Deepak Obhrai was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician,representing the riding of Calgary East and Forest Lawn for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until he died in 2019. He previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first and only Hindu to become an MP in Canada,and at the time of his death was the longest continuously serving Conservative MP. He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election,but was defeated in the first round of voting.
Carolyn Ann Bennett is a Canadian ambassador and retired politician. A member of the Liberal Party,she represented Toronto—St. Paul's in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2024,and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau. She was the minister of State for Public Health from 2003 to 2006,the minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations from 2015 to 2021 and the minister of Mental Health and Addictions from 2021 to 2023. In 2024,she became the Ambassador of Canada to the Kingdom of Denmark. Prior to entering politics,Bennett worked as a family physician for 20 years.
Giuseppe "Joe" Volpe is a Canadian politician. He represented the Ontario riding of Eglinton-Lawrence as a member of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until 2011,when he lost his seat to Conservative candidate Joe Oliver. Volpe held two senior positions in Prime Minister Paul Martin's Cabinet from 2003 to 2006,and served as transportation critic when his party became the Official Opposition. In 2006,he ran unsuccessfully for the Liberal Party leadership.
Julian Fantino,,is a Canadian retired police official and former politician. He was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada for the riding of Vaughan following a November 29,2010 by-election,until his defeat in 2015. On January 4,2011,Fantino was named Minister of State for Seniors;on May 18,2011,he became Associate Minister of National Defence;on July 4,2012,he was named Minister for International Cooperation. Fantino served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs from 2013 until 2015,when he was demoted to his earlier post of Associate Minister of National Defence following sustained criticism of his performance at Veterans Affairs. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Francesco Sorbara in the 2015 election.
Beverly Faye Desjarlais was a Canadian politician. She represented the Manitoba electoral district of Churchill in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2006,initially as a New Democrat and later as an Independent after losing her party's nomination in late 2005. She had lost the confidence of the NDP after she voted against the Civil Marriage Act,legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada. She later worked as a departmental aide to Conservative Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson.
Bernard Valcourt is a Canadian politician and lawyer,who served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Madawaska—Restigouche,New Brunswick until he was defeated in the 2015 federal election.
Deborah Drake Matthews is a former Canadian politician who served as the 10th deputy premier of Ontario from 2013 to 2018. A member of the Liberal Party,Matthews was the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for London North Centre from 2003 to 2018,and was a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2018 in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
Christine Susan Stewart,was a Canadian politician. She served three terms as a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Northumberland in Ontario. During her career she held the cabinet positions of Secretary of State for Latin America and Africa,and Minister of the Environment.
Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian chiropractor,actress,activist,model and former politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Brampton—Springdale in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons of Canada.
Ted Menzies is a former Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Macleod in the House of Commons of Canada and served as Minister of State for Finance before being replaced by Kevin Sorenson. He resigned from Parliament on November 6,2013,in order to accept a position as president and CEO of CropLife Canada,a lobby group representing the agricultural biotechnology industry.
The Twenty-Eighth Canadian Ministry was the Cabinet,chaired by Prime Minister Stephen Harper,that governed Canada from the beginning of the 39th Parliament to the end of the 41st Parliament. Its original members were sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on February 6,2006,exactly two weeks after the 2006 federal election and nine weeks and six days after the end of the 38th Canadian Parliament. Smaller than its recent predecessors,the Conservative Cabinet originally consisted of 27 members,including the Prime Minister. On January 4,2007,five Secretaries of State were added to the ministry who are not members of the Cabinet itself. The cabinet resigned on the morning of November 4,2015.
Brent M. Rathgeber,KC is a lawyer,author and politician from Alberta,Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2008 federal election as a Conservative. He resigned from the Conservative caucus in 2013 and sat as an independent. He ran as an independent candidate in the riding of St. Albert—Edmonton in the 2015 federal election but was defeated by Conservative candidate Michael Cooper.
Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party,Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election,representing Halton. Shortly after her election,Prime Minister Stephen Harper named her minister of natural resources,holding the role until 2010,when she became minister of labour. In 2013,she became minister of transport,remaining in the role until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party in the 2015 election. Raitt was re-elected in the newly formed riding of Milton. She contested the Conservative leadership in 2017,losing to Andrew Scheer,who made her deputy party leader and deputy opposition leader,a role she would hold until she was defeated in the 2019 election. Since leaving politics,she has been the vice chair of Global Investment Banking at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC).
Candice Marie Bergen is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Portage—Lisgar in Manitoba from 2008 to 2023. She served as the interim leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of the Opposition from February 2,2022 to September 10,2022.
The 2011 Canadian federal election was held on May 2,2011,to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament.
KAIROS:Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives is a Canadian faith-based ecumenical organization with an aim to effect social change through advocacy,education and research programs in indigenous rights,ecological justice,women of courage,and migrant justice. These programs are informed by,and networked with,approximately 21 partner organisations in Africa,Asia,Latin America,and the Middle East,in about eighty local grassroots groups across Canada,as well as other organizations,churches and individuals.
John S. L. Williamson is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of New Brunswick Southwest in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada since 2019. He represented the riding from 2011 until his defeat in the 2015 election. He was elected again in the 2019 election.
By-elections to the 41st Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2011 federal election and the 2015 federal election. The 41st Canadian Parliament existed from 2011 to 2015 with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the Canadian federal election held on May 2,2011. The Conservative Party of Canada had a majority government during this Parliament.
This is a timeline for the 42nd Canadian federal election,which took place in October 2015.
