22nd Canadian Parliament

22nd Parliament of Canada
22nd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
12 November 1953 – 12 April 1957
Parliament leaders
Prime; Minister	Louis St. Laurent; 15 Nov 1948 – 21 Jun 1957
Cabinet	17th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the; Opposition	George A. Drew;
	William Earl Rowe;
	George A. Drew;
	William Earl Rowe;
	John Diefenbaker;
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Crossbench	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
	Social Credit Party
	Liberal-Labour
	Liberal-Progressive
House of Commons
	; Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members	265 MP seats; List of members
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Sessions
	1st session; 1953-11-12 – 1954-11-20
	2nd session; 1955-01-07 – 1955-07-28
	3rd session; 1956-01-10 – 1956-08-14
	4th session; 1956-11-26 – 1957-01-08
	5th session; 1957-01-08 – 1957-04-12
← 21st	→ 23rd

The 22nd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 12, 1953, until April 12, 1957. The membership was set by the 1953 federal election on August 10, 1953, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1957 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by George Drew, and then by William Earl Rowe, George Drew (again), William Earl Rowe, and John Diefenbaker consecutively.

The Speaker was Louis-René Beaudoin. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 22nd Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-second Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

Alberta

Electoral district	Name	Party
Acadia	Victor Quelch	Social Credit
Athabaska	Joseph Miville Dechene	Liberal
Battle River—Camrose	Robert Fair (died 11 November 1954)	Social Credit
Battle River—Camrose	James Alexander Smith (by-election of 1955-06-20)	Social Credit
Bow River	Charles Edward Johnston	Social Credit
Calgary North	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
Calgary South	Carl Nickle	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit
Edmonton—Strathcona	Richmond Francis Hanna	Liberal
Edmonton West	George Prudham	Liberal
Jasper—Edson	Charles Yuill	Social Credit
Lethbridge	John Horne Blackmore	Social Credit
Macleod	Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit
Medicine Hat	William Duncan Wylie	Social Credit
Peace River	Solon Earl Low	Social Credit
Red Deer	Frederick Davis Shaw	Social Credit
Vegreville	John Decore	Liberal
Wetaskiwin	Ray Thomas	Social Credit

British Columbia

Electoral district	Name	Party
Burnaby—Coquitlam	Erhart Regier	C.C.F.
Burnaby—Richmond	Tom Goode	Liberal
Cariboo	Bert Leboe	Social Credit
Coast—Capilano	James Sinclair	Liberal
Comox—Alberni	Thomas Speakman Barnett	C.C.F.
Esquimalt—Saanich	George Pearkes	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley	Alexander Bell Patterson	Social Credit
Kamloops	Davie Fulton	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay East	James Allen Byrne	Liberal
Kootenay West	Herbert Wilfred Herridge	C.C.F.
Nanaimo	Colin Cameron	C.C.F.
New Westminster	George Hahn	Social Credit
Okanagan Boundary	Owen Jones	C.C.F.
Okanagan—Revelstoke	George McLeod	Social Credit
Skeena	Edward Applewhaite	Liberal
Vancouver—Burrard	Lorne MacDougall	Liberal
Vancouver Centre	Ralph Campney	Liberal
Vancouver East	Harold Edward Winch	C.C.F.
Vancouver Kingsway	Angus MacInnis	C.C.F.
Vancouver Quadra	Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South	Elmore Philpott	Liberal
Victoria	Francis Fairey	Liberal

Manitoba

Electoral district	Name	Party
Brandon—Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
Churchill	George Weaver	Liberal
Dauphin	Fred Zaplitny	C.C.F.
Lisgar	William Albert Pommer	Liberal
Marquette	Stuart Garson	Liberal
Portage—Neepawa	William Gilbert Weir	Liberal-Progressive
Provencher	René Jutras	Liberal
Selkirk	Robert James Wood (died 8 August 1954)	Liberal
Selkirk	William Bryce (by-election of 1954-11-08)	C.C.F.
Springfield	Anton Weselak	Liberal
St. Boniface	Fernand Viau	Liberal
Winnipeg North	Alistair Stewart	C.C.F.
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	C.C.F.
Winnipeg South	Owen Trainor	Progressive Conservative
Winnipeg South Centre	Gordon Churchill	Progressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral district	Name	Party
Charlotte	A. Wesley Stuart	Liberal
Gloucester	Hédard Robichaud	Liberal
Kent	Hervé Michaud	Liberal
Northumberland	George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska	Joseph Gaspard Boucher	Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska	Charles Van Horne (by-election of 1955-09-26)	Progressive Conservative
Royal	Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert	Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Carleton	Gage Montgomery	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland	Henry Murphy	Liberal
York—Sunbury	Milton Fowler Gregg	Liberal

Newfoundland

Electoral district	Name	Party
Bonavista—Twillingate	Jack Pickersgill	Liberal
Burin—Burgeo	Chesley William Carter	Liberal
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne	Liberal
Humber—St. George's	Herman Maxwell Batten	Liberal
St. John's East	Allan Fraser	Liberal
St. John's West	James Augustine Power	Liberal
Trinity—Conception	Leonard Stick	Liberal

Northwest Territories

Electoral district		Name	Party
Mackenzie River		Mervyn Arthur Hardie	Liberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral district	Name	Party
Antigonish—Guysborough	J. Ralph Kirk	Liberal
Cape Breton North and Victoria	William Murdoch Buchanan	Liberal
Cape Breton South	Clarence Gillis	C.C.F.
Colchester—Hants	Gordon Purdy	Liberal
Cumberland	Azel Randolph Lusby	Liberal
Digby—Annapolis—Kings	George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Halifax*	Samuel Rosborough Balcom	Liberal
Halifax*	John Dickey	Liberal
Inverness—Richmond	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
Pictou	Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
Queens—Lunenburg	Robert Winters	Liberal
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare	Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk	Liberal

Ontario

Electoral district	Name	Party
Algoma East	Lester B. Pearson	Liberal
Algoma West	George E. Nixon	Liberal
Brantford	James Elisha Brown	Liberal
Brant—Haldimand	John A. Charlton	Progressive Conservative
Broadview	George Hees	Progressive Conservative
Bruce	Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
Carleton	George Drew	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal
Danforth	Robert Hardy Small	Progressive Conservative
Davenport	Paul Hellyer	Liberal
Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe	Progressive Conservative
Durham	John James	Liberal
Eglinton	Donald Fleming	Progressive Conservative
Elgin	Charles Delmer Coyle (died 19 January 1954)	Progressive Conservative
Elgin	James Alexander McBain (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Progressive Conservative
Essex East	Paul Martin Sr.	Liberal
Essex South	Murray Clark	Liberal
Essex West	Donald Ferguson Brown	Liberal
Fort William	Dan McIvor	Liberal
Glengarry—Prescott	Raymond Bruneau	Liberal
Greenwood	James MacKerras Macdonnell	Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas	Arza Clair Casselman	Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce	Walter Harris	Liberal
Grey North	Colin Emerson Bennett	Liberal
Halton	Sybil Bennett	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton East	Thomas Hambly Ross	Liberal
Hamilton South	Russell Reinke	Liberal
Hamilton West	Ellen Fairclough	Progressive Conservative
Hastings—Frontenac	George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative
Hastings South	Frank Follwell	Liberal
High Park	Pat Cameron	Liberal
Huron	Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy River	William Moore Benidickson	Liberal-Labour
Kent	Blake Huffman	Liberal
Kingston	William Henderson	Liberal
Lambton—Kent	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal
Lambton West	Joseph Warner Murphy	Progressive Conservative
Lanark	William Gourlay Blair	Progressive Conservative
Leeds	Hayden Stanton	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Harry Cavers	Liberal
London	Robert Weld Mitchell	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex East	Harry Oliver White	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex West	Robert McCubbin	Liberal
Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal
Nickel Belt	Léo Gauthier	Liberal
Nipissing	Jack Garland	Liberal
Norfolk	Raymond Elmer Anderson	Liberal
Northumberland	Frederick Robertson	Liberal
Ontario	Michael Starr	Progressive Conservative
Ottawa East	Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal
Ottawa West	George McIlraith	Liberal
Oxford	Wally Nesbitt	Progressive Conservative
Parkdale	John Hunter	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Wilfred McDonald	Liberal
Peel	Gordon Graydon (died in office)	Progressive Conservative
Peel	John Pallett (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Progressive Conservative
Perth	Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough	Gordon Fraser	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur	Clarence Decatur Howe	Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox	George Tustin	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North	James Forgie	Liberal
Renfrew South	James Joseph McCann	Liberal
Rosedale	Charles Henry	Liberal
Russell	Joseph-Omer Gour	Liberal
St. Paul's	Roland Michener	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe East	William Alfred Robinson	Liberal
Simcoe North	Julian Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
Spadina	David Croll (until Senate appointment)	Liberal
Spadina	Charles Edward Rea (by-election of 24 October 1955)	Progressive Conservative
Stormont	Lionel Chevrier (until Saint Lawrence Seaway appointment)	Liberal
Stormont	Albert Lavigne (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal
Sudbury	Rodger Mitchell	Liberal
Timiskaming	Ann Shipley	Liberal
Timmins	Karl Eyre	Liberal
Trinity	Lionel Conacher (died in office)	Liberal
Trinity	Donald Carrick (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal
Victoria	Clayton Hodgson	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo North	Norman Schneider	Liberal
Waterloo South	Arthur White	Liberal
Welland	William Hector McMillan	Liberal
Wellington—Huron	Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
Wellington South	Henry Alfred Hosking	Liberal
Wentworth	Frank Lennard	Progressive Conservative
York Centre	Al Hollingworth	Liberal
York East	Robert Henry McGregor	Progressive Conservative
York—Humber	Margaret Aitken	Progressive Conservative
York North	Jack Smith	Liberal
York—Scarborough	Frank Enfield	Liberal
York South	Joseph W. Noseworthy	C.C.F.
York West	Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative
York West	John Borden Hamilton (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district	Name	Party
King's	Thomas Joseph Kickham	Liberal
Prince	John Watson MacNaught	Liberal
Queen's*	Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative
Queen's*	Neil Matheson	Liberal

Quebec

Electoral district	Name	Party
Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes	Philippe Valois	Liberal
Beauce	Raoul Poulin	Independent
Beauharnois—Salaberry	Robert Cauchon	Liberal
Bellechasse	Louis-Philippe Picard (until resignation)	Liberal
Bellechasse	Ovide Laflamme (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière	Joseph Langlois	Liberal
Bonaventure	Bona Arsenault	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi	Joseph-Léon Deslières	Liberal
Cartier	Leon David Crestohl	Liberal
Chambly—Rouville	Roch Pinard	Liberal
Champlain	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	Liberal
Chapleau	David Gourd	Liberal
Charlevoix	Auguste Maltais	Liberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie	Jean Boucher	Liberal
Chicoutimi	Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Independent
Compton—Frontenac	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
Dollard	Guy Rouleau	Liberal
Dorchester	Robert Perron	Progressive Conservative
Drummond—Arthabaska	Armand Cloutier	Liberal
Gaspé	Léopold Langlois	Liberal
Gatineau	Joseph-Célestin Nadon (died 17 December 1953)	Liberal
Gatineau	Rodolphe Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Liberal
Hochelaga	Raymond Eudes	Liberal
Hull	Alexis Caron	Liberal
Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Charles Cannon	Liberal
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle	Edgar Leduc	Liberal
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm	Maurice Breton	Liberal
Kamouraska	Arthur Massé	Independent Liberal
Labelle	Gustave Roy	Liberal
Lac-Saint-Jean	André Gauthier	Liberal
Lafontaine	J.-Georges Ratelle	Liberal
Lapointe	Fernand Girard	Independent
Laurier	J.-Eugène Lefrançois	Liberal
Laval	Léopold Demers	Liberal
Lévis	Maurice Bourget	Liberal
Longueuil	Auguste Vincent	Liberal
Lotbinière	Hugues Lapointe	Liberal
Maisonneuve—Rosemont	Jean-Paul Deschatelets	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane	Léandre Thibault	Liberal
Mégantic	Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal
Mercier	Marcel Monette	Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet	Jean Lesage	Liberal
Mount Royal	Alan Macnaughton	Liberal
Nicolet—Yamaska	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	William McLean Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
Outremont—St-Jean	Romuald Bourque	Liberal
Papineau	Adrien Meunier	Independent Liberal
Pontiac—Témiscamingue	Hugh Proudfoot	Liberal
Portneuf	Pierre Gauthier	Liberal
Québec—Montmorency	Wilfrid Lacroix	Liberal
Quebec East	Louis St. Laurent	Liberal
Quebec South	Charles Gavan Power (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)	Liberal
Quebec South	Francis (Frank) Gavan Power (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal
Quebec West	J.-Wilfrid Dufresne	Progressive Conservative
Richelieu—Verchères	Lucien Cardin	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe	Ernest-Omer Gingras	Liberal
Rimouski	Gérard Légaré	Liberal
Roberval	Georges Villeneuve	Liberal
Saguenay	Lomer Brisson	Liberal
St. Ann	Thomas Healy	Liberal
Saint-Antoine—Westmount	Douglas Abbott (until 1 July 1954 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
Saint-Antoine—Westmount	George Carlyle Marler (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal
Saint-Denis	Azellus Denis	Liberal
Saint-Henri	Joseph-Arsène Bonnier	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot	Joseph Fontaine	Liberal
Saint-Jacques	Roland Beaudry	Liberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville	Alcide Côté (died 7 August 1955)	Liberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville	J.-Armand Ménard (by-election of 19 December 1955)	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George	Brooke Claxton (resigned 31 July 1954)	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George	Claude Richardson (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal
Sainte-Marie	Hector Dupuis	Liberal
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche	Joseph-Adolphe Richard	Liberal
Shefford	Marcel Boivin	Liberal
Sherbrooke	Maurice Gingues	Liberal
Stanstead	Louis-Édouard Roberge	Liberal
Témiscouata	Jean-François Pouliot (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)	Liberal
Témiscouata	Jean-Paul St. Laurent (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal
Terrebonne	Lionel Bertrand	Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Louis-René Beaudoin	Liberal
Verdun	Paul-Émile Côté (until 1 January 1954 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
Verdun	Yves Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Liberal
Villeneuve	Armand Dumas	Liberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral district	Name	Party
Assiniboia	Hazen Argue	C.C.F.
Humboldt—Melfort	Hugh Alexander Bryson	C.C.F.
Kindersley	Merv Johnson	C.C.F.
Mackenzie	Alexander Malcolm Nicholson	C.C.F.
Meadow Lake	John Harrison	Liberal
Melville	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre	Ross Thatcher	C.C.F.
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre	Ross Thatcher	Independent
Moose Mountain	Edward McCullough	C.C.F.
Prince Albert	John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
Qu'Appelle	Henry Mang	Liberal
Regina City	Claude Ellis	C.C.F.
Rosetown—Biggar	Major James Coldwell	C.C.F.
Rosthern	Walter Tucker	Liberal
Saskatoon	Roy Knight	C.C.F.
Swift Current—Maple Creek	Irvin Studer	Liberal
The Battlefords	Max Campbell	C.C.F.
Yorkton	George Hugh Castleden	C.C.F.

Yukon

Electoral district		Name	Party
Yukon		James Aubrey Simmons	Liberal

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Retained
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville	December 19, 1955	Alcide Côté	Liberal	J.-Armand Ménard	Liberal	Death	Yes
Spadina	October 24, 1955	David A. Croll	Liberal	Charles E. Rea	Progressive Conservative	Called to the Senate	No
Restigouche—Madawaska	September 26, 1955	Joseph Gaspard Boucher	Liberal	Joseph Charles Van Horne	Progressive Conservative	Death	No
Bellechasse	September 26, 1955	L.-Philippe Picard	Liberal	Ovide Laflamme	Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Quebec South	September 26, 1955	Charles G. Power	Liberal	Frank G. Power	Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Témiscouata	September 26, 1955	Jean-François Pouliot	Liberal	Jean-Paul St-Laurent	Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Battle River—Camrose	June 20, 1955	Robert Fair	Social Credit	James A. Smith	Social Credit	Death	Yes
Selkirk	November 8, 1954	Robert James Wood	Liberal	Scottie Bryce	C. C. F.	Death	No
Stormont	November 8, 1954	Lionel Chevrier	Liberal	Albert Peter Lavigne	Liberal	Appointed President of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority	Yes
Trinity	November 8, 1954	Lionel Conacher	Liberal	Donald D. Carrick	Liberal	Death	Yes
York West	November 8, 1954	Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative	John B. Hamilton	Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Saint-Antoine—Westmount	November 8, 1954	Douglas Charles Abbott	Liberal	George C. Marler	Liberal	Appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada	Yes
St. Lawrence—St. George	November 8, 1954	Brooke Claxton	Liberal	Claude Richardson	Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Elgin	March 22, 1954	Charles Delmer Coyle	Progressive Conservative	James A. McBain	Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Peel	March 22, 1954	Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative	John Pallett	Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Gatineau	March 22, 1954	Joseph-Célestin Nadon	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	Liberal	Death	Yes
Verdun	March 22, 1954	Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal	Yves Leduc	Liberal	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	Yes

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