42nd Canadian Parliament
42nd Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
December 3, 2015 – present | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister (cabinet) |
Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (29th Canadian Ministry) 4 November 2015 – present | ||
Leader of the Opposition |
Hon. Rona Ambrose 5 November 2015 – 27 May 2017 | ||
Hon. Andrew Scheer 27 May 2017 – present | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party* | ||
Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
Third party | New Democratic Party | ||
Unrecognized | Québec debout (June – September 2018) | ||
Bloc Québécois | |||
Green Party | |||
Co-operative Commonwealth | |||
People's Party | |||
* House members and Senators sit in separate caucuses. | |||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons |
Hon. Geoff Regan 3 December 2015 – present | ||
Government House Leader |
Hon. Dominic LeBlanc 4 November 2015 – 19 August 2016 | ||
Hon. Bardish Chagger 19 August 2016 – present | |||
Opposition House Leader |
Hon. Andrew Scheer 18 November 2015 – 15 September 2016 | ||
Hon. Candice Bergen 15 September 2016 – 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 | ||
Government Senate Rep. |
Hon. Peter Harder 18 March 2016 – present | ||
Opposition Senate Leader |
Hon. Claude Carignan 4 November 2015 – 31 March 2017 | ||
Hon. Larry Smith 1 April 2017 – present | |||
Senators |
105 senator seats List of senators | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch |
HM Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present | ||
Governor General |
HE Rt. Hon. David Johnston 1 October 2010 – 2 October 2017 | ||
HE Rt. Hon. Julie Payette 2 October 2017 - present | |||
Sessions | |||
1st Session 3 December 2015 – Present | |||
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The 42nd Canadian Parliament is the current Parliament of Canada, with the membership of its Lower House, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2015 federal election held on October 19, 2015, and with at least seven new appointees to its Upper House, the Senate of Canada, on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Governor General David Johnston.[1] Parliament officially resumed on December 3, 2015 with the election of a new Speaker, Geoff Regan, followed by a Speech from the Throne the following day. The current Speaker of the Senate of Canada is George Furey, who was appointed Speaker of the Canadian Senate on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to replace Leo Housakos, on December 3, 2015.[2]
Party standings
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Affiliation | House Members | Senate Members | |||
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2015 Election Results | As of 11 October 2018 | On Election Day 2015 | As of 11 October 2018 | ||
Liberal | 184 | 182 | – | – | |
Conservative | 99 | 97 | 47 | 31 | |
New Democratic | 44 | 41 | – | – | |
Bloc Québécois | 10 | 10 | – | – | |
Green | 1 | 1 | – | – | |
Co-operative Commonwealth | – | 1 | – | – | |
People's | – | 1 | – | – | |
Senate Liberal Caucus | – | – | 29 | 10 | |
Independent | – | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 13 | |
Independent Senators Group | – | – | – | 47 | |
Total members | 338 | 335 | 83 | 101 | |
Vacant | – | 3 | 22 | 4 | |
Total seats | 338 | 105 |
Legislation
Among the more significant pieces of legislation adopted in the first session was Bill C-14, the government's response to Carter v Canada (Attorney General), which inserted the term "medical assistance in dying" into the Criminal Code and made provisions for adult Canadians to engage in the practice.[3] Introduced by the Minister of Justice, Bill C-14 was passed with a free vote for both Liberal and Conservative party members. The Minister of Justice also introduced Bill C-16 which added "gender identity or expression" to the list of prohibited grounds of discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the list of characteristics of identifiable groups protected from hate propaganda in the Criminal Code - only 40 members opposed the bill, all from the Conservative Party who were granted a free vote. Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, created a legal framework that allows for recreational use of cannabis by adults and Bill C-46 inserted new provisions into the Criminal Code regarding drug–impaired driving and the ability of peace officers to use drug screening equipment and random breath testing.
Responding to legislation adopted during the previous parliament, Bill C-37, sponsored by the Minister of Health and opposed only by the Conservative Party, removed some of the obstacles to supervised injection sites that the previous parliament's Respect for Communities Act had put in place and the bill replaced the previous government's National Anti-Drug Strategy with the new Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy, mostly centered on the opioid epidemic.[4] The Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship's Bill C-6 amended or repealed parts of the previous parliament's Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act including the ability to revoke citizenship based on national security, the requirement that applicants for citizenship aged 14 to 18 and 55 to 64 to prove adequate knowledge Canada and of an official language, the residency requirement increase from 3 years to 4 years, the disallowance of time spent as temporary resident as contributing to the residency requirement, and the condition of citizenship that the applicant must intend to reside in Canada. Bill C-6 kept, but modified or expanded, Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act's prohibition that time spent imprisoned does not contribute to the residency requirement, that an imprisoned applicant may not be granted citizenship, and that citizenship applicants must file tax returns during their residency requirement. Bill C-4 repealed two private member bills adopted in the last parliament concerning union voting and financial reporting. Preparing for the 2016 Census, and in response to the previous government's involvement in the 2011 Census, Bill C-36 amended the Statistics Act to provide more independence to the Chief Statistician, remove imprisonment as a penalty for not responding to a census, and replacing the National Statistics Council with the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council. Bill C-17 made amendments to the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act to address the previous parliament's Yukon and Nunavut Regulatory Improvement Act and the subsequent court case that ensued.
The Preclearance Act, 2016 (Bill C-23) repealed and replaced the Preclearance Act, 1999 with a modernized version based on the Canada—U.S. Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness.[5] The Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49) made numerous changes resulting from the review launched in 2014 of the Canada Transportation Act and the subsequent "Transportation 2030" plan, as well as the results of the previous parliament's Fair Rail for Grain Farmers Act, and the changes included implementing long-haul interswitching as a permanent mechanism in the rail industry; excluding revenue from interswitching and from movement of grain in containers on flat cars from Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway's maximum revenue entitlement; requiring the railway companies to keep up-to-date plans for each of their railway lines and to publicly report on their abilities to move a given summer's grain crop along with a winter contingency plans; installation of locomotive voice and video recorders onto trains; increasing the individual ownership limit in Canadian National Railway from 15% to 25%; raising the foreign ownership limits for Canadian airlines from 25% to 49% of an airlines' voting interest with the new rule that no single foreign investor may own more than 25%; expanding the review of joint ventures in the airline industry to also include the public interest, as well as fair competition practices.[6] The Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development introduced Bill C-25 which amended the Canada Business Corporations Act and Canada Cooperatives Act to allow more online tools to be used to disseminate required information to shareholders in their notice and access systems, to require certain types of corporations to disclose to shareholders the composition of their boards and senior management, as well as their diversity policies or the statement that they do not have a diversity policy. The bill also prohibited from issuing share certificates and share warrants in bearer form and modified how directors of certain corporations and cooperatives are elected: that they must be elected individually, not as a slate or a group of candidates, and reduce maximum term lengths from 3 to 1 years.
Following through with international agreements, Bill C-11 implemented the Marrakesh VIP Treaty,[7] Bill C-13 implemented the Bali Package and Bill C-31 implemented the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, all with unanimous consent, while Bill C-30 implemented the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with only the Liberal and Conservative parties supporting. The Expungement of Historically Unjust Convictions Act (Bill C-66) allows the Parole Board of Canada to expunge historical convictions related to gross indecency, buggery or anal intercourse.[8] With only Liberal Party support, Bill C-7 was adopted as the government's response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General), allowing RCMP members to have certain collective bargaining rights. Bill C-22 created the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.[9] The Minister of Transport introduced Bill C-10 which amended the Air Canada Public Participation Act to expand where Air Canada's maintenance centres may be located to the general provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, rather than the specific cities of Winnipeg, Mississauga and Montreal, as well as clarifying what constitutes "maintenance".
Financial measures
Regarding financial measures, Bill C-2 amended the Income Tax Act to lower federal tax paid on income between $45,283 and $90,563 from 22% to 20.5% and introduce a new top tax bracket that applies a rate of 33% to a person's income in excess of $200,000.[10] The bill also re-instated the $5,500 annual limit to Tax-Free Savings Account contributions which the previous parliament had raised to $10,000. Bill C-26 amended the Canada Pension Plan to create the Additional Canada Pension Plan Account and to increase the maximum level of pensionable earnings.
The legislative changes resulting from the 2016 budget were implemented in Bill C-15 and Bill C-29 and included replacing the Canada Child Tax Benefit and Universal Child Care Benefit with the Canada Child Benefit, repealing the Family Tax Cut (income splitting) Credit, Education Tax Credit, Textbook Tax Credit, Children's Arts Tax Credit, Child Fitness Tax Credit, creating the School Supplies Tax Credit, exempting insulin pens, intermittent urinary catheters and feminine hygiene products from GST/HST, allowing a charity or athletic association to hold up to 20% interest in a limited partnership business, and expanding the definition of "Canadian exploration expense" to include environmental studies and community consultations conducted as a condition of obtaining a licence or permit. The Canadian Forces disability award and death benefit were raised to $360,000; the rates for Northern Residents Deduction were increased by 33%; and employment insurance benefits were temporarily extended for high unemployment areas (e.g. the northern areas of the provinces of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and BC, the cities of Sudbury and Whitehorse, and most of the provinces of Alberta and Newfoundland and Labrador). Bill C-15 also repealed the previous parliament's Federal Balanced Budget Act and rolled back its age eligibility for the Old Age Security pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement from 67 to 65 years old.
The legislative changes resulting from the 2017 budget were implemented in Bill C-44 and Bill C-63. Among the changes was the phasing out of the Canada Savings Bond program, making commercial ride-sharing services subject to GST/HST, exempting naloxone from GST/HST, eliminating of the Public Transit Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit for Child Care Spaces but extending the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit by one year, eliminating the GST/HST rebate for non-residents using Canadian accommodations as part of a tour package, increasing the excise tax on tobacco products and tying increases of the excise tax on alcoholic products to the consumer price index, and allowing mark-to-market accounting to be used for income tax calculations in forward rate and swap agreements.[11] Bill C-44 included, within it, the Canada Infrastructure Bank Act to invest directly or attract private investment in infrastructure projects that are anticipated to generate revenue and be in the public interest, and the Invest in Canada Act which created the new crown corporation called Invest in Canada Hub to promote foreign direct investment and created the Service Fees Act to replace the User Fees Act.[12] Bill C-63 included, within it, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Agreement Act so Canada could join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, repealed the Timber Marking Act, and created the Canadian Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to replace the Agreement on Internal Trade Implementation Act.
Private member bills
Nine private member bills received royal assent, with only Bill C-210 not receiving unanimous support:
- Mauril Bélanger's An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender) (Bill C-210) replaces the words "in all thy sons command" to "in all of us command" in the English version of the national anthem,
- Todd Doherty's Federal Framework on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act (Bill C-211) requires the Minister of Health to prepare a framework for tracking incidence rates and for establishing guidelines for diagnosing, treating and managing post-traumatic stress disorder,
- Ron McKinnon's Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Act (Bill C-224) amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to provide immunity from drug possession charges when seeking help to address an overdose,
- Rob Nicholson's National Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias Act (Bill C-233) requires the Minister of Health develop and implement a national strategy to address aspects of dementia in the healthcare system,
- Darren Fisher's National Strategy for Safe and Environmentally Sound Disposal of Lamps Containing Mercury Act (Bill C-238) requires the Minister of the Environment develop a national strategy for the disposal tube and compact fluorescent light bulbs,
- Marilyn Gladu's Framework on Palliative Care in Canada Act (Bill C-277) requires the Minister of Health prepare a framework for improving access and delivery of palliative care,
- Chandra Arya's An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mischief) (Bill C-305) expands the scope of the Criminal Code provisions relating to acts of mischief motivated by hate on religious property to also cover educational institutions, community centres, sports or recreational facilities and a residence for seniors,
- Sven Spengemann's Gender Equality Week Act (Bill C-309) names the fourth week in September in every year Gender Equality Week,
- Colin Fraser's An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day) (Bill C-311) adds the word legal to the act.
Senate bills
On behalf of the government, senate government bills included the Strengthening Motor Vehicle Safety for Canadians Act (Bill S-2) which amended the Motor Vehicle Safety Act to allow the Minister of Transport to order a motor vehicle company to issue a recall, rather than allow the process to be at the manufacturer's discretion; Bill S-3 which amended the Indian Act as the government's response to a Quebec Superior Court ruling finding sex-based inequities in the Indian Register to be contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Bill S-4 which implemented conventions with Israel and Taiwan regarding the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of income tax evasion; and Bill S-5 renamed the Tobacco Act to the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act[13] and introduced provisions relating to vaping products, such as a prohibition to selling or marketing to minors, plain packaging requirements and restrictions on advertising. Among the other bills initiated in the senate that were adopted by the parliament, Bill S-208 made May 20 of each year National Seal Products Day,[14] Bill S-211 made June 19 of each year National Sickle Cell Awareness Day, Bill S-218 made October of every year Latin American Heritage Month, Bill S-232 made May of every year Canadian Jewish Heritage Month, and Bill S-236 simply states Charlottetown is the birthplace of Confederation. Other senate public bills included the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) (Bill S-226) which allows the Governor-in-Council to seize property situated in Canada of a foreign national believed to be involved in extrajudicial killings or violations of internationally recognized human rights, and the Journalistic Sources Protection Act (Bill S-231) which allows journalists to object to an order to reveal a source of information and have the objection weighed by a court judge in light of public interest and rights to privacy. The Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (Bill S-201) was adopted with the Conservative Party, NDP and Green Party in favour; Liberal Party members were granted a free vote though the prime-minister urged members to oppose the bill, as presented, based on concerns of inconsistency with the constitution.[15] The act makes it a criminal offence to require an individual to undergo a genetic test, or to disclose the results of such a test, as a condition of providing goods or services, with exceptions for health care practitioners and researchers.
Canadian Ministry
The 29th Canadian Ministry began with the 42nd Parliament and was sworn in by Gov. Gen. David Johnston on November 4, 2015. It was the first Cabinet of Canada to have an equal number of men and women. Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Bill Morneau to be Minister of Finance, Jody Wilson-Raybould as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Jane Philpott as Minister of Health, Catherine McKenna as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Harjit Sajjan as Minister of National Defence, and Ralph Goodale as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
The first change to the membership of the 29th Ministry occurred with the May 31, 2016, resignation of Hunter Tootoo as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard so that he can sit as an independent MP; he was replaced by Dominic LeBlanc. The second change in membership came with the January 10, 2017, retirements of Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion and Immigration Minister John McCallum. The Prime Minister promoted Ahmed Hussen to replace McCallum at Immigration, and moved Chrystia Freeland from Minister of International Trade to Foreign Affairs, with François-Philippe Champagne being promoted to replace Freeland at International Trade. In that same cabinet shuffle MaryAnn Mihychuk was removed from cabinet and Karina Gould promoted to cabinet, with Patty Hajdu replacing Mihychuk as Minister of Employment, Workforce, and Labour, Maryam Monsef replacing Hajdu as Minister of Status of Women, and Gould taking over Monsef's role as Minister of Democratic Institutions.
An August 28, 2017, cabinet shuffle instigated by Judy Foote, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, resigning as an MP due to health concerns, saw Foote replaced by Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla Qualtrough, with Kent Hehr becoming Sports minister and Seamus O'Regan being promoted to take over Hehr's role as Minister of Veterans Affairs. In that same cabinet shuffle Philpott moved to the newly created Minister of Indigenous Services with Ginette Petitpas Taylor being promoted to replace Philpott as Health minister. On January 25, 2018, Hehr resigned from cabinet following accusations of inappropriate behaviour[16] and was replaced by Kirsty Duncan who added Hehr's role as Sports minister to her existing duties as Minister of Science.
A major cabinet shuffle on July 18, 2018, saw the promotion of five MPs to cabinet with duties within several ministries shifted around. Bill Blair had the Ministry of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction created for him from duties split off of Ahmed Hussen's portfolio. Jonathan Wilkinson took over the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard role from Dominic LeBlanc who became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Northern Affairs and Internal Trade, with Intergovernmental Affairs coming from Trudeau's own portfolio and Northern Affairs from Carolyn Bennett's. Pablo Rodríguez took over the Ministry of Canadian Heritage from Mélanie Joly who had the role of Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie created for her, taking La Francophonie from Marie-Claude Bibeau and Tourism from Bardish Chagger's portfolio. While Chagger remained Leader of the Government in the House of Commons her responsibility for Small Business went to Mary Ng who became Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion. Filomena Tassi became the Minister of Seniors, split out of Jean-Yves Duclos portfolio. Jim Carr took over Minister of International Trade Diversification from François-Philippe Champagne who took over as Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from Amarjeet Sohi who took over Carr's role as Minister of Natural Resources.
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.
Officeholders
The current officers of Parliament during the 42nd Parliament are set out below.
Speakers
- Speaker of the Senate: Hon. George Furey, Non-affiliated Senator for Newfoundland & Labrador. (Dec 3, 2015 – Present)[17]
- Speaker of the House of Commons: Hon. Geoff Regan, Liberal Member for Halifax West, NS. (Dec 3, 2015 – Present)[18]
Other Chair occupants
Senate
- Speaker pro tempore of the Canadian Senate: Hon. Nicole Eaton, Conservative Senator for Ontario (Dec 9, 2015 – Present)[19]
House of Commons
- Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole: Bruce Stanton, Conservative member for Simcoe North, Ontario[20]
- Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole: Carol Hughes, NDP member for Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, Ontario[21]
- Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole: Anthony Rota, Liberal member for Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ontario[22]
Party Leaders
- Prime Minister of Canada: Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau (Liberal)
- Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition: (Conservative)
- Hon. Rona Ambrose (interim, November 5, 2015 – May 27, 2017)
- Hon. Andrew Scheer (May 27, 2017 – present)
- Leader of the New Democratic Party:
- Hon. Thomas Mulcair (until October 1, 2017)
- Jagmeet Singh (since October 1, 2017) (from outside of the House)
- Guy Caron (Parliamentary leader since October 4, 2017)
- Leader of the Bloc Québécois:
- Rhéal Fortin (interim, October 22, 2015 – March 18, 2017)
- Martine Ouellet (March 18, 2017 – June 13, 2018) (from outside of the House)
- Mario Beaulieu (interim, since June 13, 2018)
- Leader of the Green Party: Elizabeth May
- Leader of the People's Party: Maxime Bernier
Floor leaders
Senate
- Representative of the Government in the Senate: Hon. Peter Harder (Non-affiliated)
- Leader of the Opposition in the Senate: (Conservative)
- Hon. Claude Carignan (until March 31, 2017)
- Hon. Larry Smith (from April 1, 2017)
- Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group:
- Elaine McCoy (September 27, 2016 – September 25, 2017)
- Yuen Pau Woo (September 25, 2017 – present)
- Leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus:
- Hon. Jim Cowan (January 29, 2014 – June 15, 2016)
- Hon. Joseph A. Day (June 15, 2016 – present)
House of Commons
- Government House Leader:
- Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (November 4, 2015 – August 19, 2016)
- Hon. Bardish Chagger (August 19, 2016 – present)
- Opposition House Leader:
- Hon. Andrew Scheer (November 18, 2015 – September 15, 2016)
- Hon. Candice Bergen (September 15, 2016 – present)
- NDP House Leader:
- Peter Julian (November 18, 2015 – October 19, 2016)
- Murray Rankin (October 19, 2016 – present)
- Bloc Québécois House Leader:
- Luc Thériault (October 22, 2015 – March 18, 2017)
- Gabriel Ste-Marie (March 19, 2017 – February 26, 2018)
Whips
Senate
- Chief Government Liaison: Hon. Grant Mitchell
- Deputy Government Liaison: Hon. Nick Sibbeston
- Chief Opposition Whip: Hon. Don Plett
- Deputy Opposition Whip: Hon. David Wells
- Senate Liberal Whip:
- Hon. Jim Munson (until September 28, 2016)
- Hon. Percy Downe (September 28, 2016 – Present)
- Deputy Senate Liberal Whip: Hon. Libbe Hubley
House of Commons
- Chief Government Whip:
- Hon. Andrew Leslie (November 4, 2015 – January 18, 2017)
- Hon. Pablo Rodríguez (January 19, 2017 – Present)
- Deputy Government Whip:
- Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (November 4, 2015 – January 26, 2017)
- Filomena Tassi (January 26, 2017 – Present)
- Chief Opposition Whip: Gord Brown
- Deputy Chief Opposition Whip: Dave MacKenzie
- NDP Whip: Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet
- Bloc Québécois Whip: Monique Pauzé
Caucus Chairs
- Liberal Party Caucus Chair: Francis Scarpaleggia
- Conservative Party Caucus Chair: David Sweet
- New Democratic Party Caucus Chair:
- Charlie Angus (until November 23, 2016)
- Ruth Ellen Brosseau (November 23, 2016 – January 24, 2017)
- Daniel Blaikie (January 24, 2017 – Present)
Shadow cabinets
Committees
Standing
Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
Environment and Sustainable Development
Foreign Affairs and International Development
Government Operations and Estimates
Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities
Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Industry, Science and Technology
Public Safety and National Security
Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Special
- Chair: Francis Scarpaleggia
- Vice-chairs: Scott Reid and Nathan Cullen
- John Aldag
- Alexandre Boulerice
- Matt DeCourcey
- Gérard Deltell
- Elizabeth May
- Blake Richards
- Sherry Romanado
- Ruby Sahota
- Luc Thériault
Pay Equity
- Chair: Anita Vandenbeld
- Vice-chairs: Shannon Stubbs and Sheri Benson
- Dan Albas
- Matt DeCourcey
- Julie Dzerowicz
- Marilyn Gladu
- Eva Nassif
- Terry Sheehan
- Sonia Sidhu
Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying
- Chair (elected Jan.18): Rob Oliphant
- Vice-chairs: Michael Cooper and Murray Rankin
- Harold Albrecht
- John Aldag
- René Arseneault
- Guy Caron
- Julie Dabrusin
- Gérard Deltell
- Denis Lemieux
- Brenda Shanahan
Changes to party standings
House of Commons
Membership Changes
Date | District | Name | Party before | Party after | Reason | ||
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March 23, 2016 | Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | Jim Hillyer | Conservative | Vacant | Died of an apparent heart attack.[23] | ||
May 31, 2016 | Nunavut | Hunter Tootoo | Liberal | Independent | Left Cabinet and the Liberal caucus to undergo addiction treatment.[24] | ||
August 16, 2016 | Ottawa—Vanier | Mauril Bélanger | Liberal | Vacant | Died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[25] | ||
August 26, 2016 | Calgary Heritage | Stephen Harper | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned.[26] | ||
September 23, 2016 | Calgary Midnapore | Jason Kenney | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned to enter provincial politics.[27] | ||
October 24, 2016 | Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner | Glen Motz | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
January 31, 2017 | Saint-Laurent | Stéphane Dion | Liberal | Vacant | Resigned to enter diplomatic post.[28] | ||
January 31, 2017 | Markham—Thornhill | John McCallum | Liberal | Vacant | Resigned to enter diplomatic post.[28] | ||
April 3, 2017 | Calgary Heritage | Bob Benzen | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
April 3, 2017 | Ottawa—Vanier | Mona Fortier | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
April 3, 2017 | Calgary Midnapore | Stephanie Kusie | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
April 3, 2017 | Saint-Laurent | Emmanuella Lambropoulos | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
April 3, 2017 | Markham—Thornhill | Mary Ng | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
July 4, 2017 | Sturgeon River—Parkland | Rona Ambrose | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned to join the Wilson Center as a visiting scholar.[29] | ||
August 9, 2017 | Lac-Saint-Jean | Denis Lebel | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned to accept a position in the private sector.[30] | ||
August 31, 2017 | Calgary Skyview | Darshan Kang | Liberal | Independent | Resigned from the Liberal caucus amid allegations of sexual assault.[31] | ||
September 14, 2017 | Scarborough—Agincourt | Arnold Chan | Liberal | Vacant | Died of cancer.[32] | ||
September 29, 2017 | South Surrey—White Rock | Dianne Watts | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned to seek the leadership of the British Columbia Liberal Party.[33] | ||
September 30, 2017 | Bonavista—Burin—Trinity | Judy Foote | Liberal | Vacant | Resigned due to illness in her family.[34] | ||
October 2, 2017 | Battlefords—Lloydminster | Gerry Ritz | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned.[35] | ||
October 23, 2017 | Sturgeon River—Parkland | Dane Lloyd | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
October 23, 2017 | Lac-Saint-Jean | Richard Hébert | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
December 1, 2017 | Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | Denis Lemieux | Liberal | Vacant | Resigned.[36] | ||
December 11, 2017 | Bonavista—Burin—Trinity | Churence Rogers | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
December 11, 2017 | Scarborough—Agincourt | Jean Yip | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
December 11, 2017 | Battlefords—Lloydminster | Rosemarie Falk | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
December 11, 2017 | South Surrey—White Rock | Gordie Hogg | Vacant | Liberal | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election. | ||
February 28, 2018 | Terrebonne | Michel Boudrias | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Rivière-du-Nord | Rhéal Fortin | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Mirabel | Simon Marcil | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Repentigny | Monique Pauzé | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel | Louis Plamondon | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Joliette | Gabriel Ste-Marie | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
February 28, 2018 | Montcalm | Luc Thériault | Bloc Québécois | Québec debout[n 1] | Resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet.[37] | ||
May 2, 2018 | Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes | Gord Brown | Conservative | Vacant | Died of a heart attack.[38] | ||
May 3, 2018 | Regina—Lewvan | Erin Weir | New Democratic | Independent | Expelled from NDP caucus following investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.[39] | ||
May 11, 2018 | Regina—Lewvan | Erin Weir | Independent | Co-operative Commonwealth | Changed affiliation from Independent to CCF.[40] | ||
June 6, 2018 | Terrebonne | Michel Boudrias | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus following the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet.[41] | ||
June 6, 2018 | Mirabel | Simon Marcil | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus following the resignation of party leader Martine Ouellet.[41] | ||
June 18, 2018 | Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | Richard Martel | Vacant | Conservative | Elected as a member of parliament in a by-election.[42] | ||
August 3, 2018 | Outremont | Thomas Mulcair | New Democratic | Vacant | Resigned[43] | ||
August 23, 2018 | Beauce | Maxime Bernier | Conservative | Independent | Resigned from Conservative caucus[44] | ||
September 14, 2018 | Beauce | Maxime Bernier | Independent | People's | Changed affiliation[45] | ||
September 14, 2018 | Burnaby South | Kennedy Stewart | New Democratic | Vacant | Resigned[46] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Rivière-du-Nord | Rhéal Fortin | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[47] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Repentigny | Monique Pauzé | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[47] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel | Louis Plamondon | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[47] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Joliette | Gabriel Ste-Marie | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[47] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Montcalm | Luc Thériault | Québec debout | Bloc Québécois | Rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus.[47] | ||
September 17, 2018 | Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill | Leona Alleslev | Liberal | Conservative | Changed affiliation[48] | ||
September 30, 2018 | York—Simcoe | Peter Van Loan | Conservative | Vacant | Resigned[49] |
The party standings in the House of Commons have changed as follows:
October 19, 2015 – December 11, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of members per party by date |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oct 19 | Mar 23 | May 31 | Aug 16 | Aug 26 | Sep 23 | Oct 24 | Jan 31 | Apr 3 | Jul 4 | Aug 9 | Aug 31 | Sep 14 | Sep 30 | Oct 2 | Oct 23 | Dec 1 | Dec 11 | |||||||||||||
Liberal | 184 | 183 | 182 | 180 | 183 | 182 | 181 | 180 | 181 | 180 | 183 | |||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 99 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 99 | 98 | 97 | 96 | 95 | 96 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||
New Democratic | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloc Québécois | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total members | 338 | 337 | 336 | 335 | 334 | 335 | 333 | 338 | 337 | 336 | 335 | 333 | 332 | 334 | 333 | 337 | ||||||||||||||
Government Majority | 30 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 30 | ||||||||||||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
February 28, 2018 – present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of members per party by date |
2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Feb 28 | May 2 | May 3 | May 11 | Jun 6 | Jun 18 | Aug 3 | Aug 23 | Sep 14 | Sep 17 | Sep 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Liberal | 183 | 182 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | 97 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Democratic | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bloc Québécois | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Québec debout | 7 | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
People's | — | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total members | 337 | 336 | 337 | 336 | 335 | 334 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government Majority | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vacant | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Senate
Membership changes
Date | Name | Province | Affiliation before | Affiliation after | Reason | ||
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November 19, 2015 | John Wallace | New Brunswick | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Conservative caucus | ||
December 3, 2015 | Jacques Demers | Quebec | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Conservative caucus | ||
December 7, 2015 | George Furey | Newfoundland and Labrador | Senate Liberal | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Senate Liberal caucus | ||
February 2, 2016 | Pierrette Ringuette | New Brunswick | Senate Liberal | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Senate Liberal caucus | ||
February 10, 2016 | Irving Gerstein | Ontario | Conservative | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
February 17, 2016 | Elaine McCoy | Alberta | Ind. Progressive Conservative | Non-affiliated | Redesignated from Independent Progressive Conservative | ||
March 1, 2016 | Maria Chaput | Manitoba | Senate Liberal | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
March 7, 2016 | Michel Rivard | Quebec | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Conservative caucus | ||
March 8, 2016 | Diane Bellemare | Quebec | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Conservative caucus | ||
March 23, 2016 | Peter Harder | Ontario | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
April 1, 2016 | Raymonde Gagné | Manitoba | |||||
Frances Lankin | Ontario | ||||||
Ratna Omidvar | |||||||
Chantal Petitclerc | Quebec | ||||||
André Pratte | |||||||
April 2, 2016 | Murray Sinclair | Manitoba | |||||
April 6, 2016 | Larry Campbell | British Columbia | Senate Liberal | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Senate Liberal caucus | ||
April 22, 2016 | Céline Hervieux-Payette | Quebec | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
May 2, 2016 | Grant Mitchell | Alberta | Senate Liberal | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Senate Liberal caucus | ||
May 5, 2016 | Nick Sibbeston | Northwest Territories | Senate Liberal | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Senate Liberal caucus | ||
May 16, 2016 | David Smith | Ontario | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
July 14, 2016 | Doug Black | Alberta | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Conservative caucus | ||
August 7, 2016 | Michel Rivard | Quebec | Non-affiliated | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
September 27, 2016 | Janis Johnson | Manitoba | Conservative | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
November 10, 2016 | Nancy Hartling | New Brunswick | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Wanda Thomas Bernard | Nova Scotia | ||||||
Gwen Boniface | Ontario | ||||||
Tony Dean | |||||||
Sabi Marwah | |||||||
Lucie Moncion | |||||||
Kim Pate | |||||||
Howard Wetston | |||||||
Patricia Bovey | Manitoba | ||||||
René Cormier | |||||||
Marilou McPhedran | |||||||
Renée Dupuis | Quebec | ||||||
Diane Griffin | Prince Edward Island | ||||||
Yuen Pau Woo | British Columbia | ||||||
November 21, 2016 | Éric Forest | Quebec | |||||
November 22, 2016 | Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu | Quebec | Non-affiliated | Conservative | Rejoined Conservative caucus | ||
November 25, 2016 | Marc Gold | Quebec | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Marie-Françoise Mégie | |||||||
Raymonde Saint Germain | |||||||
December 2, 2016 | 33 Non-affiliated senators | Various | Non-affiliated | ISG | Formation of Independent Senators Group | ||
December 6, 2016 | Daniel Christmas | Nova Scotia | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
Rosa Galvez | Quebec | ||||||
January 6, 2017 | Nancy Ruth | Ontario | Conservative | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
January 14, 2017 | Wilfred P. Moore | Nova Scotia | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
January 22, 2017 | Jim Cowan | Nova Scotia | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
January 31, 2017 | Josée Verner | Quebec | Non-affiliated | Conservative | Rejoined Conservative caucus | ||
February 1, 2017 | John D. Wallace | New Brunswick | Non-affiliated | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
March 10, 2017 | Don Meredith | Ontario | ISG | Non-affiliated | Resigned from Independent Senators Group | ||
Anne Cools | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||||
March 30, 2017 | Wanda Bernard | Nova Scotia | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
March 31, 2017 | Pana Merchant | Saskatchewan | Senate Liberal | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
May 10, 2017 | Don Meredith | Ontario | Non-affiliated | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
May 16, 2017 | Stephen Greene | Nova Scotia | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Removed from Conservative caucus | ||
August 10, 2017 | Bob Runciman | Ontario | Conservative | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
August 15, 2017 | Daniel Lang | Yukon | Conservative | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
August 30, 2017 | David Adams Richards | New Brunswick | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
September 4, 2017 | George Baker | Newfoundland and Labrador | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
September 8, 2017 | Elizabeth Hubley | Prince Edward Island | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
September 28, 2017 | David Adams Richards | New Brunswick | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
October 17, 2017 | Josée Verner | Quebec | |||||
October 24, 2017 | Stephen Greene | Nova Scotia | |||||
October 30, 2017 | Paul Massicotte | Quebec | |||||
November 6, 2017 | Kelvin Ogilvie | Nova Scotia | Conservative | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
November 16, 2017 | Tobias Enverga | Nova Scotia | Conservative | vacant | Death | ||
November 21, 2017 | Nick Sibbeston | Northwest Territories | Non-affiliated | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
December 4, 2017 | Mary Coyle | Nova Scotia | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Mary Jane McCallum | Manitoba | ||||||
January 4, 2018 | Lynn Beyak | Ontario | Conservative | Non-affiliated | Removed from Conservative caucus | ||
February 2, 2018 | Joan Fraser | Quebec | Senate Liberal | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
Colin Kenny | Ontario | ||||||
Claudette Tardif | Alberta | ||||||
February 7, 2018 | Mary Coyle | Nova Scotia | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
Mary Jane McCallum | Manitoba | ||||||
February 15, 2018 | Robert Black | Ontario | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Martha Deacon | |||||||
February 28, 2018 | Robert Black | Ontario | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
Martha Deacon | |||||||
March 15, 2018 | Yvonne Boyer | Ontario | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
March 16, 2018 | Charlie Watt | Quebec | Senate Liberal | vacant | Resigned from Senate | ||
March 28, 2018 | Yvonne Boyer | Ontario | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
April 24, 2018 | David Adams Richards | New Brunswick | ISG | Non-affiliated | Redesignated from Independent Senators Group | ||
May 11, 2018 | Nancy Greene Raine | British Columbia | Conservative | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
June 1, 2018 | Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia | Newfoundland and Labrador | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
June 6, 2018 | Pierre Dalphond | Quebec | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Donna Dasko | Ontario | ||||||
June 7, 2018 | Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia | Newfoundland and Labrador | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
June 8, 2018 | Pierre Dalphond | Quebec | |||||
Donna Dasko | Ontario | ||||||
David Adams Richards | New Brunswick | ||||||
June 15, 2018 | Colin Deacon | Nova Scotia | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
June 20, 2018 | Julie Miville-Dechêne | Quebec | |||||
August 12, 2018 | Anne Cools | Ontario | ISG | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
August 20, 2018 | Betty Unger | Alberta | Conservative | ||||
September 19, 2018 | Julie Miville-Dechêne | Quebec | Non-affiliated | ISG | Redesignated from non-affiliated | ||
September 21, 2018 | Colin Deacon | Nova Scotia | |||||
September 24, 2018 | Beverley Busson | British Columbia | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Martin Klyne | Saskatchewan | ||||||
September 29, 2018 | Art Eggleton | Ontario | Senate Liberal | vacant | Mandatory retirement | ||
October 3, 2018 | Peter Boehm | Ontario | vacant | Non-affiliated | Appointed to Senate | ||
Patti LaBoucane-Benson | Alberta | ||||||
Paula Simons | |||||||
October 11, 2018 | Josée Forest-Niesing | Ontario | |||||
Brian Francis | Prince Edward Island |
The party standings in the Senate have changed during the 42nd Canadian Parliament as follows:
Number of members per party by date |
2015 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oct 19 | Nov 19 | Dec 3 | Dec 7 | Feb 2 | Feb 10 | Feb 17 | Mar 1 | Mar 7 | Mar 8 | Mar 23 | Apr 1 | Apr 2 | Apr 6 | Apr 22 | May 2 | May 5 | May 16 | Jul 14 | Aug 7 | Sep 27 | Nov 10 | Nov 21 | Nov 22 | Nov 25 | Dec 2 | Dec 6 | ||||||
Conservative | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Independent Senators Group | - | 33 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senate Liberal Caucus | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-affiliated | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 40 | 7 | |||||||||||
Independent PC | 1 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vacant | 22 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Number of members per party by date |
2017 | 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan 6 | Jan 14 | Jan 22 | Jan 31 | Feb 1 | Mar 30 | Mar 31 | May 10 | May 16 | Aug 10 | Aug 15 | Aug 30 | Sep 4 | Sep 8 | Sep 28 | Oct 17 | Oct 24 | Oct 30 | Nov 6 | Nov 16 | Nov 21 | Dec 4 | Jan 4 | Feb 2 | Feb 7 | Feb 15 | Feb 28 | |||
Independent Senators Group | 35 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 41 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Conservative | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Senate Liberal Caucus | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Non-affiliated | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Vacant | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 12 |
Number of members per party by date |
2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 15 | Mar 16 | Mar 28 | Apr 24 | May 11 | Jun 1 | Jun 6 | Jun 7 | Jun 8 | Jun 15 | Jun 20 | Aug 12 | Aug 20 | Sep 19 | Sep 21 | Sep 24 | Sep 29 | Oct 3 | Oct 11 | ||
Independent Senators Group | 43 | 44 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 45 | 46 | 47 | ||||||||||||
Conservative | 33 | 32 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
Senate Liberal Caucus | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-affiliated | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | ||||||
Vacant | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Vacancies and pending appointments
Name | Party | Province (Division) | Nominated by | Seat Last Held By | Party | Reason for Vacancy | Vacant since | ||
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Vacant | Yukon | Daniel Lang | Conservative | Resignation | August 15, 2017 | 426 days | |||
Vacant | Nova Scotia | Kelvin Ogilvie | Conservative | Mandatory Retirement | November 6, 2017 | 343 days | |||
Vacant | Northwest Territories | Nick Sibbeston | Non-affiliated | Resignation | November 21, 2017 | 328 days | |||
Vacant | Ontario | Art Eggleton | Senate Liberal Caucus | Mandatory Retirement | September 29, 2018 | 16 days |
Notes
- ↑ Includes Elaine McCoy, who was designated as Independent Progressive Conservative.
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