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Before the enactment of federal laws recognizing same-sex marriage, due to this fact, the applying of federal marriage regulation differed depending on the province or territory. Until the passage of the Civil Marriage Act, the previous definition of marriage remained binding within the four jurisdictions (two provinces and two territories) the place courts had not yet ruled it unconstitutional, but void in the 9 jurisdictions (eight provinces and one territory) where it had been successfully challenged before the courts. The court additionally dominated that Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, and Elaine and Anne Vautour, two identical-sex couples who were married on January 14, 2001, at a marriage ceremony ceremony in the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto following an historic frequent-regulation process referred to as the studying of the banns, would be considered legally married. Following the 2006 election, which was gained by a Conservative minority government below Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the House of Commons defeated a movement to reopen the matter by a vote of 175 to 123 on December 7, 2006, successfully reaffirming the legislation. The federal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin supported the bill however allowed a free vote by its backbench MPs within the House of Commons.