24th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
12 May 1958 – 19 April 1962
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		John Diefenbaker
Cabinet18th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Lester B. Pearson
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionLiberal Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members265 MP seats
List of members
Sovereign
MonarchElizabeth II
6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Governor
General		Vincent Massey
28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959
Georges Vanier
15 September 1959 – 5 March 1967
Sessions
1st session
1958-05-12 – 1958-09-06
2nd session
1959-01-15 – 1959-07-18
3rd session
1960-01-14 – 1960-08-10
4th session
1960-11-17 – 1961-09-29
5th session
1962-01-18 – 1962-04-19
← 23rd → 25th
John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister during the 24th Canadian Parliament.

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.

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

There were five sessions of the 24th Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Parliamentary secretaries 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

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Jack Horner Progressive Conservative 1958
Athabaska Jack Bigg Progressive Conservative 1958
Battle River—Camrose Clifford Smallwood Progressive Conservative 1958
Bow River Eldon Woolliams Progressive Conservative 1958
Calgary North Douglas Harkness Progressive Conservative 1945
Calgary South Arthur Ryan Smith Progressive Conservative 1957
Edmonton East William Skoreyko Progressive Conservative 1958
Edmonton—Strathcona Terry Nugent Progressive Conservative 1958
Edmonton West Marcel Lambert ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Jasper—Edson Hugh Horner Progressive Conservative 1958
Lethbridge Deane Gundlock Progressive Conservative 1958
Macleod Lawrence Kindt Progressive Conservative 1958
Medicine Hat Edwin William Brunsden Progressive Conservative 1958
Peace River Ged Baldwin Progressive Conservative 1958
Red Deer Harris George Rogers Progressive Conservative 1958
Vegreville Frank Fane Progressive Conservative 1958
Wetaskiwin James Stanley Speakman Progressive Conservative 1958

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Burnaby—Coquitlam Erhart Regier C.C.F. 1953
New Democratic Party
Burnaby—Richmond John Drysdale Progressive Conservative 1958
Cariboo Walter Henderson Progressive Conservative 1958
Coast—Capilano William Hector Payne Progressive Conservative 1958
Comox—Alberni Henry McQuillan Progressive Conservative 1958
Esquimalt—Saanich George Pearkes (until 11 October 1960 emoulment appointment) Progressive Conservative 1945
George Chatterton (by-election of 1961-05-29) Progressive Conservative 1961
Fraser Valley William Harold Hicks Progressive Conservative 1958
Kamloops Davie Fulton Progressive Conservative 1945
Kootenay East Murray McFarlane Progressive Conservative 1958
Kootenay West Herbert Wilfred Herridge C.C.F. 1945
New Democratic Party
Nanaimo Walter Matthews Progressive Conservative 1958
New Westminster William McLennan Progressive Conservative 1958
Okanagan Boundary David Vaughan Pugh Progressive Conservative 1958
Okanagan—Revelstoke Stuart A. Fleming Progressive Conservative 1958
Skeena Frank Howard C.C.F. 1957
New Democratic Party
Vancouver—Burrard John Russell Taylor Progressive Conservative 1957
Vancouver Centre Douglas Jung Progressive Conservative 1957
Vancouver East Harold Winch C.C.F. 1953
New Democratic Party
Vancouver Kingsway John Ferguson Browne Progressive Conservative 1958
Vancouver Quadra Howard Charles Green Progressive Conservative 1935
Vancouver South Ernest James Broome Progressive Conservative 1957
Victoria Albert McPhillips Progressive Conservative 1957

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon—Souris Walter Dinsdale ‡ Progressive Conservative 1951
Churchill Robert Simpson Progressive Conservative 1957
Dauphin Elmer Forbes Progressive Conservative 1958
Lisgar George Muir Progressive Conservative 1957
Marquette Nick Mandziuk Progressive Conservative 1957
Portage—Neepawa George Fairfield Progressive Conservative 1957
Provencher Warner Jorgenson ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Selkirk Eric Stefanson Sr. Progressive Conservative 1958
Springfield Val Yacula (died 24 September 1958) Progressive Conservative 1958
Joseph Slogan (by-election of 1958-12-15) Progressive Conservative 1958
St. Boniface Laurier Régnier Progressive Conservative 1958
Winnipeg North Murray Smith Progressive Conservative 1958
Winnipeg North Centre John MacLean Progressive Conservative 1958
Winnipeg South Gordon Chown Progressive Conservative 1957
Winnipeg South Centre Gordon Churchill Progressive Conservative 1951

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte Caldwell Stewart Progressive Conservative 1958
Gloucester Hédard-J. Robichaud Liberal 1953
Kent Hervé Michaud Liberal 1953
Northumberland—Miramichi George Roy Mcwilliam Liberal 1949
Restigouche—Madawaska Charles Van Horne Progressive Conservative 1955
Edgar E. Fournier (by-election of 1961-05-29) Progressive Conservative 1961
Royal Alfred Johnson Brooks Progressive Conservative 1935
Hugh John Flemming (by-election of 1960-10-31) Progressive Conservative 1960
St. John—Albert Thomas Miller Bell ‡ Progressive Conservative 1953
Victoria—Carleton Gage Montgomery Progressive Conservative 1952
Westmorland William Creaghan Progressive Conservative 1958
York—Sunbury John Chester MacRae Progressive Conservative 1957

Newfoundland

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Bonavista—Twillingate Jack Pickersgill Liberal 1953
Burin—Burgeo Chesley William Carter Liberal 1949
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador Charles Granger Liberal 1958
Humber—St. George's Herman Maxwell Batten Liberal 1953
St. John's East James McGrath Progressive Conservative 1957
St. John's West William Joseph Browne Progressive Conservative 1949, 1957
Trinity—Conception James Roy Tucker Liberal 1958

Northwest Territories

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Mackenzie River Merv Hardie Liberal 1953
Merv Hardie died on October 18, 1961 Vacant

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough Clement O'Leary Progressive Conservative 1958
Cape Breton North and Victoria Robert Muir Progressive Conservative 1957
Cape Breton South Donald MacInnis Progressive Conservative 1957
Colchester—Hants Cyril Kennedy Progressive Conservative 1957
Cumberland Robert Coates Progressive Conservative 1957
Digby—Annapolis—Kings George Nowlan Progressive Conservative 1948, 1950
Halifax* Robert McCleave Progressive Conservative 1957
Edmund L. Morris ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Inverness—Richmond Robert MacLellan Progressive Conservative 1958
Pictou Russell MacEwan Progressive Conservative 1957
Queens—Lunenburg Lloyd Crouse Progressive Conservative 1957
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Felton Legere Progressive Conservative 1958

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East Lester B. Pearson Liberal 1948
Algoma West George E. Nixon Liberal 1940
Brantford Jack Wratten Progressive Conservative 1957
Brant—Haldimand John A. Charlton ‡ Progressive Conservative 1945
Broadview George Hees Progressive Conservative 1950
Bruce Andrew Ernest Robinson Progressive Conservative 1945, 1953
Carleton Dick Bell ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Cochrane Joseph-Anaclet Habel Liberal 1953
Danforth Robert Hardy Small Progressive Conservative 1953
Davenport Douglas Morton Progressive Conservative 1957
Dufferin—Simcoe William Earl Rowe Progressive Conservative 1925
Durham Reginald Percy Vivian Progressive Conservative 1957
Eglinton Donald Fleming Progressive Conservative 1945
Elgin James Alexander McBain Progressive Conservative 1954
Essex East Paul Martin Sr. Liberal 1935
Essex South Richard Thrasher ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Essex West Norman Spencer Progressive Conservative 1958
Fort William Hubert Badanai Liberal 1958
Glengarry—Prescott Osie Villeneuve Progressive Conservative 1957
Greenwood James Macdonnell Progressive Conservative 1945,[lower-alpha 1] 1949
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman (died 11 May 1958) Progressive Conservative 1921, 1925
Jean Casselman Wadds (by-election of 1958-09-29) Progressive Conservative 1958
Grey—Bruce Eric Winkler Progressive Conservative 1957
Grey North Percy Verner Noble Progressive Conservative 1957
Halton Charles Alexander Best Progressive Conservative 1957
Hamilton East Quinto Martini ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Hamilton South Bob McDonald Progressive Conservative 1957
Hamilton West Ellen Fairclough Progressive Conservative 1950
Hastings—Frontenac Sidney Smith (died 17 March 1959) Progressive Conservative 1957
Rod Webb (by-election of 1959-10-05) Progressive Conservative 1959
Hastings South Lee Grills Progressive Conservative 1957
High Park John Kucherepa Progressive Conservative 1957
Huron Elston Cardiff ‡ Progressive Conservative 1940
Kenora—Rainy River William Moore Benidickson Liberal-Labour 1945
Kent Harold Danforth Progressive Conservative 1958
Kingston Benjamin Allmark Progressive Conservative 1958
Lambton—Kent Ernest Campbell Progressive Conservative 1957
Lambton West Joseph Warner Murphy Progressive Conservative 1945
Lanark George Doucett Progressive Conservative 1957
Leeds Hayden Stanton (died 8 December 1960) Progressive Conservative 1953
John Matheson (by-election of 1961-05-29) Liberal 1961
Lincoln John Smith Progressive Conservative 1957
London Ernest Halpenny Progressive Conservative 1957
Middlesex East Harry Oliver White Progressive Conservative 1945
Middlesex West William Howell Arthur Thomas Progressive Conservative 1957
Niagara Falls William Houck (died 5 May 1960) Liberal 1953
Judy LaMarsh (by-election of 1960-10-31) Liberal 1960
Nickel Belt Osias Godin Liberal 1958
Nipissing Jack Garland Liberal 1949
Norfolk John Evans Knowles Progressive Conservative 1957
Northumberland Ben Thompson Progressive Conservative 1957
Ontario Michael Starr Progressive Conservative 1952
Ottawa East Jean-Thomas Richard Liberal 1945
Ottawa West George McIlraith Liberal 1940
Oxford Wally Nesbitt ‡ Progressive Conservative 1953
Parkdale Arthur Maloney Progressive Conservative 1957
Parry Sound-Muskoka Gordon Aiken Progressive Conservative 1957
Peel John Pallett ‡ Progressive Conservative 1954
Perth J. Waldo Monteith Progressive Conservative 1953
Peterborough Gordon Fraser Progressive Conservative 1940
Walter Pitman (by-election of 1960-10-31) New Party 1960
Port Arthur Doug Fisher C.C.F. 1957
New Democratic Party
Prince Edward—Lennox Clarence Milligan Progressive Conservative 1957
Renfrew North James Forgie Liberal 1953
Renfrew South James William Baskin Progressive Conservative 1957
Rosedale David James Walker Progressive Conservative 1957
Russell Joseph-Omer Gour (died in office) Liberal 1945
Paul Tardif (by-election of 1959-10-05) Liberal 1959
Simcoe East Philip Bernard Rynard Progressive Conservative 1957
Simcoe North Heber Smith Progressive Conservative 1957
Spadina Charles Edward Rea Progressive Conservative 1955
Stormont Grant Campbell Progressive Conservative 1958
St. Paul's Roland Michener (†) Progressive Conservative 1953
Sudbury Rodger Mitchell Liberal 1953
Timiskaming Arnold Peters C.C.F. 1957
New Democratic Party
Timmins Murdo Martin C.C.F. 1957
New Democratic Party
Trinity Edward Lockyer (died in office) Progressive Conservative 1958
Paul Hellyer (by-election of 1958-12-15) Liberal 1949,[lower-alpha 2] 1958
Victoria Clayton Hodgson ‡ Progressive Conservative 1945
Waterloo North Oscar Weichel Progressive Conservative 1958
Waterloo South William Anderson Progressive Conservative 1957
William Anderson died on June 6, 1961 Vacant
Welland William Hector McMillan Liberal 1950
Wellington—Huron Marvin Howe Progressive Conservative 1953
Wellington South Alfred Hales Progressive Conservative 1957
Wentworth Frank Lennard Progressive Conservative 1935, 1945
York Centre Fred C. Stinson Progressive Conservative 1957
York East Robert Henry McGregor Progressive Conservative 1926
York—Humber Margaret Aitken Progressive Conservative 1953
York North Cecil Cathers Progressive Conservative 1957
York—Scarborough Frank Charles McGee Progressive Conservative 1957
York South William George Beech Progressive Conservative 1957
York West John Borden Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1954

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's John Augustine Macdonald (died 4 January 1961) Progressive Conservative 1957
Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29) Progressive Conservative 1961
Prince Orville Howard Phillips Progressive Conservative 1957
Queen's* Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative 1951
Heath MacQuarrie Progressive Conservative 1957

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Joseph-Octave Latour Progressive Conservative 1958
Beauce Jean-Paul Racine Liberal 1958
Beauharnois—Salaberry Gérard Bruchési Progressive Conservative 1958
Bellechasse Noël Dorion Progressive Conservative 1958
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière Rémi Paul Progressive Conservative 1958
Bonaventure Lucien Grenier Progressive Conservative 1958
Brome—Missisquoi Heward Grafftey Progressive Conservative 1958
Cartier Leon Crestohl Liberal 1950
Chambly—Rouville Maurice Johnson Progressive Conservative 1958
Champlain Paul Lahaye Progressive Conservative 1958
Chapleau Jean-Jacques Martel Progressive Conservative 1958
Charlevoix Martial Asselin Progressive Conservative 1958
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Merrill Edwin Barrington Progressive Conservative 1958
Chicoutimi Vincent Brassard Progressive Conservative 1958
Compton—Frontenac George Stearns Progressive Conservative 1958
Dollard Guy Rouleau Liberal 1953
Dorchester Noël Drouin Progressive Conservative 1958
Drummond—Arthabaska Samuel Boulanger Liberal 1957
Gaspé Roland English ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Gatineau Rodolphe Leduc Liberal 1936, 1954
Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940
Hull Alexis Caron Liberal 1953
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Russell Keays Progressive Conservative 1958
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Robert John Pratt Progressive Conservative 1957
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Louis-Joseph Pigeon Progressive Conservative 1958
Kamouraska Charles Richard Progressive Conservative 1958
Labelle Henri Courtemanche (until 20 January 1960 Senate appointment) Progressive Conservative 1949, 1957
Gaston Clermont (by-election of 1960-10-31) Liberal 1960
Lac-Saint-Jean Roger Parizeau Progressive Conservative 1958
Lafontaine J.-Georges Ratelle Liberal 1949
Lapointe Augustin Brassard Liberal 1957
Laurier Lionel Chevrier Liberal 1935,[lower-alpha 3] 1957
Laval Rodrigue Bourdages Progressive Conservative 1958
Lévis Maurice Bourget Liberal 1940
Longueuil Pierre Sévigny Progressive Conservative 1958
Lotbinière Raymond O'Hurley Progressive Conservative 1957
Maisonneuve—Rosemont Jean-Paul Deschatelets Liberal 1953
Matapédia—Matane Alfred Belzile Progressive Conservative 1958
Mégantic Gabriel Roberge Liberal 1958
Mercier André Gillet Progressive Conservative 1949
Montmagny—L'Islet Jean Lesage (resigned 11 June 1958) Liberal 1945
Louis Fortin (by-election of 1958-09-29) Progressive Conservative 1958
Mount Royal Alan Macnaughton Liberal 1949
Nicolet—Yamaska Paul Comtois Progressive Conservative 1957
Paul Comtois was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Quebec on October 12, 1961 Vacant
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce William McLean Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1958
Outremont—St-Jean Romuald Bourque Liberal 1952
Papineau Adrien Meunier Liberal 1953
Pontiac—Témiscamingue Paul Martineau ‡ Progressive Conservative 1958
Portneuf Aristide Rompré Progressive Conservative 1958
Québec—Montmorency Robert Lafrenière Progressive Conservative 1958
Quebec East Yvon Tassé ‡ Progressive Conservative 1958
Quebec South Jacques Flynn Progressive Conservative 1958
Quebec West J.-Eugène Bissonnette Progressive Conservative 1958
Richelieu—Verchères Lucien Cardin Liberal 1952
Richmond—Wolfe V. Florent Dubois Progressive Conservative 1958
Rimouski Émilien Morissette Progressive Conservative 1958
Roberval Jean-Noël Tremblay Progressive Conservative 1958
Saguenay Perrault LaRue Progressive Conservative 1958
St. Ann Gérard Loiselle Liberal 1957
Saint-Antoine—Westmount A. Ross Webster Progressive Conservative 1958
Saint-Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935
Saint-Henri H.-Pit Lessard Liberal 1958
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Théogène Ricard ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Saint-Jacques Charles-Édouard Campeau Progressive Conservative 1958
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville Yvon Dupuis Liberal 1958
St. Lawrence—St. George Egan Chambers ‡ Progressive Conservative 1958
Sainte-Marie Georges Valade Progressive Conservative 1958
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Joseph-Adolphe Richard Liberal 1949
Shefford Marcel Boivin Liberal 1945
Sherbrooke Maurice Allard Progressive Conservative 1958
Stanstead René Létourneau Progressive Conservative 1958
Témiscouata Antoine Fréchette Progressive Conservative 1958
Terrebonne Marcel Deschambault Progressive Conservative 1958
Trois-Rivières Léon Balcer Progressive Conservative 1949
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Marcel Bourbonnais Progressive Conservative 1958
Verdun Harold Monteith Progressive Conservative 1958
Villeneuve Armand Dumas Liberal 1949

Saskatchewan

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia Hazen Argue C.C.F. 1945
  New Democratic Party
  Liberal
Humboldt—Melfort Reynold Rapp Progressive Conservative 1958
Kindersley Robert Hanbidge Progressive Conservative 1958
Mackenzie Stanley Korchinski Progressive Conservative 1958
Meadow Lake Bert Cadieu Progressive Conservative 1958
Melville James Ormiston Progressive Conservative 1958
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre J. Ernest Pascoe Progressive Conservative 1958
Moose Mountain Richard Southam Progressive Conservative 1958
Prince Albert John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1940
Qu'Appelle Alvin Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1957
Regina City Ken More Progressive Conservative 1958
Rosetown—Biggar Clarence Owen Cooper Progressive Conservative 1958
Rosthern Edward Nasserden Progressive Conservative 1958
Saskatoon Henry Frank Jones ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Swift Current—Maple Creek Jack McIntosh Progressive Conservative 1958
The Battlefords Albert Horner Progressive Conservative 1958
Yorkton G. Drummond Clancy Progressive Conservative 1958

Yukon

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon Erik Nielsen Progressive Conservative 1957

Major Bills of the 24th Parliament

Important bills of the 24th parliament included:

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Esquimalt—Saanich May 29, 1961 George Pearkes      Progressive Conservative George Chatterton      Progressive Conservative Appointed Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Yes
Restigouche—Madawaska May 29, 1961 Joseph Charles Van Horne      Progressive Conservative Edgar-E. Fournier      Progressive Conservative Resignation Yes
Leeds May 29, 1961 Hayden Stanton      Progressive Conservative John Ross Matheson      Liberal Death No
King's May 29, 1961 John Augustine Macdonald      Progressive Conservative Margaret Mary Macdonald      Progressive Conservative Death Yes
Royal October 31, 1960 Alfred J. Brooks      Progressive Conservative Hugh John Flemming      Progressive Conservative Called to the Senate Yes
Niagara Falls October 31, 1960 William Houck      Liberal Judy LaMarsh      Liberal Death Yes
Peterborough October 31, 1960 Gordon K. Fraser      Progressive Conservative Walter Pitman      New Death No
Labelle October 31, 1960 Henri Courtemanche      Progressive Conservative Gaston Clermont      Liberal Called to the Senate No
Hastings—Frontenac October 5, 1959 Sidney Earle Smith      Progressive Conservative Rod Webb      Progressive Conservative Death Yes
Russell October 5, 1959 Joseph-Omer Gour      Liberal Paul Tardif      Liberal Death Yes
Springfield December 15, 1958 Val Yacula      Progressive Conservative Joe Slogan      Progressive Conservative Death Yes
Trinity December 15, 1958 Edward R. Lockyer      Progressive Conservative Paul Hellyer      Liberal Death No
Grenville—Dundas September 29, 1958 A. Clair Casselman      Progressive Conservative Jean Casselman      Progressive Conservative Death Yes
Montmagny—L'Islet September 29, 1958 Jean Lesage      Liberal Louis Fortin      Progressive Conservative Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec No

Notes

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