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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. Conservative New Democratic Liberal Green Bloc Québécois Independent

RANK NAME/RIDING TOTAL WORDS SPOKEN

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' East 113,819 6. Roger Cuzner, Cape Breton—Canso 87,687 7. , Halton 87,591 8. , 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. Irwin Cotler, 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. Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Beauharnois—Salaberry 61,965 20. Françoise Boivin, Gatineau 61,146 21. , Malpeque 57,902 22. , 56,308 23. , Vancouver Centre 55,623 24. Philip Toone, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine 55,150 25. , —Cowichan 54,923 26. Mike Sullivan, York South—Weston 54,405 27. David Anderson, Cypress Hills—Grasslands 54,089 28. , Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie 54,052 29. Craig Scott, Toronto—Danforth 53,693 30. , 52,154 31. Christine Moore, Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam 51,691 32. , Acadie—Bathurst 51,113 33. Alexandrine Latendresse, Louis-Saint-Laurent 50,205 34. Guy , Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques 49,541 35. , Skeena—Bulkley Valley 49,259 36. , St. Catharines 48,640 37. , Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission 48,602 38. , Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor 47,553 39. , —James Bay 47,247 40. Élaine Michaud, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier 46,471 41. , Peterborough 46,323 43. , Vancouver Island North 45,554 42. , Halifax West 45,613 44. Michelle Rempel, -North 45,367 45. Hélène LeBlanc, Beauséjour 44,959 46. , London—Fanshawe 44,827 47. Thomas Mulcair, Outremont 44,498 48. Frank Valeriote, Guelph 43,879 49. , Haldimand—Norfolk 43,762 50. , Parkdale—High Park 43,757 51. , Western Arctic 43,674 52. , Oak Ridges—Markham 42,969 53. , York West 42,642 54. , Westmount—Ville-Marie 42,491 55. Sylvain Chicoine, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant 42,085 56. Ève Péclet, La Pointe-de-'Île 42,080 57. , Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 41,880 58. , Vaudreuil-Soulanges 41,464 59. , —Strathcona 41,096 60. , Lac-Saint-Louis 39,727 61. , Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca 39,727 62. Glenn Thibeault, Sudbury 39,280 63. , Saint Boniface 39,063 64. , Bourassa 38,700 65. Mike Wallace, Burlington 37,983 66. Malcolm Allen, Welland 37,979 67. André Bellavance, Richmond—Arthabaska 37,649 68. Candice Hoeppner, Portage—Lisgar 36,963 69. , Macleod 36,796 70. Rosane Doré Lefebvre, Alfred-Pellan 36,591 71. Rathika Sitsabaiesan, Scarborough—Rouge River 36,588 72. , Trinity—Spadina 36,435 73. , Hull—Aylmer 36,383 74. , 36,287 75. , Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean 36,218 76. Wayne Marston, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek 35,666 77. , Random—Burin—St. George's 35,485 78. Scott Armstrong, Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley 35,253 79. , 35,102 80. Carol Hughes, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing 34,742 81. Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Delta—Richmond East 33,368 82. , Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont 33,311 83. , Thornhill 33,272 84. Mark Adler, York Centre 33,232 85. , 33,208 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, Abitibi—Témiscamingue 29,988 99. Alain Giguère, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 29,923 100. , Kings—Hants 29,367 101. , Mégantic—L'Érable 28,492 102. , Terrebonne—Blainville 28,401 103. Isabelle Morin, Laurentides—Labelle 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, Ottawa West—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. Brad Butt, Mississauga—Streetsville 25,853 115. François Lapointe, Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup 25,792 116. Dany Morin, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine 25,578 117. Sean Casey, Charlottetown 25,516 118. , Davenport 25,337 119. , Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière 24,918 120. LaVar Payne, 24,703 121. , Halifax 24,508 122. Djaouida Sellah, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert 24,276 123. Marie-Claude Morin, Chicoutimi—Le 24,144 124. , South Shore—St. Margaret's 24,092 125. Ted Hsu, Kingston and the Islands 23,951 126. , Edmonton—Sherwood Park 23,910 127. Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe, Pierrefonds—Dollard 23,894 128. Sadia Groguhé, Saint-Lambert 23,803 129. , Westlock—St. Paul 23,781 130. , Peace River 23,275 131. , Vancouver Quadra 23,141 132. , Kitchener—Conestoga 23,086 133. , Kildonan—St. Paul 23,081 134. Larry Miller, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound 22,852 135. , Churchill 22,850 136. Mauril Bélanger, Ottawa—Vanier 22,780 137. , St. Paul's 22,279 138. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, Manicouagan 22,092 139. Costas Menegakis, Richmond Hill 21,796 140. Claude Gravelle, Nickel Belt 21,660 141. David McGuinty, Ottawa South 21,543 142. , New Westminster—Coquitlam 20,929 143. , Lévis—Bellechasse 20,676 144. Hélène Laverdière, Laurier—Sainte-Marie 20,642 145. Stella Ambler, Mississauga South 19,983 146. , Mississauga East—Cooksville 19,966 147. Ted Opitz, Etobicoke Centre 19,878 148. , Nunavut 19,861 149. Stéphane Dion, Saint-Laurent—Cartierville 19,766 150. Ryan Cleary, St. John's South—Mount Pearl 19,732 151. John McKay , Scarborough—Guildwood 19,677 152. Bruce Hyer, Thunder Bay—Superior North 19,371 153. , Fort McMurray—Athabasca 19,350 154. , 19,156 155. Pierre Jacob, Brome—Missisquoi 19,106 156. Peter MacKay, 18,808 157. Cathy McLeod, —Thompson—Cariboo 18,359 158. Phil McColeman, Brant 18,296 159. François Choquette, Drummond 18,222 160. Patrick Brown, Newmarket—Aurora 18,067 161. Claude Patry, Jonquière—Alma 17,737 162. Bernard Trottier, Etobicoke—Lakeshore 17,697 163. Alex Atamanenko, Southern Interior 17,630 164. , —Glanbrook 17,499 165. Roxanne James, Scarborough Centre 17,427 166. , Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale 17,083 167. Robert Goguen, Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe 17,023 168. , North Vancouver 17,004 169. , Berthier—Maskinongé 16,995 170. , Niagara Falls 16,744 171. , Whitby—Oshawa 16,674 172. Dan Harris, Cariboo—Prince George 16,648 173. , Wascana 16,588 174. Lawrence Toet, Elmwood—Transcona 16,249 175. Dominic LeBlanc, LaSalle—Émard 16,199 176. , Saint John 16,182 177. John Carmichael, Don Valley West 16,080 178. Tyrone Benskin, Jeanne-Le Ber 15,955 179. , 15,404 180. Wai Young, Oakville 15,389 181. , Chatham-Kent—Essex 15,372 182. Bob Dechert, Mississauga—Erindale 15,236 183. , Cambridge 14,952 184. Peter Stoffer, Sackville—Eastern Shore 14,911 185. Robert Sopuck, Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette 14,888 186. Jean Rousseau, Compton—Stanstead 14,845 187. John McCallum, Markham—Unionville 14,794 188. Jay Aspin, Nipissing—Timiskaming 14,701 189. Roméo Saganash, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou 14,498 190. , Wild Rose 14,462 191. Stephen Woodworth, Kitchener Centre 14,257 192. , Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour 14,195 193. , Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar 14,059 194. Gordon 'Connor, Carleton—Mississippi Mills 14,006 195. Lois Brown, Leeds—Grenville 13,428 196. , Vaughan 12,957 197. , Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke 12,718 198. Joe Daniel, 12,530 199. Denis Blanchette, Louis-Hébert 12,465 200. Maria Mourani, Ahuntsic 12,425 201. Scott Andrews, Avalon 12,257 202. Jim Karygiannis, Scarborough—Agincourt 12,198 203. Manon Perreault, Montcalm 12,004 204. Chungsen Leung, Willowdale 11,875 205. , Elgin—Middlesex—London 11,849 206. , Glengarry—Prescott—Russell 11,763 207. , Dufferin—Caledon 11,555 208. , Windsor—Tecumseh 11,457 209. Brent Rathgeber, Edmonton—St. Albert 11,347 210. , 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. , London West 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—Scarborough East 9,584 231. Lise St-Denis, Saint-Maurice—Champlain 9,271 232. Jim Hillyer, 9,164 233. , Edmonton—Leduc 8,884 234. Tarik Brahmi, Saint-Jean 8,650 235. , 8,531 236. , Okanagan—Shuswap 8,438 237. Susan Truppe, London North Centre 8,433 238. Sana Hassainia, Verchères—Les Patriotes 8,402 239. Peter Braid, Kitchener—Waterloo 8,344 240. Jonathan Tremblay, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord 8,213 241. Pierre Dionne Labelle, Rivière-du-Nord 8,091 242. , —Lake Country 8,077 243. Patricia Davidson, Sarnia—Lambton 7,735 244. Marc-André Morin, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot 7,685 245. John Williamson, 7,616 246. Pierre-Luc Dusseault, Sherbrooke 7,164 247. Rob Clarke, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River 7,102 248. , Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte 7,007 249. , Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington 6,880 250. Steven Fletcher, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia 6,837 251. , Beauce 6,696 252. Lyne Yelich, Blackstrap 6,655 253. John Rafferty, Thunder Bay—Rainy River 6,627 254. , 6,555 255. Terence Young, Vancouver South 6,316 256. , Okanagan—Coquihalla 6,089 257. , 6,075 258. , Bramalea—Gore—Malton 5,874 259. Ryan Leef, 5,848 260. , Northumberland—Quinte West 5,628 261. , Parry Sound—Muskoka 5,482 262. , 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, 4,637 271. , —Wainwright 4,133 272. , Lambton—Kent—Middlesex 4,133 273. José Nunez-Melo, Laval 3,939 274. Gordon Brown, Barrie 3,894 275. , Fleetwood—Port Kells 3,626 276. , Nanaimo—Alberni 3,478 277. , Abbotsford 3,352 278. , Prince Albert 3,278 279. Richard Harris, Scarborough Southwest 3,273 280. , —Melville 3,170 281. Mike Allen, Tobique—Mactaquac 3,046 282. Ray Boughen, Palliser 2,969 283. , Prince Edward—Hastings 2,967 284. , Eglinton—Lawrence 2,934 285. Francine Raynault, Joliette 2,795 286. John Duncan, 2,690 287. , Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry 2,687 288. , Yellowhead 2,408 289. , Saskatoon—Wanuskewin 2,088 290. , Perth—Wellington 1,870 291. , Egmont 1,804 292. Dave MacKenzie, Oxford 1,756 293. , Red Deer 1,670 294. , Wetaskiwin 1,667 295. , Calgary—Nose Hill 1,641 296. Rodney Weston, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country 1,369 297. , Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon 1,135 298. , Richmond 1,068 299. Tilly O'Neill-Gordon, Miramichi 1,051 300. , Labrador 977 301. , 963 302. , Fredericton 922

NOTES AND METHODOLOGY These six MPs were excluded from counts because: METHODOLOGY These three MPs were excluded from counts because they were (1) they hold the position of Speaker, Deputy Speaker or Acting Deputy Speaker, or Samara’s latest Democracy Report, “Lost in Translation or elected part way through 2012. (2) they resigned their seats before data collection was complete. Just Lost,” examined a total of 54 days of debate in the House Erin O'Toole, Durham (Conservative) , (Conservative) of Commons, divided over three periods during 2012. We , Victoria (NDP) , Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (Conservative) used the word counts from this research to generate , Calgary Centre (Conservative) , Regina—Qu'Appelle (Conservative) projections for the total words spoken over the, 129 days the , Durham (Conservative) House of Commons sat last year. As such, there is likely some Bruce Hyer is labelled an independent, though he was part of the Lee Richardson, Calgary Centre (Conservative) variation across these estimates and actual words spoken in NDP caucus until April 23, 2012. Denise Savoie, Victoria (NDP) the House. Words spoken in committees were not included. All word counts reflect the original English or English-translation from French.

SOURCE: samaracanada.com GRAPHIC