Third Reading Vote on Bill C-38
(Civil Marriage Act)

Vote date: June 28, 2005

This bill changes the legal definition of marriage from being the union of only one man and one woman by amending relevant federal legislation according to the following sentence in Bill C-38:

"Marriage, for civil purposes, is the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others"

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Voting By Party

YEAS
BQ - 43
CPC - 3
IND - 0
LIB - 95
NDP - 17

NAYS
BQ - 5
CPC - 93
IND - 2
LIB - 32
NDP - 1
ABSENT
BQ - 4
CPC - 3
IND - 2
LIB - 3
NDP - 1
PAIRED
BQ - 2
LIB - 2


Yeas - 158
Adams, Peter LIB
Alcock, Reg LIB
Anderson, David LIB
Andre, Guy BQ
Angus, Charlie NDP
Augustine, Jean LIB
Bachand, Claude BQ
Bagnell, Larry LIB
Bains, Navdeep Singh LIB
Barnes, Sue LIB
Beaumier, Colleen LIB
Belanger, Mauril LIB
Bell, Don LIB
Bellavance, Andre BQ
Bennett, Carolyn LIB
Bevilacqua, Maurizio LIB
Bigras, Bernard BQ
Blaikie, Bill NDP
Blais, Raynald BQ
Blondin-Andrew, Ethel LIB
Boire, Alain BQ
Boivin, Francoise LIB
Bonsant, France BQ
Boudria, Don LIB
Boulianne, Marc BQ
Bourgeois, Diane BQ
Bradshaw, Claudette LIB
Brison, Scott LIB
Broadbent, Ed NDP
Brown, Bonnie LIB
Brunelle, Paule BQ
Bulte, Sarmite LIB
Carrier, Robert BQ
Carroll, Aileen LIB
Catterall, Marlene LIB
Chan, Raymond LIB
Christopherson, Dave NDP
Clavet, Roger BQ
Cleary, Bernard BQ
Coderre, Denis LIB
Comartin, Joe NDP
Cote, Guy BQ
Cotler, Irwin LIB
Crete, Paul BQ
Crowder, Jean NDP
Cullen, Nathan NDP
D'Amours, Jean-Claude LIB
Davies, Libby NDP
Demers, Nicole BQ
Deschamps, Johanne BQ
DeVillers, Paul LIB
Dhalla, Ruby LIB
Dion, Stephane LIB
Dosanjh, Ujjal LIB
Drouin, Claude LIB
Dryden, Ken LIB
Duceppe, Gilles BQ
Easter, Wayne LIB
Emerson, David LIB
Eyking, Mark LIB
Faille, Meili BQ
Folco, Raymonde LIB
Fontana, Joe LIB
Frulla, Liza LIB
Fry, Hedy LIB
Gagnon, Christiane BQ
Gagnon, Marcel BQ
Gagnon, Sebastien BQ
Gauthier, Michel BQ
Godbout, Marc LIB
Godfrey, John LIB
Godin, Yvon NDP
Goodale, Ralph LIB
Graham, Bill LIB
Guarnieri, Albina LIB
Guay, Monique BQ
Guimond, Michel BQ
Holland, Mark LIB
Ianno, Tony LIB
Jennings, Marlene LIB
Julian, Peter NDP
Kadis, Susan LIB
Karetak-Lindell, Nancy LIB
Keddy, Gerald CPC
Laframboise, Mario BQ
Lalonde, Francine BQ
Lapierre, Real BQ
Lapierre, Jean LIB
Lavallee, Carole BQ
Layton, Jack NDP
LeBlanc, Dominic LIB
Lemay, Marc BQ
Lessard, Yves BQ
Levesque, Yvon BQ
Loubier, Yvan BQ
Macklin, Paul LIB
Marceau, Richard BQ
Marleau, Diane LIB
Martin, Tony NDP
Martin, Keith LIB
Martin, Pat NDP
Martin, Paul LIB
Masse, Brian NDP
McCallum, John LIB
McDonough, Alexa NDP
McGuinty, David LIB
McGuire, Joe LIB
McLellan, Anne LIB
Menard, Real BQ
Menard, Serge BQ
Minna, Maria LIB
Mitchell, Andy LIB
Moore, James CPC
Murphy, Shawn LIB
Myers, Lynn LIB
Neville, Anita LIB
Owen, Stephen LIB
Paradis, Denis LIB
Peterson, Jim LIB
Pettigrew, Pierre LIB
Phinney, Beth LIB
Picard, Pauline BQ
Pickard, Jerry LIB
Plamondon, Louis BQ
Poirier-Rivard, Denise BQ
Powers, Russ LIB
Prentice, Jim CPC
Proulx, Marcel LIB
Ratansi, Yasmin LIB
Redman, Karen LIB
Regan, Geoff LIB
Robillard, Lucienne LIB
Rodriguez, Pablo LIB
Rota, Anthony LIB
Roy, Jean-Yves BQ
Russell, Todd LIB
Saada, Jacques LIB
Sauvageau, Benoit BQ
Savage, Michael LIB
Scott, Andy LIB
Sgro, Judy LIB
Siksay, Bill NDP
Silva, Mario LIB
Simard, Christian BQ
Smith, David LIB
St. Denis, Brent LIB
St.Armand, Lloyd LIB
Stoffer, Peter NDP
Stronach, Belinda LIB
Telegdi, Andrew LIB
Temelkovski, Lui LIB
Thibault, Robert LIB
Torsney, Paddy LIB
Valeri, Tony LIB
Valley, Roger LIB
Vincent, Robert BQ
Volpe, Joe LIB
Wrzesnewskyj, Borys LIB


Nays - 133
Abbott, Jim CPC
Ablonczy, Diane CPC
Allison, Dean CPC
Ambrose, Rona CPC
Anders, Rob CPC
Anderson, David CPC
Batters, Dave CPC
Benoit, Leon CPC
Bezan, James CPC
Bonin, Ray LIB
Boshcoff, Ken LIB
Bouchard, Robert BQ
Breitkreuz, Garry CPC
Brown, Gord CPC
Cannis, John LIB
Cardin, Serge BQ
Carr, Gary LIB
Carrie, Colin CPC
Casey, Bill CPC
Casson, Rick CPC
Chamberlain, Brenda LIB
Chatters, Dave CPC
Chong, Michael CPC
Comuzzi, Joe LIB
Cummins, John CPC
Cuzner, Roger LIB
Day, Stockwell CPC
Desjarlais, Bev NDP
Devolin, Barry CPC
Doyle, Norman CPC
Duncan, John CPC
Epp, Ken CPC
Finley, Diane CPC
Fitzpatrick, Brian CPC
Fletcher, Steven CPC
Forseth, Paul CPC
Gallant, Cheryl CPC
Gallaway, Roger LIB
Gaudet, Roger BQ
Goldring, Peter CPC
Goodyear, Gary CPC
Grewal, Nina CPC
Grewal, Gurmant CPC
Guergis, Helena CPC
Hanger, Art CPC
Harper, Stephen CPC
Harris, Richard CPC
Harrison, Jeremy CPC
Hearn, Loyola CPC
Hiebert, Russ CPC
Hill, Jay CPC
Hinton, Betty CPC
Hubbard, Charles LIB
Jaffer, Rahim CPC
Jean, Brian CPC
Johnston, Dale CPC
Kamp, Randy CPC
Karygiannis, Jim LIB
Kenney, Jason CPC
Khan, Wajid LIB
Kilgour, David IND
Komarnicki, Ed CPC
Kramp, Daryl CPC
Lastewka, Walt LIB
Lauzon, Guy CPC
Lee, Derek LIB
Longfield, Judi LIB
Lukiwski, Tom CPC
Lunn, Gary CPC
Lunney, James CPC
MacAuley, Lawrence LIB
MacKay, Peter CPC
Mackenzie, David CPC
Malhi, Gurbax LIB
Maloney, John LIB
Mark, Inky CPC
Matthews, Bill LIB
McKay, John LIB
McTeague, Dan LIB
Menzies, Ted CPC
Merrifield, Rob CPC
Miller, Larry CPC
Mills, Bob CPC
Moore, Rob CPC
Nicholson, Rob CPC
Obhrai, Deepak CPC
O'Brien, Pat IND
O'Connor, Gordon CPC
Oda, Bev CPC

Pacetti, Massimo LIB
Pallister, Brian CPC
Perron, Gilles BQ
Poilievre, Pierre CPC
Preston, Joe CPC
Rajotte, James CPC
Reid, Scott CPC
Reynolds, John CPC
Richardson, Lee CPC
Ritz, Gerry CPC
Savoy, Andy LIB
Scarpaleggia, Francis LIB
Scheer, Andrew CPC
Schellenberger, Gary CPC
Schmidt, Werner CPC
Simard, Raymond LIB
Simms, Scott LIB
Skelton, Carol CPC
Smith, Joy CPC
Solberg, Monte CPC
Sorenson, Kevin CPC
Steckle, Paul LIB
Stinson, Darrel CPC
Strahl, Chuck CPC
Szabo, Paul LIB
Thibault, Louise BQ
Thompson, Myron CPC
Thompson, Greg CPC
Tilson, David CPC
Toews, Vic CPC
Tonks, Alan LIB
Trost, Brad CPC
Tweed, Merv CPC
Ur, Rose-Marie LIB
Van Loan, Peter CPC
Vellacott, Maurice CPC
Wappel, Tom LIB
Warawa, Mark CPC
Watson, Jeffrey CPC
White, Randy CPC
Wilfert, Bryon LIB
Williams, John CPC
Yelich, Lynne CPC
Zed, Paul LIB


Absent - 13
Asselin, Gerard BQ
Bakopanos, Eleni LIB
Byrne, Gerry LIB
Cadman, Chuck IND
Desrochers, Odina BQ
Efford, John LIB
Gouk, Jim CPC
Kotto, Maka BQ

Parrish, Carolyn IND
Penson, Charlie CPC
St.-Hilaire, Caroline BQ
Wasylyclia-Leis, Judy NDP


Paired - 4

Bergeron, Stephane BQ
Cullen, Roy LIB

Paquette, Pierre BQ
Patry, Bernard LIB


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