House of Commons braces for record avalanche of rookie MPs, legal notice of election for nearly all 338 now published by Canada Gazette

As of Thursday, notices of election for 331 Members of what will be the 42nd Parliament of Canada had been published by the Canada Gazette, one of the final steps for all 338 elected candidates, along with swearing an oath of office, before being able to take a seat in the House of Commons.

MPs are being sworn into office “back-to-back” and House of Commons administrators, food service staff and other Parliament Hill employees are bracing for an unprecedented avalanche of rookie MPs as Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand was set Thursday to legally register the last ha...

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