42nd Canadian Parliament
| 42nd Canadian Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Dec. 3, 2015 – Sep. 11, 2019 | |||
Canadian Parliament (2017) | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Rt. Hon. Justin Trudeau Nov. 4, 2015 – Mar. 14, 2025 | ||
| Cabinet | 29th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Hon. Rona Ambrose 5 November 2015 – 27 May 2017 | ||
| Hon. Andrew Scheer 27 May 2017 – 24 August 2020 | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | New Democratic Party | ||
| Independent Senators Group* | |||
| Senate Liberal Caucus* | |||
| Unrecognized | Québec debout (June – Sept. 2018) | ||
| Bloc Québécois | |||
| Green Party | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | |||
| People's Party | |||
| * Only in the Senate. | |||
| House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Hon. Geoff Regan 3 December 2015 – 5 December 2019 | ||
| Government House leader | Hon. Dominic LeBlanc 4 November 2015 – 19 August 2016 | ||
| Hon. Bardish Chagger 19 August 2016 – 20 November 2019 | |||
| Opposition House leader | Hon. Andrew Scheer 18 November 2015 – 15 September 2016 | ||
| Hon. Candice Bergen 15 September 2016 – 24 August 2020 | |||
| Members | 338 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
Seating arrangements of the Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Hon. George Furey 3 December 2015 – 12 May 2023 | ||
| Government Senate rep. | Hon. Peter Harder 18 March 2016 – 31 December 2019 | ||
| Opposition Senate leader | Hon. Claude Carignan 4 November 2015 – 31 March 2017 | ||
| Hon. Larry Smith 1 April 2017 – 5 November 2019 | |||
| Senators | 105 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | HM Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Governor general | HE Rt. Hon. David Johnston 1 October 2010 – 2 October 2017 | ||
| HE Rt. Hon. Julie Payette 2 October 2017 – 22 January 2021 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session 3 December 2015 – 11 September 2019 | |||
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The 42nd Canadian Parliament was in session from December 3, 2015, to September 11, 2019, with the membership of its lower chamber, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2015 federal election held on October 19, 2015, and thirty new appointees to its Upper House, the Senate of Canada. It was dissolved prior to the 2019 Federal Election.
There was one sessions of the 42nd Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | December 3, 2015 | September 11, 2019 |