Youngest

The youngest ever MP is currently Pierre-Luc Dusseault, elected in the general election of 2011 at the age of 19 years and 11 months for the riding of Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke (electoral district)

Sherbrooke is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925.-Geography:This riding in the south of the province is located in the Quebec region of Estrie...

. He succeeded former Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

 MP, Claude-André Lachance

Claude-André Lachance

Claude-André Lachance is a former Canadian politician and was, until the 2011 federal election, the youngest person, at age 20, to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons....

, who was elected in the federal election of 1974

Canadian federal election, 1974

The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term...

. Lachance was 20 years and 3 months old when elected.

The youngest ever woman MP used to be Carole Jacques

Carole Jacques

Carole Jacques was a Progressive Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. She was a lawyer by career.She represented the Quebec riding of Montreal—Mercier where she was first elected in the 1984 federal election. At the time of her election, she was the youngest woman ever elected to...

 when she was elected at the general election of September 4, 1984 at the age of 24 years and 2 months. During the 2011 Canadian Federal Election, Laurin Liu of the riding Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...

, was elected at the age of 20 years. In the same election, many women under the age of 24 were elected including Charmaine Borg

Charmaine Borg

Charmaine Borg is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Terrebonne—Blainville in Quebec, having been first elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated incumbent MP Diane Bourgeois of the Bloc Québécois.A Montreal resident, Borg was born in Keswick,...

, in the riding of Terrebonne—Blainville

Terrebonne—Blainville

Terrebonne—Blainville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867....

 who is a mere 10 days older than Liu. Others under 24 include Ève Péclet

Ève Péclet

Ève Péclet is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of La Pointe-de-l'Île as a member of the New Democratic Party....

, 21, Mylène Freeman

Mylène Freeman

Mylène Freeman is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel in Quebec, first elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election after defeating incumbent MP Mario Laframboise of the Bloc Québécois.Born in Stouffville, Ontario, she is fluent in both...

, 22, and others.

Oldest

The oldest MP was William Anderson Black

William Anderson Black

William Anderson Black, PC was a Canadian politician. He is the oldest person ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons, 76 years, 1 month, 26 days when he was first elected. He was 83 when he last won election and he died in office.He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Gay...

 who retained his seat until his death at the age of 86 years, 10 months and 22 days.

Longest

Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

 was an MP for 44 years and 11 months between January 22 1874 and February 17 1919, although his tenure was not continuous. He did serve continuously for 41 years and 2 months from November 28 1877 to February 17 1919, making him also the MP with the longest continuous service.

Shortest

John Dahmer

John Dahmer

John Roderick Dahmer was elected a member of the Canadian House of Commons in 1988. His background was in education...

 died five days after being elected, before he could be sworn in as an MP. As he was never sworn in as a Member of Parliament, his term in office is counted from the actual date of the election, rather than from an official swearing-in date, making his tenure of five days as a MP the shortest in Canadian history.

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  Electoral firsts in Canada
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