2014 Politwitter Year in Review

This page is a summary of the Twitter & social media usage of Canadian politicians during 2014.

Indexed Federal Tweets

Indexed Federal MP Tweets

Top Federal Tweeters

  1. 167576
  2. 46251DavidMorrison17
  3. 7266globepolitics
  4. 3809CBCPolitics
  5. 3556Political_Porn
  6. 3168TonyclementCPC
  7. 3162adamgoldenberg
  8. 2951NDPHoC_NPDCdC
  9. 2384ap236
  10. 2245ElizabethMay

Top Federal MP Tweeters

  1. 4163TonyclementCPC
  2. 3558ElizabethMay
  3. 3476DenisCoderre
  4. 2862KirstyDuncanMP
  5. 2811kenneyjason
  6. 2730MichelleRempel
  7. 2507jinnysims
  8. 2154BalGosal
  9. 1545Carolyn_Bennett
  10. 1306oliviachow

Top @replied Tweeters

  1. 131521@pmharper
  2. 51603@JustinTrudeau
  3. 43041@Kathleen_Wynne
  4. 22704@DenisCoderre
  5. 19303@christyclarkbc
  6. 18469@HonJohnBaird
  7. 15757@ElizabethMay
  8. 13862@timhudak
  9. 11968@Ont_Ombudsman
  10. 10773@ThomasMulcair

Top Invited MPs to Twitter

  1. 2Garry Breitkreuz
  2. 2Maria Mourani
  3. 2Maurice Vellacott
  4. 2Alain Giguère
  5. 2Réjean Genest
  6. 1Pierre Lemieux
  7. 1Francine Raynault
  8. 1Marc-André Morin
  9. 1Richard Harris
  10. 1Jeff Watson

Top Federal Hash Tags

Top Federal Hash Tags

Tweets indexed each month



Most Retweeted Photos

4638 retweets 1992 retweets 1186 retweets 1077 retweets 1065 retweets 1063 retweets 1058 retweets 939 retweets 900 retweets 837 retweets 810 retweets 726 retweets


MPs Most Viewed Youtube Videos on Politwitter

1486 hits 599 hits 451 hits 412 hits 377 hits 361 hits 351 hits 349 hits 341 hits

Federal Video Stats

  1. 2460ndp
  2. 1200conservative
  3. 236liberal
  4. 130green
  5. 28ndp,conservative
  6. 5bloc
  7. 3liberal,conservative
  8. 1conservative,liberal

Top Video Posters

  1. 176jamesbezan
  2. 120CharlieAngusMP
  3. 114jinnysims
  4. 109PeggyNashNDP
  5. 89MeganLeslieMP
  6. 87MPLaurieHawn
  7. 86ElizabethMay
  8. 76PaulDewar
  9. 70RosaneDL
  10. 68pmharper

MPs Most Viewed Photos on Politwitter

53 hits 51 hits 50 hits 47 hits 47 hits 46 hits 45 hits 45 hits 44 hits 42 hits 42 hits 41 hits 41 hits 41 hits 40 hits

Federal Picture Stats

  1. 13413conservative
  2. 9195ndp
  3. 3722liberal
  4. 232conservative,ontariopc
  5. 98green
  6. 23ndp,conservative
  7. 15bloc
  8. 10ndp,ontariondp
  9. 8ndp,conservative,liberal
  10. 3liberal,conservative
  11. 3ndp,bcndp
  12. 2ndp,liberal,conservative
  13. 2ndp,liberal
  14. 1liberal,ontarioliberal
  15. 1conservative,liberal

Top Picture Posters

  1. 1363oliviachow
  2. 882kenneyjason
  3. 869JustinTrudeau
  4. 780MPLaurieHawn
  5. 644pmharper
  6. 622brownbarrie
  7. 585BalGosal
  8. 579MichelleRempel
  9. 548BradButtMP
  10. 501DenisCoderre



Most Retweeted Tweets of 2014

Most Tweets Retweeted

  1. 2,311 DenisCoderre
  2. 2,295 Jason Kenney
  3. 1,858 Elizabeth May MP
  4. 1,830 Justin Trudeau, MP
  5. 1,781 Olivia Chow

Combined total Retweets

  1. 169,006 Stephen Harper
  2. 93,987 Justin Trudeau, MP
  3. 36,316 DenisCoderre
  4. 35,764 John Baird
  5. 34,909 Olivia Chow



Most Retweeted Links of 2014

link title from source first seen
635Michaëlle Jean on Twitter: "@MichaelleJeanF succède à Abdou Diouf...@MichaelleJeanFtwitter.comNov 30, 2014 6:28 am
346Twitter / GeorgesLaraque: My friends daughter is gone ...@GeorgesLaraquetwitter.comFeb 01, 2014 9:53 am
344Join Jamie on the Jobs and Economy Tour@nspcpcjobtour.caMay 29, 2014 3:33 pm
312Twitter / UBCIC: Joint News Release: First Nations ...@UBCICtwitter.comJun 17, 2014 2:21 pm
304Harper government spent $2.5M on ads for non-existent Canada Job Grant -...@CBCPoliticscbc.caJan 13, 2014 4:18 pm
295Twitter / CouncilofCDNs: Harper's "Fair" Elections Act ...@CouncilofCDNstwitter.comFeb 07, 2014 7:26 am
283The Governor General of Canada > Vimy Ridge Day@GGDavidJohnstongg.caApr 09, 2014 5:08 am
282Twitter / YourAlberta: Pride flag raised at #ableg. ...@YourAlbertatwitter.comFeb 07, 2014 3:26 pm
278Chilliwack Wedding Daily News@kimthephotogpaper.liMay 20, 2014 9:01 pm
256Twitter / ccpa: Cda’s 86 wealthiest have ...@ccpatwitter.comApr 03, 2014 8:11 am

Most Retweeted Links of 2014 by Politicians

link title from source first seen
4612Twitter / JimFlaherty: It has been an honour to serve ...@JimFlahertytwitter.comMar 18, 2014 1:28 pm
2334Twitter / ?@pmharpert.coJan 28, 2014 7:04 am
1994Twitter / pmharper: Ukrainian flag being proudly ...@pmharpertwitter.comMar 04, 2014 5:29 am
1107Twitter / JustinTrudeau: Congratulations to ...@JustinTrudeautwitter.comJun 12, 2014 7:30 pm
1052Twitter / JamesMoore_org: 33 years ago today Canada lost ...@JamesMoore_orgtwitter.comJun 28, 2014 11:14 am
1038Twitter / pmharper: Too often in the past, our ...@pmharpertwitter.comMay 09, 2014 11:49 am
1035Twitter / JustinTrudeau: RT this if you support our ...@JustinTrudeautwitter.comJan 29, 2014 9:40 am
929Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada congratulating India’s Prime...@pmharperpm.gc.caMay 16, 2014 8:37 am
892Twitter / pmharper: RT if you agree. #cdnpoli ...@pmharpertwitter.comAug 10, 2014 4:08 pm
880Stephen Harper on Twitter: "Today, a nation mourns the loss of a hero. Thank...@pmharpertwitter.comOct 28, 2014 11:33 am



Provincial

Most Active Provinces

  1. 272,530Quebec
  2. 217,132Ontario
  3. 149,444British Columbia
  4. 90,484Alberta
  5. 51,475Nova Scotia
  6. 50,375Newfoundland
  7. 14,748Saskatchewan
  8. 12,093New Brunswick
  9. 6,057Territories (yk, nt, nu)
  10. 2,045Prince Edward Island
  11. 177Manitoba
Most Active Provinces

Top Provincial Hash Tags

  1. 34,857#onpoli
  2. 25,262#bcpoli
  3. 23,738#ableg
  4. 23,370#polqc
  5. 14,999#assnat
  6. 11,795#abpoli
  7. 11,661#nlpoli
  8. 7,465#nspoli
  9. 4,980#olp
  10. 4,002#ONDP

Indexed Provincial Tweets

  1. 43,989Ontario Liberal
  2. 29,082Parti Québécois
  3. 28,854BC Liberal
  4. 28,760Ontario PC
  5. 27,611Coalition Avenir Québec
  6. 23,450BC NDP
  7. 23,243Alberta PC
  8. 21,957Ontario NDP
  9. 14,071BC Green
  10. 13,397Québec Solidaire
  11. 11,617Nova Scotia NDP
  12. 10,264Parti libéral
  13. 8,492Ontario Green
  14. 8,256Alberta Liberal
  15. 7,063Newfoundland PC