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{{Short description|In session from January 29, 2001, until May 23, 2004}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox Canadian Parliament
| image          =
| jurisdiction   = CA
| #              = 37th
| type           = Majority
| houseimage     = Cdn2000.PNG
| senateimage    = Senate of Canada - Seating Plan (37th Parliament).svg

<!-- Session status -->
| status         = inactive
| term-begin     = 2001-01-29
| term-end       = 2004-5-23

<!-- House of Commons -->
<!-- Speaker of the House of Commons -->
| sc             = Hon. [[Peter Milliken]]
| scterm         = {{Start date|2001|1|29}} &ndash; {{End date|2011|6|2}}

<!-- Prime Minister -->
| pm             = Rt. Hon. [[Jean Chrétien]]
| pm-begin   = 1993-11-04
| pm-end     = 2003-12-12
| pm2            = Rt. Hon. [[Paul Martin]]
| pm-begin2  = 2003-12-12
| pm-end2    = 2006-02-06

<!-- Leader of the Official Opposition -->
| lo             = Hon. [[Stockwell Day]]
| loterm         = {{Start date|2000|09|11}} &ndash; {{End date|2001|12|11}}
| lo2            = Hon. [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]] 
| loterm2        = {{Start date|2001|12|12}} &ndash; {{End date|2002|5|20}}
| lo3            = Hon. [[Stephen Harper]]
| loterm3        = {{Start date|2002|5|21}} &ndash; {{End date|2004|1|8}}
| lo4            = Hon. [[Grant Hill (politician)|Grant Hill]] 
| loterm4        = {{Start date|2004|1|9}} &ndash; {{End date|2004|3|19}}
| lo5            = Hon. [[Stephen Harper]]
| loterm5        = {{Start date|2004|3|20}} &ndash; {{End date|2006|2|6}}
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<!-- Government House Leader -->
| ghl            = [[Don Boudria]]
| ghlterm        = June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002
| ghl2           = [[Ralph Goodale]]
| ghlterm2       = January 15, 2002 – May 25, 2002
| ghl3           = [[Don Boudria]]
| ghlterm3       = May 26, 2002 – August 11, 2004
| ghl4           = [[Jacques Saada]]
| ghlterm4       = August 12, 2004 – August 22, 2004
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<!-- Official Opposition House Leader -->
| ohl            = [[Randy White (Canadian politician)|Randy White]]
| ohlterm        = December 18, 2001 – April 3, 2002
| ohl2           = [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]
| ohlterm2       = April 4, 2002 – December 22, 2003
| ohl3           = [[Loyola Hearn]]
| ohlterm3       = December 23, 2003 – March 21, 2004
| ohl4           = [[John Reynolds (Canadian politician)|John Reynolds]]
| ohlterm4       = March 22, 2004 – January 27, 2005
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<!-- Senate -->
<!-- Speaker of the Senate -->
| ss             = Hon. [[Dan Hays|Daniel Hays]]
| ssterm         = January 26, 2001 – February 7, 2006
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<!-- Government Senate Leader -->
| gsl            = [[Sharon Carstairs]]
| gslterm        = January 9, 2001 – August 11, 2004
| gsl2           = [[Jack Austin (politician)|Jack Austin]]
| gslterm2       = August 12, 2004 – February 6, 2006
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<!-- Official Opposition Senate Leader-->
| osl            = [[John Lynch-Staunton]]
| oslterm        = October 25, 1993 – July 16, 2004
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<!-- Political Parties ranked in order by number of seats in the House of Commons -->
| party          =[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]
| party2         =[[Canadian Alliance]]*
| party3         =[[Bloc Québécois]]
| party4         =[[New Democratic Party]]
| party2sen      =[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]*
| unrecparty1    =[[Democratic Representative Caucus]]
| partyfootnote1 =Parties merged partway through the Parliament to create the [[Conservative Party of Canada]]. Some members retained the designation of Progressive Conservative in the Senate.

<!-- Sessions of Parliament -->
| sessionbegin   = {{Start date|2001|1|29}}
| sessionend     = {{End date|2002|9|16}}
| sessionbegin2  = {{Start date|2002|9|30}}
| sessionend2    = {{End date|2003|11|12}}
| sessionbegin3  = {{Start date|2004|2|2}}
| sessionend3    = {{End date|2004|5|23}}

<!-- Canadian Ministry/Cabinet -->
| ministry       = [[26th Canadian Ministry]]
| ministry2      = [[27th Canadian Ministry]]
| ministrybegin  = {{Start date|1993|11|4}}
| ministryend    = {{End date|2004|8|12}}
| ministrybegin2 = {{Start date|2004|8|12}}
| ministryend2   = {{End date|2006|2|6}}

<!-- Parliamentarians -->
| members        = 301 seats
| senators        = 105 seats

<!-- Monarch -->
| monarch        = HM [[Elizabeth II]]
| monarchterm    = 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
| viceroy        = HE Rt. Hon. [[Adrienne Clarkson]]
| viceroyterm    = {{Start date|1999|10|07}} – {{End date|2005|02|27}}

<!-- Previous and Future Parliaments -->
| lastparl       = 36th
| nextparl       = 38th
}}

[[File:Jean Chrétien 1993.jpg|thumb|[[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 Canadian federal election|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 Canadian federal election|2004 election]].

It was controlled by a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] majority, led first by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] and the [[26th Canadian Ministry]], and then by Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]] and the [[27th Canadian Ministry]].  The [[Official Opposition (Canada)|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 of Canada|Conservative Party]], also led by Harper.

The [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|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 [[Parliamentary session|session]]s of the 37th Parliament:
{|class="wikitable"
!Session
!Start
!End
|-
| 1st
| January 29, 2001
| September 16, 2002
|-
| 2nd
| September 30, 2002
| November 12, 2003
|-
| 3rd
| February 2, 2004
| May 23, 2004
|}

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==Party standings==
{{Canadian politics}}

The party standings as of the election and as of [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolution]] were as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Affiliation
!colspan=2|[[List of House members of the 37th Parliament of Canada|House members]]
!colspan=2|[[List of senators in the 37th Parliament of Canada|Senate members]]
|-
!2000 election<br/>results
!At dissolution
!On election<br />day 2000<ref>Members of the Canadian Senate are appointed by the [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of Canada|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
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}}
|172
|168
|55
|65
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Canadian Alliance|row-name}}
|66
|{{N/A}}
|1
|{{N/A}}
{{Canadian party colour|CA|BQ|row-name}}
|38
|33
|0
|0
{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|row-name}}
|13
|14
|0
|0
{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}}
|12
|{{N/A}}
|35
|{{N/A}}
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|row-name}}
|{{N/A}}
|72
|{{N/A}}
|24
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row-name}}
|0
|10
|5
|5
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Senate PC|row-name|short}}
|{{N/A}}
|0
|{{N/A}}
|3
|-
|colspan=2|'''Total members'''
|'''301'''
|'''297'''
|'''96'''
|'''97'''
{{Canadian party colour|CA|vacant|row-name}}
|0
|4
|9
|8
|-
|colspan=2|Total seats
|colspan=2|301
|colspan=2|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 crime]]s.
*''[[Immigration and Refugee Protection Act]]''
*''[[Youth Criminal Justice Act]]''
*''[[Pledge to Africa Act]]''
*''[[Anti-Terrorism Act (Canada)|Anti-Terrorism Act]]''

==Members==
{{main|List of House members of the 37th Parliament of Canada|List of senators in the 37th Parliament of Canada}}

==By-elections==
{{Main|By-elections to the 37th Canadian Parliament}}
{{:By-elections to the 37th Canadian Parliament}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada|publisher=Privy Council Office|title=26th Ministry|work=Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation|url=http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=Publications&doc=min/min_26_e.htm|access-date=2006-11-09}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada|publisher=Library of Parliament|title=27th Ministry|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/federal/27min-e.asp|access-date=2006-12-01}}{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada|publisher=Library of Parliament|work=Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament|title=37th Parliament|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/mpsparl.asp?Language=E&parl=61|access-date=2006-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061220074115/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/mpsparl.asp?Language=E|archive-date=2006-12-20|url-status=dead}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada|publisher=Library of Parliament|title=Duration of Sessions|url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/compilations/parliament/Sessions.aspx|access-date=2006-05-12|archive-date=2007-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114112755/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/compilations/parliament/Sessions.aspx|url-status=dead}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=General Elections |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/House/asp/Elections.asp?Language=E&gen=Y&Hist=Y |access-date=2006-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504214348/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/House/asp/Elections.asp?Language=E&Hist=Y&gen=Y |archive-date=2006-05-04 }}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=Key Dates for each Parliament |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/info/parl-dates.asp?lang=E&Hist=Y |access-date=2006-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050914163314/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/info/parl-dates.asp?lang=E&Hist=Y |archive-date=2005-09-14 }}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/OppLeader.asp?lang=E&Hist=Y |access-date=2006-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311060420/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/house/OppLeader.asp?lang=E&Hist=Y |archive-date=2007-03-11 }}
*{{Cite web |author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |access-date=2007-04-24 |url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/lists/PartyStandingsHistoric.aspx?Menu=SEN-Politic&Section=b571082f-7b2d-4d6a-b30a-b6025a9cbb98 |title=Party Standings (1974 to date): At the Senate}}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=Prime Ministers of Canada |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/pm/index.asp?Language=E&param=pi&param2=gen |access-date=2006-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427095217/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/pm/index.asp?Language=E&param=pi&param2=gen |archive-date=27 April 2006 |url-status=dead }}
*{{Cite web|author=Government of Canada |publisher=Library of Parliament |title=Speakers |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/hf-parl-off/index.asp?Language=E&param=24&id=13&id2=29 |access-date=2006-05-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060917033025/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/hf-parl-off/index.asp?Language=E |archive-date=2006-09-17 }}

==Succession==

{{Canada parliaments}}
{{Canadian federal election, 2000A}}
{{Canadian federal election, 2004A}}

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