| 28th Canadian Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Sep. 12, 1968 – Sep. 1, 1972 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau Apr. 20, 1968 – Jun. 4, 1979 | ||
| Cabinet | 20th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Hon. Robert Stanfield November 6, 1967– November 21, 1976 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | New Democratic Party | ||
| Ralliement créditiste | |||
| House of Commons | |||
| Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Hon. Lucien Lamoureux January 18, 1966– September 29, 1974 | ||
| Government House leader | Hon. Donald MacDonald July 6, 1968– September 23, 1970 | ||
| Hon. Allan MacEachen September 24, 1970– May 9, 1974 | |||
| Opposition House leader | Hon. Ged Baldwin July 27, 1968– September 20, 1973 | ||
| Members | 264 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets September 5, 1968– December 13, 1972 | ||
| Government Senate leader | Vacant April 20, 1968– March 31, 1969 | ||
| Hon. Paul Martin Sr. April 1, 1969– August 7, 1974 | |||
| Opposition Senate leader | Hon. Jacques Flynn October 31, 1967– May 22, 1979 | ||
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Governor general | Roland Michener 17 April 1967 – 14 January 1974 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session September 12, 1968 – October 22, 1969 | |||
| 2nd session October 23, 1969 – October 7, 1970 | |||
| 3rd session October 8, 1970 – February 16, 1972 | |||
| 4th session February 17, 1972 – September 1, 1972 | |||
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The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led by Robert Stanfield.
The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 28th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 12, 1968 | October 22, 1969 |
| 2nd | October 23, 1969 | October 7, 1970 |
| 3rd | October 8, 1970 | February 16, 1972 |
| 4th | February 17, 1972 | September 1, 1972 |
| Number of members per party | Party leader | General Election | B/E | B/E | F/C | B/E | F/C | B/E | F/C | B/E | F/C | B/E | F/C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun. 25, 1968 | Feb 10, 1969 | Apr. 8, 1969 | Dec. 3, 1969 | Apr. 13, 1970 | Sep., 1970 | Nov. 6, 1970 | May. 21, 1971 | May. 31, 1971 | Jul. 25, 1971 | Nov. 8, 1971 | Mar. 13, 1972 | |||
| Liberal | Pierre Trudeau | 154 | ||||||||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 72 | ||||||||||||
| New Democratic Party | Tommy Douglas | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Réal Caouette | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Liberal-Labour | Pierre Trudeau | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Total Seats | 264 | |||||||||||||
Members of the House of Commons in the 28th parliament arranged by province.
Key:
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Trinity—Conception | Frank Moores* | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Donald Jamieson | Liberal | 1966 | 2nd term | |
| Gander—Twillingate | John Lundrigan | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Ambrose Peddle | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe | Jack Marshall | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| St. John's East | James McGrath | Progressive Conservative | 1957, 1968 | 4th term* | |
| St. John's West | Walter Carter | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardigan | Melvin McQuaid | Progressive Conservative | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Egmont | David MacDonald | Progressive Conservative | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Hillsborough | Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Malpeque | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | 8th term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis Valley | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Cape Breton Highlands—Canso | Allan MacEachen | Liberal | 1953, 1962 | 6th term* | |
| Cape Breton—East Richmond | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative | 1957, 1963 | 5th term* | |
| Cape Breton—The Sydneys | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Central Nova | Russell MacEwan | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Elmer MacKay (1971)* | Progressive Conservative | 1971 | 1st term | ||
| Cumberland—Colchester North | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Dartmouth—Halifax East | Michael Forrestall | Progressive Conservative | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Halifax | Robert Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | 1967 | 2nd term | |
| Halifax—East Hants | Robert McCleave | Progressive Conservative | 1957, 1965 | 5th term* | |
| South Shore | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| South Western Nova | Louis-Roland Comeau | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton—Charlotte | Hugh Flemming | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | 5th term | |
| Fundy—Royal | Robert Fairweather | Progressive Conservative | 1962 | 4th term | |
| Gloucester | Herb Breau | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Madawaska—Victoria | Eymard Corbin ‡ | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Moncton | Charlie Thomas | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Northumberland—Miramichi | Percy Smith | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Restigouche | Jean-Eudes Dubé | Liberal | 1962 | 4th term | |
| Saint John—Lancaster | Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | 7th term | |
| Westmorland—Kent | Guy Crossman | Liberal | 1962 | 4th term | |
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | 8th term | |
| Churchill | Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Dauphin | Gordon Ritchie | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Lisgar | George Muir | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term | |
| Jack Murta (1970)* | Progressive Conservative | 1970 | 1st term | ||
| Marquette | Craig Stewart | Progressive Conservative | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Portage | Gerald Cobbe ‡ | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Provencher | Mark Smerchanski | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Selkirk | Edward Schreyer | New Democrat | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Doug Rowland (1970)** | New Democrat | 1970 | 1st term | ||
| St. Boniface | Joseph-Philippe Guay | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Winnipeg North | David Orlikow | New Democrat | 1962 | 4th term | |
| Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | New Democrat | 1942, 1962 | 9th term* | |
| Winnipeg South | James Richardson | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Edmund Boyd Osler | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | A.B. Douglas | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Bill Knight (1971)* | New Democrat | 1971 | 1st term | ||
| Battleford—Kindersley | Rod Thomson | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Mackenzie | Stanley Korchinski | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 5th term | |
| Meadow Lake | Bert Cadieu | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 5th term | |
| Moose Jaw | John Skoberg | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Prince Albert | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | 1940 | 10th term | |
| Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain | Richard Southam | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 5th term | |
| Regina East | John Burton | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Regina—Lake Centre | Les Benjamin | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Saskatoon—Biggar | Alfred Gleave | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Saskatoon—Humboldt | Otto Lang | Liberal | 1968 | 1st term | |
| Swift Current—Maple Creek | Jack McIntosh | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 5th term | |
| Yorkton—Melville | Lorne Nystrom | New Democrat | 1968 | 1st term |
| Riding | Member | Political party | First elected / previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territories | Robert Orange ‡ | Liberal | 1965 | 2nd term | |
| Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 6th term |