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The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected. A new parliament begins after an election of the House of Commons and can sit for up to five years.
He led the Liberal Party in parliament, though he was never the leader or interim leader of the Liberal Party as a whole. 3 After the defeat of the Liberals by the Conservatives of Stephen Harper in the 2006 Canadian federal election, held on January 26, Paul Martin announced in the early hours of January 27, 2006 his intention to resign the ...
Liberal Sherbrooke: 2019 Michel Boudrias: Bloc Québécois Terrebonne: 2015 Louise Chabot: Bloc Québécois Thérèse-De Blainville: 2019 Louise Charbonneau: Bloc Québécois Trois-Rivières: 2019 Peter Schiefke ‡ Liberal Vaudreuil—Soulanges: 2015 Marc Miller: Liberal Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs: 2015 Annie Koutrakis ...
Singh was born on January 2, 1979 [19] [20] in the city of Scarborough, Ontario, now a district of Toronto, to Indian immigrants, Harmeet Kaur and Jagtaran Dhaliwal. [21] His parents are both from the Malwa region of the Indian state of Punjab, with his mother being from Ghudani Khurd in Ludhiana district, while his father is from Thikriwala in Barnala district. [22]
Parliament Years Member Party; St. John's South Riding created from St. John's West and St. John's East: 38th 2004–2006 Loyola Hearn: Conservative: St. John's South—Mount Pearl: 39th 2006–2008 Loyola Hearn: Conservative: 40th 2008–2011 Siobhán Coady: Liberal: 41st 2011–2015 Ryan Cleary: New Democratic: 42nd 2015–2019 Seamus O'Regan ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; Quebec French: Parti libéral du Canada, PLC) is a federal political party in Canada.The party espouses the principles of liberalism, [6] [7] [8] and generally sits at the centre [6] [9] [10] to centre-left [10] [11] of the Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party, positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party ...
Randy Paul Andrew Boissonnault PC MP (born July 14, 1970) is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton Centre. A member of the Liberal Party, he was initially elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election and served until his defeat in 2019. He later went on to win back his seat in 2021.
Sinclair was born in Crossroads, Grange, Banffshire, Scotland, [1] the son of James George Sinclair [2] and Betsy Sinclair (née Ross). [3] [4] He moved to Vancouver with his family in 1911 where his father, who had already immigrated a year earlier, was among the founders of Vancouver Technical Secondary School, the area's first vocational school, and served as the school's second principal ...