Conventional long form: none
Conventional short form: Canada
Head of government: Prime Minister Stephen Joseph HARPER (since 6 February 2006)
Cabinet: Federal Ministry chosen by the prime minister usually from among members of his own party sitting in Parliament
Elections:
Description: bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of the Senate or Senat (105 seats; members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and can serve until age 75) and the House of Commons or Chambre des Communes (308 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve a maximum of 4-year terms)
Elections: House of Commons - last held on 2 May 2011 (next to be held no later than 19 October 2015)
Election results: House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative Party 39.6%, NDP 30.6%, Liberal Party 18.9%, Bloc Quebecois 6%, Greens 3.9%; seats by party - Conservative Party 166, NDP 103, Liberal Party 34, Bloc Quebecois 4, Greens 1
Highest court(s): Supreme Court of Canada (consists of the chief justice and 8 judges); note - in 1949, Canada finally abolished all appeals beyond its Supreme Court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)
Judge selection and term of office: chief justice and judges appointed by the prime minister in council; all judges appointed for life with mandatory retirement at age 75
Subordinate courts: federal level
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