thumb|[[Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister during most of the 37th Canadian Parliament.]]
thumb|[[Paul Martin was Prime Minister at the end of the 37th Canadian Parliament.]]
The 37th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 29, 2001, until May 23, 2004. The membership was set by the 2000 federal election on November 27, 2000, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2004 election.
There were three sessions of the 37th Parliament:
{|class="wikitable"
!Session
!Start
!End
|-
| 1st
| January 29, 2001
| September 16, 2002
|-
| 2nd
| September 30, 2002
| November 12, 2003
|-
| 3rd
| February 2, 2004
| May 23, 2004
|}
Overview
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority, led first by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry, and then by Prime Minister Paul Martin and the 27th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was formed by first the Canadian Alliance, led by Stockwell Day and then by Stephen Harper, and then by its successor party, the Conservative Party, also led by Harper.
Party standings
The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Affiliation
!colspan=2|House members
!colspan=2|Senate members
|-
!2000 election<br/>results
!At dissolution
!On election<br />day 2000
!At dissolution
|172
|168
|55
|65
|66
|
|1
|
|38
|33
|0
|0
|13
|14
|0
|0
|12
|
|35
|
|
|72
|
|24
|0
|10
|5
|5
|
|0
|
|3
|-
|colspan=2|Total members
|301
|297
|96
|97
|0
|4
|9
|8
|-
|colspan=2|Total seats
|colspan=2|301
|colspan=2|105
|}
In 2001, 13 MPs opposed to the leadership of Stockwell Day left the Canadian Alliance and formed the Democratic Representative Caucus. Chuck Strahl was chosen leader of the caucus, which subsequently entered into a coalition agreement with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2002, after Day had lost the leadership of his party to Stephen Harper, all but one DRC MP rejoined the Canadian Alliance.
Parliamentarians
House of Commons
Senate
Changes to party standings
By-elections
Legislation and motions
Important bills of the 37th parliament include:
- Assisted Human Reproduction Act
- Canadian federal budget, 2001
- Canadian federal budget, 2003
- Canadian federal budget, 2004
- Bill C-250, declared attacks based on sexual orientation to be hate crimes.
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Pledge to Africa Act
- Anti-Terrorism Act
See also
- list of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.