41st Canadian Parliament

41st Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
2 June 2011 – 2 August 2015
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper February 6, 2006 – November 4, 2015
Cabinet	28th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Jack Layton May 2, 2011 – August 22, 2011 (His death)
	Nycole Turmel August 23, 2011 – March 23, 2012
	Hon. Thomas Mulcair March 24, 2012 – November 4, 2015
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Senate Opp.	Senate Liberal Caucus*
Recognized	Liberal Party
Unrecognized	Bloc Québécois
	Green Party
	Strength in Democracy
	Progressive Conservative*
* Only in the Senate.
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Andrew Scheer June 2, 2011 – December 2, 2015
Government House Leader	Hon. Peter Van Loan May 18, 2011 – November 4, 2015
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Thomas Mulcair June 2, 2011 – October 14, 2011
	Joe Comartin October 14, 2011 – April 19, 2012
	Nathan Cullen April 20, 2012 – March 19, 2014
	Peter Julian March 20, 2014 – November 18, 2015
Members	308 MP seats List of members
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Noël A. Kinsella February 8, 2006 – November 27, 2014
	Hon. Pierre Claude Nolin November 27, 2014 – April 23, 2015
	Hon. Leo Housakos April 24, 2015 - August 2, 2015
Government Senate Leader	Hon. Marjory LeBreton February 6, 2006 – July 14, 2013
	Claude Carignan August 30, 2013 – November 4, 2015
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Jim Cowan November 3, 2008 – November 4, 2015
Senators	105 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – 8 September 2022
Governor General	Rt. Hon. David Johnston October 1, 2010 – October 2, 2017
Sessions
1st session June 2, 2011 – September 13, 2013
2nd session October 16, 2013 – August 2, 2015
← 40th → 42nd

The 41st Canadian Parliament was in session from June 2, 2011 to August 2, 2015, with the membership of its House of Commons having been determined by the results of the 2011 federal election held on May 2, 2011. Parliament convened on June 2, 2011, with the election of Andrew Scheer as Speaker, followed the next day with the Speech from the Throne. There were two sessions in this Parliament. On August 2, 2015, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and issue the writ of election, leading to an 11-week election campaign period for the 2015 federal election. Significant legislation adopted during the 41st Parliament included the Copyright Modernization Act, the Safe Streets and Communities Act, the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, the Jobs and Growth Act and the Fair Elections Act.