The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18, 2008 to March 26, 2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running

minority government A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or a minority parliament is a government and Cabinet (government), cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or Coalition government, coalition of parties do ...

in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its

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was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14, 2008. Its first session was then

prorogued A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections ...

by the

Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

on December 4, 2008, at the request of

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Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper is the first and only prime minister to come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, ...

, who was facing a likely

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and a

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between the

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and the

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with the support of the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...

( 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute). Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14, 2008 general election, 64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th:

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and Roger Pomerleau. There were three sessions of the 40th Parliament. On March 25, 2011, the House of Commons passed a Liberal motion of non-confidence by a vote of 156 to 145, finding the

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in contempt of parliament, an unprecedented finding in Canadian and

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parliamentary history. On March 26, 2011,

Stephen Harper subsequently asked Governor General

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to dissolve parliament and issue a

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Party standings

The party standings as of the election, and at dissolution, were as follows:

Resignations and by-elections

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Dawn Black Dawn Black (born April 1, 1943) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. Born ''Dawn Whitty'', Black became involved in politics from a young age, she became an assistant to New Democratic Party Member of Parliament Pauline Jewett. Member ...

resigned her seat of

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effective April 13, 2009, to run (successfully) in the provincial riding of

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in the 2009 British Columbia general election. The NDP's

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won the seat left vacant by Black in a by-election on November 9, 2009."Conservatives win 2 byelections, 1 at Bloc's expense"
cbc.ca, November 10, 2009. Independent MP

Bill Casey William D. Casey (born February 19, 1945) is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. First elected as a Progressive Conservative in 1988, he later sat as Conservative ...

resigned his seat of Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley effective April 30, 2009, to accept a job as the Nova Scotia Department of Intergovernmental Affairs' senior representative in Ottawa. He was a former Conservative who voted against the 2007 budget, claiming that it broke the

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with his province and

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, and was subsequently expelled from the Conservative caucus. Scott Armstrong, the Conservative candidate, won the by-election for this seat on November 9, 2009.

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resigned his seat of

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on May 21, 2009, to run in a provincial by-election in

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. Conservative Bernard Généreux won the November 9, 2009 by-election for this seat. Bloc Québécois MP

Réal Ménard Réal Ménard (born May 13, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who was a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2009. He was the second Canadian member of Parliament to come out as gay. Ménard is a political scien ...

resigned his seat of Hochelaga on September 16, 2009, to run in Montreal's municipal elections. On November 9, 2009,

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won this seat for the Bloc in a by-election. New Democratic Party MP

Judy Wasylycia-Leis Klazina Judith Wasylycia-Leis (; born 1951) is a Canadian politician. She was a Manitoba cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1986 to 1988, and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from September 22, 1997, to April ...

(Winnipeg North) resigned from the House on April 30, 2010, to run (unsuccessfully) for the mayoralty of

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. Liberal

Kevin Lamoureux Kevin Lamoureux (born January 22, 1962) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. On November 29, 2010, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the constituency of Winnipeg North in a by-election. He was re-elected during the 2011 el ...

won the by-election to replace her on November 29, 2010."Fantino wins Vaughan for Tories; Liberals take Manitoba by-election"

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, November 30, 2010. Liberal MP

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(Vaughan) resigned from the House effective August 25, 2010 to successfully run for mayor in Vaughan. Conservative

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won the November 29, 2010 by-election to replace him. Conservative MP

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(Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette) resigned from the House effective September 15, 2010 to run for mayor in Dauphin.

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held the seat for the Conservatives in a by-election held on November 29, 2010. Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Yves Roy resigned from the House effective October 22, 2010, followed by Conservative MP

Jay Hill Jay D. Hill (born December 27, 1952) is a Canadian politician who served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Prince George—Peace River in British Columbia from 1993 to 2010. He served as Government House Leader ...

effective October 25, 2010. Conservative MP

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resigned from the House effective November 14, 2010 to take a position with

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. By-elections in these three ridings were not scheduled prior to the issue of the

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for the 41st general election.

1st session and prorogation

The first session of the 40th parliament opened on November 18, 2008, after Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the

Conservatives Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization in ...

won a slightly stronger

in the 2008 election. With a new government in session,

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Jim Flaherty James Michael Flaherty (December 30, 1949 – April 10, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served as the federal minister of finance from 2006 to 2014 under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. First elected to the Legislative Assembly ...

tabled a fiscal update nine days later. Among other things, the update cut government spending, suspended the ability of civil servants to strike, sold off some Crown assets, and eliminated existing political party subsidies. This fiscal update was rejected by the opposition, and became a catalyst for talks of a

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Stéphane Dion Stéphane Maurice Dion (born 28 September 1955) is a Canadian diplomat, academic and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the European Union since 2017. Dion was Leader of ...

of the

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and

Jack Layton John Gilbert Layton (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on To ...

of the

, signed an accord stating that in the event that the government lost the confidence of the

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, they would form a coalition with the support of Gilles Duceppe and the

, if asked to do so by the

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Michaëlle Jean Michaëlle Jean (; born September 6, 1957) is a Canadian stateswoman and former journalist who served from 2005 to 2010 as governor general of Canada, the 27th since Canadian Confederation. She is the first Haitian Canadian and black person ...

. However, Stephen Harper delayed the vote of non-confidence scheduled for December 1, and the Governor General prorogued parliament on Harper's advice on December 4, 2008, until January 26, 2009. After prorogation, calls came from within the Liberal Party for Dion to resign immediately. Dion initially scheduled his resignation for the party's leadership convention in May 2009, but on December 8, 2008, he announced that he would step down upon the selection of an interim leader. After the withdrawal of

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and

Dominic LeBlanc Dominic A. LeBlanc (born December 14, 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the minister of intergovernmental affairs since 2020 and also became the minister of infrastructure and communities in 2021. A member of the Liber ...

from the 2009 leadership race,

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became the only leadership candidate, and therefore was appointed interim leader of the Liberals and the opposition on December 10, 2008.

2nd Session and prorogation

The Governor-in-Council recalled parliament on January 26, 2009. Its first business (after the Throne Speech) was to present the federal budget, which included a large deficit. After negotiations with new opposition leader

, the government promised to present regular updates on the stimulus budget, and the Liberals and Conservatives joined to pass the budget and keep the Conservative government in power. The Conservative government made crime a major focus of the session. The Conservatives reintroduced their former mandatory minimums bill, known as Bill C-15. On December 30, 2009, Prime Minister

announced that he would advise the

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parliament during the

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, until March 3, 2010. He telephoned Governor General

to ask her permission to end the parliamentary session and Jean signed the proclamation later that day. According to Harper's spokesman, he sought his second prorogation to consult with Canadians about the economy. In an interview with

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member of parliament

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accused the Prime Minister of "shutting democracy down". The second prorogation in a year also received some international criticism as being not very democratic. In response to the prorogation,

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took place on January 23, 2010, in over 60 Canadian cities, and at least four cities in other countries. The protests attracted thousands of participants, many who had joined a group on

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Senate appointments

The

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has seen new members appointed in blocs of 18, 9, and 5; all were appointed to the Conservative caucus. The balance of power shifted for the first time on August 27, 2009, when the Liberal caucus was reduced to holding a plurality of 52 seats. On January 29, 2010, the balance shifted again as five vacancies were filled by appointed Conservatives, giving them a plurality of 51, with the Liberals holding the next-highest number of seats at 49. The Conservatives achieved an absolute majority when

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and Larry Smith were appointed on December 20, 2010. After dissolution, Smith and

Fabian Manning Fabian Manning (born May 21, 1964) is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s ...

resigned to run in the 2011 election. That reduced the Conservative caucus to 52, but they retained a majority of sitting senators as there were 50 senators of other parties and 3 vacancies.

Honorary Senators

The Senate of Canada posthumously awarded the title of Honorary Senator during the 40th Parliament to five pioneering women known as

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Members

Committees

House

* Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development * Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics * Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food * Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage * Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration *

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* Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities * Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs

Senate

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Joint Committees

* Standing Joint Committee on Library of Parliament * Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations

Officeholders

Speakers

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, Conservative Senator for New Brunswick. *

Peter Milliken Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken (born November 12, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 20 ...

, the

member for

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Other Chair occupants

Senate *

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: **

Rose-Marie Losier-Cool Rose-Marie Losier-Cool (born June 18, 1937) is a retired Canadian Senator for New Brunswick. A member of New Brunswick's Acadian community, Losier-Cool worked as a teacher for thirty-three years, two decades of which were spent at ''École seco ...

, Liberal Senator from New Brunswick (until March 2, 2010) ** Donald H. Oliver, Conservative Senator for Nova Scotia (from March 4, 2010) House of Commons * House of Commons Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole:

Andrew Scheer Andrew James Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer served as the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015, and was the lead ...

, Conservative member for

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* Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole:

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, NDP member for

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* Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole:

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, Conservative member for

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Leaders

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: Rt. Hon.

(Conservative) *

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(Liberal): *# Hon.

(until December 9, 2008) *# Hon.

(acting from December 10, 2008, permanent from May 2, 2009) *

leader: Gilles Duceppe *

leader: Hon.

Floor leaders

Senate * Leader of the Government in the Senate: Hon.

Marjory LeBreton Marjory LeBreton (born July 4, 1940) is a Canadian former leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada, a cabinet-rank position; and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progres ...

* Leader of the Opposition in the Senate:

Jim Cowan James S. Cowan (born January 22, 1942) is a Canadian lawyer, a senator from Nova Scotia from 2005 to 2017, and was Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from 2008 to 2015 and leader of the Independent Liberal caucus until June 15, 2016. A ...

House of Commons *

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: *# Hon.

(until Aug 6, 2010) *# Hon. John Baird (from Aug 6, 2010) *

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: *# Hon.

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(until Sept 9, 2010) *#

David McGuinty David Joseph McGuinty (born February 25, 1960) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa South since 2004. He currently chairs the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ...

(from Sept 8, 2010) * Bloc Québécois House Leader: Pierre Paquette * New Democratic Party House Leader:

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Whips

Senate * Government Whip in the Senate: ** Terry Stratton (until Dec 31, 2009) **

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(from Jan 1, 2010) * Deputy Government Whip in the Senate: Stephen Greene * Opposition Whip in the Senate:

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* Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate:

Elizabeth Hubley Elizabeth M. "Libbe" Hubley (born September 8, 1942) is a Canadian politician who sat in the Senate of Canada representing Prince Edward Island from 2001 until her retirement in 2017. In 1989 she was elected to Prince Edward Island's legislativ ...

House of Commons *

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: Hon.

Gordon O'Connor Gordon James O'Connor, (born May 18, 1939) is a retired Brigadier-General, businessman, lobbyist, and was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015. He served as Minister of National Defence (2006-2007) and then Minister of Nat ...

* Deputy Government Whip:

Harold Albrecht Harold Glenn Albrecht (born October 15, 1949 in Kitchener, Ontario) was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga from 2006 until 2019. He defeated the incumbent Liberal MP, Lynn M ...

* Official Opposition Whip: *#

Rodger Cuzner Rodger Trueman Cuzner (born November 4, 1955) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Cape Breton—Canso and its predecessor, Bras d'Or—Cape Breton, from 2000 to 201 ...

(until Sept 10, 2010) *#

Marcel Proulx Marcel Proulx (; born 6 March 1946 in L'Orignal, Ontario) is a retired Canadian politician. Proulx is a former member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, having represented the riding of Hull—Aylmer from 19 ...

(from Sept 10, 2010) * Bloc Québécois Whip: *#

Michel Guimond Michel Guimond (December 26, 1953 – January 19, 2015) was a Canadian politician. From 1987 to 1993 he served as a city councillor in Boischatel, Quebec. After this, he ran in the 1993 federal election for the Bloc Québécois. He was elected ...

(until June 22, 2010) *# Claude DeBellefeuille (from June 23, 2010) * New Democratic Party Whip: Yvon Godin

Shadow cabinets

* Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada * Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada * New Democratic Party Shadow Cabinet of the 40th Parliament of Canada

By-elections

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