House of Commons of Canada
Lower house of the Parliament of Canada
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| 2025 | 45th Parliament begins, signaling the most recent period of Canadian parliamentary representation |
| 2025 | Start of the 45th Parliament of Canada, a period potentially involving federal by-elections during the current parliamentary term. |
| 2025 | Planned increase in the number of seats in the House of Commons from 338 to 343 for the national election. |
| January 30 2025 | A sitting MP's term in their riding is set to end on this specific date. |
| January 20 2025 | Pablo Rodríguez is expected to conclude his term as a Member of Parliament. |
| December 18 2024 | Rob Miyashiro, a Japanese-Canadian, elected to the Alberta Legislature as an NDP member. |
| December 16 2024 | A new Conservative MP takes office in their riding since this specific date. |
| September 16 2024 | Daniel Blaikie expected to return as an MP in 2024. |
| September 16 2024 | Louis-Philippe Sauvé set to become a Member of Parliament. |
| June 24 2024 | Don Stewart elected as Conservative MP |
| May 27 2024 | A sitting MP's term in their riding is set to end on this specific date. |
| April 2024 | New electoral district redistribution takes effect for federal elections following the 2021 census. |
| March 31 2024 | Daniel Blaikie's term for Elmwood—Transcona expected to end. |
| March 4 2024 | Jamil Jivani elected as Member of Parliament |
| January 16 2024 | Carolyn Bennett's term as MP for Toronto—St. Paul's ends |
| 2023 | Upon Speaker Anthony Rota's resignation, Louis Plamondon serves for the sixth time as presiding officer in the election of the Speaker. |
| 2023 | Louis Plamondon becomes the longest-serving Dean of the House, surpassing Herb Gray with 15 years in the role. |
| 2023 | Electoral districts increased to 343 seats, representing the most recent configuration |
| 2023 | Ibrahim Obby Khan became the first Pakistani Canadian and first Muslim elected to the Manitoba Legislature from Fort Whyte riding, representing the Conservative Party. |
| October 5 2023 | Jasdeep Devgan, an Indian Canadian (Punjabi), was elected to the Manitoba Legislature from McPhillips riding, representing the NDP. |
| October 3 2023 | Jennifer Chen became the first Chinese Canadian elected to the Manitoba Legislature from Fort Richmond riding, representing the NDP. |
| October 3 2023 | Nellie Kennedy became the first Lebanese Canadian elected to the Manitoba Legislature from Assiniboia riding, representing the NDP. |
| September 25 2023 | A federal by-election occurred in Calgary Heritage, Alberta to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Conservative MP Rob Anders. |
| September 5 2023 | Audrey Gordon, a Black Canadian (Jamaican), was elected to the Manitoba Legislature from Southdale riding, representing the Conservative Party. |
| June 19 2023 | A federal by-election was held in the riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore, Ontario to replace the seat left vacant by the resignation of Liberal MP Sven Spengemann. |
| June 19 2023 | Arpan Khanna elected as Member of Parliament |
| June 19 2023 | Anna Gainey becomes a Member of Parliament. |
| June 19 2023 | Nate Erskine-Smith elected as MP representing the Liberal Party. |
| June 19 2023 | Branden Leslie elected as MP representing the Conservative Party. |
| May 29 2023 | Multiple Visible Minority candidates elected to Alberta Legislature, including Sharif Haji (Somali-Canadian), Rhiannon Hoyle (Black Canadian), Nathan Ip (Taiwanese-Canadian), Samir Kayande (Indian-Canadian), Parmeet Singh Boparai (Punjabi Indian-Canadian), Nagwan Al-Guneid (Yemeni-Canadian), Lizette Tejada (Salvadoran-Canadian), Gurinder Brar (Punjabi Indian-Canadian), and Sarah Elmeligi (Egyptian-Canadian). |
| February 28 2023 | Marty Morantz resigns as MP for Kildonan—St. Paul. |
| January 28 2023 | Dave MacKenzie's term as MP for Oxford ends |
| December 31 2022 | A member's term representing Calgary Heritage concludes. |
| December 12 2022 | Charles Sousa appointed as Member of Parliament. |
| December 12 2022 | Jim Carr resigns as MP for Winnipeg South Centre. |
| December 1 2022 | Dominique Anglade left her role as Leader of the Liberal Party of Québec. |
| November 29 2022 | A federal by-election took place in Durham, Ontario to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Conservative MP Erin O'Toole. |
| November 7 2022 | Ken Sim becomes Mayor of Vancouver, representing the Chinese Canadian community with ABC Vancouver. |
| November 7 2022 | Lenny Zhou becomes a Vancouver City Councillor for ABC Vancouver, representing the Chinese Canadian community. |
| October 3 2022 | Multiple first-time minority representatives were elected to the Quebec Legislature, including Haroun Bouazzi (first Tunisian-Canadian), Alejandra Zaga Mendez (first Peruvian-Canadian), Michelle Setlakwe and Sona Lakhoyan Olivier (joint first Armenian-Canadians), and several others from diverse backgrounds. |
| September 20 2022 | A federal by-election was conducted in Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba to replace the seat vacated by MP Candice Bergen following her resignation as Conservative Party of Canada leader. |
| August 28 2022 | Saul Polo became the first Colombian Canadian elected to Quebec Legislature. |
| June 23 2022 | A federal by-election was held in Toronto Centre, Ontario to fill a vacancy in the House of Commons created by the resignation of MP Marci Ien. |
| June 23 2022 | The Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act was passed and given royal assent, allocating three additional seats to Alberta and one new seat each to Ontario and British Columbia. |
| June 2 2022 | Kristyn Wong-Tam, a Chinese Canadian (Cantonese), takes office in Toronto Centre as an NDP incumbent. |
| April 11 2022 | Shirley Dorismond, a Black-Canadian (Haitian), was elected to the Quebec Legislature. |
| 2021 | 43rd Parliament commences, continuing the ongoing process of Canadian legislative governance |
| 2021 | Grandfather clause amended to use the number of members in the 43rd Canadian Parliament as the new baseline for provincial representation. |
| 2021 | Highest number of visible minorities elected to Parliament in Canadian history, with 53 MPs representing 15.7% of the House of Commons. |
| 2021 | Lori Idlout was elected as a Member of Parliament representing Nunavut for the New Democratic Party in the 44th Parliament of Canada. |
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