24th Canadian Parliament explained

Jurisdiction:CA
#:24th
Type:Majority
Houseimage:Chambre des Communes 1958.png
Status:inactive
Term-Begin:1958-05-12
Term-End:1962-04-19
Pm:John Diefenbaker
Ministry:18th Canadian Ministry
Pm-Begin:1957-06-21
Pm-End:1963-04-22
Lo:Lester B. Pearson
Party:Progressive Conservative Party
Party2:Liberal Party
Unrecparty1:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Sessionbegin:1958-05-12
Sessionend:1958-09-06
Sessionbegin2:1959-01-15
Sessionend2:1959-07-18
Sessionbegin3:1960-01-14
Sessionend3:1960-08-10
Sessionbegin4:1960-11-17
Sessionend4:1961-09-29
Sessionbegin5:1962-01-18
Sessionend5:1962-04-19
Monarchterm:6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Members:265
Lastparl:23rd
Nextparl:25th

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.

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

There were five sessions of the 24th Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth 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 districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% AcadiaJack HornerProgressive Conservative
AthabaskaJack BiggProgressive Conservative
Battle River—CamroseClifford SmallwoodProgressive Conservative
Bow RiverEldon WoolliamsProgressive Conservative
Calgary NorthDouglas HarknessProgressive Conservative
Calgary SouthArthur Ryan SmithProgressive Conservative
Edmonton EastWilliam SkoreykoProgressive Conservative
Edmonton—StrathconaTerry NugentProgressive Conservative
Edmonton WestMarcel LambertProgressive Conservative
Jasper—EdsonHugh HornerProgressive Conservative
LethbridgeDeane GundlockProgressive Conservative
MacleodLawrence KindtProgressive Conservative
Medicine HatEdwin William BrunsdenProgressive Conservative
Peace RiverGed BaldwinProgressive Conservative
Red DeerHarris George RogersProgressive Conservative
VegrevilleFrank FaneProgressive Conservative
WetaskiwinJames Stanley SpeakmanProgressive Conservative

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% rowspan=2Burnaby—CoquitlamErhart RegierC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
Burnaby—RichmondJohn DrysdaleProgressive Conservative
CaribooWalter Clarence HendersonProgressive Conservative
Coast—CapilanoWilliam Hector PayneProgressive Conservative
Comox—AlberniHenry McQuillanProgressive Conservative
Esquimalt—SaanichGeorge Randolph Pearkes (until 11 October 1960 emoulment appointment)Progressive Conservative
George Louis Chatterton (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative
Fraser ValleyWilliam Harold HicksProgressive Conservative
KamloopsEdmund Davie FultonProgressive Conservative
Kootenay EastMurray McFarlaneProgressive Conservative
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
NanaimoWalter MatthewsProgressive Conservative
New WestminsterWilliam McLennanProgressive Conservative
Okanagan BoundaryDavid Vaughan PughProgressive Conservative
Okanagan—RevelstokeStuart A. FlemingProgressive Conservative
SkeenaFrank HowardC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
Vancouver—BurrardJohn Russell TaylorProgressive Conservative
Vancouver CentreDouglas JungProgressive Conservative
Vancouver EastHarold Edward WinchC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
Vancouver KingswayJohn Ferguson BrowneProgressive Conservative
Vancouver QuadraHoward Charles GreenProgressive Conservative
Vancouver SouthErnest James BroomeProgressive Conservative
VictoriaAlbert DeBurgo McPhillipsProgressive Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Brandon—SourisWalter DinsdaleProgressive Conservative
ChurchillRobert SimpsonProgressive Conservative
DauphinRichard Elmer ForbesProgressive Conservative
LisgarGeorge Robson MuirProgressive Conservative
MarquetteNick MandziukProgressive Conservative
Portage—NeepawaGeorge FairfieldProgressive Conservative
ProvencherWarner Herbert JorgensonProgressive Conservative
SelkirkEric Stefanson, Sr.Progressive Conservative
SpringfieldVal Yacula (died 24 September 1958)Progressive Conservative
Joseph Slogan (by-election of 1958-12-15)Progressive Conservative
St. BonifaceLaurier RégnierProgressive Conservative
Winnipeg NorthMurray SmithProgressive Conservative
Winnipeg North CentreJohn MacLeanProgressive Conservative
Winnipeg SouthGordon ChownProgressive Conservative
Winnipeg South CentreGordon ChurchillProgressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% CharlotteCaldwell StewartProgressive Conservative
GloucesterHédard-J. RobichaudLiberal
KentHervé MichaudLiberal
Northumberland—MiramichiGeorge Roy McwilliamLiberal
Restigouche—MadawaskaCharles Van HorneProgressive Conservative
Edgar E. Fournier (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksProgressive Conservative
Hugh John Flemming (by-election of 1960-10-31)Progressive Conservative
St. John—AlbertThomas Miller BellProgressive Conservative
Victoria—CarletonGage MontgomeryProgressive Conservative
WestmorlandWilliam CreaghanProgressive Conservative
York—SunburyJohn Chester MacRaeProgressive Conservative

Newfoundland

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Bonavista—TwillingateJack PickersgillLiberal
Burin—BurgeoChesley William CarterLiberal
Grand Falls—White Bay—LabradorCharles GrangerLiberal
Humber—St. George'sHerman Maxwell BattenLiberal
St. John's EastJames Aloysius McGrathProgressive Conservative
St. John's WestWilliam Joseph BrowneProgressive Conservative
Trinity—ConceptionJames Roy TuckerLiberal

Northwest Territories

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Mackenzie RiverMervyn Arthur HardieLiberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Antigonish—GuysboroughClement O'LearyProgressive Conservative
Cape Breton North and VictoriaRobert MuirProgressive Conservative
Cape Breton SouthDonald MacInnisProgressive Conservative
Colchester—HantsCyril KennedyProgressive Conservative
CumberlandRobert CoatesProgressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—KingsGeorge NowlanProgressive Conservative
HalifaxRobert Jardine McCleaveProgressive Conservative
Edmund Leverett MorrisProgressive Conservative
Inverness—RichmondRobert MacLellanProgressive Conservative
PictouHoward Russell MacewanProgressive Conservative
Queens—LunenburgLloyd CrouseProgressive Conservative
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareFelton Fenwick LegereProgressive Conservative

Ontario

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Algoma EastLester B. PearsonLiberal
Algoma WestGeorge Ewart NixonLiberal
BrantfordJack WrattenProgressive Conservative
Brant—HaldimandJohn A. CharltonProgressive Conservative
BroadviewGeorge HeesProgressive Conservative
BruceAndrew Ernest RobinsonProgressive Conservative
CarletonDick BellProgressive Conservative
CochraneJoseph-Anaclet HabelLiberal
DanforthRobert Hardy SmallProgressive Conservative
DavenportDouglas MortonProgressive Conservative
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweProgressive Conservative
DurhamReginald Percy VivianProgressive Conservative
EglintonDonald FlemingProgressive Conservative
ElginJames Alexander McBainProgressive Conservative
Essex EastPaul Martin Sr.Liberal
Essex SouthRichard Devere ThrasherProgressive Conservative
Essex WestNorman Leonard SpencerProgressive Conservative
Fort WilliamHubert BadanaiLiberal
Glengarry—PrescottOsie VilleneuveProgressive Conservative
GreenwoodJames MacKerras MacdonnellProgressive Conservative
Grenville—DundasArza Clair Casselman (died 11 May 1958)Progressive Conservative
Jean Casselman Wadds (by-election of 1958-09-29)Progressive Conservative
Grey—BruceEric Alfred WinklerProgressive Conservative
Grey NorthPercy Verner NobleProgressive Conservative
HaltonCharles Alexander BestProgressive Conservative
Hamilton EastQuinto MartiniProgressive Conservative
Hamilton SouthRobert Matthew Turnbull McDonaldProgressive Conservative
Hamilton WestEllen FaircloughProgressive Conservative
Hastings—FrontenacSidney Smith (died 17 March 1959)Progressive Conservative
Roderick Arthur Ennis Webb (by-election of 1959-10-05)Progressive Conservative
Hastings SouthLee Elgy GrillsProgressive Conservative
High ParkJohn KucherepaProgressive Conservative
HuronLewis Elston CardiffProgressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore BenidicksonLiberal-Labour
KentHarold Warren DanforthProgressive Conservative
KingstonBenjamin Graydon AllmarkProgressive Conservative
Lambton—KentErnest John CampbellProgressive Conservative
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative
LanarkGeorge DoucettProgressive Conservative
LeedsHayden Stanton (died 8 December 1960)Progressive Conservative
John Matheson (by-election of 1961-05-29)Liberal
LincolnJohn SmithProgressive Conservative
LondonErnest HalpennyProgressive Conservative
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative
Middlesex WestWilliam Howell Arthur ThomasProgressive Conservative
Niagara FallsWilliam Houck (died 5 May 1960)Liberal
Judy LaMarsh (by-election of 1960-10-31)Liberal
Nickel BeltOsias GodinLiberal
NipissingJack GarlandLiberal
NorfolkJohn Evans KnowlesProgressive Conservative
NorthumberlandBenjamin Cope (Ben) ThompsonProgressive Conservative
OntarioMichael StarrProgressive Conservative
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal
Ottawa WestGeorge James McilraithLiberal
OxfordWally NesbittProgressive Conservative
ParkdaleArthur Edward Martin MaloneyProgressive Conservative
Parry Sound—MuskokaGordon AikenProgressive Conservative
PeelJohn PallettProgressive Conservative
PerthJay MonteithProgressive Conservative
PeterboroughGordon Knapman FraserProgressive Conservative
Walter Pitman (by-election of 1960-10-31)New Party
Port ArthurDoug FisherC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
Prince Edward—LennoxClarence Adam MilliganProgressive Conservative
Renfrew NorthJames Moffat ForgieLiberal
Renfrew SouthJames William BaskinProgressive Conservative
RosedaleDavid James WalkerProgressive Conservative
RussellJoseph-Omer Gour (died in office)Liberal
Paul Tardif (by-election of 1959-10-05)Liberal
Simcoe EastPhilip Bernard RynardProgressive Conservative
Simcoe NorthHeber Edgar SmithProgressive Conservative
SpadinaCharles Edward ReaProgressive Conservative
StormontGrant CampbellProgressive Conservative
St. Paul'sRoland MichenerProgressive Conservative
SudburyRodger MitchellLiberal
TimiskamingArnold PetersC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
TimminsMurdo MartinC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
TrinityEdward Russell Lockyer (died in office)Progressive Conservative
Paul Hellyer (by-election of 1958-12-15)Liberal
VictoriaClayton Wesley HodgsonProgressive Conservative
Waterloo NorthOscar William WeichelProgressive Conservative
Waterloo SouthWilliam AndersonProgressive Conservative
WellandWilliam Hector McMillanLiberal
Wellington—HuronMarvin HoweProgressive Conservative
Wellington SouthAlfred Dryden HalesProgressive Conservative
WentworthFrank Exton LennardProgressive Conservative
York CentreFrederick Coles StinsonProgressive Conservative
York EastRobert Henry McgregorProgressive Conservative
York—HumberMargaret AitkenProgressive Conservative
York NorthCecil A. (Tiny) CathersProgressive Conservative
York—ScarboroughFrank Charles McgeeProgressive Conservative
York SouthWilliam George BeechProgressive Conservative
York WestJohn Borden HamiltonProgressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% rowspan=2King'sJohn Augustine Macdonald (died 4 January 1961)Progressive Conservative
Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29)Progressive Conservative
PrinceOrville Howard PhillipsProgressive Conservative
Queen'sJohn Angus MacleanProgressive Conservative
Heath MacQuarrieProgressive Conservative

Quebec

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Argenteuil—Deux-MontagnesJoseph-Octave LatourProgressive Conservative
BeauceJean-Paul RacineLiberal
Beauharnois—SalaberryGérard BruchésiProgressive Conservative
BellechasseNoël DorionProgressive Conservative
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudièreRémi PaulProgressive Conservative
BonaventureLucien GrenierProgressive Conservative
Brome—MissisquoiHeward GraffteyProgressive Conservative
CartierLeon David CrestohlLiberal
Chambly—RouvilleMaurice JohnsonProgressive Conservative
ChamplainPaul LahayeProgressive Conservative
ChapleauJean-Jacques MartelProgressive Conservative
CharlevoixMartial AsselinProgressive Conservative
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—LaprairieMerrill Edwin BarringtonProgressive Conservative
ChicoutimiVincent BrassardProgressive Conservative
Compton—FrontenacGeorge McClellan (Mac) StearnsProgressive Conservative
DollardGuy RouleauLiberal
DorchesterNoël DrouinProgressive Conservative
Drummond—ArthabaskaSamuel BoulangerLiberal
GaspéRoland EnglishProgressive Conservative
GatineauRodolphe LeducLiberal
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal
HullAlexis CaronLiberal
Îles-de-la-MadeleineJames Russell KeaysProgressive Conservative
Jacques-Cartier—LasalleRobert John PrattProgressive Conservative
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmLouis-Joseph PigeonProgressive Conservative
KamouraskaCharles RichardProgressive Conservative
LabelleHenri Courtemanche (until 20 January 1960 Senate appointment)Progressive Conservative
Gaston Clermont (by-election of 1960-10-31)Liberal
Lac-Saint-JeanJoseph Aimé Roger ParizeauProgressive Conservative
LafontaineJ.-Georges RatelleLiberal
LapointeAugustin BrassardLiberal
LaurierLionel ChevrierLiberal
LavalRodrigue BourdagesProgressive Conservative
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal
LongueuilPierre SévignyProgressive Conservative
LotbinièreRaymond O'HurleyProgressive Conservative
Maisonneuve—RosemontJean-Paul DeschateletsLiberal
Matapédia—MataneAlfred BelzileProgressive Conservative
MéganticGabriel RobergeLiberal
MercierAndré GilletProgressive Conservative
Montmagny—L'IsletJean Lesage (resigned 11 June 1958)Liberal
Louis Fortin (by-election of 1958-09-29)Progressive Conservative
Mount RoyalAlan MacnaughtonLiberal
Nicolet—YamaskaPaul ComtoisProgressive Conservative
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceWilliam McLean HamiltonProgressive Conservative
Outremont—St-JeanRomuald BourqueLiberal
PapineauAdrien MeunierLiberal
Pontiac—TémiscaminguePaul MartineauProgressive Conservative
PortneufAristide Stanislas Joseph RompréProgressive Conservative
Québec—MontmorencyRobert B. LafrenièreProgressive Conservative
Quebec EastYvon-Roma TasséProgressive Conservative
Quebec SouthJacques FlynnProgressive Conservative
Quebec WestJ.-Eugène BissonnetteProgressive Conservative
Richelieu—VerchèresLucien CardinLiberal
Richmond—WolfeV. Florent DuboisProgressive Conservative
RimouskiÉmilien MorissetteProgressive Conservative
RobervalJean-Noël TremblayProgressive Conservative
SaguenayPerrault LaRueProgressive Conservative
St. AnnGérard LoiselleLiberal
Saint-Antoine—WestmountAllan Ross WebsterProgressive Conservative
Saint-DenisAzellus DenisLiberal
Saint-HenriH.-Pit LessardLiberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotThéogène RicardProgressive Conservative
Saint-JacquesCharles-Édouard CampeauProgressive Conservative
Saint-Jean—Iberville—NapiervilleYvon DupuisLiberal
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeEgan ChambersProgressive Conservative
Sainte-MarieGeorges ValadeProgressive Conservative
Saint-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Adolphe RichardLiberal
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal
SherbrookeMaurice AllardProgressive Conservative
StansteadRené LétourneauProgressive Conservative
TémiscouataAntoine FréchetteProgressive Conservative
TerrebonneMarcel DeschambaultProgressive Conservative
Trois-RivièresLéon BalcerProgressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—SoulangesMarcel BourbonnaisProgressive Conservative
VerdunHarold Edmond MonteithProgressive Conservative
VilleneuveArmand DumasLiberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% rowspan=3AssiniboiaHazen ArgueC.C.F.
New Democratic Party
Liberal
Humboldt—MelfortReynold RappProgressive Conservative
KindersleyRobert HanbidgeProgressive Conservative
MackenzieStanley KorchinskiProgressive Conservative
Meadow LakeBert CadieuProgressive Conservative
MelvilleJames Norris OrmistonProgressive Conservative
Moose Jaw—Lake CentreJames Ernest PascoeProgressive Conservative
Moose MountainRichard Russell SouthamProgressive Conservative
Prince AlbertJohn DiefenbakerProgressive Conservative
Qu'AppelleAlvin HamiltonProgressive Conservative
Regina CityKen MoreProgressive Conservative
Rosetown—BiggarClarence Owen CooperProgressive Conservative
RosthernEdward NasserdenProgressive Conservative
SaskatoonHenry Frank JonesProgressive Conservative
Swift Current—Maple CreekJack McIntoshProgressive Conservative
The BattlefordsAlbert Ralph HornerProgressive Conservative
YorktonGordon Drummond ClancyProgressive Conservative

Yukon

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% YukonErik NielsenProgressive Conservative

Major Bills of the 24th Parliament

Important bills of the 24th parliament included:

By-elections

See main article: By-elections to the 24th Canadian Parliament.

References