Party standings in the Canadian House of Commons
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In the party standings in the Canada House of Commons, Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 are generally seated as a group with members of the caucus
Caucus
A caucus is a meeting of supporters or members of a political party or movement, especially in the United States and Canada. As the use of the term has been expanded the exact definition has come to vary among political cultures.-Origin of the term:...

 of their political party. The members of the governing party or parties are seated to the right of the Speaker
Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
The Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada is the presiding officer of the lower house of the Parliament of Canada and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow Members of Parliament...

 in the House of Commons
Canadian House of Commons
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

, while members of opposition parties are generally seated to the left of the Speaker. Where the governing party or parties have more than half the members of the House, members of the government caucus are seated on the "opposition side" (as is the case with the current Parliament), and where the government has less than half of the seats, opposition members are seated on the "government side".

Toet * Wilks Stanton * * Doré Lefebvre * Dusseault Freeman * Genest Hassainia * Jacob Lapointe * Larose Nunez Melo * Michaud D. Morin * I. Morin M.-A. Morin * Péclet Pilon * Raynault Sellah * St - Denis Tremblay * Hsu Casey * * Plamondon * Bellavance Mourani * Fortin May
Elizabeth May
Elizabeth Evans May, OC, MP is an American-born Canadian Member of Parliament, environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and the leader of the Green Party of Canada. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006. She became a Canadian citizen in 1978.May's...

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Leef * Menegakis Devolin * Dubé Garrison * Genest-Jourdain Giguere * Groguhé D. Harris * Kellway Latendresse * Liu Nicholls * Papillon Quach * Ravignat Rousseau * Sims Sullivan * Blanchette Borg * Choquette Cleary * McGuinty Scarpaleggia * Simms Murray * Andrews K. Duncan * Trudeau Valeriote *
Chisu * Gill Hillyer * Savoie Blanchette-Lamothe * Brahmi Cash * Chicoine Day * Dionne Labelle Bevington * Brosseau Sitsabaiesan * Toone Ashton * Stewart Caron * Gravelle Rafferty * Hughes Hyer * Nantel Boutin-Sweet * Thibeault Karygiannis * Sgro Cotler * McKay Cuzner * Eyking D. LeBlanc * McCallum
Albas * Aspin Butt * Ayala H. LeBlanc * Aubin Coté * C. Moore Donnelly * Laverdière Sandhu * Mai Atamanenko * Charlton Leslie * Saganash Benskin * Christopherson Masse * Cullen M.-C. Morin * Mathyssen Patry * Marston Byrne * Pacetti Foote * Lamoureux Dion * Bennett Coderre * Brison
* * * * * Ma. Allen P. Martin * Stoffer Boivin * Godin Chow * Dewar J. Harris * Comartin Mulcair *
TURMEL
Nycole Turmel
Nycole Turmel, MP is the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament. She was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, representing the electoral district of Hull—Aylmer, and became interim leader of the New Democratic Party after leader Jack...

L. Davies * Nash Julian * Chisholm Boulerice * Crowder Angus * L. Duncan Perreault * D. Davies Macaulay * Goodale
RAE
Bob Rae
Robert Keith "Bob" Rae, PC, OC, OOnt, QC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

* Garneau Easter * Fry Regan * Bélanger
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Scheer
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* * * * * Fletcher Penashue * Ashfield Raitt * Lebel Ambrose * Toews Nicholson * MacKay Van Loan *
HARPER
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

Paradis * Flaherty Clement * Baird Finley * Ritz Kenney * J. Moore Oda * Aglukkaq J. Duncan * Shea Kent * Fast Blaney * Oliver Fantino * Richardson
* * Benoit Breitkreuz * Harris Merrifield * R. Moore Kamp * Poilievre Lake * Obhrai Bernier * Gosal Goodyear * O'Connor Yelich * Wong Ablonczy * Menzies Uppal * Valcourt Dykstra * Calandra Anderson * Gourde Carrie * Keddy Anders * Goldring Vellacott * Gallant Lunney * Rajotte
* * Reid Sorenson * Schellenberger Allison * Bezan G. Brown * Alexander Rempel * Rickford Goguen * Findlay Del. Mastro * Lukiwski Truppe * Lemieux Hoeppner * Adams Glover * Leitch Leung * Saxton Dechert * L. Brown McLeod * Hawn Chong * Grewal Hiebert * Jean Komarnicki * Kramp
* * Lauzon MacKenzie * Miller Preston * Smith Tilson * Trost Tweed * Warawa Watson * Albrecht Mi. Allen * P. Brown Bruinooge * Calkins Cannan * Davidson Galipeau * Mayes Norlock * Shipley Storseth * Sweet Van Kesteren * Wallace Warkentin * Clarke Block * Boughen Braid * Dreeshen
Hoback * Holder Kerr * Lobb McColeman * O'Neill-Gordon Payne * Rathgeber Richards * Shory J. Weston * R. Weston Woodworth * Young Armstrong * Sopuck Adler * Ambler Bateman * Carmichael Daniel * Hayes James * Lizon Optiz * Seeback Strahl * Trottier Williamson * W. Young Zimmer *




Light blue represents members of the cabinet. The names of leaders of parties with official status are capitalized.


The graphic reflects the Official Seating Plan as of September 20, 2011.


Parties BC
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 
AB
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

 
SK
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 
MB
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 
ON
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 
QC
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 
NB
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 
NS
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 
PE
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

 
NL
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

 
YK
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

 
NT
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

 
NU
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...

 
Total
Conservative Party
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

* 21 27 13 11 73 5 8 4 1 1 1 1 166
New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

* 12 1 2 21 59 1 3 2 1 102
Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

* 2 1 1 11 7 1 4 3 4 1 34
Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

* 4 4
Green Party
Green Party of Canada
The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and...

* 1 1
Vacant * 1 1
Total 36 28 14 14 106 75 10 11 4 7 1 1 1 308


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