House of Commons of Canada | Wikipedia audio article
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House of Commons of Canada


00:02:12 1 Name
00:02:46 2 History
00:04:16 3 Members and electoral districts
00:06:49 4 Elections
00:09:12 5 Perquisites
00:09:51 6 Qualifications
00:11:23 7 Officers and symbols
00:16:30 8 Procedure
00:23:26 9 Committees
00:25:46 10 Legislative functions
00:27:09 11 Relationship with Her Majesty's Government
00:32:17 12 Current composition
00:32:27 13 Chamber design
00:33:44 14 See also
00:33:53 14.1 Parties and elections
00:34:13 14.2 Parliaments and members
00:35:13 15 Offices



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The House of Commons of Canada (French: Chambre des communes du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. The House of Commons chamber is located in the Centre Block of the parliament buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as Members of Parliament (MPs). There were 308 members in the last parliament (most members elected in 2011), but that number has risen to 338 following the election on Monday October 19, 2015.  Members are elected by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ridings. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically however, terms have ended before their expiry and the sitting government has typically dissolved parliament within four years of an election according to a long-standing convention. In any case, an Act of Parliament now limits each term to four years.
Seats in the House of Commons are distributed roughly in proportion to the population of each province and territory. However, some ridings are more populous than others, and the Canadian constitution contains some special provisions regarding provincial representation. As a result, there is some interprovincial and regional malapportionment relative to population.
The House of Commons was established in 1867, when the British North America Act—now called the Constitution Act, 1867—created the Dominion of Canada, and was modelled on the British House of Commons. The lower of the two houses making up the parliament, the House of Commons in practice holds far more power than the upper house, the Senate. Although the approval of both Houses is necessary for legislation, the Senate very rarely rejects bills passed by the commons (though the Senate does occasionally amend bills). Moreover, the Cabinet is responsible solely to the House of Commons. The prime minister stays in office only as long as they retain the support, or "confidence", of the lower house.