27th Canadian Parliament
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The 27th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 9, 1965 until April 23, 1968. The membership was set by the 1965 federal election on November 8, 1965, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1968 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and the 19th Canadian Ministry. Pierre Trudeau succeeded Pearson as party leader and Prime Minister shortly before this Parliament ended for the 1968 national election.
The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John Diefenbaker, and subsequently by Michael Starr.
The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were two sessions of the 27th Parliament.
Most of the MPs were elected as the single member for their district. Two represented Queen's (PEI) and two represented Halifax.
Distribution of seats at the beginning of the 27th Parliament
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1963 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | Liberal | Lester Pearson | 128 | 128 | 131 | +2.3% | Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 93 | 95 | 97 | +4.3% | New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 24 | 17 | 21 | -12.5% | Ralliement créditiste | Réal Caouette | 9 | Independent | - | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 265 | 265 | 265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election 1 "Previous" refers to the results of the previous election, not the party standings in the House of Commons prior to dissolution.
List of members
Template:CanHOC Following is a full list of members of the twenty-seventh 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
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Template:Canadian party colour| | Jack Pickersgill (resigned 19 September 1967) | Liberal |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Charles Granger (by-election of 1967-11-06) | Liberal | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Template:Canadian party colour| | Chesley William Carter (until 8 July 1966 Senate appointment) | Liberal |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Don Jamieson (by-election of 1966-09-19) | Liberal | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Template:Canadian party colour| | Charles Granger (resigned 1 August 1966)1 | Liberal |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Andrew Chatwood (by-election of 1966-09-19) | Liberal | |
| Humber—St. George's | Template:Canadian party colour| | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal |
| St. John's East | Template:Canadian party colour| | Joseph O'Keefe | Liberal |
| St. John's West | Template:Canadian party colour| | Richard Cashin | Liberal |
| Trinity—Conception | Template:Canadian party colour| | James Roy Tucker | Liberal |
1Granger resigned the seat of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador in August 1966 to contest a seat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly and was succeeded by Andrew Chatwood of the Liberals. Granger became Minister of Labrador Affairs in the provincial cabinet. He resigned his provincial office in September 1967 to contest the federal seat of Bonavista—Twillingate vacated by Jack Pickersgill. Granger was successful and became Minister without portfolio in Pearson's Cabinet.
Northwest Territories
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Territories | Template:Canadian party colour| | Robert Orange | Liberal |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Template:Canadian party colour| | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative |
By-elections
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Succession
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