Member of Parliament of Canada

E649029

elected position federal legislator public office

A Member of Parliament of Canada is an elected representative who serves in the House of Commons, helping to create federal laws and oversee the government on behalf of a specific electoral district.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Member of the House of Commons of Canada	3

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	elected position ⓘ federal legislator ⓘ public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MP NERFINISHED ⓘ federal MP ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch ⓘ
canBeReelected	true ⓘ
canIntroduce	bills ⓘ motions ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
electedBy	Canadian citizens ⓘ eligible voters in the electoral district ⓘ
electionType	federal by-election ⓘ federal general election ⓘ
eligibleBody	House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingLaw	Canada Elections Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Canada Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPrivilege	parliamentary privilege ⓘ
ineligibleBody	Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislativeBody	House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
levelOfGovernment	federal ⓘ
mayBelongTo	recognized federal political party ⓘ
maySitAs	independent ⓘ
notToBeConfusedWith	Member of Provincial Parliament ⓘ Member of the National Assembly of Quebec ⓘ
oathRequired	Oath of Allegiance NERFINISHED ⓘ
oathTo	the King of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightRole	examining public policy ⓘ questioning the government ⓘ reviewing government spending ⓘ
participatesIn	debates in the House of Commons ⓘ parliamentary committees ⓘ voting on bills ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	government oversight ⓘ lawmaking ⓘ representation of constituents ⓘ
remunerationSource	federal public funds ⓘ
represents	electoral district ⓘ riding ⓘ
requires	Canadian citizenship ⓘ minimum age of 18 years ⓘ
termLength	until dissolution of Parliament ⓘ up to 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem	first-past-the-post ⓘ
workLocation	Ottawa, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Erin O'Toole → positionHeld → Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ

Arthur Meighen → positionHeld → Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ

Pierre Poilievre → positionHeld → Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the House of Commons of Canada

Sir Charles Tupper → positionHeld → Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the House of Commons of Canada

Jack Layton → positionHeld → Member of Parliament of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Member of the House of Commons of Canada