42nd Canadian Parliament

42nd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
Convenes – December 3, 2015
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (29th Canadian Ministry) November 4, 2015 – present
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Rona Ambrose November 5, 2015 – present
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party*
Opposition	Conservative Party
Third parties	New Democratic Party
	Bloc Québécois†
	Green Party†
* House members and Senators sit in separate caucuses. † Party does not hold official party status.
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	TBD December 3, 2015 –present
Government House Leader	Hon. Dominic LeBlanc November 4, 2015 – present
Opposition House Leader	Andrew Scheer November 18, 2015 – present
Members	338 MP seats List of members
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	TBD
Government Senate Leader	vacant
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Claude Carignan November 4, 2015 – present
Senators	105 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – present
Sessions
1st Session Convenes – December 3, 2015
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The 42nd Canadian Parliament is the incoming Parliament of Canada, with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the 2015 federal election held on October 19, 2015. Parliament will officially resume on December 3, 2015, followed by a Speech from the throne the following day.

Party standings

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Standings in the 42nd Canadian Parliament

Affiliation		House Members		Senate Members
		2015 Election Results	As of 18 November 2015	On Election Day 2015	As of 18 November 2015
	Liberal	184	184	–	–
	Conservative	99	99	47	46
	New Democratic	44	44	–	–
	Bloc Québécois	10	10	–	–
	Green	1	1	–	–
	Senate Liberal Caucus	–	–	29	29
	Independent	–	–	6	7
	Independent Progressive Conservative	–	–	1	1
Total members		338	338	83	83
	Vacant	–	–	22	22
Total seats		338		105

* by the Writ of Election set forth August 2, 2015, and per the Canada Elections Act, Elections Canada has until November 9, 2015 to certify at law the returns resulting in, or varying from, the above-described seat distribution by Party in the House of Commons of Canada of the Parliament of Canada.
** this table shows the lack of designation of the Party affiliation of Senators in the Senate of Canada of the Parliament of Canada as members of a combined Liberal Party caucus in result of the exclusion of all Liberal Senators from the combined Liberal Party of Canada caucus which occurred January 29, 2014.
*** Section 32 of the Constitution Act, 1867 requires the Governor-in-Council--Prime Minister Trudeau once the 29th Canadian Ministry is sworn in and designated such by the Governor General of Canada--to appoint Senators to vacant Senate seats "promptly". Reference Re Senate Reform, handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada, sets forth the Constitutional requirements under the Constitution of Canada as to constitutional structural reform of the Senate of Canada.

Members

For full lists of members of the 42nd Parliament of Canada, see List of House members of the 42nd Parliament of Canada and List of senators in the 42nd Parliament of Canada.