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24th Canadian Parliament

24th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada


24th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada

FieldValue
imageCoat of Arms of Canada (1957–1994).svg
jurisdictionCA
#24th
typeMajority
houseimageChambre des Communes 1958.png
senateimage
statusinactive
term-begin1958-05-12
term-end1962-04-19
pmJohn Diefenbaker
ministry[18th Canadian Ministry](18th-canadian-ministry)
pm-begin1957-06-21
pm-end1963-04-22
loLester B. Pearson
lotermJanuary 16, 1958 – April 22, 1963
partyProgressive Conservative Party
party2Liberal Party
unrecparty1Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
partyfootnote1
scRoland Michener
sctermOctober 14, 1957 – September 26, 1962
ghlHoward Charles Green
ghltermOctober 14, 1957 – July 18, 1959
ghl2Gordon Churchill
ghlterm2January 14, 1960 − February 5, 1963
ohlLionel Chevrier
ohltermOctober 14, 1957 – February 5, 1963
ssMark Robert Drouin
sstermOctober 4, 1957 – September 23, 1962
gslWalter Aseltine
gsltermMay 12, 1958 − August 31, 1962
oslWilliam Ross Macdonald
osltermJune 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963
sessionbeginMay 12, 1958
sessionendSeptember 6, 1958
sessionbegin2January 15, 1959
sessionend2July 18, 1959
sessionbegin3January 14, 1960
sessionend3August 10, 1960
sessionbegin4November 17, 1960
sessionend4September 29, 1961
sessionbegin5January 18, 1962
sessionend5April 19, 1962
monarchElizabeth II
monarchterm6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
viceroyVincent Massey
viceroyterm28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959
viceroy2Georges Vanier
viceroyterm215 September 1959 – 5 March 1967
members265
senators102
lastparl23rd
nextparl25th

| # = 24th

| term-begin = 1958-05-12 | term-end = 1962-04-19

| pm-begin = 1957-06-21 | pm-end = 1963-04-22

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.

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

There were five sessions of the 24th Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth 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.

[[Alberta]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AcadiaJack HornerProgressive Conservative1958
AthabaskaJack BiggProgressive Conservative1958
Battle River—CamroseClifford SmallwoodProgressive Conservative1958
Bow RiverEldon WoolliamsProgressive Conservative1958
Calgary North**Douglas Harkness**Progressive Conservative1945
Calgary SouthArthur Ryan SmithProgressive Conservative1957
Edmonton EastWilliam SkoreykoProgressive Conservative1958
Edmonton—StrathconaTerry NugentProgressive Conservative1958
Edmonton WestMarcel Lambert {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
Jasper—EdsonHugh HornerProgressive Conservative1958
LethbridgeDeane GundlockProgressive Conservative1958
MacleodLawrence KindtProgressive Conservative1958
Medicine HatEdwin William BrunsdenProgressive Conservative1958
Peace RiverGed BaldwinProgressive Conservative1958
Red DeerHarris George RogersProgressive Conservative1958
VegrevilleFrank FaneProgressive Conservative1958
WetaskiwinJames Stanley SpeakmanProgressive Conservative1958

[[British Columbia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Burnaby—CoquitlamErhart RegierC.C.F.1953
New Democratic Party
Burnaby—RichmondJohn DrysdaleProgressive Conservative1958
CaribooWalter HendersonProgressive Conservative1958
Coast—CapilanoWilliam Hector PayneProgressive Conservative1958
Comox—AlberniHenry McQuillanProgressive Conservative1958
Esquimalt—Saanich**George Pearkes** (until 11 October 1960 emoulment appointment)Progressive Conservative1945
George Chatterton (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative19611st term
Fraser ValleyWilliam Harold HicksProgressive Conservative1958
Kamloops**Davie Fulton**Progressive Conservative1945
Kootenay EastMurray McFarlaneProgressive Conservative1958
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeC.C.F.1945
New Democratic Party
NanaimoWalter MatthewsProgressive Conservative1958
New WestminsterWilliam McLennanProgressive Conservative1958
Okanagan BoundaryDavid Vaughan PughProgressive Conservative1958
Okanagan—RevelstokeStuart FlemingProgressive Conservative1958
SkeenaFrank HowardC.C.F.1957
New Democratic Party
Vancouver—BurrardJohn Russell TaylorProgressive Conservative1957
Vancouver CentreDouglas JungProgressive Conservative1957
Vancouver EastHarold WinchC.C.F.1953
New Democratic Party
Vancouver KingswayJohn Ferguson BrowneProgressive Conservative1958
Vancouver Quadra**Howard Charles Green**Progressive Conservative1935
Vancouver SouthErnest James BroomeProgressive Conservative1957
VictoriaAlbert McPhillipsProgressive Conservative1957

[[Manitoba]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Brandon—Souris**Walter Dinsdale** {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1951
ChurchillRobert SimpsonProgressive Conservative1957
DauphinElmer ForbesProgressive Conservative1958
LisgarGeorge MuirProgressive Conservative1957
MarquetteNick MandziukProgressive Conservative1957
Portage—NeepawaGeorge FairfieldProgressive Conservative1957
ProvencherWarner Jorgenson {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
SelkirkEric Stefanson Sr.Progressive Conservative1958
SpringfieldVal Yacula (died 24 September 1958)Progressive Conservative1958
Joseph Slogan (by-election of 1958-12-15)Progressive Conservative19581st term
St. BonifaceLaurier RégnierProgressive Conservative1958
Winnipeg NorthMurray SmithProgressive Conservative1958
Winnipeg North CentreJohn MacLeanProgressive Conservative1958
Winnipeg SouthGordon ChownProgressive Conservative1957
Winnipeg South Centre**Gordon Churchill**Progressive Conservative1951

[[New Brunswick]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CharlotteCaldwell StewartProgressive Conservative1958
GloucesterHédard RobichaudLiberal1953
KentHervé MichaudLiberal1953
Northumberland—MiramichiGeorge Roy McwilliamLiberal1949
Restigouche—MadawaskaCharles Van HorneProgressive Conservative1955
Edgar Fournier (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative19611st term
Royal**Alfred Johnson Brooks**Progressive Conservative1935
**Hugh John Flemming** (by-election of 1960-10-31)Progressive Conservative19601st term
St. John—AlbertThomas Miller Bell {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1953
Victoria—CarletonGage MontgomeryProgressive Conservative1952
WestmorlandWilliam CreaghanProgressive Conservative1958
York—SunburyJohn Chester MacRaeProgressive Conservative1957

[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Bonavista—TwillingateJack PickersgillLiberal1953
Burin—BurgeoChesley William CarterLiberal1949
Grand Falls—White Bay—LabradorCharles GrangerLiberal1958
Humber—St. George'sHerman Maxwell BattenLiberal1953
St. John's EastJames McGrathProgressive Conservative1957
St. John's West**William Joseph Browne**Progressive Conservative1949, 1957
Trinity—ConceptionJames Roy TuckerLiberal1958

[[Northwest Territories]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Mackenzie RiverMerv HardieLiberal1953
Merv Hardie died on October 18, 1961Vacant

[[Nova Scotia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Antigonish—GuysboroughClement O'LearyProgressive Conservative1958
Cape Breton North and VictoriaRobert MuirProgressive Conservative1957
Cape Breton SouthDonald MacInnisProgressive Conservative1957
Colchester—HantsCyril KennedyProgressive Conservative1957
CumberlandRobert CoatesProgressive Conservative1957
Digby—Annapolis—Kings**George Nowlan**Progressive Conservative1948, 1950
Halifax*Robert McCleaveProgressive Conservative1957
Edmund L. Morris {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative19572nd term
Inverness—RichmondRobert MacLellanProgressive Conservative1958
PictouRussell MacEwanProgressive Conservative1957
Queens—LunenburgLloyd CrouseProgressive Conservative1957
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareFelton LegereProgressive Conservative1958

[[Ontario]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma East*Lester B. Pearson*Liberal1948
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal1940
BrantfordJack WrattenProgressive Conservative1957
Brant—HaldimandJohn A. Charlton {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1945
Broadview**George Hees**Progressive Conservative1950
BruceAndrew Ernest RobinsonProgressive Conservative1945, 1953
CarletonDick Bell {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
CochraneJoseph-Anaclet HabelLiberal1953
DanforthRobert SmallProgressive Conservative1953
DavenportDouglas MortonProgressive Conservative1957
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweProgressive Conservative1925
DurhamPercy VivianProgressive Conservative1957
Eglinton**Donald Fleming**Progressive Conservative1945
ElginJames Alexander McBainProgressive Conservative1954
Essex EastPaul Martin Sr.Liberal1935
Essex SouthRichard Thrasher {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
Essex WestNorman SpencerProgressive Conservative1958
Fort WilliamHubert BadanaiLiberal1958
Glengarry—PrescottOsie VilleneuveProgressive Conservative1957
Greenwood**James Macdonnell**Progressive Conservative1945, 1949
Grenville—DundasArza Clair Casselman (died 11 May 1958)Progressive Conservative1921, 1925
Jean Casselman Wadds (by-election of 1958-09-29)Progressive Conservative19581st term
Grey—BruceEric WinklerProgressive Conservative1957
Grey NorthPercy Verner NobleProgressive Conservative1957
HaltonCharles BestProgressive Conservative1957
Hamilton EastQuinto Martini {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
Hamilton SouthBob McDonaldProgressive Conservative1957
Hamilton West**Ellen Fairclough**Progressive Conservative1950
Hastings—Frontenac**Sidney Smith** (died 17 March 1959)Progressive Conservative1957
Rod Webb (by-election of 1959-10-05)Progressive Conservative19591st term
Hastings SouthLee GrillsProgressive Conservative1957
High ParkJohn KucherepaProgressive Conservative1957
HuronElston Cardiff {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1940
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore BenidicksonLiberal-Labour1945
KentHarold DanforthProgressive Conservative1958
KingstonBenjamin AllmarkProgressive Conservative1958
Lambton—KentErnest CampbellProgressive Conservative1957
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative1945
LanarkGeorge DoucettProgressive Conservative1957
LeedsHayden Stanton (died 8 December 1960)Progressive Conservative1953
John Matheson (by-election of 1961-05-29)Liberal19611st term
LincolnJohn SmithProgressive Conservative1957
London**Ernest Halpenny**Progressive Conservative1957
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative1945
Middlesex WestWilliam Howell Arthur ThomasProgressive Conservative1957
Niagara FallsWilliam Houck (died 5 May 1960)Liberal1953
Judy LaMarsh (by-election of 1960-10-31)Liberal19601st term
Nickel BeltOsias GodinLiberal1958
NipissingJack GarlandLiberal1949
NorfolkEvans KnowlesProgressive Conservative1957
NorthumberlandBen ThompsonProgressive Conservative1957
Ontario**Michael Starr**Progressive Conservative1952
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal1945
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraithLiberal1940
OxfordWally Nesbitt {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1953
ParkdaleArthur MaloneyProgressive Conservative1957
Parry Sound-MuskokaGordon AikenProgressive Conservative1957
PeelJohn Pallett {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1954
Perth**J. Waldo Monteith**Progressive Conservative1953
PeterboroughGordon FraserProgressive Conservative1940
Walter Pitman (by-election of 1960-10-31)New Party19601st term
New Democratic Party
Port ArthurDoug FisherC.C.F.1957
New Democratic Party
Prince Edward—LennoxClarence MilliganProgressive Conservative1957
Renfrew NorthJames ForgieLiberal1953
Renfrew SouthJames William BaskinProgressive Conservative1957
Rosedale**David James Walker**Progressive Conservative1957
RussellJoseph-Omer Gour (died in office)Liberal1945
Paul Tardif (by-election of 1959-10-05)Liberal19591st term
Simcoe EastPhilip Bernard RynardProgressive Conservative1957
Simcoe NorthHeber SmithProgressive Conservative1957
SpadinaCharles Edward ReaProgressive Conservative1955
StormontGrant CampbellProgressive Conservative1958
St. Paul'sRoland Michener (†)Progressive Conservative1953
SudburyRodger MitchellLiberal1953
TimiskamingArnold PetersC.C.F.1957
New Democratic Party
TimminsMurdo MartinC.C.F.1957
New Democratic Party
TrinityEdward Lockyer (died in office)Progressive Conservative1958
Paul Hellyer (by-election of 1958-12-15)Liberal1949, 19583rd term*
VictoriaClayton Hodgson {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1945
Waterloo NorthOscar WeichelProgressive Conservative1958
Waterloo SouthWilliam AndersonProgressive Conservative1957
William Anderson died on June 6, 1961Vacant
WellandWilliam Hector McMillanLiberal1950
Wellington—HuronMarvin HoweProgressive Conservative1953
Wellington SouthAlfred HalesProgressive Conservative1957
WentworthFrank LennardProgressive Conservative1935, 1945
York CentreFred C. StinsonProgressive Conservative1957
York EastRobert Henry McGregorProgressive Conservative1926
York—HumberMargaret AitkenProgressive Conservative1953
York NorthCecil CathersProgressive Conservative1957
York—ScarboroughFrank Charles McGeeProgressive Conservative1957
York SouthWilliam George BeechProgressive Conservative1957
York WestJohn Borden HamiltonProgressive Conservative1954

[[Prince Edward Island]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sJohn Augustine Macdonald (died 4 January 1961)Progressive Conservative1957
Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative19611st term
PrinceOrville Howard PhillipsProgressive Conservative1957
Queen's***Angus MacLean**Progressive Conservative1951
Heath MacQuarrieProgressive Conservative19572nd term

[[Quebec]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil—Deux-MontagnesJoseph-Octave LatourProgressive Conservative1958
BeauceJean-Paul RacineLiberal1958
Beauharnois—SalaberryGérard BruchésiProgressive Conservative1958
Bellechasse**Noël Dorion**Progressive Conservative1958
Berthier—Maskinongé—DelanaudièreRémi PaulProgressive Conservative1958
BonaventureLucien GrenierProgressive Conservative1958
Brome—MissisquoiHeward GraffteyProgressive Conservative1958
CartierLeon CrestohlLiberal1950
Chambly—RouvilleMaurice JohnsonProgressive Conservative1958
ChamplainPaul LahayeProgressive Conservative1958
ChapleauJean-Jacques MartelProgressive Conservative1958
CharlevoixMartial AsselinProgressive Conservative1958
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—LaprairieMerrill Edwin BarringtonProgressive Conservative1958
ChicoutimiVincent BrassardProgressive Conservative1958
Compton—FrontenacGeorge StearnsProgressive Conservative1958
DollardGuy RouleauLiberal1953
DorchesterNoël DrouinProgressive Conservative1958
Drummond—ArthabaskaSamuel BoulangerLiberal1957
GaspéRoland English {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
GatineauRodolphe LeducLiberal1936, 1954
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal1940
HullAlexis CaronLiberal1953
Îles-de-la-MadeleineRussell KeaysProgressive Conservative1958
Jacques-Cartier—LasalleRobert John PrattProgressive Conservative1957
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmLouis-Joseph PigeonProgressive Conservative1958
KamouraskaCharles RichardProgressive Conservative1958
Labelle**Henri Courtemanche** (until 20 January 1960 Senate appointment)Progressive Conservative1949, 1957
Gaston Clermont (by-election of 1960-10-31)Liberal19601st term
Lac-Saint-JeanRoger ParizeauProgressive Conservative1958
LafontaineJ.-Georges RatelleLiberal1949
LapointeAugustin BrassardLiberal1957
LaurierLionel ChevrierLiberal1935, 1957
LavalRodrigue BourdagesProgressive Conservative1958
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal1940
Longueuil**Pierre Sévigny**Progressive Conservative1958
Lotbinière**Raymond O'Hurley**Progressive Conservative1957
Maisonneuve—RosemontJean-Paul DeschateletsLiberal1953
Matapédia—MataneAlfred BelzileProgressive Conservative1958
MéganticGabriel RobergeLiberal1958
MercierAndré GilletProgressive Conservative1958
Montmagny—L'IsletJean Lesage (resigned 11 June 1958)Liberal1945
Louis Fortin (by-election of 1958-09-29)Progressive Conservative19581st term
Mount RoyalAlan MacnaughtonLiberal1949
Nicolet—Yamaska**Paul Comtois**Progressive Conservative1957
Paul Comtois was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec on October 12, 1961Vacant
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce**William McLean Hamilton**Progressive Conservative1958
Outremont—St-JeanRomuald BourqueLiberal1952
PapineauAdrien MeunierLiberal1953
Pontiac—TémiscaminguePaul Martineau {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1958
PortneufAristide RompréProgressive Conservative1958
Québec—MontmorencyRobert LafrenièreProgressive Conservative1958
Quebec EastYvon Tassé {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1958
Quebec South**Jacques Flynn**Progressive Conservative1958
Quebec WestJ.-Eugène BissonnetteProgressive Conservative1958
Richelieu—VerchèresLucien CardinLiberal1952
Richmond—WolfeV. Florent DuboisProgressive Conservative1958
RimouskiÉmilien MorissetteProgressive Conservative1958
RobervalJean-Noël TremblayProgressive Conservative1958
SaguenayPerrault LaRueProgressive Conservative1958
St. AnnGérard LoiselleLiberal1957
Saint-Antoine—WestmountA. Ross WebsterProgressive Conservative1958
Saint-DenisAzellus DenisLiberal1935
Saint-HenriH.-Pit LessardLiberal1958
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotThéogène Ricard {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
Saint-JacquesCharles-Édouard CampeauProgressive Conservative1958
Saint-Jean—Iberville—NapiervilleYvon DupuisLiberal1958
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeEgan Chambers {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1958
Sainte-MarieGeorges ValadeProgressive Conservative1958
Saint-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Adolphe RichardLiberal1949
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal1945
SherbrookeMaurice AllardProgressive Conservative1958
StansteadRené LétourneauProgressive Conservative1958
TémiscouataAntoine FréchetteProgressive Conservative1958
TerrebonneMarcel DeschambaultProgressive Conservative1958
Trois-Rivières**Léon Balcer**Progressive Conservative1949
Vaudreuil—SoulangesMarcel BourbonnaisProgressive Conservative1958
VerdunHarold MonteithProgressive Conservative1958
VilleneuveArmand DumasLiberal1949

[[Saskatchewan]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Assiniboia*Hazen Argue*C.C.F.1945
New Democratic Party
Liberal
Humboldt—MelfortReynold RappProgressive Conservative1958
KindersleyRobert HanbidgeProgressive Conservative1958
MackenzieStanley KorchinskiProgressive Conservative1958
Meadow LakeBert CadieuProgressive Conservative1958
MelvilleJames OrmistonProgressive Conservative1958
Moose Jaw—Lake CentreJ. Ernest PascoeProgressive Conservative1958
Moose MountainRichard SouthamProgressive Conservative1958
Prince Albert***John Diefenbaker***Progressive Conservative1940
Qu'Appelle**Alvin Hamilton**Progressive Conservative1957
Regina CityKen MoreProgressive Conservative1958
Rosetown—BiggarClarence Owen CooperProgressive Conservative1958
RosthernEdward NasserdenProgressive Conservative1958
SaskatoonHenry Frank Jones {{double dagger}}Progressive Conservative1957
Swift Current—Maple CreekJack McIntoshProgressive Conservative1958
The BattlefordsAlbert HornerProgressive Conservative1958
YorktonG. Drummond ClancyProgressive Conservative1958

[[Yukon]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
YukonErik NielsenProgressive Conservative1957

Major bills of the 24th Parliament

Important bills of the 24th parliament included:

  • The Canadian Bill of Rights

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 24th Canadian Parliament

Notes

References

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