23rd Canadian Parliament
| 23rd Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session 1957-10-14 – 1958-02-01 | |||
| |||
The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the
by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election
.
It was the only parliament formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, rather than her formal representative, the governor general.
It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led first by Louis St. Laurent, and then by Lester B. Pearson.
It was the second shortest parliament in Canadian history.
The
List of Canadian electoral districts 1952–1966
for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There was only one
session
of the 23rd Parliament.
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-third Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | |
Churchill
|
Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Dauphin | Fred Zaplitny | C.C.F. | |
| Lisgar | George Robson Muir
|
Progressive Conservative | |
| Marquette | Nick Mandziuk | Progressive Conservative | |
| Portage—Neepawa | George Clark Fairfield
|
Progressive Conservative | |
Provencher
|
Warner Herbert Jorgenson
|
Progressive Conservative | |
| Selkirk | William Bryce | C.C.F. | |
| Springfield | Jacob Schulz | C.C.F. | |
St. Boniface
|
Louis Deniset | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg North | Alistair Stewart | C.C.F. | |
| Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | C.C.F. | |
| Winnipeg South | Gordon Chown | Progressive Conservative | |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative | |
New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Charlotte
|
A. Wesley Stuart | Liberal | |
| Gloucester | Hédard-J. Robichaud
|
Liberal | |
Kent
|
Hervé Michaud | Liberal | |
Northumberland—Miramichi
|
George Roy McWilliam | Liberal | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative | |
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative | |
St. John—Albert
|
Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Gage Montgomery | Progressive Conservative | |
| Westmorland | Henry Murphy | Liberal | |
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative | |
Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter | Liberal | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne | Liberal | |
| Humber—St. George's | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal | |
St. John's East
|
James Aloysius McGrath
|
Progressive Conservative | |
| St. John's West | William Joseph Browne | Progressive Conservative | |
| Trinity—Conception | Leonard Stick | Liberal | |
Northwest Territories
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie River | Mervyn Arthur Hardie
|
Liberal | |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's | John Augustine Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | |
| Prince | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | |
| Queen's* | John Angus Maclean
|
Progressive Conservative | |
| Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | ||
Quebec
Saskatchewan
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Assiniboia
|
Hazen Argue | C.C.F. | |
| Humboldt—Melfort | Hugh Alexander Bryson | C.C.F. | |
Kindersley
|
Merv Johnson | C.C.F. | |
Mackenzie
|
Alexander Malcolm Nicholson | C.C.F. | |
Meadow Lake
|
John Hornby Harrison
|
Liberal | |
Melville
|
James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | |
| Moose Jaw—Lake Centre | Louis Harrington Lewry
|
C.C.F. | |
Moose Mountain
|
Edward George McCullough
|
C.C.F. | |
| Prince Albert | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | |
| Qu'Appelle | Francis Alvin George Hamilton
|
Progressive Conservative | |
| Regina City | Alfred Claude Ellis
|
C.C.F. | |
| Rosetown—Biggar | Major James Coldwell
|
C.C.F. | |
Rosthern
|
Walter Adam Tucker
|
Liberal | |
| Saskatoon | Henry Frank Jones | Progressive Conservative | |
| Swift Current—Maple Creek | Irvin William Studer
|
Liberal | |
| The Battlefords | Alexander Maxwell (Max) Campbell
|
C.C.F. | |
| Yorkton | George Hugh Castleden | C.C.F. | |
Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal | |
| Erik Nielsen (by-election of 1957-12-16) | Progressive Conservative | ||
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | December 16, 1957 | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | Election declared void | No | ||
| Hastings—Frontenac | November 4, 1957 | George Stanley White | Progressive Conservative | Sidney Earle Smith | Progressive Conservative | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
| Lanark | August 26, 1957 | William G. Blair
|
Progressive Conservative | George Doucett | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
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