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1976 The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
1979 The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.
1988 Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.
2006 The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.