| Jurisdiction: | CA |
| #: | 36th |
| Type: | Majority |
| Houseimage: | Cdn1997.PNG |
| Senateimage: | Senate of Canada - Seating Plan (36th Parliament).svg |
| Status: | inactive |
| Term-Begin: | 1997-09-22 |
| Term-End: | 2000-10-22 |
| Sc: | Hon. Gilbert Parent |
| Scterm: | - January 28, 2001 |
| Pm: | Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien |
| Pm-Begin: | 1993-11-04 |
| Pm-End: | 2003-12-12 |
| Lo: | Hon. Preston Manning |
| Loterm: | - |
| Lo2: | Hon. Deborah Grey |
| Loterm2: | - |
| Lo3: | Hon. Stockwell Day |
| Loterm3: | - |
| Ghl: | Hon. Don Boudria |
| Ghlterm: | - |
| Ohl: | Hon. Randy White |
| Ohlterm: | - |
| Ohl2: | Hon. Chuck Strahl |
| Ohlterm2: | - |
| Ss: | Hon. Gildas Molgat |
| Ssterm: | - |
| Gsl: | Hon. Alasdair Graham |
| Gslterm: | - |
| Gsl2: | Hon. Bernie Boudreau |
| Gslterm2: | - |
| Osl: | Hon. John Lynch-Staunton |
| Oslterm: | - |
| Party: | Liberal Party |
| Party2: | Reform Party |
| Party2sen: | Progressive Conservative Party |
| Party3: | Bloc Québécois |
| Party4: | New Democratic Party |
| Partyfootnote1: | Changed its name to Canadian Alliance partway through the Parliament. |
| Monarchterm: | 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 |
| Viceroy: | Roméo LeBlanc |
| Viceroyterm: | 8 February 1995 – 7 October 1999 |
| Viceroy2: | Adrienne Clarkson |
| Viceroyterm2: | 7 October 1999 – 27 September 2005 |
| Ministry: | 26th Canadian Ministry |
| Members: | 301 |
| Senators: | 104 |
| Lastparl: | 35th |
| Nextparl: | 37th |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 election results | At dissolution | On election day 1997[1] | At dissolution | Liberal Party of Canada | 155 | 161 | 51 | 56 | 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 | 58 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total members | 301 | 301 | 104 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Total seats | 301 | 104 | 105 | |||||||||||||||||||
See main article: List of House members of the 36th Parliament of Canada.
See main article: By-elections to the 36th Canadian Parliament.