Template:39th Canadian Parliament standings

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Current standings in the 39^th Canadian Parliament
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Affiliation		House Members[1]		Senate Members[2]
		2006 Election Results	As at April 7, 2008	On Election Day 2006¹	As at Feb 4, 2008
	Conservative	124	127	23	22
	Liberal	103	96	67	60
	Bloc Québécois	51	48	0	0
	New Democratic Party	29	30	1²	0
	Independent	1	4³	5	5
	Progressive Conservative	0	0	4	3
	Independent NDP	0	0	0	1²
Total members		308	305	100	91
	vacant	0	3	5	14
Total seats		308		105

_{¹Members of the Canadian Senate are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and remain as Senators until the age of 75, even if the House of Commons has been dissolved or an election has been called.
²Lillian Dyck was officially designated as affiliated with the New Democratic Party, despite the fact that the party would not accept her affiliation (due to the party's position on the Senate). Her official affiliation did not change until October 31, 2006.
³André Arthur, Louise Thibault, Bill Casey, and Blair Wilson.}