37th Canadian Parliament

37th Parliament of Canada Majority parliament   January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29) – May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23)
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien
	November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04)–December 12, 2003 (2003-12-12)
	Rt. Hon. Paul Martin
	December 12, 2003 (2003-12-12)–February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
Leader of the Opposition
Party standings in the Commons
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Canadian Alliance*
Third Party	Bloc Québécois
Fourth Party	New Democratic Party
Fifth Party	Progressive Conservative*
* Parties merged together partway through the Parliament to create the Conservative Party of Canada.
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Peter Milliken
	January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29)–present
Government House Leader
Opposition House Leader
Senate
Speaker of the Senate
Government Senate Leader
Opposition Senate Leader
Sessions
1st Session January 29, 2001 (2001-01-29) – September 16, 2002 (2002-09-16) 2nd Session September 30, 2002 (2002-09-30) – November 12, 2003 (2003-11-12) 3rd Session February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02) – May 23, 2004 (2004-05-23)
Ministries
26th Canadian Ministry Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04) – December 12, 2003 (2003-12-12) 27th Canadian Ministry Rt. Hon. Paul Martin December 12, 2003 (2003-12-12) – February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06) Parliamentarians Members 301 seats Senators 105 seats <36th 38th>

Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister during the first three years of the 37th Canadian Parliament.

Paul Martin was Prime Minister during the final year of the 37th Canadian Parliament.

The 37th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 29, 2001, until May 23, 2004. The membership was set by the 2000 federal election on November 27, 2000, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2004 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority, led first by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry, and then by Prime Minister Paul Martin and the 27th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was formed by first the Canadian Alliance, led by Stockwell Day and then by Stephen Harper, and then by its successor party, the Conservative Party, also led by Harper.

The Speaker was Peter Milliken. See also list of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were three sessions of the 37th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	January 29, 2001	September 16, 2002
2nd	September 30, 2002	November 12, 2003
3rd	February 2, 2004	May 23, 2004

Party standings

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The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:

Affiliation		House Members		Senate Members
		2000 Election Results	At Dissolution	On Election Day 2000	At Dissolution
	Liberal Party of Canada	172	168	55	65
	Canadian Alliance	66	-	1	-
	Bloc Québécois	38	33	0	0
	New Democratic Party	13	14	0	0
	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada	12	-	35	3
	Conservative Party of Canada	-	72	-	24
	Independent	0	10	5	5
Total members		301	297	96	97
	vacant	0	4	9	8
Total seats		301		105

Bills

Important bills of the 37th parliament include:

• Assisted Human Reproduction Act
• Canadian federal budget, 2001
• Canadian federal budget, 2003
• Canadian federal budget, 2004
• Bill C-250, declared attacks based on sexual orientation to be hate crimes.
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
• Youth Criminal Justice Act
• Pledge to Africa Act

Members

For full lists of members of the 37th Parliament of Canada, see List of House members of the 37th Parliament of Canada and List of senators in the 37th Parliament of Canada.

References

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• Government of Canada. "27th Ministry". Library of Parliament. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/federal/27min-e.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-01. 
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• Government of Canada. "Party Standings (1974 to date): At the Senate". Library of Parliament. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/lists/PartyStandingsHistoric.aspx?Menu=SEN-Politic&Section=b571082f-7b2d-4d6a-b30a-b6025a9cbb98. Retrieved 2007-04-24. 
• Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/pm/index.asp?Language=E&param=pi&param2=gen. Retrieved 2006-05-12. 
• Government of Canada. "Speakers". Library of Parliament. http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/hf-parl-off/index.asp?Language=E&param=24&id=13&id2=29. Retrieved 2006-05-12.