28th_Parliament_of_Canada

28th Canadian Parliament

Parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada

The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election.

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28th Parliament of Canada

Majority parliament

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Parliament leaders

Prime
Minister

Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau
April 20, 1968 (1968-04-20) – June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04)

Cabinet

20th Canadian Ministry

Leader of the
Opposition

Hon. Robert Stanfield
November 6, 1967 (1967-11-06) – November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)

Party caucuses

Government

Liberal Party

Opposition

Progressive Conservative Party

Recognized

New Democratic Party

Ralliement créditiste

House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons

Speaker of the
Commons

Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
January 18, 1966 (1966-01-18) – September 29, 1974 (1974-09-29)

Government
House Leader

Hon. Donald MacDonald
July 6, 1968 (1968-07-06) – September 23, 1970 (1970-09-23)

Hon. Allan MacEachen
September 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)

Opposition
House Leader

Hon. Ged Baldwin
July 27, 1968 (1968-07-27) – September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20)

Members

264 MP seats
List of members

Senate

Speaker of the
Senate

Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets
September 5, 1968 (1968-09-05) – December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)

Government
Senate Leader

Vacant
April 20, 1968 (1968-04-20) – March 31, 1969 (1969-03-31)

Hon. Paul Martin Sr.
April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01) – August 7, 1974 (1974-08-07)

Opposition
Senate Leader

Hon. Jacques Flynn
October 31, 1967 (1967-10-31) – May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22)

Senators

102 senator seats
List of senators

Sessions

1st session
September 12, 1968 (1968-09-12) – October 22, 1969 (1969-10-22)

2nd session
October 23, 1969 (1969-10-23) – October 7, 1970 (1970-10-07)

3rd session
October 8, 1970 (1970-10-08) – February 16, 1972 (1972-02-16)

4th session
February 17, 1972 (1972-02-17) – September 1, 1972 (1972-09-01)

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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led by Robert Stanfield.

The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 28th Parliament:

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Session	Start	End
1st	September 12, 1968	October 22, 1969
2nd	October 23, 1969	October 7, 1970
3rd	October 8, 1970	February 16, 1972
4th	February 17, 1972	September 1, 1972

Members of the House of Commons

Members of the House of Commons in the 28th parliament arranged by province.

Newfoundland

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	Member	Political Party
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception	Frank Moores	Progressive Conservative
Burin—Burgeo	Donald Jamieson	Liberal
Gander—Twillingate	John Lundrigan	Progressive Conservative
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Ambrose Peddle	Progressive Conservative
Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe	Jack Marshall	Progressive Conservative
St. John's East	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West	Walter Carter	Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

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	Member	Political Party
Cardigan	Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative
Egmont	David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Hillsborough	Heath MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative
Malpeque	John Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia

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	Member	Political Party
Annapolis Valley	Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
Cape Breton—East Richmond	Donald MacInnis	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton—The Sydneys	Robert Muir	Progressive Conservative
Central Nova	Howard Russell Macewan then Elmer MacKay*	Both Progressive Conservative
Cumberland—Colchester North	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth—Halifax East	Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
Halifax	Robert Stanfield	Progressive Conservative
Halifax—East Hants	Robert Jardine McCleave	Progressive Conservative
South Shore	Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
South Western Nova	Louis-Roland Comeau	Progressive Conservative

* Russell MacEwan resigned and was replaced by Elmer MacKay in a May 31, 1971 by-election.

New Brunswick

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	Member	Political Party
Carleton—Charlotte	Hugh Flemming	Progressive Conservative
Fundy—Royal	Gordon Fairweather	Progressive Conservative
Gloucester	Herb Breau	Liberal
Madawaska—Victoria	Eymard Corbin	Liberal
Moncton	Charlie Thomas	Progressive Conservative
Northumberland—Miramichi	Percy Smith	Liberal
Restigouche	Jean-Eudes Dubé	Liberal
Saint John—Lancaster	Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland—Kent	Guy F. Crossman	Liberal
York—Sunbury	John Chester MacRae	Progressive Conservative

Quebec

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	Member	Political Party
Abitibi	Gérard Laprise	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Ahuntsic	Jean-Léo Rochon	Liberal
Argenteuil	Robert Major	Liberal
Beauce	Romuald Rodrigue	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Beauharnois	Gérald Laniel	Liberal
Bellechasse	Joseph Lambert	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Berthier	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
Bonaventure	Albert Béchard	Liberal
Bourassa	Jacques Trudel	Liberal
Chambly	Bernard Pilon then Yvon L'Heureux**	Both Liberal
Champlain	René Matte	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Charlevoix	Martial Asselin	Progressive Conservative
Chicoutimi	Paul Langlois	Liberal
Compton	Henry Latulippe	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Dollard	Jean-Pierre Goyer	Liberal
Drummond	Jean-Luc Pépin	Liberal
Duvernay	Eric Kierans	Liberal
Frontenac	Bernard Dumont then Léopold Corriveau***	Ralliement Créditiste then Liberal
Frontenac	Bernard Dumont then Léopold Corriveau***	Ralliement Créditiste then Liberal
Gamelin	Arthur Portelance	Liberal
Gaspé	Alexander Cyr	Liberal
Gatineau	Gaston Clermont	Liberal
Hochelaga	Gérard Pelletier	Liberal
Hull	Joseph Isabelle	Liberal
Joliette	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative then independent****
Joliette	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative then independent****
Kamouraska	Charles-Eugène Dionne	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Labelle	Léo Cadieux then Maurice Dupras†	Liberal
Lapointe	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
La Prairie	Ian Watson	Liberal
Lac-Saint-Jean	Marcel Lessard	Liberal
Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis	Raymond Rock	Liberal then Progressive Conservative††
Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis	Raymond Rock	Liberal then Progressive Conservative††
Lafontaine	Georges-C. Lachance	Liberal
Langelier	Jean Marchand	Liberal
Lasalle	Pit Lessard	Liberal
Laurier	Fernand Leblanc	Liberal
Laval	Marcel-Claude Roy	Liberal
Lévis	Raynald Guay	Liberal
Longueuil	Jean-Pierre Côté	Liberal
Lotbiniere	André-Gilles Fortin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Louis-Hébert	Jean-Charles Cantin	Liberal
Maisonneuve	J. Antonio Thomas	Liberal
Manicouagan	Gustave Blouin	Liberal
Matane	Pierre de Bané	Liberal
Mercier	Prosper Boulanger	Liberal
Missisquoi	Yves Forest	Liberal
Montmorency	Ovide Laflamme	Liberal
Mount Royal	Pierre Trudeau	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Warren Allmand	Liberal
Outremont	Aurélien Noël	Liberal
Papineau	André Ouellet	Liberal
Pontiac	Thomas Lefebvre	Liberal
Portneuf	Roland Godin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Quebec East	Gérard Duquet	Liberal
Richelieu	Florian Côté	Liberal
Richmond	Léonel Beaudoin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Rimouski	Louis Guy LeBlanc	Liberal
Roberval	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Saint-Denis	Marcel Prud'homme	Liberal
Saint-Henri	Gérard Loiselle	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe	Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
Saint-Jacques	Jacques Guilbault	Liberal
Saint-Jean	Walter Smith	Liberal
Saint-Maurice	Jean Chrétien	Liberal
Saint-Michel	Victor Forget	Liberal
Sainte-Marie	Georges Valade	Progressive Conservative
Shefford	Gilbert Rondeau	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Sherbrooke	Paul Mullins Gervais	Liberal
Témiscamingue	Réal Caouette	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Témiscouata	Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
Terrebonne	Joseph-Roland Comtois	Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain then Claude G. Lajoie†††	Liberal
Vaudreuil	René Emard	Liberal
Verdun	Bryce Mackasey	Liberal
Villeneuve	Oza Tétrault	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
Westmount	Bud Drury	Liberal

* On April 1, 1971 all members of the Ralliement Créditiste rejoined to the Social Credit.

** Bernard Pilon died in office on November 17, 1970. He was replaced by Yvon Heureux in a 1971 by-election

*** Bernard Dumont resigned from parliament and was replaced by Léopold Corriveau in a 1970 by-election

**** Roch La Salle quit the Tory party on May 5, 1971, when leader Robert Stanfield rejected a proposal to recognize Canada as being made up of two nations

† Léo Cadieux left parliament to become ambassador to France and was replaced by Maurice Dupras in a 1970 by-election

†† Raymond Rock crossed the floor on March 12, 1972, over protests that the government gave backbenchers too little influence

††† Joseph-Alfred Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970, and was replaced by Claude G. Lajoie in a 1971 by-election

Ontario

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	Member	Political Party
Algoma	Maurice Foster	Liberal
Brant	James E. Brown then Derek Blackburn*	Liberal then NDP
Brant	James E. Brown then Derek Blackburn*	Liberal then NDP
Broadview	John Gilbert	New Democrat
Bruce	Ross Whicher	Liberal
Cochrane	Ralph Stewart	Liberal
Davenport	Charles Caccia	Liberal
Don Valley	Bob Kaplan	Liberal
Eglinton	Mitchell Sharp	Liberal
Elgin	Harold Stafford	Liberal
Essex	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
Etobicoke	Alastair Gillespie	Liberal
Fort William	Hubert Badanai	Liberal
Frontenac—Lennox and Addington	Douglas Alkenbrack	Progressive Conservative
Glengarry—Prescott	Viateur Éthier	Liberal
Greenwood	Andrew Brewin	New Democrat
Grenville—Carleton	Gordon Blair	Liberal
Grey—Simcoe	Percy Noble	Progressive Conservative
Halton	Rutherford Lester Whiting	Liberal
Halton—Wentworth	John B. Morison	Liberal
Hamilton East	John Carr Munro	Liberal
Hamilton Mountain	Gordon J. Sullivan	Liberal
Hamilton—Wentworth	Colin Gibson	Liberal
Hamilton West	Lincoln Alexander	Progressive Conservative
Hastings	Lee Grills	Progressive Conservative
High Park	Walter Deakon	Liberal
Huron	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy River	John Mercer Reid	Liberal-Labour
Kent—Essex	Harold Danforth	Progressive Conservative
Kingston and the Islands	Edgar Benson	Liberal
Kitchener	Keith Hymmen	Liberal
Lakeshore	Ken Robinson	Liberal
Lambton—Kent	Mac McCutcheon	Progressive Conservative
Lanark and Renfrew	Murray McBride	Liberal
Leeds	Desmond Code	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	H. Gordon Barrett	Liberal
London East	Charles Turner	Liberal
London West	Judd Buchanan	Liberal
Middlesex	Jim Lind	Liberal
Niagara Falls	Joe Greene	Liberal
Nickel Belt	Gaetan Serré	Liberal
Nipissing	Carl Legault	Liberal
Norfolk—Haldimand	William David Knowles	Progressive Conservative
Northumberland—Durham	Russell Honey	Liberal
Ontario	Norman Cafik	Liberal
Oshawa—Whitby	Ed Broadbent	New Democrat
Ottawa—Carleton	John Turner	Liberal
Ottawa Centre	George McIlraith	Liberal
Ottawa East	Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal
Ottawa West	Cyril Lloyd Francis	Liberal
Oxford	Wally Nesbitt	Progressive Conservative
Parkdale	Stanley Haidasz	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Gordon Aiken	Progressive Conservative
Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe	Bruce Beer	Liberal
Peel South	Hyliard Chappel	Liberal
Perth	Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough	Hugh Faulkner	Liberal
Port Arthur	Robert Andras	Liberal
Prince Edward—Hastings	George Hees	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North	Len Hopkins	Liberal
Rosedale	Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
Sarnia	Bud Cullen	Liberal
Sault Ste. Marie	Terrence Murphy	Liberal
Scarborough East	Martin O'Connell	Liberal
Scarborough West	David Weatherhead	Liberal
Simcoe North	Philip Rynard	Progressive Conservative
Spadina	Perry Ryan	Liberal then Independent then Progressive Conservative**


St. Catharines	James McNulty	Liberal
St. Paul's	Ian Wahn	Liberal
Stormont—Dundas	Lucien Lamoureux	Independent
Sudbury	James Jerome	Liberal
Thunder Bay	Keith Penner	Liberal
Timiskaming	Arnold Peters	New Democrat
Timmins	Jean Roy	Liberal
Trinity	Paul Hellyer	Liberal then Independent Liberal then Progressive Conservative***


Victoria—Haliburton	William Scott	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo	Max Saltsman	New Democrat
Welland	Donald Tolmie	Liberal
Wellington	Alfred Hales	Progressive Conservative
Wellington—Grey	Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
Windsor West	Herb Gray	Liberal
Windsor—Walkerville	Mark MacGuigan	Liberal
York Centre	James E. Walker	Liberal
York East	Steven Otto	Liberal
York North	Barney Danson	Liberal
York—Scarborough	Robert Stanbury	Liberal
York—Simcoe	John Roberts	Liberal
York South	David Lewis	New Democrat
York West	Philip Givens	Liberal

* James E. Brown was appointed ambassador and was replaced by Derek Blackburn in a 1971 by-election

** On December 3, 1969, Sylvester Perry Ryan left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, uncomfortable with Trudeau's policies. On September 11, 1970, he joined the Progressive Conservatives.

*** On May 21, 1971, Paul Hellyer left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, protesting the government's economic policies. On July 25, 1972, he joined the Progressive Conservatives.

Manitoba

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	Member	Political Party
Brandon—Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
Churchill	Robert Simpson	Progressive Conservative
Dauphin	William Gordon Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
Lisgar	George Muir then Jack Murta*	Both Progressive Conservative
Marquette	Craig Stewart	Progressive Conservative
Portage	Gerald Cobbe	Liberal
Provencher	Mark Smerchanski	Liberal
Selkirk	Edward Schreyer then Doug Rowland**	Both New Democrat
St. Boniface	Joseph-Philippe Guay	Liberal
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	New Democrat
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	New Democrat
Winnipeg South	James Richardson	Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre	Edmund Boyd Osler	Liberal

* George Muir died in office on August 26, 1970, and was replaced by Jack Murta in a by-election later that year.

** Edward Schreyer left parliament to become leader of the Manitoba NDP and then Premier of Manitoba he was replaced by Doug Rowland in a 1969 by-election.

Saskatchewan

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	Member	Political Party
Assiniboia	A.B. Douglas then Bill Knight*	Liberal then NDP
Assiniboia	A.B. Douglas then Bill Knight*	Liberal then NDP
Battleford—Kindersley	Rod Thomson	New Democrat
Mackenzie	Stanley Korchinski	Progressive Conservative
Meadow Lake	Bert Cadieu	Progressive Conservative
Moose Jaw	John Skoberg	New Democrat
Prince Albert	John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain	Richard Southam	Progressive Conservative
Regina East	John Burton	New Democrat
Regina—Lake Centre	Les Benjamin	New Democrat
Saskatoon—Biggar	Alfred Gleave	New Democrat
Saskatoon—Humboldt	Otto Lang	Liberal
Swift Current—Maple Creek	Jack McIntosh	Progressive Conservative
Yorkton—Melville	Lorne Nystrom	New Democrat

* A.B. Douglas died in office and was replaced by Bill Knight in a 1971 by-election

Alberta

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	Member	Political Party
Athabasca	Paul Yewchuk	Progressive Conservative
Battle River	Cliff Downey	Progressive Conservative
Calgary Centre	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
Calgary North	Eldon Woolliams	Progressive Conservative
Calgary South	Patrick Mahoney	Liberal
Crowfoot	Jack Horner	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton Centre	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East	William Skoreyko	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton West	Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton—Strathcona	Hu Harries	Liberal
Lethbridge	Deane Gundlock	Progressive Conservative
Medicine Hat	Bud Olson	Liberal
Palliser	Stanley Schumacher	Progressive Conservative
Peace River	Ged Baldwin	Progressive Conservative
Pembina	Jack Bigg	Progressive Conservative
Red Deer	Robert N. Thompson	Progressive Conservative
Rocky Mountain	Allen Sulatycky	Liberal
Vegreville	Don Mazankowski	Progressive Conservative
Wetaskiwin	Harry Andrew Moore	Progressive Conservative

British Columbia

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	Member	Political Party
Burnaby—Richmond	Tom Goode	Liberal
Burnaby—Seymour	Ray Perrault	Liberal
Capilano	Jack Davis	Liberal
Coast Chilcotin	Paul Saint Pierre	Liberal
Comox—Alberni	Richard Durante then Thomas Speakman Barnett*	Liberal then NDP
Comox—Alberni	Richard Durante then Thomas Speakman Barnett*	Liberal then NDP
Esquimalt—Saanich	David Anderson	Liberal
Fraser Valley East	Ervin Pringle	Liberal
Fraser Valley West	Mark Rose	New Democrat
Kamloops—Cariboo	Leonard Marchand	Liberal
Kootenay West	Randolph Harding	New Democrat
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	Colin Cameron then Tommy Douglas**	Both New Democrat
New Westminster	Douglas Hogarth	Liberal
Okanagan Boundary	Bruce Howard	Liberal
Okanagan—Kootenay	William Douglas Stewart	Liberal
Prince George—Peace River	Robert Borrie	Liberal
Skeena	Frank Howard	New Democrat
Surrey	Barry Mather	New Democrat
Vancouver Centre	Ron Basford	Liberal
Vancouver East	Harold Winch	New Democrat
Vancouver Kingsway	Grace MacInnis	New Democrat
Vancouver Quadra	Grant Deachman	Liberal
Vancouver South	Arthur Laing	Liberal
Victoria	David Groos	Liberal

* Richard Durante won in 1968 by only nine votes over Tom Barnett. After several irregularities were found the result was declared void and Tom Barnett won the subsequent redo held on March 8, 1969.

** Colin Cameron died in office and was replaced by Tommy Douglas in a February 10, 1969 by-election

Northern Territories

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Riding		Member	Political Party
	Northwest Territories	Robert Orange	Liberal
	Yukon	Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament

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By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Retained
Assiniboia	November 8, 1971	Albert B. Douglas	Liberal	Bill Knight	New Democratic	Death	No
Central Nova	May 31, 1971	Russell MacEwan	Progressive Conservative	Elmer M. MacKay	Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brant	May 31, 1971	James Elisha Brown	Liberal	Derek Blackburn	New Democratic	Appointed a judge	No
Chambly	May 31, 1971	Bernard Pilon	Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux	Liberal	Death	Yes
Trois-Rivières	May 31, 1971	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Liberal	Claude Lajoie	Liberal	Death	Yes
Lisgar	November 6, 1970	George Muir	Progressive Conservative	Jack Murta	Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Frontenac	November 6, 1970	Bernard Dumont	Ralliement Créditiste	Léopold Corriveau	Liberal	Resignation	No
Labelle	November 6, 1970	Léo Cadieux	Liberal	Maurice Dupras	Liberal	Appointed Ambassador to France	Yes
Selkirk	April 13, 1970	Edward Schreyer	New Democratic	Doug Rowland	New Democratic	Resignation	Yes
Comox—Alberni	April 8, 1969	Richard J. J. Durante	Liberal	Thomas Speakman Barnett	New Democratic	Election declared void	No
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	February 10, 1969	Colin Cameron	New Democratic	Tommy C. Douglas	New Democratic	Death	Yes

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