Louis Plamondon is now the longest continuously serving Member of Parliament in Canadian history, with his colleagues in the House of Commons honouring him for his record of service.

The 82-year-old served his 15,059th consecutive day as an MP on Wednesday, after surpassing former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier’s record for continuous service earlier in the week. (While Laurier accrued more overall time in the House — a total of 16,411 days — he briefly lost his seat in 1877, interrupting his record of unbroken service.)

"I don't know if it's a good sign for the future of our country if a sovereignist has broken the record of as great a Canadian as Wilfred Laurier," Liberal MP Marc Miller said Wednesday in joking tribute to Blanchet.

"I can almost forgive him for founding the Bloc Québé

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