37th Canadian Parliament

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Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister during most 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

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<ref>Members of the Canadian Senate are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and remain as senators until the age of 75, even if the House of Commons has been dissolved or an election has been called.</ref>	At dissolution	172	168	55	65	66	Template:N/A	1	Template:N/A	38	33	0	0	13	14	0	0	12	Template:N/A	35	Template:N/A	Template:N/A	72	Template:N/A	24	0	10	5	5	Template:N/A	0	Template:N/A	3
Total members		301	297	96	97	0	4	9	8
Total seats		301		105

In 2001, 13 MPs opposed to the leadership of Stockwell Day left the Canadian Alliance and formed the Democratic Representative Caucus. Chuck Strahl was chosen leader of the caucus, which subsequently entered into a coalition agreement with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2002, after Day had lost the leadership of his party to Stephen Harper, all but one DRC MP rejoined the Canadian Alliance.

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
• Anti-Terrorism Act

By-elections

Template:Main By-elections to the 37th Canadian Parliament

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