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The House of Commons of Canada (French: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament (MPs).
Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons cover the members elected to the House of Commons of Canada, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Canada. Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. The lists of members are organized alphabetically, by age ...
20 September – In the 44th Canadian federal election, the incumbent Liberal Party wins the most seats in the House of Commons, but fails to reach a majority government. [6] 26 October – The new Ministry is sworn in, the first overseen by Governor General Mary Simon. [7]
Party before Party after Reason June 6, 2020 Kitchener South—Hespeler: Marwan Tabbara: Liberal: Independent: Resigned from Liberal caucus after being charged with assault, break and enter and criminal harassment [2] [3] August 17, 2020 Toronto Centre: Bill Morneau: Liberal: Vacant Resigned to run for Secretary-General of the OECD [4 ...
Canada uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the leader of the party with the most seats in the House of Commons becomes Prime Minister, even if the leader is not an elected member of parliament. The leader of the party with the second-most seats in the House becomes the leader of the Official Opposition, and debate ...
This represents a gain of three seats from the previous record of 100 women in the 43rd Canadian Parliament, of whom 98 were elected in the 2019 federal election, [1] followed by two more at subsequent by-elections in 2020. Women have been elected to the House of Commons from every province and territory in Canada.
Category: Members of the House of Commons of Canada by political party. 3 languages. ... Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs (5 C, 848 P)
Party before Party after Reason May 27, 2022 Mississauga—Lakeshore: Sven Spengemann: Liberal: Vacant Resigned to accept a position with the United Nations [3] September 13, 2022 Richmond—Arthabaska: Alain Rayes: Conservative: Independent Resigned from caucus following Pierre Poilievre's election as leader [4] December 12, 2022 Winnipeg ...