Independent senators group

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The Independent Senators Group is a parliamentary caucus in the Canadian Senate composed of non-partisan senators who are not formally affiliated with the traditional political parties.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Independent Senator Group 1
Independent senators group canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian Senate group ⓘ
parliamentary caucus ⓘ
chamber upper house of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
excludesMemberType formally partisan senator ⓘ
governingLevel national ⓘ
governsJurisdiction Canada (federal level) ⓘ
linked to: Canada
hasFeature members vote independently ⓘ
no party whip ⓘ
non-partisan leadership structure ⓘ
hasMemberType independent senator ⓘ
non-affiliated senator ⓘ
hasOrganizationalForm caucus ⓘ
parliamentary group ⓘ
hasPurpose to coordinate legislative work of independent senators ⓘ
to organize non-partisan senators ⓘ
to provide a caucus structure for independent senators ⓘ
hasRole participation in Senate committees ⓘ
participation in Senate debates ⓘ
review of federal legislation ⓘ
study of public policy issues ⓘ
hasStatus recognized parliamentary group in the Senate of Canada ⓘ
ideology independence from party discipline ⓘ
non-partisanship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legislativeBody Senate of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Ottawa
meetsIn Parliament Hill, Ottawa ⓘ
linked to: Parliament Hill

Senate of Canada Chamber ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Canada
membershipCriterion senator not formally affiliated with a recognized political party caucus ⓘ
notAffiliatedWith Bloc Québécois ⓘ
Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
Green Party of Canada ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
New Democratic Party ⓘ
operatesWithin Canadian constitutional framework ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
politicalAlignment non-partisan ⓘ
politicalPosition crossbench-like ⓘ
politicalSystem Westminster parliamentary system ⓘ
represents independent senators in the Senate of Canada ⓘ
representsChamber upper house ⓘ
scope federal ⓘ
shortName ISG ⓘ
subjectTo Rules of the Senate of Canada ⓘ
typeOfRepresentation regional representation in the Senate ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

43rd Canadian Parliament → otherParty → Independent senators group ⓘ
Peter Harder → politicalAlignment → Independent Senator Group ⓘ
linked to: Independent senators group