During its history, a number of Canadian families have produced multiple politicians. As there are no term limits in Canada for any legislative or executive office, these families have sometimes held uninterrupted political power.
Allard–Joly (stepmother, stepdaughter) Carole-Marie Allard, Liberal MP for Laval East Mélanie Joly, Liberal MP for Ahuntsic-Cartierville and cabinet minister
Amery (father, son) Moe Amery, Alberta PC MLA for Calgary-East Mickey Amery, UCP MLA for Calgary-Cross
Ashton (father, daughter) Steve Ashton, Manitoba NDP cabinet minister for Thompson Niki Ashton, NDP MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Bédard Marc-André Bédard, Vice-Premier of Quebec and Quebec Minister of Justice Stéphane Bédard, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec and interim leader of the Parti Québécois Éric Bédard, adjunct-director for the cabinet of Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau and counsellor for the Parti Québécois led by Pauline Marois (not to be confused with Éric Bédard (historian))
Bennett (3rd cousins once removed, son)
R. B. Bennett, eleventh prime minister of Canada W. A. C. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia, 1952–1972 William R. Bennett, Premier of British Columbia, 1975–1986 Brad Bennett, Chair of BC Hydro 2015–present
Bernier (father, son)
Gilles Bernier, Quebec Progressive Conservative then Independent MP Maxime Bernier, Quebec Conservative MP and cabinet minister then People's Party of Canada founder and leader
Blaikie (father, daughter, son)
Bill Blaikie, Manitoba NDP MP, MLA, and provincial cabinet minister Rebecca Blaikie, President of the federal NDP Daniel Blaikie, Manitoba NDP MP
Braden (brothers) George Braden, 2nd Premier of the Northwest Territories Bill Braden, MLA, Northwest Territories
Bradford (mother, son) Valerie Bradford, Liberal MP for Kitchener South—Hespeler Brad Bradford, Toronto city councillor and mayoral candidate in 2023
Brewin (father, son, daughter-in-law) Andrew Brewin, NDP MP for Greenwood (1962–1979) John Brewin, NDP MP for Victoria (1988–1993) Gretchen Brewin, Mayor of Victoria, BC NDP MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill (1991–2001), and Speaker of the BC legislature Andrew Brewin's grandfather Andrew George Blair was also Liberal Premier of New Brunswick and a federal MP and cabinet minister
Cadman (husband, wife) Chuck Cadman, Reform, Canadian Alliance, and Independent MP for Surrey North (1997–2005) Dona Cadman, Conservative MP for Surrey North (2008–2011)
Cannon–Power (GGG-grandfather, G-grandfather, granduncles, grandfathers, uncles, son)
John Cannon, member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada William Power, member of the House of Commons Joseph Ignatius Power, member of the Quebec Legislative Assembly William Gerard Power, member of the Quebec Legislative Council Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and Supreme Court Justice Charles Gavan Power, federal cabinet minister (Minister of Pensions and National Health, Postmaster General), Senator for Quebec (1955–1968), MP for Quebec South (1917–1955) Lucien Cannon, federal cabinet minister (Solicitor General), Liberal MLA for Dorchester (1913–1917), MP for Dorchester (1917–1930) and Portneuf (1935–1936). Francis Gavan Power, Liberal MP for Quebec South (1955–1958) Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, Liberal MP for Îles-de-la-Madeleine (1949–1958) Lawrence Cannon, provincial cabinet minister (Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministers of Foreign Trade and Technological Development, Tourism; Minister for Communications) and federal cabinet minister (Foreign Minister, Minister of Transport), Liberal MNA for La Peltrie (1985–1994), Conservative MP for Pontiac (2006–2011) Philippe Cannon, chief of staff in two ministries of Quebec
Caouette (father, son)
Réal Caouette, MP for Pontiac (1946–1949), MP for Villeneuve (1962–1968,) Leader of the Ralliement créditiste (1963–1971), MP for Témiscamingue (1968–1976), Leader of the Social Credit Party (1971–1976) Gilles Caouette, MP for Charlevoix (1972–1974), MP for Témiscamingue (1976–1979), Acting Leader of the Social Credit Party (1976)
Caplan (mother, son)
Elinor Caplan, Liberal MPP and provincial cabinet (Health, Management Board), Liberal MP and federal cabinet minister (as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, National Revenue) David Caplan, Liberal MPP and provincial minister (Health, Infrastructure)
Carr (Manitoba) (father, son)
Jim Carr, Manitoba MLA, Liberal MP for Winnipeg South Centre and federal minister Ben Carr (politician), Liberal MP for Winnipeg South Centre
Carr (New Brunswick) (two twin brothers and their older brother)
Jack Carr, MLA, New Brunswick Jody Carr, MLA, New Brunswick Jeff Carr, MLA, New Brunswick
Casgrain-Beaubien Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain Sr, MLA Lower Canada Philippe Baby Casgrain MNA, son of Charles-Eusèbe Charles Eusèbe Casgrain, Senator for Ontario, son of Charles-Eusèbe Thomas Chase Casgrain MNA, MP, son of Charles Eusèbe Léon Casgrain (1892–1967), Quebec MLA, great-grandson of Charles-Eusèbe Pierre Beaubien, MLA Canada East, president of SSJBM, municipal politician in Montreal Joseph-Octave Beaubien (nephew), MLA Canada East, MP Louis Beaubien, MNA, president of SSJBM, co-founder of Outremont Charles-Philippe Beaubien (son of Louis), senator Louis-Philippe Beaubien (grandson of Louis), senator (many more, see :fr:Famille Casgrain)
Chiarelli (cousins)
Bob Chiarelli, mayor of Ottawa, Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton, provincial MPP and cabinet minister (Ministers of Energy, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Transportation, Energy and Infrastructure) Rick Chiarelli, city councillor in Ottawa John Chiarelli, former Catholic school board trustee in Ottawa Peter Chiarelli, ice hockey executive, nephew of Bob
Chan–Yip (husband, wife)
Arnold Chan, Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt Jean Yip, Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt (widow's succession beginning in a by-election upon Chan's death)
Chartrand
Michel Chartrand, president of CSN union federation, founder of Parti Socialiste du Québec Simonne Monet-Chartrand (wife of Michel), founder of Fédération des femmes du Québec
Chrétien–Desmarais (father-nephew-daughter)
Jean Chrétien, prime minister Raymond Chrétien, Ambassador to the USA France Chrétien Desmarais, husband advisor to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) international advisors council
Clark (husband-wife-their daughter)
Joe Clark, 16th Prime Minister of Canada (1979–1980) Maureen McTeer, 1988 Progressive Conservative candidate in Carleton—Gloucester, and legal scholar and ethicist Catherine Clark, Cable Public Affairs Channel presenter and marketing consultant
Clement (stepfather-stepson)
John Clement, Ontario cabinet minister Tony Clement, Ontario cabinet minister, federal cabinet minister
Copps (father-daughter)
Victor K. Copps, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario Sheila Copps, federal cabinet minister
Crosbie (grandfather, father, son)
Sir John Chalker Crosbie, cabinet minister in pre-Confederation Newfoundland Chesley Crosbie, politician and anti-Confederation campaigner John Crosbie, federal cabinet minister Ches Crosbie, MHA,MHA Leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador Progressive Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition Beth Crosbie, daughter of John and sister of Ches, was a PC candidate for the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly and was President of the Canadian Real Estate Association.
Cuzetto–Gualtieri (siblings)
Rudy Cuzzetto, MPP for Mississauga—Lakeshore Silvia Gualtieri, MPP for Mississauga East—Cooksville
Silvia Gualtieri is also the mother-in-law of Patrick Brown via his marriage to her daughter, Genevieve Gualtieri.
David (great-grandfather, grandfather, father, sisters)
Laurent-Olivier David, MNA Montréal-Est, senator Mille-Isles, founder of newspapers, journalist, historian Athanase David, federal cabinet minister, senator Paul David, senator Françoise David, co-speaker of Québec Solidaire, MNA for Gouin Hélène David, Quebec minister of Culture and communications, Liberal MNA for Outremont
Davie-Fulton (2 brothers, son-in-law, grandson)
Theodore Davie, Premier of British Columbia, 1878–1879 Alexander Edmund Batson Davie, Premier of British Columbia 1892–1895 (brother of Theodore Davie) Frederick John Fulton, Unionist Member of Parliament for Cariboo, 1917 (father of Davie Fulton) Davie Fulton, Member of Parliament Progressive Conservative and British Columbia Conservative Leader (grandson of Premier Davie)
De Lorimier
Claude-Nicolas-Guillaume de Lorimier Jr, MLA Lower Canada François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier (grandson of brother), notary, Parti patriote activist, captain of patriot army, executed at Pied-du-Courant Prison
De Lotbinière
Louis-Théandre Chartier de Lotbinière Lieutenant-General for Civil and Criminal Affairs, Attorney-General of New France René-Louis Chartier de Lotbinière Chief Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France, Deputy Attorney-General of New France Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière Councillor of the Sovereign Council of New France (1710–1749), Keeper of the Seals of New France (1717–1726) Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière (grandson of Eustache), MLA Lower Canada (Speaker in 1794–1797) Antoine Chartier de Lotbinière Harwood (grandson of Michel), MLA Canada-East, MNA Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (grandson of Michel), MLA Canada-East, MNA, Premier of Quebec (1878–1879), MP, federal minister Henry Stanislas Harwood (grandson of Michel), Mayor of Vaudreuil, Liberal Party of Canada MP Robert Harwood (politician) (grandson of Michel), Liberal-Conservative Party MP
Dewar (mother-son)
Marion Dewar, mayor of Ottawa (1978–85) and NDP MP for Hamilton Mountain (1987–88) Paul Dewar, NDP MP for Ottawa Centre (2006–15)
Dinn (brothers) Jim Dinn, Newfoundland and Labrador NDP Member of the House of Assembly Paul Dinn, Newfoundland and Labrador PC Member of the House of Assembly The brothers served together in the legislature for the competing parties.
Dorion
Pierre-Antoine Dorion, MLA Lower Canada Jean-Baptiste-Éric Dorion, MLA Canada East, co-founder of Institut canadien de Montréal Antoine-Aimé Dorion, MLA Canada East, Premier Canada East 1858–1858 & 1863–1864 Vincislas-Paul-Wilfrid Dorion, lawyer, journalist, politician, judge
Douglas (father, daughter)
Tommy Douglas, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and then founder of the New Democratic Party (NDP), member of Canadian House of Commons (CCF), MLA, leader of the Saskatchewan CCF and Premier of Saskatchewan (CCF), set up North America's first single-payer, universal healthcare program (Saskatchewan), leader of federal NDP, Canadian Member of Parliament (NDP) Shirley Douglas (daughter of Tommy Douglas), Canadian actress and activist, ex-wife of actor Donald Sutherland, mother of Thomas Emil Sicks, actor Kiefer Sutherland, and film and television producer Rachel Sutherland
Duceppe (grandfather, father, son)
Jean Duceppe, actor, radio personality, president of Union des artistes Gilles Duceppe, first MP elected as Bloc Québécois, leader of Bloc Québécois, 24th federal Leader of Opposition Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, Bloc Québécois MP for Lac-Saint-Jean
Eyking (husband, wife)
Mark Eyking, Liberal MP Pam Eyking, Liberal MLA
Fanjoy (uncle, nephew)
Harold Fanjoy, Progressive Conservative MLA for Kings Centre (1974–1987) Bruce Fanjoy, Liberal MP for Carleton
Ferron
J.-Émile Ferron, MP (PLC), lawyer Jacques Ferron (son of J.-Émile), founder of the Rhinoceros Party of Canada (1963–93), physician, writer Madeleine Ferron (daughter of J.-Émile), wife of politician/judge Robert Cliche
Flaherty-Elliott (husband, wife)
Jim Flaherty, late provincial and federal cabinet minister Christine Elliott, PC MPP
Ford
Doug Ford, Sr., former PC MPP (1995–1999) Rob Ford, 64th Mayor of Toronto, Toronto City Councillor; son of Doug Doug Ford, Jr., 26th Premier of Ontario, Toronto City Councillor; son of Doug