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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 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 ...
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 ...
Dusseault succeeded former Liberal Party MP, Claude-André Lachance, who was elected in the 1974 federal election, as the youngest MP in Canadian history. Lachance was 20 years and 3 months old when elected; he set the record when he was elected for the riding of Lafontaine in the 30th Parliament.
Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam: 2015 Gord Johns: New Democratic Courtenay—Alberni: 2015 Alistair MacGregor: New Democratic Cowichan—Malahat—Langford: 2015 Carla Qualtrough: Liberal Delta: 2015 Randall Garrison: New Democratic Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke: 2011 Ken Hardie: Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells: 2015 Cathy McLeod: Conservative
Pages in category "Liberal Party of Canada MPs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,025 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Liberal Papineau: 2008 Xavier Barsalou-Duval: Bloc Québécois Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères: 2015 Sameer Zuberi ‡ Liberal Pierrefonds—Dollard: 2019 Sophie Chatel: Liberal Pontiac: 2021 Joël Godin: Conservative Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier: 2015 Jean-Yves Duclos: Liberal Québec: 2015 Monique Pauzé: Bloc Québécois Repentigny ...
The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Edward Blake from 1869 to 1871, followed by a vacancy in the Liberal leadership. The Speaker was James Cockburn . See also List of Canadian electoral districts (1867–1871) for a list of the ridings in this parliament.