Party standings in the Canadian House of Commons

Party standings in the Canadian House of Commons

In the Party standings in the Canadian House of Commons, Members of Parliament are generally seated as a group with members of the caucus of their political party. The members of the governing party or parties are seated to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, while members of opposition parties are generally seated to the left of the Speaker. Where the governing party or parties have more than half the members of the House, members of the government caucus are seated on the "opposition side", and where the government has less than half of the seats, opposition members are seated on the "government side", as is the case with the current Parliament.



Light blue represents members of the ministry. • indicates party leaders.
The graphic has been updated in accordance with the May 27 2008 official seating plan.
[http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/GeneralInformation/SeatingPlan.pdf Official Seating Plan (pdf format)]

{| class="wikitable"

PartiesBC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL YK NT NU Total
Conservative Party* 18 28 13 8 41 11 3 2 3 127
Liberal Party* 7 1 3 51 11 6 6 4 4 1 1 95
"Bloc Québécois"* 48 48
New Democratic Party* 10 3 12 1 1 2 1 30
Green Party* 1 1
Independent* 2 1 3
Vacant* 2 2 4
Total 36 28 14 14 106 75 10 11 4 7 1 1 1 308

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/GeneralInformation/SeatingPlan.pdf Official seating plan] (pdf)


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