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The Senate Chamber, located in the Centre Block of Parliament Hill. This is a list of current members of the Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada), the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Unlike the members of Parliament in the House of Commons, the 105 senators are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime ...
The Senate of Canada (French: Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they compose the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the British House of Lords, with its members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister. [1]
Canadian Senate divisions refers to two aspects of the Senate of Canada. First, it refers to the division of Canada into four regional Senate divisions of 24 senators each, as set out in section 22 of the Constitution Act, 1867. [1] The four regions are the Western Provinces, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
The number of seats in parliament has varied as new provinces joined the country and as population distribution between the provinces changed; there are currently 338 House MPs and 105 Senators (when there are no vacancies). Canada uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the leader of the party with the most seats in the ...
The rule calls for 10% of the total number of seats in the Assembly rounded to the nearest whole number. Prince Edward Island Legislative Assembly: 1 seat: There is no official rule, but precedent shows that only one seat is required. Quebec National Assembly: 12 seats or 20% of the popular vote Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly: 2 seats
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The following are lists of members of the Senate of Canada: List of current senators of Canada; List of Senate of Canada appointments by prime minister;
338 MP seats List of members: Senate; Seating arrangements of the Senate: Speaker of the Senate: Hon. George Furey 3 Dec 2015 – 12 May 2023: Hon. Raymonde Gagné 12 May 2023 – present: Government Senate Rep. Hon. Marc Gold 24 Jan 2020 – present: Opposition Senate Leader: Hon. Don Plett 5 Nov 2019 – present: Senators: 105 senator seats ...