22nd Canadian Parliament
The 22nd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 12, 1953, until April 12, 1957. The membership was set by the 1953 federal election on August 10, 1953, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1957 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by George Drew, and then by William Earl Rowe, George Drew (again), William Earl Rowe, and John George Diefenbaker consecutively.
The Speaker was Louis-René Beaudoin. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were five sessions of the 22nd Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
---|---|---|
1st | November 12, 1953 | November 20, 1954 |
2nd | January 7, 1955 | July 28, 1955 |
3rd | January 10, 1956 | August 14, 1956 |
4th | November 26, 1956 | January 8, 1957 |
5th | January 8, 1957 | April 12, 1957 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-second Parliament listed first by province, 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 | |
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Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | |
Churchill | George Weaver | Liberal | |
Dauphin | Fred Zaplitny | C.C.F. | |
Lisgar | William Albert Pommer | Liberal | |
Marquette | Stuart Garson | Liberal | |
Portage—Neepawa | William Gilbert Weir | Liberal-Progressive | |
Provencher | René Jutras | Liberal | |
Selkirk | Robert James Wood (died 8 August 1954) | Liberal | |
William Bryce (by-election of 1954-11-08) | C.C.F. | ||
Springfield | Anton Weselak | Liberal | |
St. Boniface | Fernand Viau | Liberal | |
Winnipeg North | Alistair Stewart | C.C.F. | |
Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | C.C.F. | |
Winnipeg South | Owen Trainor | Progressive Conservative | |
Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative |
New Brunswick
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Charlotte | A. Wesley Stuart | Liberal | |
Gloucester | Hédard Robichaud | Liberal | |
Kent | Hervé Michaud | Liberal | |
Northumberland | George Roy McWilliam | Liberal | |
Restigouche—Madawaska | Joseph Gaspard Boucher | Liberal | |
Charles Van Horne (by-election of 1955-09-26) | 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 | Milton Fowler Gregg | Liberal |
Newfoundland
Northwest Territories
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Mackenzie River | Mervyn Arthur Hardie | Liberal |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
King's | Thomas Joseph Kickham | Liberal | |
Prince | John Watson MacNaught | Liberal | |
Queen's* | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | |
Neil Matheson | Liberal |
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
Yukon | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal |
By-elections
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville | December 19, 1955 | Alcide Côté | Liberal | J.-Armand Ménard | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Spadina | October 24, 1955 | David A. Croll | Liberal | Charles E. Rea | Progressive Conservative | Called to the Senate | No | ||
Restigouche—Madawaska | September 26, 1955 | Joseph-Gaspard Boucher | Liberal | Joseph Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative | Death | No | ||
Bellechasse | September 26, 1955 | L.-Philippe Picard | Liberal | Ovide Laflamme | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
Quebec South | September 26, 1955 | Charles G. Power | Liberal | Frank G. Power | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
Témiscouata | September 26, 1955 | Jean-François Pouliot | Liberal | Jean-Paul St-Laurent | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
Battle River—Camrose | June 20, 1955 | Robert Fair | Social Credit | James A. Smith | Social Credit | Death | Yes | ||
Selkirk | November 8, 1954 | Robert James Wood | Liberal | Scottie Bryce | C. C. F. | Death | No | ||
Stormont | November 8, 1954 | Lionel Chevrier | Liberal | Albert Peter Lavigne | Liberal | Appointed President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority | Yes | ||
Trinity | November 8, 1954 | Lionel Conacher | Liberal | Donald D. Carrick | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
York West | November 8, 1954 | Rodney Adamson | Progressive Conservative | John B. Hamilton | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
Saint-Antoine—Westmount | November 8, 1954 | Douglas Charles Abbott | Liberal | George C. Marler | Liberal | Appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | Yes | ||
St. Lawrence—St. George | November 8, 1954 | Brooke Claxton | Liberal | Claude Richardson | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
Elgin | March 22, 1954 | Charles Delmer Coyle | Progressive Conservative | James A. McBain | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
Peel | March 22, 1954 | Gordon Graydon | Progressive Conservative | John Pallett | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
Gatineau | March 22, 1954 | Joseph-Célestin Nadon | Liberal | Rodolphe Leduc | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Verdun | March 22, 1954 | Paul-Émile Côté | Liberal | Yves Leduc | Liberal | Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec | Yes |
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