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.
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-third Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Parliamentary assistants is indicated by "‡". Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
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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 23rd Parliament of CanadaMinority parliament14 October 1957 1 February 1958Parliament leadersPrimeMinisterJohn DiefenbakerCabinet18th Canadian MinistryLeader of theOppositionLouis St LaurentLester B PearsonParty caucusesGovernmentProgressive Conservative PartyOppositionLiberal PartyCrossbenchCo operative Commonwealth FederationSocial Credit PartyHouse of CommonsSeating arrangements of the House of CommonsMembers265 MP seatsList of membersSovereignMonarchElizabeth II6 February 1952 8 September 2022GovernorGeneralVincent Massey28 February 1952 15 September 1959Sessions1st session1957 10 14 1958 02 01 22nd 24thJohn Diefenbaker was Prime Minister during the 23rd Canadian Parliament 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 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 Notes 4 References 5 SuccessionList of members editFollowing is a full list of members of the twenty third Parliament listed first by province or territory then by electoral district Party leaders are italicized Parliamentary assistants is indicated by Cabinet ministers are in boldface The Prime Minister is both The Speaker is indicated by Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk indicates that district was represented by two members Alberta edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedAcadia Victor Quelch Social Credit 1935Athabaska Joseph Miville Dechene Liberal 1940Battle River Camrose James Alexander Smith Social Credit 1955Bow River Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit 1935Calgary North Douglas Harkness Progressive Conservative 1945Calgary South Arthur Ryan Smith Progressive Conservative 1957Edmonton East Ambrose Holowach Social Credit 1953Edmonton Strathcona Sydney Herbert Thompson Social Credit 1957Edmonton West Marcel Lambert Progressive Conservative 1957Jasper Edson Charles Yuill Social Credit 1953Lethbridge John Horne Blackmore Social Credit 1935Macleod Ernest George Hansell Social Credit 1935Medicine Hat Bud Olson Social Credit 1957Peace River Solon Earl Low Social Credit 1945Red Deer Frederick Davis Shaw Social Credit 1940Vegreville Peter Stefura Social Credit 1957Wetaskiwin Ray Thomas Social Credit 1949British Columbia edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedBurnaby Coquitlam Erhart Regier C C F 1953Burnaby Richmond Thomas Irwin Social Credit 1957Cariboo Bert Leboe Social Credit 1953Coast Capilano James Sinclair Liberal 1940Comox Alberni Thomas Speakman Barnett C C F 1953Esquimalt Saanich George Randolph Pearkes Progressive Conservative 1945Fraser Valley Alexander Bell Patterson Social Credit 1953Kamloops Edmund Davie Fulton Progressive Conservative 1945Kootenay East Jim Byrne Liberal 1949Kootenay West Herbert Wilfred Herridge C C F 1945Nanaimo Colin Cameron C C F 1953New Westminster George Hahn Social Credit 1953Okanagan Boundary Frank Christian Social Credit 1957Okanagan Revelstoke George McLeod Social Credit 1953Skeena Frank Howard C C F 1957Vancouver Burrard John Russell Taylor Progressive Conservative 1957Vancouver Centre Douglas Jung Progressive Conservative 1957Vancouver East Harold Edward Winch C C F 1953Vancouver Kingsway Alexander Macdonald C C F 1957Vancouver Quadra Howard Charles Green Progressive Conservative 1935Vancouver South Ernest James Broome Progressive Conservative 1957Victoria Albert DeBurgo McPhillips Progressive Conservative 1957Manitoba edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedBrandon Souris Walter Dinsdale Progressive Conservative 1951Churchill Robert Simpson Progressive Conservative 1957Dauphin Fred Zaplitny C C F 1945 1953Lisgar George Robson Muir Progressive Conservative 1957Marquette Nick Mandziuk Progressive Conservative 1957Portage Neepawa George Clark Fairfield Progressive Conservative 1957Provencher Warner Herbert Jorgenson Progressive Conservative 1957Selkirk William Bryce C C F 1954Springfield Jacob Schulz C C F 1957St Boniface Louis Deniset Liberal 1957Winnipeg North Alistair Stewart C C F 1940Winnipeg North Centre Stanley Knowles C C F 1942Winnipeg South Gordon Chown Progressive Conservative 1957Winnipeg South Centre Gordon Churchill Progressive Conservative 1951New Brunswick edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedCharlotte A Wesley Stuart Liberal 1945Gloucester Hedard J Robichaud Liberal 1953Kent Herve Michaud Liberal 1953Northumberland Miramichi George Roy McWilliam Liberal 1949Restigouche Madawaska Charles Van Horne Progressive Conservative 1955Royal Alfred Johnson Brooks Progressive Conservative 1935St John Albert Thomas Miller Bell Progressive Conservative 1953Victoria Carleton Gage Montgomery Progressive Conservative 1952Westmorland Henry Murphy Liberal 1949York Sunbury John Chester MacRae Progressive Conservative 1957Newfoundland edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedBonavista Twillingate Jack Pickersgill Liberal 1953Burin Burgeo Chesley William Carter Liberal 1949Grand Falls White Bay Labrador Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne Liberal 1949Humber St George s Herman Maxwell Batten Liberal 1953St John s East James Aloysius McGrath Progressive Conservative 1957St John s West William Joseph Browne Progressive Conservative 1949 1957Trinity Conception Leonard Stick Liberal 1949Northwest Territories edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedMackenzie River Mervyn Arthur Hardie Liberal 1953Nova Scotia edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedAntigonish Guysborough Angus Ronald Macdonald Progressive Conservative 1957Cape Breton North and Victoria Robert Muir Progressive Conservative 1957Cape Breton South Donald MacInnis Progressive Conservative 1957Colchester Hants Cyril Kennedy Progressive Conservative 1957Cumberland Robert Coates Progressive Conservative 1957Digby Annapolis Kings George Nowlan Progressive Conservative 1948 1950Halifax Robert Jardine McCleave Progressive Conservative 1957Edmund Leverett Morris Progressive Conservative 1957Inverness Richmond Allan MacEachen Liberal 1953Pictou Howard Russell Macewan Progressive Conservative 1957Queens Lunenburg Lloyd Crouse Progressive Conservative 1957Shelburne Yarmouth Clare Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk Liberal 1949Ontario edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedAlgoma East Lester B Pearson Liberal 1948Algoma West George E Nixon Liberal 1940Brantford Jack Wratten Progressive Conservative 1957Brant Haldimand John A Charlton Progressive Conservative 1945Broadview George Hees Progressive Conservative 1950Bruce Andrew Ernest Robinson Progressive Conservative 1945 1953Carleton Dick Bell Progressive Conservative 1957Cochrane Joseph Anaclet Habel Liberal 1953Danforth Robert Hardy Small Progressive Conservative 1953Davenport Douglas Morton Progressive Conservative 1957Dufferin Simcoe William Earl Rowe Progressive Conservative 1925Durham Reginald Percy Vivian Progressive Conservative 1957Eglinton Donald Fleming Progressive Conservative 1945Elgin James Alexander McBain Progressive Conservative 1954Essex East Paul Martin Sr Liberal 1935Essex South Richard Devere Thrasher Progressive Conservative 1957Essex West Donald Ferguson Brown Liberal 1945Fort William Daniel McIvor Liberal 1935Glengarry Prescott Osie Villeneuve Progressive Conservative 1957Greenwood James MacKerras Macdonnell Progressive Conservative 1945 a 1949Grenville Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Progressive Conservative 1921 1925Grey Bruce Eric Winkler Progressive Conservative 1957Grey North Percy Verner Noble Progressive Conservative 1957Halton Charles Alexander Best Progressive Conservative 1957Hamilton East Quinto Martini Progressive Conservative 1957Hamilton South Bob McDonald Progressive Conservative 1957Hamilton West Ellen Fairclough Progressive Conservative 1950Hastings Frontenac George Stanley White until 20 August 1957 Senate appointment Progressive Conservative 1940Sidney Smith by election of 1957 11 04 Progressive Conservative 1957Hastings South Lee Grills Progressive Conservative 1957High Park John Kucherepa Progressive Conservative 1957Huron Elston Cardiff Progressive Conservative 1940Kenora Rainy River William Moore Benidickson Liberal Labour 1945Kent Edward Blake Huffman Liberal 1949Kingston William James Henderson Liberal 1949Lambton Kent Ernest John Campbell Progressive Conservative 1957Lambton West Joseph Warner Murphy Progressive Conservative 1945Lanark William Gourlay Blair died 16 June 1957 Progressive Conservative 1945George Doucett by election of 1957 08 26 Progressive Conservative 1957Leeds Hayden Stanton Progressive Conservative 1953Lincoln John Smith Progressive Conservative 1957London Ernest Halpenny Progressive Conservative 1957Middlesex East Harry Oliver White Progressive Conservative 1945Middlesex West William Howell Arthur Thomas Progressive Conservative 1957Niagara Falls William Houck Liberal 1953Nickel Belt Leo Gauthier Liberal 1945Nipissing Jack Garland Liberal 1949Norfolk John Evans Knowles Progressive Conservative 1957Northumberland Benjamin Cope Ben Thompson Progressive Conservative 1957Ontario Michael Starr Progressive Conservative 1952Ottawa East Jean Thomas Richard Liberal 1945Ottawa West George McIlraith Liberal 1940Oxford Wally Nesbitt Progressive Conservative 1953Parkdale Arthur Edward Martin Maloney Progressive Conservative 1957Parry Sound Muskoka Gordon Aiken Progressive Conservative 1957Peel John Pallett Progressive Conservative 1954Perth Jay Monteith Progressive Conservative 1953Peterborough Gordon Knapman Fraser Progressive Conservative 1940Port Arthur Doug Fisher C C F 1957Prince Edward Lennox Clarence Adam Milligan Progressive Conservative 1957Renfrew North James Forgie Liberal 1953Renfrew South James William Baskin Progressive Conservative 1957Rosedale David James Walker Progressive Conservative 1957Russell Joseph Omer Gour Liberal 1945St Paul s Roland Michener Progressive Conservative 1953Simcoe East Philip Bernard Rynard Progressive Conservative 1957Simcoe North Heber Smith Progressive Conservative 1957Spadina Charles Edward Rea Progressive Conservative 1955Stormont Albert Peter Lavigne Liberal 1954Sudbury Rodger Mitchell Liberal 1953Timiskaming Arnold Peters C C F 1957Timmins Murdo Martin C C F 1957Trinity Stanley Haidasz Liberal 1957Victoria Clayton Hodgson Progressive Conservative 1945Waterloo North Norman Schneider Liberal 1952Waterloo South William Anderson Progressive Conservative 1957Welland William Hector McMillan Liberal 1950Wellington Huron Marvin Howe Progressive Conservative 1953Wellington South Alfred Hales Progressive Conservative 1957Wentworth Frank Exton Lennard Progressive Conservative 1935 1945York Centre Fred C Stinson Progressive Conservative 1957York East Robert Henry McGregor Progressive Conservative 1926York Humber Margaret Aitken Progressive Conservative 1953York North Cecil A Tiny Cathers Progressive Conservative 1957York Scarborough Frank Charles McGee Progressive Conservative 1957York South William George Beech Progressive Conservative 1957York West John Borden Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1954Prince Edward Island edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedKing s John Augustine Macdonald Progressive Conservative 1957Prince Orville Howard Phillips Progressive Conservative 1957Queen s John Angus Maclean Progressive Conservative 1951Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative 1957Quebec edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedArgenteuil Deux Montagnes Philippe Valois Liberal 1949Beauce Raoul Poulin Independent 1949Beauharnois Salaberry Robert Cauchon Liberal 1949Bellechasse Ovide Laflamme Liberal 1955Berthier Maskinonge delanaudiere Joseph Langlois Liberal 1949Bonaventure Neree Arsenault Progressive Conservative 1957Brome Missisquoi Joseph Leon Deslieres Liberal 1952Cartier Leon David Crestohl Liberal 1950Chambly Rouville Yvon L heureux Liberal 1957Champlain Joseph Irenee Rochefort Liberal 1949Chapleau Charles Noel Barbes Liberal 1957Charlevoix Auguste Maltais Liberal 1949Chateauguay Huntingdon Laprairie Jean Boucher Liberal 1953Chicoutimi Rosaire Gauthier Liberal 1957Compton Frontenac Joseph Adeodat Blanchette Liberal 1935Dollard Guy Rouleau Liberal 1953Dorchester Joseph Armand Landry Liberal 1957Drummond Arthabaska Samuel Boulanger Independent Liberal 1957Gaspe Roland Leo English Progressive Conservative 1957Gatineau Rodolphe Leduc Liberal 1936 1954Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940Hull Alexis Pierre Caron Liberal 1953Iles de la Madeleine Charles Arthur Dumoulin Cannon Liberal 1949Jacques Cartier Lasalle Robert John Pratt Progressive Conservative 1957Joliette l Assomption Montcalm Maurice Breton Liberal 1950Kamouraska Benoit Chabot Independent 1957Labelle Henri Courtemanche Independent Progressive Conservative 1949 1957Lac Saint Jean Andre Gauthier Liberal 1949Lafontaine J Georges Ratelle Liberal 1949Lapointe Augustin Brassard Liberal 1957Laurier Lionel Chevrier Liberal 1935 b 1957Laval Leopold Demers Liberal 1948Levis Maurice Bourget Liberal 1940Longueuil Auguste Vincent Liberal 1953Lotbiniere Raymond Joseph Michael O Hurley Progressive Conservative 1957Maisonneuve Rosemont Jean Paul Deschatelets Liberal 1953Matapedia Matane Leandre Thibault Liberal 1953Megantic Joseph Lafontaine Liberal 1940Mercier Marcel Monette Liberal 1949Montmagny L Islet Jean Lesage Liberal 1945Mount Royal Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton Liberal 1949Nicolet Yamaska Paul Comtois Progressive Conservative 1957Notre Dame de Grace William McLean Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1953Outremont St Jean Romuald Bourque Liberal 1952Papineau Adrien Meunier Liberal 1953Pontiac Temiscamingue John Hugh Proudfoot Liberal 1949Portneuf Pierre Gauthier Liberal 1936Quebec Montmorency Wilfrid Lacroix Liberal 1935Quebec East Louis St Laurent Liberal 1942Quebec South Francis Frank Gavan Power Liberal 1955Quebec West Rene Begin Liberal 1957Richelieu Vercheres Lucien Cardin Liberal 1952Richmond Wolfe Ernest Omer Gingras Liberal 1949Rimouski Gerard Legare Liberal 1953Roberval Georges Villeneuve Liberal 1953Saguenay Lomer Brisson Liberal 1949St Ann Gerard Loiselle Independent Liberal 1957Saint Antoine Westmount George Carlyle Marler Liberal 1954Saint Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935Saint Henri Joseph Arsene Bonnier Liberal 1938Saint Hyacinthe Bagot Theogene Ricard Progressive Conservative 1957Saint Jacques Roland Beaudry Liberal 1945Saint Jean Iberville Napierville J Armand Menard Liberal 1955St Lawrence St George Claude Sartoris Richardson Liberal 1954Sainte Marie Hector Dupuis Liberal 1953Saint Maurice Lafleche Joseph Adolphe Richard Liberal 1949Shefford Marcel Boivin Liberal 1945Sherbrooke Maurice Gingues Liberal 1940Stanstead Louis Edouard Roberge Liberal 1949Temiscouata Jean Paul St Laurent Liberal 1955Terrebonne Raymond Raymond Liberal 1957Trois Rivieres Leon Balcer Progressive Conservative 1949Vaudreuil Soulanges Louis Rene Beaudoin Liberal 1945Verdun Joseph Gerard Yves Leduc Liberal 1954Villeneuve Armand Dumas Liberal 1949Saskatchewan edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedAssiniboia Hazen Argue C C F 1945Humboldt Melfort Hugh Alexander Bryson C C F 1953Kindersley Merv Johnson C C F 1953Mackenzie Alexander Malcolm Nicholson C C F 1940 1953Meadow Lake John Hornby Harrison Liberal 1949Melville James Garfield Gardiner Liberal 1936Moose Jaw Lake Centre Louis Harrington Lewry C C F 1957Moose Mountain Edward George McCullough C C F 1945 c 1953Prince Albert John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1940Qu Appelle Francis Alvin George Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1957Regina City Alfred Claude Ellis C C F 1953Rosetown Biggar Major James Coldwell C C F 1935Rosthern Walter Adam Tucker Liberal 1935 1953Saskatoon Henry Frank Jones Progressive Conservative 1957Swift Current Maple Creek Irvin William Studer Liberal 1949The Battlefords Alexander Maxwell Max Campbell C C F 1945 1953Yorkton George Hugh Castleden C C F 1940 1953Yukon edit Electoral district Name Party First elected previously electedYukon James Aubrey Simmons Liberal 1949Erik Nielsen by election of 1957 12 16 Progressive Conservative 1957By elections editMain article By elections to the 23rd Canadian Parliament By election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause RetainedYukon December 16 1957 James Aubrey Simmons Liberal Erik Nielsen Progressive Conservative Election declared void NoHastings Frontenac November 4 1957 George Stanley White Progressive Conservative Sidney Earle Smith Progressive Conservative Called to the Senate YesLanark August 26 1957 William G Blair Progressive Conservative George Doucett Progressive Conservative Death YesNotes edit Muskoka Ontario Stormont Ontario AssiniboiaReferences editGovernment of Canada 18th Ministry Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation Privy Council Office Retrieved 2006 11 09 Government of Canada 23rd Parliament Members of the House of Commons 1867 to Date By Parliament Library of Parliament Archived from the original on 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