Talk:List of Canadian federal parliaments

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[edit] Failed AFD

This article's AFD debate got consensus to keep. Johnleemk | Talk 12:59, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] messy

It looks somewhat messy in the parliaments where the ruling party changed. Is there some way to make all of the years line up with each other (other than turning the thing into a table)? -arctic gnome 00:48, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm making a chart. If it looks really dumb I'll revert. -arctic gnome 00:10, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conservative/Liberal-Conservative

When do people think that we should start calling the "Conservative/Liberal-Conservative" just "Conservative"? Do we bother using both names when the coalition is in opposition? Do we use the full name when the "Conservatives" had enough seats to have formed government by themselves without the help of the "Liberal-Conservatives"? In the 12th Canadian Parliament, the "Liberal-Conservatives" only had one seat, but they were still part of the coalition, do we use the name then? -arctic gnome 01:31, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancies with sources

This list wasn't featured on WP:FLC because there are discrepancies between the information in it and the information given on one of its references, specifically the list of Leaders of the Opposition. Some work needs to be done to clarify any conflicts that exist between this list and its source. TheGrappler 18:52, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured List

This should be a featured list now. How does it get one of those little stars at the top right of the page? --Arctic Gnome 22:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

I'm new to this subject but I have two comments about this great list.

  • Why is the list's name List of Canadian federal parliaments and not List of Canadian parliaments, since there's no mention of the "federal parliament" term in the page?
  • And could you increase the width of the "Parliament and election" columns so that elections and sessions fill only two lines? Thank you. CG 09:20, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Good points. I've added the word "federal" to the first line and linked it, but I may have to be a bit clearer. I'm worried about making the list any wider, as people with smaller monitors were having problems viewing it when it was any bigger; also, I personally like the two lines below the Parliament name. --Arctic Gnome 19:11, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the first point. As for the second, I didn't mean to create new colums, but to widen just a litlle bit the "Parliament and election" columns because it appears like this:

1st Canadian Parliament
— elected
1867
— (5
sessions

CG 20:45, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's no good. I've widened the first column a bit. Tweek it some more if it still looks bad on your display, or ask me to do it if you don't know the table code. --Arctic Gnome 22:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
It looks like the biggest problem is that it's treating "Liberal-Conservative Party" as only two words, so it won't break them up. I'll add a space on either side of the dash. --Arctic Gnome 23:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the late Thank you. CG 09:45, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] new column

I want to add a column about what other parties had official party status in each parliament. However, if we make the list any wider it won't show up right on small menitors, so would anyone oppose getting rid of the speakers column? Who the speaker is isn't really a critical piece of information and anyone interested can just go look at the list of speakers. --Arctic Gnome 17:57, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where's the Canadian Senate?

See the 39th Canadian Parliament Talk page, for discussion. GoodDay 20:36, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

How do think the senate should be worked into the table? --Arctic Gnome 22:35, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, though it's painstaking, may have to check list of All Canadian Senators tenures; and add them accordingly to each #Canadian Parliment. GoodDay 22:44, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to (in the next few days), begin adding the Canadian Senators (past & present), to the 1st through 39th Canadian Parliments. It will take a long, long, long time. Put I'll give it a try. GoodDay 22:52, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Most of them don't even have lists of MPs. I would think the lists of lower house members would be a priority if you want to spend that much time on these articles. --Arctic Gnome 22:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Well, if not the actual Senators then at least the political party composition of the Senate during those Parliaments. GoodDay 01:08, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
I've added some seat counts in the Senate, though I need to find a new source for older Parliaments. --Arctic Gnome 07:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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