43rd Canadian Parliament

43rd Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
December 5, 2019 – present
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (29th Canadian Ministry) 4 November 2015 – present
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Andrew Scheer 27 May 2017 – present
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Conservative Party
Third parties	Bloc Québécois
	New Democratic Party
	Independent Senators Group* Canadian Senators Group* Senate Liberal Caucus*† Progressive Senate Group*
Unrecognized	Green Party
* Only in the Senate. † Disbanded 14 November 2019
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Geoff Regan 3 December 2015 – present
Members	338 MP seats List of members
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. George Furey 3 December 2015 – present
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Don Plett 5 November 2019 – present
Senators	105 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present
Governor General	HE Rt. Hon. Julie Payette 2 October 2017 – present
Sessions
1st Session 5 December 2019 –
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The 43rd Canadian Parliament is the upcoming session of the Parliament of Canada, which will be begin from December 5, 2019, following the 2019 federal election held on October 21, 2019.

Party standings

Standings in the 43rd Canadian Parliament

Affiliation		House Members			Senate Members
		2019 Election Results	As of 7 November 2019	Change	On Election Day 2019	As of 14 November 2019	Change
	Liberal	157	157		–	–
	Conservative	121	121		29	25	4
	Bloc Québécois	32	32		–	–
	New Democratic	24	24		–	–
	Green	3	3		–	–
	Independent	1	1		7	4	3
	Ind. Senators	–	–		57	51	6
	Senate Liberal Caucus	–	–		9	–	9
	Canadian Senators Group	–	–		–	11	11
	Progressive Senate Group	–	–		–	9	9
Total members		338	338		102	100	2
	Vacant	–	0		3	5	2
Total seats		338			105

Representation by Province/Territory

House of Commons

For background on the current representation, see:

1. The representation acts in the List of Canadian constitutional documents
2. Elections Canada's history on the representation formula (including the 1985 Representation Act, but any subsequent acts such as the 1999 Constitution Act or the 2011 Fair Representation Act).
3. Canadian Parliamentary Review's proposal for fairer representation for small provinces (around the time of the 2011 representation formula revision).

Province/Territory	# MPs (ridings)	Percentage of seats	'000s persons per MP (est. July 2019)
Alberta	34	10.0%	128.6
British Columbia	42	12.4%	120.7
Manitoba	14	4.0%	97.8
New Brunswick	10	3.0%	77.7
Newfoundland and Labrador	7	2.0%	74.5
Northwest Territories	1	0.3%	44.8
Nova Scotia	11	3.2%	88.3
Nunavut	1	0.3%	38.8
Ontario	121	35.8%	120.4
Prince Edward Island	4	1.2%	39.2
Quebec	78	23.1%	108.8
Saskatchewan	14	4.0%	83.9
Yukon	1	0.3%	40.9
Canada (total/average)	338	100%	111.2

Senate

For historical and current representation in the Senate, see Senate of Canada's history and current representation.

Officeholders

The officers of Parliament for the 43rd Parliament are set out below.

Party Leaders

• Prime Minister of Canada: Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (Liberal)
• Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition: Hon. Andrew Scheer (Conservative)
• Leader of the Bloc Québécois: Yves-François Blanchet (Third Party)
• Leader of the New Democratic Party: Jagmeet Singh (Third Party)
• Leader of the Green Party: Jo-Ann Roberts (Interim, since November 4, 2019) (from outside of the House)
  • Parliamentary leader of the Green Party: Elizabeth May (since November 4, 2019, previously party leader)