# List of LGBTQ politicians in Canada

Canada is known to be one of the most accepting countries when it comes to LGBT rights. LGBT rights in Canada have been raising since the year of 1969 when same-sex sexual activities were legalized. The elected officials and politicians of Canada reflect the rights and laws that have been passed. The following is a list of openly LGBT politicians in Canada grouped by Senate, House of Commons, provincial legislatures, mayors, municipal councilors, and other. There is information included about what province they were elected in and from, what party they identify as, who they were nominated by, when their term began and ended (if it has), and any additional notes about the politician.

## Senate

| Senator | Senator | Party | Party | Province | Nominated by | Term | Term | Notes |
| Senator | Senator | Party | Party | Province | Nominated by | Start | End | Notes |
| | Laurier LaPierre | | Liberal | Ontario | Jean Chrétien | June 13, 2001 | November 21, 2004 | LaPierre became the first openly LGBT senator |
| | Nancy Ruth | | Progressive Conservative (2005-2008) Conservative (2008-2017) | Ontario | Paul Martin | March 24, 2005 | January 6, 2017 | Ruth became the first openly lesbian senator |
| | René Cormier | | Independent Senators Group | New Brunswick | Justin Trudeau | November 10, 2016 | incumbent | |
| | Kim Pate | | Independent Senators Group | Ontario | Justin Trudeau | November 10, 2016 | incumbent | |
| | Marnie McBean | | Non-affiliated | Ontario | Justin Trudeau | December 20, 2023 | incumbent | |
| | Kristopher Wells | | Non-affiliated | Alberta | Justin Trudeau | August 31, 2024 | incumbent | |

## House of Commons

| MP | MP | Party | Party | Province | Term | Term | Notes |
| MP | MP | Party | Party | Province | Start | End | Notes |
| | Heward Grafftey | | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | March 31, 1958 | June 24, 1968 | Came out after retirement |
| | Heward Grafftey | | Progressive Conservative | Quebec | October 30, 1972 | February 17, 1980 | Came out after retirement |
| | Charles Lapointe | | Liberal | Quebec | July 8, 1974 | September 4, 1984 | Came out after retirement |
| | Ian Waddell | | NDP | British Columbia | May 22, 1979 | October 25, 1993 | Came out after retirement |
| | Svend Robinson | | NDP | British Columbia | May 22, 1979 | June 28, 2004 | Robinson became the first openly LGBT member of parliament when he came out in 1988 |
| | Réal Ménard | | Bloc Québécois | Quebec | October 25, 1993 | September 16, 2009 | First LGBT member of parliament from Quebec |
| | Libby Davies | | NDP | British Columbia | June 2, 1997 | October 19, 2015 | |
| | Scott Brison | | (Progressive Conservative, later Liberal) | Nova Scotia | June 2, 1997 | July 24, 2000 | First LGBT member of parliament from Nova Scotia |
| | Scott Brison | | (Progressive Conservative, later Liberal) | Nova Scotia | November 27, 2000 | February 10, 2019 | First LGBT member of parliament from Nova Scotia |
| | Bill Siksay | | NDP | British Columbia | June 28, 2004 | May 2, 2011 | first LGBT member of parliament to be out at the time of election |
| | Mario Silva | | Liberal | Ontario | June 28, 2004 | May 2, 2011 | First openly LGBT member of the House of Commons from Ontario |
| | Raymond Gravel | | Bloc Québécois | Quebec | November 27, 2006 | October 14, 2008 | |
| | Rob Oliphant | | Liberal | Ontario | October 14, 2008 | May 2, 2011 | |
| | Rob Oliphant | | Liberal | Ontario | October 19, 2015 | incumbent | |
| | Randall Garrison | | NDP | British Columbia | May 2, 2011 | incumbent | |
| | Dany Morin | | NDP | Quebec | May 2, 2011 | August 4, 2015 | |
| | Philip Toone | | NDP | Quebec | May 2, 2011 | August 4, 2015 | |
| | Craig Scott | | NDP | Ontario | March 19, 2012 | October 19, 2015 | |
| | Sheri Benson | | NDP | Saskatchewan | October 19, 2015 | September 11, 2019 | First LGBT member of parliament from Saskatchewan |
| | Randy Boissonnault | | Liberal | Alberta | October 19, 2015 | October 21, 2019 | First LGBT member of parliament from Alberta |
| | Randy Boissonnault | | Liberal | Alberta | September 20, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Seamus O'Regan | | Liberal | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 19, 2015 | incumbent | First LGBT member of parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador |
| | Eric Duncan | | Conservative | Ontario | September 2, 2020 | incumbent | |
| | Lisa Marie Barron | | NDP | British Columbia | September 20, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Blake Desjarlais | | NDP | Alberta | September 20, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Melissa Lantsman | | Conservative | Ontario | September 20, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Pascale St-Onge | | Liberal | Quebec | September 20, 2021 | incumbent | |

## Provincial legislatures

| MP | MP | Party | Party | Province | Term | Term | Notes |
| MP | MP | Party | Party | Province | Start | End | Notes |
| | Richard Hatfield | | PC | New Brunswick | June 19, 1961 | October 13, 1987 | Outed only after death |
| | Claude Charron | | Parti Québécois | Quebec | April 29, 1970 | April 13, 1982 | Came out after resignation from the legislature |
| | Guy Joron | | PQ | Quebec | April 29, 1970 | October 29, 1973 | Was out among his caucus colleagues in the legislature, but not to the general public. |
| | Guy Joron | | PQ | Quebec | November 15, 1976 | April 13, 1981 | Was out among his caucus colleagues in the legislature, but not to the general public. |
| | Keith Norton | | PC | Ontario | September 18, 1975 | May 2, 1985 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Dave Cooke | | NDP | Ontario | June 9, 1977 | January 19, 1997 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Ian Waddell | | NDP | British Columbia | May 22, 1979 | October 25, 1993 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Ian Waddell | | NDP | British Columbia | May 28, 1996 | May 16, 2001 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Phil Gillies | | PC | Ontario | March 19, 1981 | September 10, 1987 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Maurice Richard | | Liberal | Quebec | December 2, 1985 | September 12, 1994 | First provincial legislator in Canada to be out as gay during his career in politics. |
| | Ian Scott | | Liberal | Ontario | May 2, 1985 | April 4, 1992 | Came out after retirement from the legislature. |
| | André Boisclair | | Parti Québécois | Quebec | September 25, 1989 | November 15, 2007 | |
| | André Boulerice | | Parti Québécois | Quebec | September 25, 1989 | September 12, 2005 | |
| | Mike Farnworth | | NDP | British Columbia | October 17, 1991 | May 16, 2001 | |
| | Mike Farnworth | | NDP | British Columbia | May 17, 2005 | incumbent | |
| | Dominic Agostino | | Liberal | Ontario | June 8, 1995 | March 24, 2004 | |
| | Andrew Thomson | | NDP | Saskatchewan | June 20, 1995 | November 20, 2007 | Came out after retirement from the legislature |
| | Ted Nebbeling | | Liberal | British Columbia | May 28, 1996 | May 17, 2005 | |
| | Tim Stevenson | | NDP | British Columbia | May 28, 1996 | May 16, 2001 | |
| | Agnès Maltais | | Parti Québécois | Quebec | November 30, 1998 | October 1, 2018 | |
| | Jim Rondeau | | NDP | Manitoba | September 21, 1999 | March 6, 2016 | |
| | George Smitherman | | Liberal | Ontario | June 3, 1999 | January 4, 2010 | |
| | Dale Eftoda | | Liberal | Yukon | April 17, 2000 | November 4, 2002 | |
| | Cecil Clarke | | Progressive Conservative | Nova Scotia | March 6, 2001 | March 25, 2011 | Not out during his term in the legislature; came out later while serving as a mayor. |
| | Lorne Mayencourt | | Liberal | British Columbia | May 16, 2001 | September 13, 2008 | |
| | Jim Watson | | OLP | Ontario | October 2, 2003 | February 1, 2010 | |
| | Kathleen Wynne | | Liberal | Ontario | October 2, 2003 | May 3, 2022 | |
| | Doug Routley | | NDP | British Columbia | May 17, 2005 | incumbent | |
| | Nicholas Simons | | NDP | British Columbia | May 17, 2005 | incumbent | |
| | Cheri DiNovo | | NDP | Ontario | September 14, 2006 | December 31, 2017 | |
| | Paul Ferreira | | NDP | Ontario | February 28, 2007 | September 30, 2007 | |
| | Sylvain Gaudreault | | PQ | Quebec | March 26, 2007 | August 28, 2022 | |
| | Jennifer Howard | | NDP | Manitoba | May 22, 2007 | April 19, 2016 | |
| | Spencer Chandra Herbert | | NDP | British Columbia | October 29, 2008 | incumbent | |
| | Jenn McGinn | | NDP | British Columbia | October 29, 2008 | May 12, 2009 | |
| | Mable Elmore | | NDP | British Columbia | May 12, 2009 | incumbent | |
| | Glen Murray | | OLP | Ontario | February 4, 2010 | September 1, 2017 | |
| | Gerry Rogers | | NDP | Newfoundland and Labrador | October 27, 2011 | April 17, 2019 | |
| | Réjean Hébert | | Liberal | Quebec | September 4, 2012 | April 7, 2014 | |
| | Joanne Bernard | | Liberal | Nova Scotia | October 8, 2013 | May 30, 2017 | |
| | Manon Massé | | QS | Quebec | April 7, 2014 | incumbent | |
| | Wade MacLauchlan | | Liberal | Prince Edward Island | May 4, 2015 | March 26, 2019 | |
| | Michael Connolly | | NDP | Alberta | May 5, 2015 | March 19, 2019 | |
| | Jennifer Rice | | NDP | British Columbia | May 14, 2013 | incumbent | |
| | Ricardo Miranda | | NDP | Alberta | May 5, 2015 | March 19, 2019 | |
| | Estefan Cortes-Vargas | | NDP | Alberta | May 5, 2015 | March 19, 2019 | |
| | Julie Green | | Non-partisan consensus government | Northwest Territories | November 23, 2015 | incumbent | |
| | Jill Andrew | | NDP | Ontario | June 7, 2018 | incumbent | |
| | Terence Kernaghan | | NDP | Ontario | June 7, 2018 | incumbent | |
| | Suze Morrison | | NDP | Ontario | June 7, 2018 | May 3, 2022 | |
| | Jeremy Roberts | | PC | Ontario | June 7, 2018 | May 3, 2022 | |
| | Youri Chassin | | Coalition Avenir Québec | Quebec | October 1, 2018 | incumbent | |
| | Jennifer Maccarone | | Quebec Liberal Party | Quebec | October 1, 2018 | incumbent | |
| | Janis Irwin | | NDP | Alberta | April 16, 2019 | incumbent | |
| | Lela Evans | | NDP | Newfoundland and Labrador | May 16, 2019 | incumbent | |
| | Uzoma Asagwara | | NDP | Manitoba | September 10, 2019 | incumbent | |
| | Lisa Naylor | | NDP | Manitoba | September 10, 2019 | incumbent | |
| | Lane Tredger | | NDP | Yukon | April 12, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Lisa Lachance | | NDP | Nova Scotia | August 17, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Janet Brewster | | Non-partisan consensus government | Nunavut | November 19, 2021 | incumbent | |
| | Lise Vaugeois | | NDP | Ontario | June 2, 2022 | incumbent | |
| | Kristyn Wong-Tam | | NDP | Ontario | June 2, 2022 | incumbent | |
| | Elenore Sturko | | Conservative | British Columbia | September 10, 2022 | incumbent | |
| | Nathaniel Teed | | NDP | Saskatchewan | September 26, 2022 | incumbent | |
| | Brooks Arcand-Paul | | NDP | Alberta | May 29, 2023 | incumbent | |
| | Court Ellingson | | NDP | Alberta | May 29, 2023 | incumbent | |
| | Tyler Blashko | | NDP | Manitoba | October 3, 2023 | incumbent | |
| | Logan Oxenham | | NDP | Manitoba | October 3, 2023 | incumbent | |
| | Luke Randall | | Liberal | New Brunswick | October 21, 2024 | incumbent | |
| | Rod Wilson | | New Democratic | Nova Scotia | November 26, 2024 | incumbent | |
| | Catherine McKenney | | New Democratic | Ontario | February 27, 2025 | incumbent | |
| | Tyler Watt | | Liberal | Ontario | February 27, 2025 | incumbent | |

## Mayors

| Mayor | City | Term | Notes |
| Marianne Alto | Victoria, British Columbia | 2022–present | |
| David Bailey | County of Brant, Ontario | 2018–present | |
| Cecil Clarke | Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia | 2012–2020 2024–present | |
| Eric Duncan | North Dundas, Ontario | 2010–2018 | |
| Kevin Haché | Caraquet, New Brunswick | 2015–2021 | |
| Lisa Helps | Victoria, British Columbia | 2014–2022 | |
| Julie Lemieux | Très-Saint-Rédempteur, Quebec | 2017–present | First transgender mayor in Canada |
| Réal Ménard | Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Quebec | 2010–2017 | |
| Kevin Morrison | Goderich, Ontario | 2014–2018 | |
| Glen Murray | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 1998–2004 | |
| Ted Nebbeling | Whistler, British Columbia | 1990–1996 | |
| Colin Ratushniak | La Ronge, Saskatchewan | 2020–present | |
| Maurice Richard | Bécancour, Quebec | 1975–1985 1995–2013 | |
| Jim Watson | Ottawa, Ontario | 1997–2000 2010–2022 | |

## Municipal councillors

| Councillor | City | Term | Notes |
| Dominic Agostino | Hamilton City Council | 1987–1995 | |
| Marianne Alto | Victoria City Council | 2018–2022 | |
| Keenan Aylwin | Barrie City Council | 2018–2022 | |
| Carle Bernier-Genest | Montreal City Council | 2006–2009 | |
| Raymond Blain | Montreal City Council | 1986–1992 | |
| Rebecca Bligh | Vancouver City Council | 2018–present | |
| Evert Botha | Prince Albert City Council | 2016–2020 | |
| Paul Butler | Trail, British Columbia | 2018–present | |
| Robin Buxton Potts | Toronto City Council | 2022–2022 | |
| Garett Cochrane | Yellowknife City Council | 2022–present | |
| Conner Copeman | Cumberland, British Columbia | 2011–present | |
| Noah Donovan | Quispamsis, New Brunswick | 2021–present | |
| Dakota Ekman | Biggar, Saskatchewan | 2020–present | |
| Stéphane Émard-Chabot | Ottawa City Council | 1994–2000 | |
| Jeromy Farkas | Calgary City Council | 2017–2021 | |
| Brian Fralic | Region of Queens Municipality, Nova Scotia | 2012–present | |
| Cameron Frye | Tecumseh | 1972–1980 | Came out at final council meeting in 1980 |
| Randall Garrison | Esquimalt, British Columbia | 2008–2011 | |
| Charlotte Gauthier | Gillams, Newfoundland and Labrador | 2020–present | |
| Joy Guyot | Golden, British Columbia | 2022–present | |
| Paul Harris | Red Deer City Council | 2010–2017 | |
| Julien Hénault-Ratelle | Montreal City Council | 2021–present | |
| Alan Herbert | Vancouver City Council | 1996–1999 | |
| Darren Hill | Saskatoon City Council | 2006–2024 | |
| Aidan Johnson | Hamilton City Council | 2014–2018 | |
| Reece Van Breda | Sioux Lookout, Ontario | 2022–present | |
| Helen Kennedy | East York Borough Council | 1988–1991 | |
| Cameron Kroetsch | Hamilton City Council | 2022–present | |
| Joy Lachica | Peterborough City Council | 2022–present | |
| Robert Laramée | Montreal City Council | 1994–1998 2001–2005 | |
| Howard Levine | Toronto City Council | 1988–1994 | Not out during his political career. |
| Shawn Lewis | London City Council | 2018–present | Deputy mayor 2022–present |
| Cat McGurk | Yellowknife City Council | 2022–present | |
| Catherine McKenney | Ottawa City Council | 2014–2022 | |
| Sherry McKibben | Edmonton City Council | 1994–1995 | |
| Peter Meiszner | Vancouver City Council | 2022–present | |
| Chris Moise | Toronto City Council | 2022–present | |
| Alex Munter | Kanata City Council Ottawa-Carleton Regional Council | 1991–1994 (Kanata) 1994–2000 (Ottawa-Carleton) | |
| Michael Phair | Edmonton City Council | 1992–2007 | |
| Sarah Potts-Halpin | Victoria City Council | 2018–2022 | |
| Jasmin Parker | Saskatoon City Council | 2024–Present | |
| Gordon Price | Vancouver City Council | 1986–2002 | |
| Kyle Rae | Toronto City Council | 1991–2010 | |
| Ophelia Ravencroft | St. John's City Council | 2021–present | |
| Mark Renaud | Tillsonburg, Ontario | 2003–2014 | |
| Richard Ryan | Montreal City Council | 2013–2021 | |
| Serge Sasseville | Montreal City Council | 2021–present | |
| Mario Silva | Toronto City Council | 1994–2003 | |
| Krista Snow | Halifax City Council | 2003–2012 | |
| Tim Stevenson | Vancouver City Council | 2002–2018 | |
| Lenore Swystun | Saskatoon City Council | 2000–2003 | |
| Donovan Taplin | Wabana, Newfoundland and Labrador | 2013–2017 | |
| Ariel Troster | Ottawa City Council | 2022–present | |
| Sonia Williams | Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador | 2013–present | |
| Alex Wilson | Hamilton City Council | 2022–present | |
| Kristyn Wong-Tam | Toronto City Council | 2010–2022 | |
| Ellen Woodsworth | Vancouver City Council | 2002–2011 | |
| Russ Wyatt | Winnipeg City Council | 2002–2018 2022–present | |

## Other

People who did not hold a political office at the federal, provincial or municipal levels, but have some other form of political significance.
| Person | Role | Notes |
| Enza Anderson | Candidate for Mayor of Toronto, 2000 | |
| Penny Ballem | City manager of Vancouver, British Columbia, 2008-2015 | |
| Betty Baxter | Federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party, 1993 | |
| Pierre Bourgault | Leader of the Rassemblement pour l'Indépendance Nationale, 1964-1968 | |
| Allison Brewer | Leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party, 2005-2006 | |
| Lori Campbell | Federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party, 2019 | |
| Keith Cole | Candidate for Mayor of Toronto, 2010 | |
| Robert Douglas Cook | Sole electoral candidate of the Gay Alliance Toward Equality, 1979 | |
| Ross Dowson | Socialist political candidate | |
| Éric Duhaime | Leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, 2021–present | |
| Jim Egan | Representative for Electoral Area B (Comox North) on the Comox-Strathcona Regional District board, 1981-1993 | See also Egan v Canada |
| Norman Elder | Candidate for Toronto City Council | |
| Jamie Lee Hamilton | First known transgender candidate for political office | |
| Kaj Hasselriis | Candidate for Mayor of Winnipeg, 2006 | |
| Brent Hawkes | Provincial election candidate for the Ontario New Democratic Party, 1995 | See also Operation Soap, Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto |
| Jamey Heath | New Democratic Party of Canada strategist | |
| George Hislop | Toronto City Council candidate, 1980 | See also We Demand Rally, Operation Soap |
| El-Farouk Khaki | Activist, federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party in 2008 | |
| Trevor Kirczenow | Activist, academic, federal election candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in 2019 and 2021 | |
| David Khan | Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, 2019-2021 | |
| Khelsilem | First Nations band councillor | |
| Amita Kuttner | Interim leader of the Green Party of Canada, 2021-2022 | |
| Chris Lea | Leader of the Green Party of Canada, 1990-1996 | |
| John Alan Lee | Federal election candidate for the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, 1958 | |
| Greg Malone | Federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party, 2000, and the Green Party of Canada, 2019 | |
| Peter Maloney | First known gay candidate for political office | |
| Christin Milloy | Provincial election candidate for the Ontario Libertarian Party, 2011 | |
| Micheline Montreuil | Federal candidate in 1984 and municipal candidate in 1993 | |
| Brenda Murphy | First out LGBTQ Lieutenant-Governor of a province | |
| Peg Norman | Two-time federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party | |
| Jeff Rock | Federal election candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada | See also Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto |
| Mary-Woo Sims | Federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party, 2006 Chief commissioner of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, 1996-2001 | |
| Douglas Wilson | Federal election candidate for the New Democratic Party | |