C-38 THIRD READING VOTE RESULTS

The following is an excerpt from the House of Commons Journal for Tuesday, June 28, 2005. It contains the results of the third reading vote on Bill C-38, which passed 158 – 133. This vote meant the equal marriage bill passed the House of Commons.

The list is of MPs by last name, with ridings shown in brackets to distinguish MPs with the same last name. MPs not listed were either absent or abstained. The Speaker does not vote except when there is a tie.



Government Orders

The House resumed consideration of the motion of Mr. Cotler (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Peterson (Minister of International Trade), — That Bill C-38, An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes, be now read a third time and do pass;

At 8:17 p.m., pursuant to Order made Monday, June 27, 2005, under the provisions of Standing Order 78(2), the Speaker interrupted the proceedings.

The question was put on the main motion and it was agreed to on the following division:

(Division No. 156 -- Vote no 156)

YEAS: 158, NAYS: 133


YEAS

Adams
Alcock
Anderson (Victoria)
André
Angus
Augustine
Bachand
Bagnell
Bains
Barnes
Beaumier
Bélanger
Bell
Bellavance
Bennett
Bevilacqua
Bigras
Blaikie
Blais
Blondin-Andrew
Boire
Boivin
Bonsant
Boudria
Boulianne
Bourgeois
Bradshaw
Brison
Broadbent
Brown (Oakville)
Brunelle
Bulte
Carrier
Carroll
Catterall
Chan
Christopherson
Clavet
Cleary
Coderre
Comartin
Côté
Cotler
Crête
Crowder
Cullen (Skeena—Bulkley Valley)
D'Amours
Davies
Demers
Deschamps
DeVillers
Dhalla
Dion
Dosanjh
Drouin
Dryden
Duceppe
Easter
Emerson
Eyking
Faille
Folco
Fontana
Frulla
Fry
Gagnon (Québec)
Gagnon (Saint-Maurice—Champlain)
Gagnon (Jonquière—Alma)
Gauthier
Godbout
Godfrey
Godin
Goodale
Graham
Guarnieri
Guay
Guimond
Holland
Ianno
Jennings
Julian
Kadis
Karetak-Lindell
Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)
Laframboise
Lalonde
Lapierre (Outremont)
Lapierre (Lévis—Bellechasse)
Lavallée
Layton
LeBlanc
Lemay
Lessard
Lévesque
Loubier
Macklin
Marceau
Marleau
Martin (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca)
Martin (Winnipeg Centre)
Martin (LaSalle—Émard)
Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)
Masse
McCallum
McDonough
McGuinty
McGuire
McLellan
Ménard (Hochelaga)
Ménard (Marc-Aurèle-Fortin)
Minna
Mitchell
Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)
Murphy
Myers
Neville
Owen
Paradis
Peterson
Pettigrew
Phinney
Picard (Drummond)
Pickard (Chatham-Kent—Essex)
Plamondon
Poirier-Rivard
Powers
Prentice
Proulx
Ratansi
Redman
Regan
Robillard
Rodriguez
Rota
Roy
Russell
Saada
Sauvageau
Savage
Scott
Sgro
Siksay
Silva
Simard (Beauport—Limoilou)
Smith (Pontiac)
St. Amand
St. Denis
Stoffer
Stronach
Telegdi
Temelkovski
Thibault (West Nova)
Torsney
Valeri
Valley
Vincent
Volpe
Wrzesnewskyj

Total: -- 158


NAYS

Abbott
Ablonczy
Allison
Ambrose
Anders
Anderson (Cypress Hills—Grasslands)
Batters
Benoit
Bezan
Bonin
Boshcoff
Bouchard
Breitkreuz
Brown (Leeds—Grenville)
Cannis
Cardin
Carr
Carrie
Casey
Casson
Chamberlain
Chatters
Chong
Comuzzi
Cummins
Cuzner
Day
Desjarlais
Devolin
Doyle
Duncan
Epp
Finley
Fitzpatrick
Fletcher
Forseth
Gallant
Gallaway
Gaudet
Goldring
Goodyear
Grewal (Newton—North Delta)
Grewal (Fleetwood—Port Kells)
Guergis
Hanger
Harper
Harris
Harrison
Hearn
Hiebert
Hill
Hinton
Hubbard
Jaffer
Jean
Johnston
Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)
Karygiannis
Kenney (Calgary Southeast)
Khan
Kilgour
Komarnicki
Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)
Lastewka
Lauzon
Lee
Longfield
Lukiwski
Lunn
Lunney
MacAulay
MacKay (Central Nova)
MacKenzie
Malhi
Maloney
Mark
Matthews
McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)
McTeague
Menzies
Merrifield
Miller
Mills
Moore (Fundy Royal)
Nicholson
O'Brien
O'Connor
Obhrai
Oda
Pacetti
Pallister
Perron
Poilievre
Preston
Rajotte
Reid
Reynolds
Richardson
Ritz
Savoy
Scarpaleggia
Scheer
Schellenberger
Schmidt (Kelowna—Lake Country)
Simard (Saint Boniface)
Simms
Skelton
Smith (Kildonan—St. Paul)
Solberg
Sorenson
Steckle
Stinson
Strahl
Szabo
Thibault (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)
Thompson (New Brunswick Southwest)
Thompson (Wild Rose)
Tilson
Toews
Tonks
Trost
Tweed
Ur
Van Loan
Vellacott
Wappel
Warawa
Watson
White
Wilfert
Williams
Yelich
Zed

Total: -- 133


PAIRED

Bergeron
Cullen (Etobicoke North)
Paquette
Patry


Accordingly, the Bill was read the third time and passed.




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