37th Canadian Parliament
37th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
29 January 2001 – 23 May 2004 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien 4 Nov 1993 – 12 Dec 2003 | ||
Rt. Hon. Paul Martin 12 Dec 2003 – 6 Feb 2006 | |||
Cabinets | 26th Canadian Ministry 27th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Hon. Stockwell Day September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11) – December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11) | ||
Hon. John Reynolds December 12, 2001 (2001-12-12) – May 20, 2002 (2002-05-20) | |||
Hon. Stephen Harper May 21, 2002 (2002-05-21) – January 8, 2004 (2004-01-08) | |||
Hon. Grant Hill January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09) – March 19, 2004 (2004-03-19) | |||
Hon. Stephen Harper March 20, 2004 (2004-03-20) – February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06) | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Canadian Alliance* | ||
Senate Opp. | Progressive Conservative* | ||
Recognized | Bloc Québécois | ||
New Democratic Party | |||
Unrecognized | Democratic Representative Caucus | ||
* Parties merged partway through the Parliament to create the Conservative Party of Canada. Some members retained the designation of Progressive Conservative in the Senate. | |||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | Hon. Peter Milliken January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29) – June 2, 2011 (2011-06-02) | ||
Government House Leader | Don Boudria June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002 | ||
Ralph Goodale January 15, 2002 – May 25, 2002 | |||
Don Boudria May 26, 2002 – August 11, 2004 | |||
Jacques Saada August 12, 2004 – August 22, 2004 | |||
Opposition House Leader | Randy White December 18, 2001 – April 3, 2002 | ||
John Reynolds April 4, 2002 – December 22, 2003 | |||
Loyola Hearn December 23, 2003 – March 21, 2004 | |||
John Reynolds March 22, 2004 – January 27, 2005 | |||
Members | 301 seats MP seats List of members | ||
Senate | |||
![]() Seating arrangements of the Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Hon. Daniel Hays January 26, 2001 – February 7, 2006 | ||
Government Senate Leader | Sharon Carstairs January 9, 2001 – August 11, 2004 | ||
Jack Austin August 12, 2004 – February 6, 2006 | |||
Opposition Senate Leader | John Lynch-Staunton October 25, 1993 – July 16, 2004 | ||
Senators | 105 seats senator seats List of senators | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | HM Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Governor General | HE Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson October 7, 1999 (1999-10-07) – February 27, 2005 (2005-02-27) | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29) – September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16) | |||
2nd session September 30, 2002 (2002-09-30) – November 12, 2003 (2003-11-12) | |||
3rd session February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02) – May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23) | |||
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The 37th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 29, 2001, until May 23, 2004. The membership was set by the 2000 federal election on November 27, 2000, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2004 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority, led first by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry, and then by Prime Minister Paul Martin and the 27th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was formed by first the Canadian Alliance, led by Stockwell Day and then by Stephen Harper, and then by its successor party, the Conservative Party, also led by Harper.
The Speaker was Peter Milliken. See also list of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were three sessions of the 37th Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | January 29, 2001 | September 16, 2002 |
2nd | September 30, 2002 | November 12, 2003 |
3rd | February 2, 2004 | May 23, 2004 |
Party standings
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The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:
Affiliation | House members | Senate members | |||
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2000 election results | At dissolution | On election day 2000[1] | At dissolution | ||
Liberal | 172 | 168 | 55 | 65 | |
Alliance | 66 | — | 1 | — | |
Bloc Québécois | 38 | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative | 12 | — | 35 | — | |
Conservative | — | 72 | — | 24 | |
Independent | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
Senate Progressive Conservative Caucus | — | 0 | — | 3 | |
Total members | 301 | 297 | 96 | 97 | |
Vacant | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | |
Total seats | 301 | 105 |
In 2001, 13 MPs opposed to the leadership of Stockwell Day left the Canadian Alliance and formed the Democratic Representative Caucus. Chuck Strahl was chosen leader of the caucus, which subsequently entered into a coalition agreement with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2002, after Day had lost the leadership of his party to Stephen Harper, all but one DRC MP rejoined the Canadian Alliance.
Bills
Important bills of the 37th parliament include:
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Canadian federal budget, 2001
- Canadian federal budget, 2003
- Canadian federal budget, 2004
- Bill C-250, declared attacks based on sexual orientation to be hate crimes.
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Pledge to Africa Act
- Anti-Terrorism Act
Members
By-elections
References
- ^ 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.
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- Government of Canada. "Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "Party Standings (1974 to date): At the Senate". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
- Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
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