23rd Canadian Parliament






The initial seat distribution of the 23rd Canadian Parliament





John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister during the 23rd Canadian Parliament.


The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.


It was the only parliament formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, rather than her formal representative, the Governor General.


It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led first by Louis St. Laurent, and then by Lester B. Pearson.


It was the second shortest parliament in Canadian history.


The Speaker was Roland Michener. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952–1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.


There was only one session of the 23rd Parliament:













Session
Start
End
1st
October 14, 1957
February 1, 1958



Contents






  • 1 List of members


    • 1.1 Alberta


    • 1.2 British Columbia


    • 1.3 Manitoba


    • 1.4 New Brunswick


    • 1.5 Newfoundland


    • 1.6 Northwest Territories


    • 1.7 Nova Scotia


    • 1.8 Ontario


    • 1.9 Prince Edward Island


    • 1.10 Quebec


    • 1.11 Saskatchewan


    • 1.12 Yukon




  • 2 By-elections


  • 3 References


  • 4 Succession





List of members



Following is a full list of members of the twenty-third 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.



Alberta














































































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Acadia


Victor Quelch

Social Credit

Athabaska


Joseph Miville Dechene

Liberal

Battle River—Camrose


James Alexander Smith

Social Credit

Bow River


Charles Edward Johnston

Social Credit

Calgary North


Douglas Harkness

Progressive Conservative

Calgary South


Arthur Ryan Smith

Progressive Conservative

Edmonton East


Ambrose Holowach

Social Credit

Edmonton—Strathcona


Sydney Herbert Thompson

Social Credit

Edmonton West


Marcel Lambert

Progressive Conservative

Jasper—Edson


Charles Yuill

Social Credit

Lethbridge


John Horne Blackmore

Social Credit

Macleod


Ernest George Hansell

Social Credit

Medicine Hat


Bud Olson

Social Credit

Peace River


Solon Earl Low

Social Credit

Red Deer


Frederick Davis Shaw

Social Credit

Vegreville


Peter Stefura

Social Credit

Wetaskiwin


Ray Thomas

Social Credit


British Columbia












































































































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Burnaby—Coquitlam


Erhart Regier

C.C.F.

Burnaby—Richmond


Thomas Irwin

Social Credit

Cariboo


Bert Leboe

Social Credit

Coast—Capilano


James Sinclair

Liberal

Comox—Alberni


Thomas Speakman Barnett

C.C.F.

Esquimalt—Saanich


George Randolph Pearkes

Progressive Conservative

Fraser Valley


Alexander Bell Patterson

Social Credit

Kamloops


Edmund Davie Fulton

Progressive Conservative

Kootenay East


Jim Byrne

Liberal

Kootenay West


Herbert Wilfred Herridge

C.C.F.

Nanaimo


Colin Cameron

C.C.F.

New Westminster


George Hahn

Social Credit

Okanagan Boundary


Frank Christian

Social Credit

Okanagan—Revelstoke


George McLeod

Social Credit

Skeena


Frank Howard

C.C.F.

Vancouver—Burrard


John Russell Taylor

Progressive Conservative

Vancouver Centre


Douglas Jung

Progressive Conservative

Vancouver East


Harold Edward Winch

C.C.F.

Vancouver Kingsway


Alexander Macdonald

C.C.F.

Vancouver Quadra


Howard Charles Green

Progressive Conservative

Vancouver South


Ernest James Broome

Progressive Conservative

Victoria


Albert DeBurgo McPhillips

Progressive Conservative


Manitoba




























































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Brandon—Souris


Walter Dinsdale

Progressive Conservative

Churchill


Robert Simpson

Progressive Conservative

Dauphin


Fred Zaplitny

C.C.F.

Lisgar


George Robson Muir

Progressive Conservative

Marquette


Nick Mandziuk

Progressive Conservative

Portage—Neepawa


George Clark Fairfield

Progressive Conservative

Provencher


Warner Herbert Jorgenson

Progressive Conservative

Selkirk


William Bryce

C.C.F.

Springfield


Jacob Schulz

C.C.F.

St. Boniface


Louis Deniset

Liberal

Winnipeg North


Alistair Stewart

C.C.F.

Winnipeg North Centre


Stanley Knowles

C.C.F.

Winnipeg South


Gordon Chown

Progressive Conservative

Winnipeg South Centre


Gordon Churchill

Progressive Conservative


New Brunswick




































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Charlotte


A. Wesley Stuart

Liberal

Gloucester


Hédard-J. Robichaud

Liberal

Kent


Hervé Michaud

Liberal

Northumberland—Miramichi


George Roy McWilliam

Liberal

Restigouche—Madawaska


Charles Van Horne

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


John Chester MacRae

Progressive Conservative


Newfoundland


















































Electoral district
Name
Party

Bonavista—Twillingate


Jack Pickersgill

Liberal

Burin—Burgeo


Chesley William Carter

Liberal

Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador


Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne

Liberal

Humber—St. George's


Herman Maxwell Batten

Liberal

St. John's East


James Aloysius McGrath

Progressive Conservative

St. John's West


William Joseph Browne

Progressive Conservative

Trinity—Conception


Leonard Stick

Liberal


Northwest Territories














Electoral district
Name
Party

Mackenzie River


Mervyn Arthur Hardie

Liberal


Nova Scotia















































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Antigonish—Guysborough


Angus Ronald Macdonald

Progressive Conservative

Cape Breton North and Victoria


Robert Muir

Progressive Conservative

Cape Breton South


Donald Macinnis

Progressive Conservative

Colchester—Hants


Cyril Frost Kennedy

Progressive Conservative

Cumberland


Robert Coates

Progressive Conservative

Digby—Annapolis—Kings


George Nowlan

Progressive Conservative

Halifax*


Robert Jardine McCleave

Progressive Conservative


Edmund Leverett Morris

Progressive Conservative

Inverness—Richmond


Allan MacEachen

Liberal

Pictou


Howard Russell Macewan

Progressive Conservative

Queens—Lunenburg


Lloyd Crouse

Progressive Conservative

Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare


Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk

Liberal


Ontario
















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Algoma East


Lester B. Pearson

Liberal

Algoma West


George E. Nixon

Liberal

Brantford


Jack Wratten

Progressive Conservative

Brant—Haldimand


John A. Charlton

Progressive Conservative

Broadview


George Hees

Progressive Conservative

Bruce


Andrew Ernest Robinson

Progressive Conservative

Carleton


Dick Bell

Progressive Conservative

Cochrane


Joseph-Anaclet Habel

Liberal

Danforth


Robert Hardy Small

Progressive Conservative

Davenport


Douglas Morton

Progressive Conservative

Dufferin—Simcoe


William Earl Rowe

Progressive Conservative

Durham


Reginald Percy Vivian

Progressive Conservative

Eglinton


Donald Fleming

Progressive Conservative

Elgin


James Alexander McBain

Progressive Conservative

Essex East


Paul Martin Sr.

Liberal

Essex South


Richard Devere Thrasher

Progressive Conservative

Essex West


Donald Ferguson Brown

Liberal

Fort William


Daniel McIvor

Liberal

Glengarry—Prescott


Osie Villeneuve

Progressive Conservative

Greenwood


James MacKerras Macdonnell

Progressive Conservative

Grenville—Dundas


Arza Clair Casselman

Progressive Conservative

Grey—Bruce


Eric Winkler

Progressive Conservative

Grey North


Percy Verner Noble

Progressive Conservative

Halton


Charles Alexander Best

Progressive Conservative

Hamilton East


Quinto Martini

Progressive Conservative

Hamilton South


Bob McDonald

Progressive Conservative

Hamilton West


Ellen Fairclough

Progressive Conservative

Hastings—Frontenac


George Stanley White (until 20 August 1957 Senate appointment)

Progressive Conservative


Sidney Smith (by-election of 1957-11-04)

Progressive Conservative

Hastings South


Lee Grills

Progressive Conservative

High Park


John Kucherepa

Progressive Conservative

Huron


Elston Cardiff

Progressive Conservative

Kenora—Rainy River


William Moore Benidickson

Liberal-Labour

Kent


Edward Blake Huffman

Liberal

Kingston


William James Henderson

Liberal

Lambton—Kent


Ernest John Campbell

Progressive Conservative

Lambton West


Joseph Warner Murphy

Progressive Conservative

Lanark


William Gourlay Blair (died 16 June 1957)

Progressive Conservative


George Doucett (by-election of 1957-08-26)

Progressive Conservative

Leeds


Hayden Stanton

Progressive Conservative

Lincoln


John Smith

Progressive Conservative

London


Ernest Halpenny

Progressive Conservative

Middlesex East


Harry Oliver White

Progressive Conservative

Middlesex West


William Howell Arthur Thomas

Progressive Conservative

Niagara Falls


William Houck

Liberal

Nickel Belt


Léo Gauthier

Liberal

Nipissing


Jack Garland

Liberal

Norfolk


John Evans Knowles

Progressive Conservative

Northumberland


Benjamin Cope (Ben) Thompson

Progressive Conservative

Ontario


Michael Starr

Progressive Conservative

Ottawa East


Jean-Thomas Richard

Liberal

Ottawa West


George McIlraith

Liberal

Oxford


Wally Nesbitt

Progressive Conservative

Parkdale


Arthur Edward Martin Maloney

Progressive Conservative

Parry Sound—Muskoka


Gordon Aiken

Progressive Conservative

Peel


John Pallett

Progressive Conservative

Perth


Jay Monteith

Progressive Conservative

Peterborough


Gordon Knapman Fraser

Progressive Conservative

Port Arthur


Doug Fisher

C.C.F.

Prince Edward—Lennox


Clarence Adam Milligan

Progressive Conservative

Renfrew North


James Forgie

Liberal

Renfrew South


James William Baskin

Progressive Conservative

Rosedale


David James Walker

Progressive Conservative

Russell


Joseph-Omer Gour

Liberal

St. Paul's


Roland Michener

Progressive Conservative

Simcoe East


Philip Bernard Rynard

Progressive Conservative

Simcoe North


Heber Smith

Progressive Conservative

Spadina


Charles Edward Rea

Progressive Conservative

Stormont


Albert Peter Lavigne

Liberal

Sudbury


Rodger Mitchell

Liberal

Timiskaming


Arnold Peters

C.C.F.

Timmins


Murdo Martin

C.C.F.

Trinity


Stanley Haidasz

Liberal

Victoria


Clayton Hodgson

Progressive Conservative

Waterloo North


Norman Schneider

Liberal

Waterloo South


William Anderson

Progressive Conservative

Welland


William Hector McMillan

Liberal

Wellington—Huron


Marvin Howe

Progressive Conservative

Wellington South


Alfred Hales

Progressive Conservative

Wentworth


Frank Exton Lennard

Progressive Conservative

York Centre


Fred C. Stinson

Progressive Conservative

York East


Robert Henry McGregor

Progressive Conservative

York—Humber


Margaret Aitken

Progressive Conservative

York North


Cecil A. (Tiny) Cathers

Progressive Conservative

York—Scarborough


Frank Charles McGee

Progressive Conservative

York South


William George Beech

Progressive Conservative

York West


John Borden Hamilton

Progressive Conservative


Prince Edward Island































Electoral district
Name
Party

King's


John Augustine Macdonald

Progressive Conservative

Prince


Orville Howard Phillips

Progressive Conservative

Queen's*


John Angus Maclean

Progressive Conservative


Heath MacQuarrie

Progressive Conservative


Quebec










































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes


Philippe Valois

Liberal

Beauce


Raoul Poulin
Independent

Beauharnois—Salaberry


Robert Cauchon

Liberal

Bellechasse


Ovide Laflamme

Liberal

Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière


Joseph Langlois

Liberal

Bonaventure


Nérée Arsenault

Progressive Conservative

Brome—Missisquoi


Joseph-Léon Deslières

Liberal

Cartier


Leon David Crestohl

Liberal

Chambly—Rouville


Yvon L'heureux

Liberal

Champlain


Joseph Irenée Rochefort

Liberal

Chapleau


Charles-Noël Barbès

Liberal

Charlevoix


Auguste Maltais

Liberal

Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie


Jean Boucher

Liberal

Chicoutimi


Rosaire Gauthier

Liberal

Compton—Frontenac


Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette

Liberal

Dollard


Guy Rouleau

Liberal

Dorchester


Joseph-Armand Landry

Liberal

Drummond—Arthabaska


Samuel Boulanger
Independent Liberal

Gaspé


Roland Léo English

Progressive Conservative

Gatineau


Rodolphe Leduc

Liberal

Hochelaga


Raymond Eudes

Liberal

Hull


Alexis Pierre Caron

Liberal

Îles-de-la-Madeleine


Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon

Liberal

Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle


Robert John Pratt

Progressive Conservative

Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm


Maurice Breton

Liberal

Kamouraska


Benoît Chabot
Independent

Labelle


Henri Courtemanche
Independent Progressive Conservative

Lac-Saint-Jean


André Gauthier

Liberal

Lafontaine


J.-Georges Ratelle

Liberal

Lapointe


Augustin Brassard

Liberal

Laurier


Lionel Chevrier

Liberal

Laval


Léopold Demers

Liberal

Lévis


Maurice Bourget

Liberal

Longueuil


Auguste Vincent

Liberal

Lotbinière


Raymond Joseph Michael O'hurley

Progressive Conservative

Maisonneuve—Rosemont


Jean-Paul Deschatelets

Liberal

Matapédia—Matane


Léandre Thibault

Liberal

Mégantic


Joseph Lafontaine

Liberal

Mercier


Marcel Monette

Liberal

Montmagny—L'Islet


Jean Lesage

Liberal

Mount Royal


Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton

Liberal

Nicolet—Yamaska


Paul Comtois

Progressive Conservative

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce


William McLean Hamilton

Progressive Conservative

Outremont—St-Jean


Romuald Bourque

Liberal

Papineau


Adrien Meunier

Liberal

Pontiac—Témiscamingue


John Hugh Proudfoot

Liberal

Portneuf


Pierre Gauthier

Liberal

Québec—Montmorency


Wilfrid Lacroix

Liberal

Quebec East


Louis St. Laurent

Liberal

Quebec South


Francis (Frank) Gavan Power

Liberal

Quebec West


René Bégin

Liberal

Richelieu—Verchères


Lucien Cardin

Liberal

Richmond—Wolfe


Ernest-Omer Gingras

Liberal

Rimouski


Gérard Légaré

Liberal

Roberval


Georges Villeneuve

Liberal

Saguenay


Lomer Brisson

Liberal

St. Ann


Gérard Loiselle
Independent Liberal

Saint-Antoine—Westmount


George Carlyle Marler

Liberal

Saint-Denis


Azellus Denis

Liberal

Saint-Henri


Joseph-Arsène Bonnier

Liberal

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot


Théogène Ricard

Progressive Conservative

Saint-Jacques


Roland Beaudry

Liberal

Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville


J.-Armand Ménard

Liberal

St. Lawrence—St. George


Claude Sartoris Richardson

Liberal

Sainte-Marie


Hector Dupuis

Liberal

Saint-Maurice—Laflèche


Joseph-Adolphe Richard

Liberal

Shefford


Marcel Boivin

Liberal

Sherbrooke


Maurice Gingues

Liberal

Stanstead


Louis-Édouard Roberge

Liberal

Témiscouata


Jean-Paul St. Laurent

Liberal

Terrebonne


Raymond Raymond

Liberal

Trois-Rivières


Léon Balcer

Progressive Conservative

Vaudreuil—Soulanges


Louis-René Beaudoin

Liberal

Verdun


Joseph Gérard Yves Leduc

Liberal

Villeneuve


Armand Dumas

Liberal


Saskatchewan














































































































Electoral district
Name
Party

Assiniboia


Hazen Argue

C.C.F.

Humboldt—Melfort


Hugh Alexander Bryson

C.C.F.

Kindersley


Merv Johnson

C.C.F.

Mackenzie


Alexander Malcolm Nicholson

C.C.F.

Meadow Lake


John Hornby Harrison

Liberal

Melville


James Garfield Gardiner

Liberal

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre


Louis Harrington Lewry

C.C.F.

Moose Mountain


Edward George McCullough

C.C.F.

Prince Albert


John Diefenbaker

Progressive Conservative

Qu'Appelle


Francis Alvin George Hamilton

Progressive Conservative

Regina City


Alfred Claude Ellis

C.C.F.

Rosetown—Biggar


Major James Coldwell

C.C.F.

Rosthern


Walter Adam Tucker

Liberal

Saskatoon


Henry Frank Jones

Progressive Conservative

Swift Current—Maple Creek


Irvin William Studer

Liberal

The Battlefords


Alexander Maxwell (Max) Campbell

C.C.F.

Yorkton


George Hugh Castleden

C.C.F.


Yukon



















Electoral district
Name
Party

Yukon


James Aubrey Simmons

Liberal


Erik Nielsen (by-election of 1957-12-16)

Progressive Conservative


By-elections


















































By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained

Yukon
December 16, 1957

James Aubrey Simmons
    

Liberal

Erik Nielsen
    

Progressive Conservative
Election declared void

No

Hastings—Frontenac
November 4, 1957

George Stanley White
    

Progressive Conservative

Sidney Earle Smith
    

Progressive Conservative
Called to the Senate
Yes

Lanark
August 26, 1957

William G. Blair
    

Progressive Conservative

George Doucett
    

Progressive Conservative
Death
Yes




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