The seating chart is laid out from the perspective of the speaker, who would be positioned at the bottom edge. These seats are to his right.
As the largest opposition party, the Liberals sit closest to the speaker's chair. Next come the Bloc Quebecois and at the top of this picture - farthest away from the speaker - are the New Democrats.
The orange coloured squares show the members of parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador.
1. The Liberals are seated from front benches to rear in order of precedence, that is in the order they were elected. Thus, Gerry Byrne sits in the second row from the front (second column from the right in the picture). Todd Russell and Scott Simms come next and in the back are the three newbies, Judy Foote, Siobhan Coady and Scott Andrews.
2. That lone seat way down the back, right next to the door and almost the farthest away from the speaker of any seat in the Commons is Jack Harris. He may be in the front bench but, since the parties have largely done away with the old practice of seating shadow cabinet people on the front benches, Jack has a seat that means something only within the New Democrat caucus.
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