36th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
22 September 1997 – 22 October 2000 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien 4 Nov 1993 – 12 Dec 2003 | ||
Cabinet | 26th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Hon. Preston Manning 1997– March 26, 2000 | ||
Hon. Deborah Grey March 27, 2000– September 10, 2000 | |||
Hon. Stockwell Day September 11, 2000– December 11, 2001 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Reform Party* | ||
Senate Opp. | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
Recognized | Bloc Québécois | ||
New Democratic Party | |||
* Changed its name to Canadian Alliance partway through the Parliament. | |||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | Hon. Gilbert Parent January 17, 1994– January 28, 2001 | ||
Government House Leader | Hon. Don Boudria June 11, 1997– January 14, 2002 | ||
Opposition House Leader | Hon. Randy White June 20, 1997– January 30, 2000 | ||
Hon. Chuck Strahl February 1, 2000– April 24, 2001 | |||
Members | 301 MP seats List of members | ||
Senate | |||
Seating arrangements of the Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Hon. Gildas Molgat November 22, 1994– January 25, 2001 | ||
Government Senate Leader | Hon. Alasdair Graham June 11, 1997– October 3, 1999 | ||
Hon. Bernie Boudreau October 4, 1999– October 26, 2000 | |||
Opposition Senate Leader | Hon. John Lynch-Staunton December 15, 1993– September 30, 2004 | ||
Senators | 104 senator seats List of senators | ||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
Governor General | Roméo LeBlanc 8 February 1995 – 7 October 1999 | ||
Adrienne Clarkson 7 October 1999 – 27 September 2005 | |||
Sessions | |||
1st session September 22, 1997 – September 18, 1999 | |||
2nd session October 12, 1999 – October 22, 2000 | |||
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The 36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997, until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the 1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2000 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was first the Reform Party, led by Preston Manning, and then its successor party, the Canadian Alliance led by interim leader Deborah Grey.
The Speaker was Gilbert Parent. See also list of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
For the first time in Canadian history, five different parties held official party status. Although five major parties ran for the 35th Parliament, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party both failed to win official party status in that parliament.
There were two sessions of the 36th Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | September 22, 1997 | September 18, 1999 |
2nd | October 12, 1999 | October 22, 2000 |
The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:
Affiliation | House members | Senate members | |||
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1997 election results | At dissolution | On election day 1997 [1] | At dissolution | ||
Liberal Party of Canada | 155 | 161 | 51 | 56 | |
Reform | 60 | — | 0 | — | |
Bloc Québécois | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic Party | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 20 | 15 | 50 | 35 | |
Independent | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
Alliance | — | 58 | — | 1 | |
Total members | 301 | 301 | 104 | 97 | |
Vacant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Total seats | 301 | 104 | 105 |
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