26th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Minority parliament | |||
16 May 1963 – 8 September 1965 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Lester B. Pearson 22 Apr 1963 – 20 Apr 1968 | ||
Cabinet | 19th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | John Diefenbaker | ||
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 | |||
Members | 265 MP seats List of members | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session 1963-05-16 – 1963-12-21 | |||
2nd session 1964-02-18 – 1965-04-03 | |||
3rd session 1965-04-05 – 1965-09-08 | |||
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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.
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-sixth 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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Northwest Territories | Eugène Rhéaume | Progressive Conservative |
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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King's | John Cooney Mullally | Liberal | |
Prince | John Watson Macnaught | Liberal | |
Queen's* | John Angus Maclean | Progressive Conservative | |
Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative |
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative |
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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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 |
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The 10th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 11, 1905, until September 17, 1908. The membership was set by the 1904 federal election on November 3, 1904. It was dissolved prior to the 1908 election.
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