A Comprehensive Dataset of Four Provincial Legislative Assembly Members

This research note reports on a new dataset about legislators in four Canadian provinces since the establishment of their colonial assemblies in the eighteenth century. Over 7,000 legislators from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are included, with consolidated information drawn from...

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Published in:Canadian journal of political science 2024-06, Vol.57 (2), p.301-307
Main Authors: Rivard, Alex B., Bodet, Marc André, Godbout, Jean-François, Montigny, Éric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18th century
Biographies
Datasets
Elections
Gender identity
Kinship
Legislators
Legislatures
Religion
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Summary:This research note reports on a new dataset about legislators in four Canadian provinces since the establishment of their colonial assemblies in the eighteenth century. Over 7,000 legislators from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia are included, with consolidated information drawn from multiple sources about parliamentarians’ years of birth and death, religion, electoral performance, kinship, and several other biographical indicators. We also illustrate the utility of such data with the help of a few descriptive examples drawn from the four provinces. We believe this consolidated dataset offers several opportunities for future research on representation, legislative activities and party politics.
ISSN:0008-4239
1744-9324
DOI:10.1017/S000842392400009X