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Seats emptied and filled in the House, June 2025

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· Act I

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On June 17, 2025, damien Kurek, Conservative member for Battle River—Crowfoot, resigns his seat.

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 (June 16, 2025 → June 17, 2025)
Vacant
0 → 1
Span
June 17, 2025
Events
1, each with its source
Record as of
November 1, 2026
Every seat it moves, June 17, 2025
DateMemberRidingFromToLiberal seats afterSource
Damien KurekBattle River—CrowfootConservativeVacant169ourcommons.ca

Dates are the day the record each row links gives for the change; press reports can differ by a day. Record as of ; corrections are dated in the register.

IEvent by event

· Seat vacant

Battle River—Crowfoot falls vacant

Damien Kurek, Conservative member for Battle River—Crowfoot, resigns his seat.1

Member
Damien Kurek
Sides
Conservative → Vacant
In 2025
Damien Kurek won it for the Conservatives with 82.8% of the vote, a margin of 71.1 points (Elections Canada)

After this event: LPC 169 · CPC 143 · BQ 22 · NDP 7 · GPC 1 · vacant 1. Ledger row

IIThe House before and after

The House the day before the first event, , and after the last, .

Seats by party, June 16, 2025 and June 17, 2025
PartyChange
Liberal1691690
Conservative144143−1
Bloc Québécois22220
New Democratic770
Green110
Vacant01+1
Seats343343

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: , Supply for 2025–26 passes.

Sources and citation

  1. ourcommons.ca ourcommons.ca/members/en/damien-kurek(105614)/roles

The seats: Elections Canada's official 2025 results with every event since applied to them, and the House's list of members as of November 1, 2026. Page built 2026-11-03. Corrections: the register.

"Seats emptied and filled in the House, June 2025" (An Empty Chair in Alberta). The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/house/ledger/2025-spring-seats/ Accessed 2026-11-03.