41st Canadian Parliament

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The 41st Canadian Parliament was the federal legislative session that sat from 2011 to 2015 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative majority government, during which several significant and controversial laws were passed.

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41st Canadian Parliament canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
characterizedBy Conservative majority in the House of Commons ⓘ
city Ottawa ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
election 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
endDate 2015-08-02 ⓘ
firstSessionEndDate 2013-09-13 ⓘ
firstSessionStartDate 2011-06-02 ⓘ
followedBy 42nd Canadian Parliament ⓘ
governmentType majority government ⓘ
governorGeneral David Johnston ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Senate of Canada ⓘ
location Parliament Hill ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
notableFor controversial omnibus budget bills ⓘ
electoral reform through the Fair Elections Act ⓘ
expanded national security powers through Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 ⓘ
significant changes to criminal law ⓘ
numberOfMembersInHouseOfCommons 308 ⓘ
officialOppositionLeader Jack Layton ⓘ
Nycole Turmel ⓘ
Thomas Mulcair ⓘ
openedBy Speech from the Throne ⓘ
oppositionParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
parliamentNumber 41 ⓘ
passedLaw Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 ⓘ
Canadian Wheat Board (Interim Operations) Act amendments ⓘ
Copyright Modernization Act ⓘ
Ending the Long-gun Registry Act ⓘ
Fair Elections Act ⓘ
Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act ⓘ
Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act ⓘ
Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act ⓘ
Safe Streets and Communities Act ⓘ
Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act ⓘ
precededBy 40th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
primeMinister Stephen Harper ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
rulingParty Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
secondSessionEndDate 2015-08-02 ⓘ
secondSessionStartDate 2013-10-16 ⓘ
session First session of the 41st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
Second session of the 41st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Andrew Scheer ⓘ
startDate 2011-06-02 ⓘ

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2011 Canadian federal election → electionFor → 41st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
Harper government → legislature → 41st Canadian Parliament ⓘ