39th General ElectionWinners, Losers, & the New Political Make-up of Canada

House of Commons Before

133 98 5319

Liberal + NDP + liberal independents = 154

Conservative + Bloc + cons. ind. = 154

House of Commons Today

126 97 48 30

There are also 4 independents and 3 vacancies.

Liberal MPs + Senators = 157

Conservative MPs + Senators = 148

House of Commons After

• Seating Plan in the House

Results by Regions

Big Winners

• Tony Clement – by 21 votes

• Several other ridings by 100 or 200 votes

• Lawrence Cannon & the 9 other Quebec Conservative MPs

• The NDP by increasing their seat count by 50%

• Stephen Harper – first PM elected from outside Quebec in 27 years

Big Losers

• Cabinet Ministers Anne McLellan, Reg Alcock, Pierre Pettigrew, Andy Mitchell, and Tony Ianno

• Conservatives in urban centres

• Greens

The Federal Cabinet

Prime Minister

Stephen Harper’s

Cabinet

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• Considerations– Party loyalists– Experience & high profile MPs– Regional representation

• Ontario• Quebec• Atlantic Canada• Western Canada• The Territories

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• The Right Honourable Stephen Harper

• Prime Minister

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• The Honourable Rob Nicholson

• Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

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• The Honourable David Emerson

• Minister of International Trade

• Was elected as a Liberal MP!

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• The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn

• Minister of Labour

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• The Honourable Greg Thompson

• Minister of Veterans Affairs

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• The Honourable Senator Marjory LeBreton

• Leader of the Government in the Senate

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• The Honourable Monte Solberg

• Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

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• The Honourable Chuck Strahl

• Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

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• The Honourable Gary Lunn

• Minister Natural Resources

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• The Honourable Peter MacKay

• Minister of National Defence

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• The Honourable Loyola Hearn

• Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

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• The Honourable Stockwell Day

• Minister of Public Safety

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• The Honourable Vic Toews

• President of the Treasury Board

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• The Honourable Rona Ambrose

• Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

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• The Honourable Diane Finley

• Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Minister Finley has been diagnosed with Graves' Disease, a non-life-threatening condition which causes an increase in metabolism and sensitivity to heat, cold and bright lights. This requires her to wear dark sunglasses much of the time.

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• Brigadier-General The Honourable Gordon O'Connor

• Minister of National Revenue

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• The Honourable Bev Oda

• Minister for International Cooperation

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• The Honourable Jim Prentice

• Minister of Industry

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• The Honourable John Baird

• Minister of the Environment

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• The Honourable Maxime Bernier

• Minister of Foreign Affairs

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• The Honourable Lawrence Cannon

• Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities

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• The Honourable Tony Clement

• Minister of Health

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• The Honourable Jim Flaherty

• Minister of Finance

• Member of Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa

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• The Honourable Josée Verner

• Minister of Canadian Heritage

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• The Honourable Michael Fortier

• Minister of Public Works and Government Services

•NOT an MP!

•Was appointed to the Senate as to be accepted as a member of the Cabinet.

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• The Honourable Peter van Loan

• Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

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• The Honourable Gerry Ritz

• Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

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• There are also other members of the Canadian Ministry that are not members of the Cabinet.

• They are called Secretaries of State and often are positioned in support of a Minister of one of the larger ministries.

• There are currently 5 Secretaries of State that are not already Ministers.

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• The Honourable Jay Hill, Secretary of State and Chief Government Whip

• The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity)

• The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport)

• The Honourable Christian Paradis, Secretary of State (Agriculture)

• The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism)

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40th General Election

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