24th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
12 May 1958 – 19 April 1962 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | John Diefenbaker 21 Jun 1957 – 22 Apr 1963 | ||
Cabinet | 18th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Lester B. Pearson | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Members | 265 MP seats List of members | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session 1958-05-12 – 1958-09-06 | |||
2nd session 1959-01-15 – 1959-07-18 | |||
3rd session 1960-01-14 – 1960-08-10 | |||
4th session 1960-11-17 – 1961-09-29 | |||
5th session 1962-01-18 – 1962-04-19 | |||
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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.
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth 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.
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Mackenzie River | Mervyn Arthur Hardie | Liberal |
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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King's | John Augustine Macdonald (died 4 January 1961) | Progressive Conservative | |
Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative | ||
Prince | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | |
Queen's* | John Angus Maclean | Progressive Conservative | |
Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative |
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative |
Important bills of the 24th parliament included:
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