10 Facts About Canadian Parliament

Current Canadian Parliament, summoned by Governor General Mary Simon in November 2021, is the 44th Canadian Parliament since Confederation in 1867.

Body consists of the Canadian Parliament monarch, represented by a viceroy, the governor general; an upper house, the Senate; and a lower house, the House of Commons.

Only those who sit in the House of Commons are usually called members of Canadian Parliament ; the term is not usually applied to senators, even though the Senate is a part of Canadian Parliament.

Sovereign's place in the legislature, formally known as the King-in-Canadian Parliament, is defined by the Constitution Act, 1867, and various conventions.

Each of Canadian Parliament's two chambers is presided over by a speaker; that for the Senate is a member appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister, while the equivalent for the House of Commons is a member of Canadian Parliament, who is elected by the other members of that body.

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Usher of the black rod of the Senate of Canada is the most senior protocol position in Canadian Parliament, being the personal messenger to the legislature of the sovereign and governor general.

Per the tenets of responsible government, these individuals are almost always drawn from Canadian Parliament, and are predominantly from the House of Commons, the only body to which ministers are held accountable, typically during Question Period, wherein ministers are obliged to answer questions posed by members of the opposition.

Should that person not hold a seat in the House of Commons, the prime minister will, by convention, seek election to one at the earliest possible opportunity; frequently, in such situations, a junior member of Canadian Parliament who holds a safe seat will resign to allow the prime minister to run for that riding in a by-election.

Canadian Parliament possesses a number of privileges, collectively and accordingly known as parliamentary privilege, each house being the guardian and administrator of its own set of rights.

Actual site of Canadian Parliament shifted on a regular basis: From 1841 to 1844, it sat in Kingston, where the present Kingston General Hospital now stands; from 1844 until the 1849 fire that destroyed the building, the legislature was in Montreal; and, after a few years of alternating between Toronto and Quebec City, the legislature was finally moved to Ottawa in 1856, in 1857.