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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).
Parliament Province of Canada; 1627–1791 Part of the Province of Quebec colony. 1791–1841 Split into Lower Canada (now Quebec) and Upper Canada (now Ontario). 1841–1867 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada: Legislative Council of the Province of Canada: Governor General of the Province of Canada: Parliament of the Province of Canada
1920 opening of Canadian Parliament. 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 ...
The new Parliament of Canada consisted of the monarch (represented by the governor general, who also represented the Colonial Office), the Senate and the House of Commons. The Parliament of Canada was based on the Westminster model (that is, the model of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the 2013 Representation Order. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names ...
Seats are allocated on a regional basis: each of the four major regions receives 24 seats, with 9 remaining seats assigned to jurisdictions outside those regions. The four major regions are Ontario , Quebec , the Maritime provinces ( New Brunswick , Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island ), and the Western provinces ( Alberta , British Columbia ...
The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, formerly known as the Canadian Parliamentary Companion and the Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register, is a reference publication which lists the members of the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate of Canada as well as of the provincial and territorial legislatures.
Resigned to run for Secretary-General of the OECD [4] September 1, 2020 York Centre: Michael Levitt: Liberal: Vacant Resigned to become the president of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies [5] October 26, 2020 Toronto Centre: Marci Ien: Vacant Liberal: Elected in a by-election [6] York Centre: Ya'ara Saks ...