39 th General Election Winners, Losers, & the New Political Make-up of Canada

House of Commons Before Liberal + NDP + liberal independents = 154 Conservative + Bloc + cons. ind. = 154

House of Commons Today There are also 4 independents and 3 vacancies. Liberal MPs + Senators = 157 Conservative MPs + Senators = 148

House of Commons After Seating Plan in the House

Results by Regions

Big Winners Tony Clement – by 21 votes Several other ridings by 100 or 200 votes Lawrence Cannon & the 9 other Quebec Conservative MPs The NDP by increasing their seat count by 50% Stephen Harper – first PM elected from outside Quebec in 27 years

Big Losers Cabinet Ministers Anne McLellan, Reg Alcock, Pierre Pettigrew, Andy Mitchell, and Tony Ianno Conservatives in urban centres Greens

The Federal Cabinet Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Cabinet

Federal Cabinet 2006 Considerations –Party loyalists –Experience & high profile MPs –Regional representation Ontario Quebec Atlantic Canada Western Canada The Territories

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Right Honourable Stephen Harper Prime Minister

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Rob Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable David Emerson Minister of International Trade Was elected as a Liberal MP!

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Jean-Pierre Blackburn Minister of Labour

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Greg Thompson Minister of Veterans Affairs

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Senator Marjory LeBreton Leader of the Government in the Senate

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Monte Solberg Minister of Human Resources and Social Development

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Chuck Strahl Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Gary Lunn Minister Natural Resources

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Peter MacKay Minister of National Defence

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Loyola Hearn Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Stockwell Day Minister of Public Safety

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Vic Toews President of the Treasury Board

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Rona Ambrose Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Diane Finley Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Minister Finley has been diagnosed with Graves' Disease, a non-life-threatening condition which causes an increase in metabolism and sensitivity to heat, cold and bright lights. This requires her to wear dark sunglasses much of the time.

Federal Cabinet 2006 Brigadier-General The Honourable Gordon O'Connor Minister of National Revenue

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Bev Oda Minister for International Cooperation

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Jim Prentice Minister of Industry

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable John Baird Minister of the Environment

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Maxime Bernier Minister of Foreign Affairs

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Lawrence Cannon Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Tony Clement Minister of Health

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Jim Flaherty Minister of Finance Member of Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Josée Verner Minister of Canadian Heritage

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Michael Fortier Minister of Public Works and Government Services NOT an MP! Was appointed to the Senate as to be accepted as a member of the Cabinet.

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Peter van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons

Federal Cabinet 2006 The Honourable Gerry Ritz Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Federal Cabinet 2006

There are also other members of the Canadian Ministry that are not members of the Cabinet. They are called Secretaries of State and often are positioned in support of a Minister of one of the larger ministries. There are currently 5 Secretaries of State that are not already Ministers. Federal Cabinet 2006

The Honourable Jay Hill, Secretary of State and Chief Government Whip The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity) The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport) The Honourable Christian Paradis, Secretary of State (Agriculture) The Honourable Diane Ablonczy, Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism) Federal Cabinet 2006

40 th General Election Coming soon to Canadians…