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40th Parliament of Canada minority parliament   November 18, 2008 – present
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Peter Milliken
	Jan 29, 2001 — present
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper
	Feb 6, 2006 — present
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Stéphane Dion
	Dec 2, 2006 — Dec 10, 2008
	Michael Ignatieff
	Dec 10, 2008 — present
Government House Leader	Hon. Jay Hill
	Oct 3, 2008 — present
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Ralph Goodale
	Feb 10, 2006 — present
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Noël A. Kinsella
	Feb 8, 2006 — present
Government Senate Leader	Hon. Marjory LeBreton
	Feb 6, 2006 — present
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Jim Cowan
	Nov 3, 2008 — present
Party standings in the Commons
Government	Conservative Party of Canada
Opposition	Liberal Party of Canada
Third Party	Bloc Québécois
Fourth Party	New Democratic Party
Sessions
1st Session November 18, 2008-December 4, 2008
Ministries
28th Ministry Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper February 6, 2006- Parliamentarians Members 308 of 308 Senators 105 of 105 <39th 41st>

The 40th Canadian Parliament is the current parliament of Canada, with the membership of its House of Commons determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14, 2008, and it opened on November 18, 2008^[1] Unless dissolved early, the 40th Parliament will be dissolved shortly before October 15, 2012, the date set by the Canada Elections Act for the next election.^[2] Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14, 2008 general election, 64 are new to Parliament and three of those sat in previous Parliaments other than the 39th: John Duncan, Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.

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1. _{Members of the Canadian Senate are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and remain as Senators until the age of 75, even if the House of Commons has been dissolved or an election has been called.}
3. _{André Arthur and Bill Casey.}
4. _{Anne Claire Cools, Peter Michael Pitfield, Marcel Prud'homme, Jean-Claude Rivest, Mira Spivak}
5. _{Lillian Dyck.}
6. _{Raymond Lavigne}

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[edit] Members

For full lists of members of the 40th Parliament of Canada, see List of House members of the 40th Parliament of Canada and List of senators in the 40th Parliament of Canada.

[edit] Officeholders

[edit] Speakers

• Hon. Peter Milliken (the Liberal member for Kingston and the Islands) was re-elected Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons on November 18, 2008. Milliken, who has been the Speaker since 2001, was victorious after the fifth ballot.^[4]

• Hon. Noël Kinsella is the Speaker of the Senate (a Conservative Senator for New Brunswick).

[edit] Other Chair occupants

• House of Commons Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole—Andrew Scheer (the Conservative Member for Regina—Qu'Appelle)

• Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole—Denise Savoie (the NDP Member for Victoria)

• Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole—Barry Devolin (the Conservative Member for Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock)

Senate

• Hon. Rose-Marie Losier-Cool is the Speaker pro tempore of the Senate of Canada (a Liberal Senator for New Brunswick).

[edit] Leaders

• Prime Minister of Canada: Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper (Conservative)
• Leader of the Opposition (Liberal):
  1. Hon. Stéphane Dion (until December 10, 2008)
  2. Michael Ignatieff (from December 10, 2008)

• Bloc Québécois leader: Gilles Duceppe
• New Democratic Party leader: Hon. Jack Layton

Further information: 28th Canadian Ministry, Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada, Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada, and New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada

[edit] Floor leaders

The following were the parties' floor leaders during the 40th Parliament:

House of Commons

• Government House Leader: Hon. Jay Hill
• Opposition House Leader: Hon. Ralph Goodale
• Bloc Québécois House Leader: Pierre Paquette
• New Democratic Party House Leader: Libby Davies

Senate

• Leader of the Government in the Senate: Hon. Marjory LeBreton
• Leader of the Opposition in the Senate: Jim Cowan

[edit] Whips

The party whips in this Parliament were as follows:

• Chief Government Whip: Hon. Gordon O'Connor
• Deputy Government Whip: Harold Albrecht
• Official Opposition Whip: Rodger Cuzner
• Bloc Québécois Whip: Michel Guimond
• New Democratic Party Whip: Yvon Godin

[edit] References

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