Canadian House of Commons Timeline of Events

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The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

Timeline of Events

1976

6.22.1976

The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.

1979

12.13.1979

The Canadian Government of Prime Minister Joe Clark is defeated in the House of Commons, prompting the 1980 Canadian election.

1988

2.29.1988

Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.

2006

11.27.2006

The Canadian House of Commons endorses Prime Minister Stephen Harper's motion to declare Quebec a nation within a unified Canada.