26th Canadian Parliament
| 26th Canadian Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Minority parliament | |||
| May. 16, 1963 – Sep. 8, 1965 | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Lester B. Pearson Apr. 22, 1963 – Apr. 20, 1968 | ||
| Cabinet | 19th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | John Diefenbaker April 22, 1963 – September 8, 1967 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | Social Credit Party | ||
| New Democratic Party | |||
| House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Alan Macnaughton May 16, 1963 – January 17, 1966 | ||
| Government House leader | Jack Pickersgill May 16, 1963 – December 21, 1963 | ||
| Guy Favreau February 18, 1964 – October 30, 1964 | |||
| George McIlraith October 30, 1964 – May 3, 1967 | |||
| Opposition House leader | Gordon Churchill May 16, 1963 – April 22, 1965 | ||
| Michael Starr April 22, 1965 – April 23, 1968 | |||
| Members | 265 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Maurice Bourget April 27, 1963 – January 6, 1966 | ||
| Government Senate leader | William Ross Macdonald April 22, 1963 – February 3, 1964 | ||
| John Joseph Connolly February 3, 1964 – April 20, 1968 | |||
| Opposition Senate leader | Alfred Johnson Brooks April 22, 1963 – October 31, 1967 | ||
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | ||
| Governor general | Georges Vanier 15 September 1959 – 5 March 1967 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session May 16, 1963 – December 21, 1963 | |||
| 2nd session February 18, 1964 – April 3, 1965 | |||
| 3rd session April 5, 1965 – September 8, 1965 | |||
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The 26th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1963, until September 8, 1965. The membership was set by the 1963 federal election on April 8, 1963, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1965 election. Most of the MPs were elected as the single member for their district. Two represented Queen's (PEI) and two represented Halifax.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and the 19th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Diefenbaker.
The Speaker was Alan Macnaughton. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were three sessions of the 26th Parliament.
Party Standings
[edit]Three by-elections were held over the course of the 26th Canadian Parliament, only the first of which resulted in a change to the party standings in the House of Commons.
| Number of members
per party |
Party leader | General Election | By-elections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr. 8,
1963 |
Feb. 10, 1964 | Jun. 22, 1964 | Nov. 9, 1964 | |||
| Liberal | Lester Pearson | 128 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 95 | ||||
| Social Credit | R.N. Thompson | 24 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 17 | ||||
| Liberal–Labour | 1 | |||||
| Total Seats | 265 | |||||
List of members
[edit]Following is a full list of members of the twenty-sixth Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.
Key:
- Party leaders are italicized.
- Parliamentary secretaries is indicated by "‡".
- Cabinet ministers are in boldface.
- The Prime Minister is both.
- The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | Jack Horner | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Athabaska | Jack Bigg | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Battle River—Camrose | Clifford Smallwood | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Bow River | Eldon Woolliams | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Calgary North | Douglas Harkness | Progressive Conservative | 1945 | |
| Calgary South | Harry Hays | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Edmonton East | William Skoreyko | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Edmonton—Strathcona | Terry Nugent | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Edmonton West | Marcel Lambert | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Jasper—Edson | Hugh Horner | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Lethbridge | Deane Gundlock | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Macleod | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Medicine Hat | Bud Olson | Social Credit | 1957, 1962 | |
| Peace River | Ged Baldwin | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Red Deer | Robert N. Thompson | Social Credit | 1962 | |
| Vegreville | Frank Fane | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Wetaskiwin | Harry Andrew Moore | Progressive Conservative | 1962 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | |
| Churchill | Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Dauphin | Elmer Forbes | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Lisgar | George Muir | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Marquette | Nick Mandziuk | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Portage—Neepawa | Siegfried Enns | Progressive Conservative | 1962 | |
| Provencher | Warner Jorgenson | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Selkirk | Eric Stefanson Sr. | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| Springfield | Joseph Slogan | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | |
| St. Boniface | Roger Teillet | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Winnipeg North | David Orlikow | New Democratic Party | 1962 | |
| Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | New Democratic Party | 1942, 1962 | |
| Winnipeg South | Margaret Konantz | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative | 1951 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Allan M.A. McLean | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Gloucester | Hédard Robichaud | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Kent | Guy Crossman | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Northumberland—Miramichi | George Roy McWilliam ‡ | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Jean-Eudes Dubé | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Royal | Gordon Fairweather | Progressive Conservative | 1962 | |
| St. John—Albert | Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Hugh John Flemming | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | |
| Westmorland | Sherwood Rideout (died in office) | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Margaret Rideout (by-election of 1964-11-09) | Liberal | 1964 | ||
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative | 1957 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal | 1953 | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter ‡ | Liberal | 1949 | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Charles Granger | Liberal | 1958 | |
| Humber—St. George's | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal | 1953 | |
| St. John's East | Joseph O'Keefe | Liberal | 1963 | |
| St. John's West | Richard Cashin | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Trinity—Conception | James Roy Tucker | Liberal | 1958 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territories | Eugène Rhéaume | Progressive Conservative | 1963 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish—Guysborough | John Benjamin Stewart ‡ | Liberal | 1962 | |
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Cape Breton South | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative | 1957, 1963 | |
| Colchester—Hants | Cyril Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Cumberland | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | George Nowlan | Progressive Conservative | 1948, 1950 | |
| George Nowlan died on May 31, 1965 | Vacant | |||
| Halifax* | John Lloyd | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Gerald Regan | Liberal | 1963 | ||
| Inverness—Richmond | Allan MacEachen | Liberal | 1953, 1962 | |
| Pictou | Russell MacEwan | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Queens—Lunenburg | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Frederick Armstrong | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | John Mullally | Liberal | 1963 | |
| Prince | John Watson MacNaught | Liberal | 1945, 1963 | |
| Queen's* | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | |
| Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | 1957 |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | 1957 |
By-elections
[edit]| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmorland | November 9, 1964 | Sherwood Rideout | Liberal | Margaret Rideout | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Waterloo South | November 9, 1964 | Gordon Chaplin | Progressive Conservative | Max Saltsman | New Democratic | Death | No | ||
| Nipissing | June 22, 1964 | Jack Garland | Liberal | Carl Legault | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Saskatoon | June 22, 1964 | Henry Frank Jones | Progressive Conservative | Eloise Jones | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Laurier | February 10, 1964 | Lionel Chevrier | Liberal | Fernand-E. Leblanc | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Saint-Denis | February 10, 1964 | Azellus Denis | Liberal | Marcel Prud'Homme | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
Notes
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