This is a list of members of the House of Commons of Canada in the 40th Canadian Parliament (November 18, 2008 to March 26, 2011). [1]
Party leaders are italicized. Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both.
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Merv Tweed | Conservative | Brandon—Souris | |
Steven Fletcher | Conservative | Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia | |
Niki Ashton | New Democratic | Churchill | |
Inky Mark | Conservative | Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette | |
Robert Sopuck | Conservative | ||
Jim Maloway | New Democratic | Elmwood—Transcona | |
Joy Smith | Conservative | Kildonan—St. Paul | |
Candice Hoeppner | Conservative | Portage—Lisgar | |
Vic Toews | Conservative | Provencher | |
Shelly Glover | Conservative | Saint Boniface | |
James Bezan | Conservative | Selkirk—Interlake | |
Pat Martin | New Democratic | Winnipeg Centre | |
Judy Wasylycia-Leis | New Democratic | Winnipeg North | |
Kevin Lamoureux | Liberal | ||
Rod Bruinooge | Conservative | Winnipeg South | |
Anita Neville | Liberal | Winnipeg South Centre |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Yvon Godin | New Democratic | Acadie—Bathurst | |
Dominic LeBlanc | Liberal | Beauséjour | |
Keith Ashfield | Conservative | Fredericton | |
Rob Moore | Conservative | Fundy Royal | |
Jean-Claude D'Amours | Liberal | Madawaska—Restigouche | |
Tilly O'Neill-Gordon | Conservative | Miramichi | |
Brian Murphy | Liberal | Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe | |
Greg Thompson | Conservative | New Brunswick Southwest | |
Rodney Weston | Conservative | Saint John | |
Mike Allen | Conservative | Tobique—Mactaquac |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Scott Andrews | Liberal | Avalon | |
Scott Simms | Liberal | Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | |
Gerry Byrne | Liberal | Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | |
Todd Russell | Liberal | Labrador | |
Judy Foote | Liberal | Random—Burin—St. George's | |
Jack Harris | New Democratic | St. John's East | |
Siobhán Coady | Liberal | St. John's South—Mount Pearl |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Rodger Cuzner | Liberal | Cape Breton—Canso | |
Peter MacKay | Conservative | Central Nova | |
Bill Casey | Independent | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | |
Scott Armstrong | Conservative | ||
Michael Savage | Liberal | Dartmouth—Cole Harbour | |
Megan Leslie | New Democratic | Halifax | |
Geoff Regan | Liberal | Halifax West | |
Scott Brison | Liberal | Kings—Hants | |
Peter Stoffer | New Democratic | Sackville—Eastern Shore | |
Gerald Keddy | Conservative | South Shore—St. Margaret's | |
Mark Eyking | Liberal | Sydney—Victoria | |
Greg Kerr | Conservative | West Nova |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Lawrence MacAulay | Liberal | Cardigan | |
Shawn Murphy | Liberal | Charlottetown | |
Gail Shea | Conservative | Egmont | |
Wayne Easter | Liberal | Malpeque |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Gerry Ritz | Conservative | Battlefords—Lloydminster | |
Lynne Yelich | Conservative | Blackstrap | |
David L. Anderson | Conservative | Cypress Hills—Grasslands | |
Rob Clarke | Conservative | Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | |
Ray Boughen | Conservative | Palliser | |
Randy Hoback | Conservative | Prince Albert | |
Tom Lukiwski | Conservative | Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre | |
Andrew Scheer | Conservative | Regina—Qu'Appelle | |
Bradley Trost | Conservative | Saskatoon—Humboldt | |
Kelly Block | Conservative | Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | |
Maurice Vellacott | Conservative | Saskatoon—Wanuskewin | |
Ed Komarnicki | Conservative | Souris—Moose Mountain | |
Ralph Goodale | Liberal | Wascana | |
Garry Breitkreuz | Conservative | Yorkton—Melville |
Name | Party | Electoral district | |
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Leona Aglukkaq | Conservative | Nunavut | |
Dennis Bevington | New Democratic | Western Arctic | |
Larry Bagnell | Liberal | Yukon |
The party standings have changed as follows:
Number of members per party by date [2] | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||||||||
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Oct 14 | Apr 13 | Apr 30 | May 21 | Sep 16 | Nov 9 | Apr 9 | Apr 30 | Sep 2 | Sep 15 | Oct 22 | Oct 25 | Nov 14 | Nov 29 | ||
Conservative | 143 | 145 | 144 | 143 | 142 | 141 | 143 | ||||||||
Liberal | 77 | 76 | 77 | ||||||||||||
Bloc Québécois | 49 | 48 | 47 | 48 | 47 | ||||||||||
New Democratic | 37 | 36 | 37 | 36 | |||||||||||
Independent | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Independent Conservative | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Total members | 308 | 307 | 306 | 305 | 304 | 308 | 307 | 306 | 305 | 304 | 303 | 302 | 305 | ||
Vacant | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | ||
Government majority | -22 | -21 | -20 | -19 | -18 | -20 | -19 | -18 | -19 | -18 | -19 | -20 | -19 |
Membership changes in the 40th Parliament | |||||
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Date | Name | District | Party | Reason | |
October 14, 2008 | See List of Members | Election day of the 40th federal election | |||
April 13, 2009 | Dawn Black | New Westminster—Coquitlam | New Democratic | Resigned to run in the 2009 B.C. election | |
April 30, 2009 | Bill Casey | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Independent | Resigned to work as Nova Scotias' senior representative in Ottawa. | |
May 21, 2009 | Paul Crête | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Bloc Québécois | Resigned to run in provincial Rivière-du-Loup by-election. | |
September 16, 2009 | Réal Ménard | Hochelaga | Bloc Québécois | Resigned to run in Montreal municipal election. | |
November 9, 2009 | Scott Armstrong | Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley | Conservative | Elected in a by-election | |
November 9, 2009 | Fin Donnelly | New Westminster—Coquitlam | New Democratic | Elected in a by-election | |
November 9, 2009 | Bernard Généreux | Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Conservative | Elected in a by-election | |
November 9, 2009 | Daniel Paillé | Hochelaga | Bloc Québécois | Elected in a by-election | |
April 9, 2010 | Helena Guergis | Simcoe—Grey | Independent Conservative | Removed from the Conservative caucus | |
April 30, 2010 | Judy Wasylycia-Leis | Winnipeg North | New Democratic | Resigned to run for mayor of Winnipeg. | |
September 2, 2010 | Maurizio Bevilacqua | Vaughan | Liberal | Resigned to run for mayor of Vaughan, Ontario. | |
September 15, 2010 | Inky Mark | Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette | Conservative | Resigned to run for mayor of Dauphin, Manitoba. | |
October 22, 2010 | Jean-Yves Roy | Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Bloc Québécois | Resigned due to health issues | |
October 25, 2010 | Jay Hill | Prince George—Peace River | Conservative | Resigned seat | |
November 14, 2010 | Jim Prentice | Calgary Centre-North | Conservative | Resigned seat to become vice-chairman of CIBC | |
November 29, 2010 | Julian Fantino | Vaughan | Conservative | Elected in a by-election | |
November 29, 2010 | Kevin Lamoureux | Winnipeg North | Liberal | Elected in a by-election | |
November 29, 2010 | Robert Sopuck | Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette | Conservative | Elected in a by-election |
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