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How does your MP stack up? Find your Member of Parliament below to see how many words he or she spoke in the House of Commons in 2012.

1. , Burnaby—New Westminster 226,027 2. , North 222,451 3. , Saanich—Gulf Islands 174,783 4. , Simcoe—Grey 120,835 5. Jack Harris, St. John's East 113,819 6. Roger Cuzner, Cape Breton—Canso 87,687 7. , Halton 87,591 8. Libby Davies, East 85,689 9. , 85,360 10. , Newton—North Delta 82,770 11. Robert Chisholm, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour 79,299 12. , Centre 76,447 13. , Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre 75,271 14. , Mount Royal 73,714 15. , York—Simcoe 70,334 16. , Southeast 65,362 17. , Nepean—Carleton 64,266 18. Anne-Marie Day, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles 63,934 19. Françoise Boivin, Gatineau 61,146 20. , Malpeque 57,902 21. , 56,308 22. , Vancouver Centre 55,623 23. Philip Toone, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine 55,150 24. , —Cowichan 54,923 25. Mike Sullivan, —Weston 54,405 26. , Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie 54,053 27. Craig Scott, Toronto—Danforth 53,693 28. , 52,154 29. Christine Moore, Abitibi-Témiscamigue 51,691 30. , Acadie—Bathurst 51,113 31. Alexandrine Latendresse, Louis-Saint-Laurent 50,205 32. , Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques 49,541 33. , Skeena—Bulkley Valley 49,259 34. , St. Catharines 48,640 35. , Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission 48,602 36. , Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor 47,553 37. , —James Bay 47,247 38. Élaine Michaud, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier 46,471 39. , Peterborough 46,323 40. Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Beauharnois—Salaberry 46,220 41. , Halifax West 45,613 42. , North 45,554 43. Michelle Rempel, -North 45,367 44. Hélène LeBlanc, LaSalle—Émard 44,959 45. , London—Fanshawe 44,827 46. Thomas Mulcair, Outremont 44,498 47. Frank Valeriote, Guelph 43,879 48. , Haldimand—Norfolk 43,762 49. , Parkdale—High Park 43,757 50. , Western Arctic 43,674 51. , York West 42,642 52. , Westmount—Ville-Marie 42,491 53. Sylvain Chicoine, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant 42,085 54. Ève Péclet, La Pointe-de-l'Île 42,080 55. , Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 41,880 56. , Vaudreuil-Soulanges 41,464 57. Linda Duncan, —Strathcona 41,096 58. , Lac-Saint-Louis 39,727 59. , Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca 39,400 60. Glenn Thibeault, Sudbury 39,280 61. , Saint Boniface 39,063 62. , Bourassa 38,700 63. , Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 38,418 64. Mike Wallace, Burlington 37,983 65. Malcolm Allen, Welland 37,979 66. André Bellavance, Richmond—Arthabaska 37,649 67. , Oak Ridges—Markham 36,951 68. , Macleod 36,796 69. Rosane Doré Lefebvre, Alfred-Pellan 36,591 70. Rathika Sitsabaiesan, Scarborough—Rouge River 36,588 71. , Trinity—Spadina 36,435 72. , Hull—Aylmer 36,383 73. , Oshawa 36,287 74. , Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean 36,218 75. Wayne Marston, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek 35,666 76. Judy Foote, Random—Burin—St. George's 35,485 77. Scott Armstrong, Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley 35,253 78. , 35,102 79. Carol Hughes, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing 34,742 80. Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Delta—Richmond East 33,368 81. , Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont 33,311 82. , Thornhill 33,272 83. Mark Adler, 33,232 84. , 33,208 85. David Anderson, Cypress Hills—Grasslands 32,775 86. Hoang Mai, —La Prairie 32,331 87. Mylène Freeman, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel 32,252 88. , 31,794 89. Eve Adams, — South 31,617 90. Kennedy Stewart, Burnaby—Douglas 31,540 91. Annick Papillon, Québec 31,390 92. Jasbir Sandhu, 31,376 93. Pierre Nantel, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher 31,299 94. , Battlefords— 31,254 95. , Souris—Moose Mountain 30,540 96. Chris Alexander, Ajax—Pickering 30,513 97. Matthew Kellway, Beaches—East York 30,057 98. James Moore, Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam 29,988 99. Alain Giguère, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 29,923 100. Scott Brison, Kings—Hants 29,367 101. , Mégantic—L'Érable 28,492 102. , Terrebonne—Blainville 28,401 103. Isabelle Morin, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine 28,136 104. , Centre 27,988 105. Matthew Dubé, Chambly—Borduas 27,522 106. , Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel 27,501 107. , Kenora 27,061 108. John Baird, —Nepean 27,042 109. , 26,758 110. Raymond Côté, Beauport—Limoilou 26,693 111. , Pontiac 26,622 112. Robert Aubin, Trois-Rivières 26,545 113. Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet, Hochelaga 26,509 114. Candice Hoeppner, Portage—Lisgar 26,007 115. Brad Butt, Mississauga—Streetsville 25,853 116. François Lapointe, Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup 25,762 117. Dany Morin, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord 25,578 118. Sean Casey, Charlottetown 25,516 119. , Davenport 25,337 120. , Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière 24,918 121. LaVar Payne, 24,703 122. , Halifax 24,508 123. Djaouida Sellah, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert 24,276 124. Marie-Claude Morin, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot 24,144 125. , South Shore—St. Margaret's 24,092 126. Ted Hsu, 23,951 127. , Edmonton—Sherwood Park 23,910 128. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe, Pierrefonds—Dollard 23,894 129. Sadia Groguhé, Saint-Lambert 23,803 130. , Westlock—St. Paul 23,781 131. , Peace River 23,275 132. , Vancouver Quadra 23,141 133. , Kitchener—Conestoga 23,086 134. , Kildonan—St. Paul 23,081 135. Larry Miller, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound 22,852 136. , Churchill 22,850 137. Mauril Bélanger, Ottawa—Vanier 22,780 138. , St. Paul's 22,279 139. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, Manicouagan 22,092 140. Costas Menegakis, Richmond Hill 21,796 141. Claude Gravelle, 21,660 142. David McGuinty, 21,543 143. , New Westminster—Coquitlam 20,929 144. , Lévis—Bellechasse 20,676 145. Hélène Laverdière, Laurier—Sainte-Marie 20,642 146. Stella Ambler, Mississauga South 19,983 147. , —Cooksville 19,966 148. Ted Opitz, Etobicoke Centre 19,878 149. , 19,861 150. Robert Sopuck, Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette 19,806 151. Stéphane Dion, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville 19,766 152. Ryan Cleary, St. John's South—Mount Pearl 19,732 153. John McKay , Scarborough—Guildwood 19,677 154. Bruce Hyer, —Superior North 19,371 155. , Fort McMurray—Athabasca 19,350 156. , 19,156 157. Pierre Jacob, Brome—Missisquoi 19,106 158. Peter MacKay, 18,808 159. Cathy McLeod, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo 18,359 160. Phil McColeman, Brant 18,296 161. François Choquette, Drummond 18,222 162. Lois Brown, Newmarket—Aurora 18,067 163. Claude Patry, Jonquière—Alma 17,737 164. Bernard Trottier, Etobicoke—Lakeshore 17,697 165. Alex Atamanenko, Southern Interior 17,630 166. , —Glanbrook 17,499 167. Roxanne James, Scarborough Centre 17,427 168. , Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale 17,083 169. Robert Goguen, Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe 17,023 170. Andrew Saxton, North Vancouver 17,004 171. , Berthier—Maskinongé 16,995 172. , Niagara Falls 16,744 173. , Whitby—Oshawa 16,674 174. Dan Harris, 16,648 175. , Wascana 16,588 176. Lawrence Toet, Elmwood—Transcona 16,249 177. Dominic LeBlanc, Beauséjour 16,199 178. , —Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country 16,182 179. John Carmichael, 16,080 180. Tyrone Benskin, Jeanne-Le Ber 15,955 181. , 15,404 182. Wai Young, Vancouver South 15,389 183. , Chatham-Kent—Essex 15,372 184. Bob Dechert, Mississauga—Erindale 15,236 185. , Cambridge 14,952 186. Peter Stoffer, Sackville—Eastern Shore 14,911 187. Jean Rousseau, Compton—Stanstead 14,845 188. John McCallum, Markham—Unionville 14,794 189. Jay Aspin, Nipissing—Timiskaming 14,701 190. Roméo Saganash, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou 14,498 191. , Wild Rose 14,462 192. Stephen Woodworth, 14,257 193. , Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour 14,195 194. , Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar 14,059 195. Gordon O'Connor, Carleton—Mississippi Mills 14,006 196. Gordon Brown, Leeds—Grenville 13,428 197. , 12,957 198. , Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke 12,718 199. Joe Daniel, 12,530 200. Denis Blanchette, Louis-Hébert 12,465 201. Maria Mourani, Ahuntsic 12,425 202. Scott Andrews, Avalon 12,257 203. , Scarborough—Agincourt 12,198 204. Manon Perreault, Montcalm 12,004 205. Chungsen Leung, Willowdale 11,875 206. , Elgin—Middlesex—London 11,849 207. , Dufferin—Caledon 11,555 208. , Windsor—Tecumseh 11,457 209. Brent Rathgeber, Edmonton—St. Albert 11,347 210. Parm Gill, Brampton—Springdale 11,158 211. Jean-François Larose, Repentigny 11,082 212. Jean-François Fortin, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia 10,912 213. , Crowfoot 10,912 214. , Selkirk—Interlake 10,834 215. , 10,731 216. Russ Hiebert, South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale 10,537 217. , Prince George—Peace River 10,315 218. , Brandon—Souris 10,217 219. , Edmonton—Spruce Grove 10,189 220. Mark Eyking, Sydney—Victoria 10,122 221. , Huron—Bruce 10,115 222. Paulina Ayala, Honoré-Mercier 10,009 223. , Wellington—Halton Hills 10,000 224. Lawrence MacAulay, Cardigan 9,995 225. , 9,902 226. Bryan Hayes, Sault Ste. Marie 9,845 227. , Ottawa—Orléans 9,809 228. Joyce Bateman, Centre 9,651 229. , Langley 9,649 230. Corneliu Chisu, Pickering— 9,584 231. , 9,529 232. Lise St-Denis, Saint-Maurice—Champlain 9,271 233. Jim Hillyer, 9,164 234. , Edmonton—Leduc 8,884 235. Tarik Brahmi, Saint-Jean 8,650 236. Peter Goldring, 8,531 237. , Okanagan—Shuswap 8,438 238. Susan Truppe, 8,433 239. Sana Hassainia, Verchères—Les Patriotes 8,402 240. Peter Braid, Kitchener—Waterloo 8,344 241. Jonathan Tremblay, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord 8,213 242. Pierre Dionne Labelle, Rivière-du-Nord 8,091 243. , Kelowna—Lake Country 8,077 244. Patricia Davidson, Sarnia—Lambton 7,735 245. Marc-André Morin, Laurentides—Labelle 7,685 246. John Williamson, Southwest 7,616 247. Pierre-Luc Dusseault, Sherbrooke 7,164 248. Rob Clarke, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River 7,102 249. Gerry Byrne, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte 7,007 250. , Lanark—Frontenac— 6,880 251. Steven Fletcher, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia 6,837 252. , Beauce 6,696 253. Lyne Yelich, Blackstrap 6,655 Legend 254. John Rafferty, Thunder Bay—Rainy River 6,627 255. , 6,555 256. Terence Young, Oakville 6,316 Conservative Party 257. , Okanagan—Coquihalla 6,089 258. , Bramalea—Gore—Malton 5,874 Liberal Party 259. Ryan Leef, 5,848 260. , Northumberland—Quinte West 5,628 Bloc Québécois 261. , Parry Sound—Muskoka 5,482 Independent 262. , Papineau 5,408 263. David Wilks, Kootenay—Columbia 5,382 264. , Essex 5,272 265. François Pilon, Laval—Les Îles 5,258 266. , Saskatoon—Humboldt 5,112 267. Réjean Genest, Shefford 5,067 268. , Winnipeg South 4,847 269. , Madawaska—Restigouche 4,751 270. Greg Kerr, 4,637 Notes and Methodology 271. , —Wainwright 4,450 272. , Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 4,133 These three MPs were excluded from counts because they were elected part way through 2012. 273. José Nunez-Melo, Laval 3,939 Erin O'Toole, Durham (Conservative) 274. Patrick Brown, Barrie 3,894 , Victoria (NDP) 275. , 3,760 , Calgary Centre (Conservative) 276. , Fleetwood—Port Kells 3,626 277. , Nanaimo—Alberni 3,478 These six MPs were excluded from counts because: 278. , Abbotsford 3,352 (1) they hold the position of Speaker, Deputy Speaker or Acting Deputy Speaker, or 279. , Prince Albert 3,278 (2) they resigned their seats before data collection was complete. 280. Richard Harris, Cariboo—Prince George 3,273 , (Conservative) 281. , —Melville 3,170 282. Mike Allen, Tobique—Mactaquac 3,046 , Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (Conservative) 283. Ray Boughen, Palliser 2,969 , Regina—Qu'Appelle (Conservative) 284. , Prince Edward—Hastings 2,967 , Durham (Conservative) 285. , Eglinton—Lawrence 2,934 Lee Richardson, Calgary Centre (Conservative) 286. Francine Raynault, Joliette 2,795 Denise Savoie, Victoria (NDP) 287. John Duncan, Vancouver Island North 2,690 288. , Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry 2,687 Bruce Hyer is labelled an independent, though he was part of the NDP caucus until April 23, 2012. 289. , Yellowhead 2,408 290. , Saskatoon—Wanuskewin 2,088 291. , Perth—Wellington 1,870 292. , Egmont 1,804 Methodology: Samara’s latest Democracy Report, “Lost in Translation or Just Lost,” examined a 293. Dave MacKenzie, Oxford 1,756 total of 54 days of debate in the House of Commons, divided over three periods during 2012. We 294. , Red Deer 1,670 used the word counts from this research to generate projections for the total words spoken over 295. , Wetaskiwin 1,667 the 129 days the House of Commons sat last year. As such, there is likely some variation across 296. , Calgary—Nose Hill 1,641 these estimates and actual words spoken in the House. Words spoken in committees were not 297. Rodney Weston, Saint John 1,369 included. All word counts reflect the original English or English-translation from French. 298. , Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon 1,135 299. Alice , Richmond 1,068 300. Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Miramichi 1,051 301. , Labrador 977 302. , 963

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