The Speech from the Throne
King Charles III reads the Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament in the Senate, opening the first session of the 45th Parliament.1
After this event: LPC 169 · CPC 144 · BQ 22 · NDP 7 · GPC 1. Ledger row
Votes and moments in the House, May to June 2025
The Speech and the Purse ·
On May 27, 2025, king Charles III reads the Speech from the Throne to both Houses of Parliament in the Senate, opening the first session of the 45th Parliament. On June 17, 2025, the House concurs in the 2025–26 Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) and passes their appropriation bills, C-6 and C-7, by 194 votes to 141 in each of eight divisions.
Today: As of November 1, 2026, the Liberals hold 173 of 343 seats, the Conservatives 137, the Bloc Québécois 21, the NDP 5, and the Greens 1; 6 seats are vacant, and 172 make a majority. How the House stands
- Liberal seats
- 169 → 169 (May 26, 2025 → June 17, 2025)
- Vacant
- 0 → 1
- Span
- May 27, 2025 to June 17, 2025
- Events
- 2, each with its source
- Record as of
- November 1, 2026
IEvent by event
Supply for 2025–26 passes
The House concurs in the 2025–26 Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) and passes their appropriation bills, C-6 and C-7, by 194 votes to 141 in each of eight divisions.2
After this event: LPC 169 · CPC 144 · BQ 22 · NDP 7 · GPC 1. Ledger row
IIThe House before and after
The House the day before the first event, , and after the last, .
| Party | Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 169 | 169 | 0 |
| Conservative | 144 | 143 | −1 |
| Bloc Québécois | 22 | 22 | 0 |
| New Democratic | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Green | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vacant | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Seats | 343 | 343 |
Source: the events applied to Elections Canada's 2025 results; every event's own source is listed below.
Also in this span. One other event moved the board between those dates, so the change above is not this story's alone: , Battle River—Crowfoot falls vacant.