43rd Canadian Parliament
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43rd Parliament of Canada | |||
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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.
Contents
Party standings[edit]
Affiliation | House Members | Senate Members | |||||
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2019 Election Results | As of 7 November 2019[update] | Change | On Election Day 2019 | As of 14 November 2019[update] | 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[edit]
House of Commons[edit]
For background on the current representation, see:
- The representation acts in the List of Canadian constitutional documents
- 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).[1]
- Canadian Parliamentary Review's proposal for fairer representation for small provinces (around the time of the 2011 representation formula revision).[2]
Province/Territory | # MPs (ridings)[3] | Percentage of seats | '000s persons per MP
(est. July 2019)[4] |
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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[edit]
- For historical and current representation in the Senate, see Senate of Canada's history and current representation.
Officeholders[edit]
The officers of Parliament for the 43rd Parliament are set out below.
Party Leaders[edit]
- 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)
References[edit]
- ^ "History of Representation in the House of Commons of Canada". Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ^ Gussow, David. "Representation in the House of Commons: A Long Term Proposal". Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved May 27, 2019.
- ^ "FAQs – General Questions". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
- ^ "Population estimates on July 1st, by age and sex". Statistics Canada. July 1, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.