| Jurisdiction: | CA |
| #: | 31st |
| Type: | Minority |
| Houseimage: | Chambre des Communes 1979.png |
| Senateimage: | Senate of Canada - Seating Plan (31st Parliament).svg |
| Status: | inactive |
| Term-Begin: | 1979-10-09 |
| Term-End: | 1979-12-14 |
| Sc: | Hon. James Jerome |
| Scterm: | - |
| Pm: | Rt. Hon. Joe Clark |
| Pm-Begin: | 1979-06-04 |
| Pm-End: | 1980-03-03 |
| Lo: | Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau |
| Loterm: | - |
| Ghl: | Hon. Walter Baker |
| Ghlterm: | - |
| Ohl: | Hon. Allan MacEachen |
| Ohlterm: | - |
| Ss: | Hon. Allister Grosart |
| Ssterm: | - |
| Gsl: | Hon. Jacques Flynn |
| Gslterm: | - |
| Osl: | Hon. Ray Perrault |
| Oslterm: | - |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Party |
| Party2: | Liberal Party |
| Party3: | New Democratic Party |
| Unrecparty1: | Social Credit Party |
| Monarchterm: | 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 |
| Ministry: | 21st Canadian Ministry |
| Members: | 282 |
| Senators: | 104 |
| Lastparl: | 30th |
| Nextparl: | 32nd |
The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark failed to pass a Motion of Confidence on December 13, 1979. The dissolution of parliament led to the 1980 federal election. Lasting only 66 days from first sitting to dissolution, and only nine months from election to election, the 31st was the shortest parliament in Canadian history.
The 31st Parliament was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority led by Prime Minister Joe Clark and the 21st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
The Speaker was James Jerome. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1976-1987 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There was only one session of the 31st Parliament:
The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:
| Affiliation | House members | Senate members[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 election results | At dissolution | On election day 1979[2] | At dissolution | 136 | 136 | 18 | 28 | 114 | 114 | 73 | 71 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total members | 282 | 282 | 92 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total seats | 282 | 104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Members of the House of Commons in the 31st parliament arranged by province.
* Donald Jamieson resigned from parliament and was replaced by Roger Simmons in a September 19, 1979, by-election
*John Diefenbaker died on August 16, 1979; Stan Hovdebo won the following November 19th by-election to fill his seat
| Riding | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nunatsiaq | Peter Ittinuar | New Democrat | |
| Western Arctic | Dave Nickerson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | |
See main article: By-elections to the 31st Canadian Parliament.