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Parliaments Diagram [nb 1] Parliament Election Sessions Duration (from return of the writs to dissolution) Government Opposition Governing Party • Prime Minister [6] — Ministry [7] Seat counts as of election [8] [9] Official Opposition Party [10] • Leader of the Opposition [10] Third Parties with official party status 1st Canadian Parliament Elected 1867 5 sessions Sep 24, 1867 – Jul 8 ...
The Government of Canada (French: Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.The term Government of Canada refers specifically to the executive, which includes ministers of the Crown (together in the Cabinet) and the federal civil service (whom the Cabinet direct); it is alternatively known as His Majesty's Government (French: Gouvernement de Sa ...
Chief Justice of Canada (Richard Wagner) Former Governors General of Canada in order of their departure from office: Ed Schreyer (1979–1984) Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005) Michaëlle Jean (2005–2010) David Johnston (2010–2017) Julie Payette (2017–2021) Widows of Governors General of Canada (as former viceregal consort of Canada):
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
Important bills that form a part of the government's agenda are generally considered matters of confidence, as is any taxation or spending bill and the annual budget. When a government has lost the confidence of the House of Commons, the prime minister is obliged to either resign or request the governor general to dissolve parliament, thereby ...
The Cabinet of Canada ( French: Cabinet du Canada) is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada. Chaired by the prime minister, the Cabinet is a committee of the King's Privy Council for Canada and the senior echelon of the Ministry ...
The Senate of Canada is Canada's unelected upper chamber. It currently has three non-party parliamentary groups: the Independent Senators Group (ISG), the Canadian Senators Group (CSG), and the Progressive Senate Group (PSG). These three groups do not share a formal ideology, platform, or membership in any one political party; the caucuses ...
Canada's electoral system, sometimes referred to as a "first-past-the-post" system, is formally referred to as a single-member plurality system. The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its member of Parliament (MP). The governor general asks the leader of the party whose ...