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22nd Canadian Parliament

22nd Parliament of Canada


22nd Parliament of Canada

FieldValue
imageCoat of arms of Canada (1921–1957).svg
jurisdictionCA
#22nd
typeMajority
houseimageChambre des Communes 1953.png
senateimage
statusinactive
term-begin1953-11-12
term-end1957-04-12
pmLouis St. Laurent
ministry[17th Canadian Ministry](17th-canadian-ministry)
pm-begin1948-11-15
pm-end1957-06-21
loGeorge A. Drew
lotermOctober 2, 1948 – November 1, 1954
lo2William Earl Rowe
loterm2November 1, 1954 – February 1, 1955
lo3George A. Drew
loterm3February 1, 1955 – August 1, 1956
lo4William Earl Rowe
loterm4August 1, 1956 – December 14, 1956
lo5John Diefenbaker
loterm5December 14, 1956 – June 21, 1957
partyLiberal Party
party2Progressive Conservative Party
unrecparty1Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
unrecparty2Social Credit Party
unrecparty3Liberal-Labour
unrecparty4Liberal-Progressive
partyfootnote1
scLouis-René Beaudoin
sctermNovember 12, 1953 – October 13, 1957
ghlWalter Edward Harris
ghltermMay 9, 1953 – April 12, 1957
ssWishart McLea Robertson
sstermOctober 14, 1953 – October 3, 1957
gslWilliam Ross Macdonald
gsltermOctober 14, 1953 – June 21, 1957
oslJohn Thomas Haig
osltermSeptember 12, 1945 – June 20, 1957
sessionbeginNovember 12, 1953
sessionendNovember 20, 1954
sessionbegin2January 7, 1955
sessionend2July 28, 1955
sessionbegin3January 10, 1956
sessionend3August 14, 1956
sessionbegin4November 26, 1956
sessionend4January 8, 1957
sessionbegin5January 8, 1957
sessionend5April 12, 1957
monarchElizabeth II
monarchtermFebruary 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
viceroyVincent Massey
viceroyterm28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959
members265
senators102
lastparl21st
nextparl23rd

| # = 22nd

| term-begin = 1953-11-12 | term-end = 1957-04-12

| pm-begin = 1948-11-15 | pm-end = 1957-06-21

The 22nd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 12, 1953, until April 12, 1957. The membership was set by the 1953 federal election on August 10, 1953, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1957 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by George Drew, and then by William Earl Rowe, George Drew (again), William Earl Rowe, and John Diefenbaker consecutively.

The Speaker was Louis-René Beaudoin. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 22nd Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-second Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Key:

  • Party leaders are italicized.
  • Parliamentary assistants 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.

[[Alberta]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AcadiaVictor QuelchSocial Credit1935
AthabaskaJoseph Miville DecheneLiberal1940
Battle River—CamroseRobert Fair (died 11 November 1954)Social Credit1935
James Alexander Smith (by-election of 1955-06-20)Social Credit19551st term
Bow RiverCharles Edward JohnstonSocial Credit1935
Calgary NorthDouglas HarknessProgressive Conservative1945
Calgary SouthCarl NickleProgressive Conservative1951
Edmonton EastAmbrose HolowachSocial Credit1953
Edmonton—StrathconaRichmond Francis HannaLiberal1953
Edmonton West**George Prudham**Liberal1949
Jasper—EdsonCharles YuillSocial Credit1953
LethbridgeJohn Horne BlackmoreSocial Credit1935
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit1935
Medicine HatWilliam Duncan WylieSocial Credit1945
Peace River*Solon Earl Low*Social Credit1945
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit1940
VegrevilleJohn DecoreLiberal1949
WetaskiwinRay ThomasSocial Credit1949

[[British Columbia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Burnaby—CoquitlamErhart RegierC.C.F.1953
Burnaby—RichmondTom GoodeLiberal1949
CaribooBert LeboeSocial Credit1953
Coast—Capilano**James Sinclair**Liberal1940
Comox—AlberniThomas Speakman BarnettC.C.F.1953
Esquimalt—SaanichGeorge PearkesProgressive Conservative1945
Fraser ValleyAlexander Bell PattersonSocial Credit1953
KamloopsDavie FultonProgressive Conservative1945
Kootenay EastJames Allen ByrneLiberal1949
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeC.C.F.1945
NanaimoColin CameronC.C.F.1953
New WestminsterGeorge HahnSocial Credit1953
Okanagan BoundaryOwen JonesC.C.F.1948
Okanagan—RevelstokeGeorge McLeodSocial Credit1953
SkeenaEdward ApplewhaiteLiberal1949
Vancouver—BurrardLorne MacDougallLiberal1949
Lorne MacDougall died on June 6, 1956Vacant
Vancouver Centre**Ralph Campney**Liberal1949
Vancouver EastHarold WinchC.C.F.1953
Vancouver KingswayAngus MacInnisC.C.F.1930
Vancouver QuadraHoward Charles GreenProgressive Conservative1935
Vancouver SouthElmore PhilpottLiberal1953
VictoriaFrancis FaireyLiberal1953

[[Manitoba]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Brandon—SourisWalter DinsdaleProgressive Conservative1951
ChurchillGeorge WeaverLiberal1949
DauphinFred ZaplitnyC.C.F.1945, 1953
LisgarWilliam Albert PommerLiberal1953
Marquette**Stuart Garson**Liberal1948
Portage—NeepawaWilliam Gilbert Weir {{double dagger}}Liberal-Progressive1930
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal1940
SelkirkRobert James Wood (died 8 August 1954)Liberal1949
William Bryce (by-election of 1954-11-08)C.C.F.1943, 19544th term*
SpringfieldAnton WeselakLiberal1953
St. BonifaceFernand ViauLiberal1945
Winnipeg NorthAlistair StewartC.C.F.1940
Winnipeg North CentreStanley KnowlesC.C.F.1942
Winnipeg SouthOwen TrainorProgressive Conservative1953
Owen Trainor died on November 28, 1956Vacant
Winnipeg South CentreGordon ChurchillProgressive Conservative1951

[[New Brunswick]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CharlotteA. Wesley StuartLiberal1945
GloucesterHédard RobichaudLiberal1953
KentHervé MichaudLiberal1953
NorthumberlandGeorge Roy McWilliamLiberal1949
Restigouche—MadawaskaJoseph Gaspard BoucherLiberal1953
Charles Van Horne (by-election of 1955-09-26)Progressive Conservative19551st term
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksProgressive Conservative1935
St. John—AlbertThomas Miller BellProgressive Conservative1953
Victoria—CarletonGage MontgomeryProgressive Conservative1952
WestmorlandHenry MurphyLiberal1949
York—Sunbury**Milton Fowler Gregg**Liberal1947

[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Bonavista—Twillingate**Jack Pickersgill**Liberal1953
Burin—BurgeoChesley William CarterLiberal1949
Grand Falls—White Bay—LabradorThomas G. W. AshbourneLiberal1949
Humber—St. George'sHerman Maxwell BattenLiberal1953
St. John's EastAllan FraserLiberal1953
St. John's WestJames Augustine PowerLiberal1953
Trinity—ConceptionLeonard StickLiberal1949

[[Northwest Territories]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Mackenzie RiverMerv HardieLiberal1953

[[Nova Scotia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal1949
Cape Breton North and VictoriaWilliam Murdoch BuchananLiberal1953
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisC.C.F.1940
Colchester—HantsGordon PurdyLiberal1935, 1953
CumberlandAzel Randolph LusbyLiberal1953
Digby—Annapolis—KingsGeorge NowlanProgressive Conservative1948, 1950
Halifax*Samuel Rosborough BalcomLiberal1950
John Dickey {{double dagger}}Liberal19473rd term
Inverness—RichmondAllan MacEachenLiberal1953
PictouHenry Byron McCullochLiberal1935
Queens—Lunenburg**Robert Winters**Liberal1945
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareThomas Kirk {{double dagger}}Liberal1949

[[Ontario]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma East**Lester B. Pearson**Liberal1948
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal1940
BrantfordJames Elisha BrownLiberal1953
Brant—HaldimandJohn A. CharltonProgressive Conservative1945
BroadviewGeorge HeesProgressive Conservative1950
BruceAndrew Ernest RobinsonProgressive Conservative1945, 1953
Carleton*George Drew*Progressive Conservative1948
CochraneJoseph-Anaclet HabelLiberal1953
DanforthRobert Hardy SmallProgressive Conservative1953
DavenportPaul Hellyer {{double dagger}}Liberal1949
Dufferin—Simcoe*William Earl Rowe*Progressive Conservative1925
DurhamJohn JamesLiberal1949
EglintonDonald FlemingProgressive Conservative1945
ElginCharles Delmer Coyle (died 19 January 1954)Progressive Conservative1945
James Alexander McBain (by-election of 22 March 1954)Progressive Conservative19541st term
Essex East**Paul Martin Sr.**Liberal1935
Essex SouthMurray ClarkLiberal1935
Essex WestDonald Ferguson BrownLiberal1945
Fort WilliamDan McIvorLiberal1935
Glengarry—PrescottRaymond BruneauLiberal1949
GreenwoodJames MacdonnellProgressive Conservative1945, 1949
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanProgressive Conservative1921, 1925
Grey—Bruce**Walter Harris**Liberal1940
Grey NorthColin Emerson Bennett {{double dagger}}Liberal1949
HaltonSybil BennettProgressive Conservative1953
Sybil Bennett died on November 12, 1956Vacant
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal1940
Thomas Hambly Ross died on November 20, 1956Vacant
Hamilton SouthRussell ReinkeLiberal1953
Hamilton WestEllen FaircloughProgressive Conservative1950
Hastings—FrontenacGeorge Stanley WhiteProgressive Conservative1940
Hastings SouthFrank FollwellLiberal1949
High ParkPat CameronLiberal1949
HuronElston CardiffProgressive Conservative1940
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore Benidickson {{double dagger}}Liberal-Labour1945
KentBlake HuffmanLiberal1949
KingstonWilliam HendersonLiberal1949
Lambton—KentHugh MacKenzieLiberal1935, 1949
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative1945
LanarkWilliam Gourlay BlairProgressive Conservative1945
LeedsHayden StantonProgressive Conservative1953
LincolnHarry CaversLiberal1949
LondonRobert Weld MitchellProgressive Conservative1953
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative1945
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbin {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
Niagara FallsWilliam HouckLiberal1953
Nickel BeltLéo GauthierLiberal1945
NipissingJack GarlandLiberal1949
NorfolkRaymond Elmer AndersonLiberal1949
NorthumberlandFrederick Robertson {{double dagger}}Liberal1949
OntarioMichael StarrProgressive Conservative1952
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal1945
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraithLiberal1940
OxfordWally NesbittProgressive Conservative1953
ParkdaleJohn HunterLiberal1949
Parry Sound-MuskokaWilfred McDonaldLiberal1945
PeelGordon Graydon (died in office)Progressive Conservative1935
John Pallett (by-election of 22 March 1954)Progressive Conservative19541st term
PerthJ. Waldo MonteithProgressive Conservative1953
PeterboroughGordon FraserProgressive Conservative1940
Port Arthur**Clarence Decatur Howe**Liberal1935
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge TustinProgressive Conservative1935
Renfrew NorthJames ForgieLiberal1953
Renfrew South**James Joseph McCann**Liberal1935
RosedaleCharles HenryLiberal1949
RussellJoseph-Omer GourLiberal1945
St. Paul'sRoland MichenerProgressive Conservative1953
Simcoe EastWilliam Alfred RobinsonLiberal1940
Simcoe NorthJulian FergusonProgressive Conservative1940
SpadinaDavid Croll (until Senate appointment)Liberal1945
Charles Edward Rea (by-election of 24 October 1955)Progressive Conservative19551st term
Stormont**Lionel Chevrier** (until Saint Lawrence Seaway appointment)Liberal1935
Albert Lavigne (by-election of 8 November 1954)Liberal19541st term
SudburyRodger MitchellLiberal1953
TimiskamingAnn ShipleyLiberal1953
TimminsKarl EyreLiberal1949
TrinityLionel Conacher (died in office)Liberal1949
Donald Carrick (by-election of 8 November 1954)Liberal19541st term
VictoriaClayton HodgsonProgressive Conservative1945
Waterloo NorthNorman SchneiderLiberal1952
Waterloo SouthArthur WhiteLiberal1953
WellandWilliam Hector McMillanLiberal1950
Wellington—HuronMarvin HoweProgressive Conservative1953
Wellington SouthHenry Alfred HoskingLiberal1949
WentworthFrank LennardProgressive Conservative1935, 1945
York CentreAl HollingworthLiberal1953
York EastRobert Henry McGregorProgressive Conservative1926
York—HumberMargaret AitkenProgressive Conservative1953
York NorthJack SmithLiberal1945
York—ScarboroughFrank EnfieldLiberal1953
York SouthJoseph W. NoseworthyC.C.F.1942, 1949
Joseph W. Noseworthy died on March 30, 1956Vacant
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonProgressive Conservative1940
John Borden Hamilton (by-election of 8 November 1954)Progressive Conservative19541st term

[[Prince Edward Island]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sThomas Joseph KickhamLiberal1949
PrinceJohn Watson MacNaught {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
Queen's*Angus MacLeanProgressive Conservative1951
Neil MathesonLiberal19531st term

[[Quebec]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil—Deux-MontagnesPhilippe ValoisLiberal1949
BeauceRaoul PoulinIndependent1949
Beauharnois—SalaberryRobert CauchonLiberal1949
BellechasseLouis-Philippe Picard (until resignation)Liberal1940
Ovide Laflamme (by-election of 26 September 1955)Liberal19551st term
Berthier—Maskinongé—DelanaudièreJoseph LangloisLiberal1949
BonaventureBona ArsenaultLiberal1945
Brome—MissisquoiJoseph-Léon DeslièresLiberal1952
CartierLeon CrestohlLiberal1950
Chambly—Rouville**Roch Pinard** {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
ChamplainJoseph Irenée RochefortLiberal1949
ChapleauDavid GourdLiberal1945
CharlevoixAuguste MaltaisLiberal1949
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—LaprairieJean BoucherLiberal1953
ChicoutimiPaul-Edmond GagnonIndependent1945
Compton—FrontenacJoseph-Adéodat Blanchette {{double dagger}}Liberal1935
DollardGuy RouleauLiberal1953
DorchesterRobert PerronProgressive Conservative1953
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal1940
GaspéLéopold Langlois {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
GatineauJoseph-Célestin Nadon (died 17 December 1953)Liberal1949
Rodolphe Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)Liberal1936, 19543rd term*
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal1940
HullAlexis CaronLiberal1953
Îles-de-la-MadeleineCharles CannonLiberal1949
Jacques-Cartier—LasalleEdgar LeducLiberal1949
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmMaurice BretonLiberal1950
KamouraskaArthur MasséIndependent Liberal1949
LabelleGustave RoyLiberal1953
Lac-Saint-JeanAndré GauthierLiberal1949
LafontaineJ.-Georges RatelleLiberal1949
LapointeFernand GirardIndependent1953
LaurierJ.-Eugène LefrançoisLiberal1949
LavalLéopold DemersLiberal1948
LévisMaurice Bourget {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
LongueuilAuguste VincentLiberal1953
Lotbinière**Hugues Lapointe**Liberal1940
Maisonneuve—RosemontJean-Paul DeschateletsLiberal1953
Matapédia—MataneLéandre ThibaultLiberal1953
MéganticJoseph LafontaineLiberal1940
MercierMarcel MonetteLiberal1949
Montmagny—L'Islet**Jean Lesage**Liberal1945
Mount RoyalAlan MacnaughtonLiberal1949
Nicolet—YamaskaMaurice BoisvertLiberal1949
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceWilliam McLean HamiltonProgressive Conservative1953
Outremont—St-JeanRomuald BourqueLiberal1952
PapineauAdrien MeunierIndependent Liberal1953
Pontiac—TémiscamingueHugh ProudfootLiberal1949
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal1936
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixLiberal1935
Quebec East***Louis St. Laurent***Liberal1942
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan Power (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)Liberal1917
Francis (Frank) Gavan Power (by-election of 26 September 1955)Liberal19551st term
Quebec WestJ.-Wilfrid DufresneProgressive Conservative1953
Richelieu—VerchèresLucien Cardin {{double dagger}}Liberal1952
Richmond—WolfeErnest-Omer GingrasLiberal1949
RimouskiGérard LégaréLiberal1953
RobervalGeorges VilleneuveLiberal1953
SaguenayLomer BrissonLiberal1949
St. AnnThomas HealyLiberal1940
Saint-Antoine—Westmount**Douglas Abbott** (until 1 July 1954 emoulment appointment)Liberal1940
**George Carlyle Marler** (by-election of 8 November 1954)Liberal19541st term
Saint-DenisAzellus DenisLiberal1935
Saint-HenriJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal1938
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotJoseph FontaineLiberal1945
Saint-JacquesRoland BeaudryLiberal1945
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville**Alcide Côté** (died 7 August 1955)Liberal1945
J.-Armand Ménard (by-election of 19 December 1955)Liberal19551st term
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeBrooke Claxton (resigned 31 July 1954)Liberal1940
Claude Richardson (by-election of 8 November 1954)Liberal19541st term
Sainte-MarieHector DupuisLiberal1953
Saint-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Adolphe RichardLiberal1949
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal1945
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal1940
StansteadLouis-Édouard RobergeLiberal1949
TémiscouataJean-François Pouliot (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)Liberal1924
Jean-Paul St. Laurent (by-election of 26 September 1955)Liberal19551st term
TerrebonneLionel BertrandLiberal1940
Trois-RivièresLéon BalcerProgressive Conservative1949
Vaudreuil—SoulangesLouis-René Beaudoin (†)Liberal1945
VerdunPaul-Émile Côté {{double dagger}} (until 1 January 1954 emoulment appointment)Liberal1940
Yves Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)Liberal19541st term
VilleneuveArmand DumasLiberal1949

[[Saskatchewan]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AssiniboiaHazen ArgueC.C.F.1945
Humboldt—MelfortHugh Alexander BrysonC.C.F.1953
KindersleyMerv JohnsonC.C.F.1953
MackenzieAlexander Malcolm NicholsonC.C.F.1940, 1953
Meadow LakeJohn HarrisonLiberal1949
Melville**James Garfield Gardiner**Liberal1936
Moose Jaw—Lake CentreRoss ThatcherC.C.F.1945
Independent
Moose MountainEdward McCulloughC.C.F.1945, 1953
Prince Albert*John Diefenbaker*Progressive Conservative1940
Qu'AppelleHenry MangLiberal1953
Regina CityClaude EllisC.C.F.1953
Rosetown—Biggar*Major James Coldwell*C.C.F.1935
RosthernWalter TuckerLiberal1935, 1953
SaskatoonRoy KnightC.C.F.1945
Swift Current—Maple CreekIrvin StuderLiberal1949
The BattlefordsMax CampbellC.C.F.1945, 1953
YorktonGeorge Hugh CastledenC.C.F.1940, 1953

[[Yukon]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
YukonJames Aubrey SimmonsLiberal1949

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 22nd Canadian Parliament

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Succession

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