Parlvu screengrab Green Party Leader Elizabeth May speaks in the House of Commons on April 29, 2019.

Elizabeth May is urging members of Parliament to take a page from Canada's smallest province when it comes to celebrating love and honouring loss. The Green Party leader rose in the House of Commons Monday for a member's statement — a one-minute speech — before question period. Watch:

"I booked this member's statement with the sole purpose of saying to all my friends in this place that I've now been happily married for a whole week," May said with a smile, scoring applause. "And they said it wouldn't last." The 64-year-old Green leader tied the knot in Victoria, B.C. last week with John Kidder, a retired technology entrepreneur. They were wed on Earth Day, of course.

Chad Hipolito/CP May and Kidder greet the crowd as her daughter Cate holds an umbrella at the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, B.C., on April 22, 2019.

But days before she walked down the aisle, a tragedy rocked P.E.I. Josh Underhay, a teacher and Green candidate in that province's election, died in a canoe accident with his six-year-old son, Oliver. The Island's Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker said the reaction from political parties on the Island — the way they all paused campaign events in Underhay's honour — proved that "community comes before partisan interests." It was a touching moment in a provincial campaign that was heralded for its cordiality.

HuffPost Canada Josh Underhay is shown with P.E.I. Green Leader Peter Bevan-Baker in a photo from Underhay's Facebook page.