MINORITIES: 12
ABORIGINALS: 5 (3 per cent)
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 5.2
OLDEST: 74
YOUNGEST: 31
MOST COMMON FIRST NAME: Bob/Robert (9)
POLITICIANS AT PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL LEVEL FIRST: 55 (33 per cent)
NDP
103
AVERAGE AGE: 46
NUMBER OF WOMEN: 40
TOP OCCUPATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: teacher/professor/college instructor (17); student (10); union worker (9)
NUMBER BORN OUTSIDE CANADA: 16
MOST COMMON PROVINCE OF BIRTH: Quebec (31)
VISIBLE MINORITIES: 13
ABORIGINALS: 2 (1.9 per cent)
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 1.9
OLDEST: 71
YOUNGEST: 20
MOST COMMON FIRST NAME: Pierre
POLITICIANS AT PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL LEVEL FIRST: 21 (20.4 per cent)
Liberals
34
AVERAGE AGE: 54
NUMBER OF WOMEN: 6
TOP OCCUPATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: lawyer (9); professor (3); doctor (2)
NUMBER BORN OUTSIDE CANADA: 4
MOST COMMON PROVINCE OF BIRTH: Ontario (9)
VISIBLE MINORITIES: 2
ABORIGINALS: 0
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 10.3
OLDEST: 71
YOUNGEST: 37
MOST COMMON FIRST NAME: Scott (3)
POLITICIANS AT PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL LEVEL FIRST: 7 (20.6 per cent)
Bloc Québécois
4
AVERAGE AGE: 49
NUMBER OF WOMEN: 1
TOP OCCUPATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: professor (2)
NUMBER BORN OUTSIDE CANADA: 1
MOST COMMON PROVINCE OF BIRTH: Quebec (3)
VISIBLE MINORITIES: 1
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 9.75
OLDEST: 68 YOUNGEST: 38
MOST COMMON FIRST NAME: n/a
POLITICIANS AT PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL LEVEL FIRST: 1 (25 per cent)
Green Party
1
AVERAGE AGE: 57
NUMBER OF WOMEN: 1
TOP OCCUPATIONS BEFORE PARLIAMENT: lawyer/environmentalist
NUMBER BORN OUTSIDE CANADA: 1
AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS IN PARLIAMENT: 0
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