22nd Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
12 November 1953 – 12 April 1957
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		Louis St. Laurent
Cabinet17th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		George A. Drew
William Earl Rowe
George A. Drew
William Earl Rowe
John Diefenbaker
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
Liberal-Labour
Liberal-Progressive
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
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
Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister during the 22nd Canadian Parliament.

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. 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

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Victor Quelch Social Credit 1935
Athabaska Joseph Miville Dechene Liberal 1940
Battle River—Camrose Robert Fair (died 11 November 1954) Social Credit 1935
James Alexander Smith (by-election of 1955-06-20) Social Credit 1955
Bow River Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit 1935
Calgary North Douglas Harkness Progressive Conservative 1945
Calgary South Carl Nickle Progressive Conservative 1951
Edmonton East Ambrose Holowach Social Credit 1953
Edmonton—Strathcona Richmond Francis Hanna Liberal 1953
Edmonton West George Prudham Liberal 1949
Jasper—Edson Charles Yuill Social Credit 1953
Lethbridge John Horne Blackmore Social Credit 1935
Macleod Ernest George Hansell Social Credit 1935
Medicine Hat William Duncan Wylie Social Credit 1945
Peace River Solon Earl Low Social Credit 1945
Red Deer Frederick Davis Shaw Social Credit 1940
Vegreville John Decore Liberal 1949
Wetaskiwin Ray Thomas Social Credit 1949

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Burnaby—Coquitlam Erhart Regier C.C.F. 1953
Burnaby—Richmond Tom Goode Liberal 1949
Cariboo Bert Leboe Social Credit 1953
Coast—Capilano James Sinclair Liberal 1940
Comox—Alberni Thomas Speakman Barnett C.C.F. 1953
Esquimalt—Saanich George Pearkes Progressive Conservative 1945
Fraser Valley Alexander Bell Patterson Social Credit 1953
Kamloops Davie Fulton Progressive Conservative 1945
Kootenay East James Allen Byrne Liberal 1949
Kootenay West Herbert Wilfred Herridge C.C.F. 1945
Nanaimo Colin Cameron C.C.F. 1953
New Westminster George Hahn Social Credit 1953
Okanagan Boundary Owen Jones C.C.F. 1948
Okanagan—Revelstoke George McLeod Social Credit 1953
Skeena Edward Applewhaite Liberal 1949
Vancouver—Burrard Lorne MacDougall Liberal 1949
Lorne MacDougall died on June 6, 1956 Vacant
Vancouver Centre Ralph Campney Liberal 1949
Vancouver East Harold Winch C.C.F. 1953
Vancouver Kingsway Angus MacInnis C.C.F. 1930
Vancouver Quadra Howard Charles Green Progressive Conservative 1935
Vancouver South Elmore Philpott Liberal 1953
Victoria Francis Fairey Liberal 1953

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon—Souris Walter Dinsdale Progressive Conservative 1951
Churchill George Weaver Liberal 1949
Dauphin Fred Zaplitny C.C.F. 1945, 1953
Lisgar William Albert Pommer Liberal 1953
Marquette Stuart Garson Liberal 1948
Portage—Neepawa William Gilbert Weir ‡ Liberal-Progressive 1930
Provencher René Jutras Liberal 1940
Selkirk Robert James Wood (died 8 August 1954) Liberal 1949
William Bryce (by-election of 1954-11-08) C.C.F. 1954
Springfield Anton Weselak Liberal 1953
St. Boniface Fernand Viau Liberal 1945
Winnipeg North Alistair Stewart C.C.F. 1940
Winnipeg North Centre Stanley Knowles C.C.F. 1942
Winnipeg South Owen Trainor Progressive Conservative 1953
Owen Trainor died on November 28, 1956 Vacant
Winnipeg South Centre Gordon Churchill Progressive Conservative 1951

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte A. Wesley Stuart Liberal 1945
Gloucester Hédard Robichaud Liberal 1953
Kent Hervé Michaud Liberal 1953
Northumberland George Roy McWilliam Liberal 1949
Restigouche—Madawaska Joseph Gaspard Boucher Liberal 1953
Charles Van Horne (by-election of 1955-09-26) Progressive Conservative 1955
Royal Alfred Johnson Brooks Progressive Conservative 1935
St. John—Albert Thomas Miller Bell Progressive Conservative 1953
Victoria—Carleton Gage Montgomery Progressive Conservative 1952
Westmorland Henry Murphy Liberal 1949
York—Sunbury Milton Fowler Gregg Liberal 1947

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 Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne Liberal 1949
Humber—St. George's Herman Maxwell Batten Liberal 1953
St. John's East Allan Fraser Liberal 1953
St. John's West James Augustine Power Liberal 1953
Trinity—Conception Leonard Stick Liberal 1949

Northwest Territories

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Mackenzie River Merv Hardie Liberal 1953

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough J. Ralph Kirk Liberal 1949
Cape Breton North and Victoria William Murdoch Buchanan Liberal 1953
Cape Breton South Clarence Gillis C.C.F. 1940
Colchester—Hants Gordon Purdy Liberal 1935, 1953
Cumberland Azel Randolph Lusby Liberal 1953
Digby—Annapolis—Kings George Nowlan Progressive Conservative 1948, 1950
Halifax* Samuel Rosborough Balcom Liberal 1950
John Dickey ‡ Liberal 1947
Inverness—Richmond Allan MacEachen Liberal 1953
Pictou Henry Byron McCulloch Liberal 1935
Queens—Lunenburg Robert Winters Liberal 1945
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Thomas Kirk ‡ Liberal 1949

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East Lester B. Pearson Liberal 1948
Algoma West George E. Nixon Liberal 1940
Brantford James Elisha Brown Liberal 1953
Brant—Haldimand John A. Charlton Progressive Conservative 1945
Broadview George Hees Progressive Conservative 1950
Bruce Andrew Ernest Robinson Progressive Conservative 1945, 1953
Carleton George Drew Progressive Conservative 1948
Cochrane Joseph-Anaclet Habel Liberal 1953
Danforth Robert Hardy Small Progressive Conservative 1953
Davenport Paul Hellyer ‡ Liberal 1949
Dufferin—Simcoe William Earl Rowe Progressive Conservative 1925
Durham John James Liberal 1949
Eglinton Donald Fleming Progressive Conservative 1945
Elgin Charles Delmer Coyle (died 19 January 1954) Progressive Conservative 1945
James Alexander McBain (by-election of 22 March 1954) Progressive Conservative 1954
Essex East Paul Martin Sr. Liberal 1935
Essex South Murray Clark Liberal 1935
Essex West Donald Ferguson Brown Liberal 1945
Fort William Dan McIvor Liberal 1935
Glengarry—Prescott Raymond Bruneau Liberal 1949
Greenwood James Macdonnell Progressive Conservative 1945,[lower-alpha 1] 1949
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Progressive Conservative 1921, 1925
Grey—Bruce Walter Harris Liberal 1940
Grey North Colin Emerson Bennett ‡ Liberal 1949
Halton Sybil Bennett Progressive Conservative 1953
Sybil Bennett died on November 12, 1956 Vacant
Hamilton East Thomas Hambly Ross Liberal 1940
Thomas Hambly Ross died on November 20, 1956 Vacant
Hamilton South Russell Reinke Liberal 1953
Hamilton West Ellen Fairclough Progressive Conservative 1950
Hastings—Frontenac George Stanley White Progressive Conservative 1940
Hastings South Frank Follwell Liberal 1949
High Park Pat Cameron Liberal 1949
Huron Elston Cardiff Progressive Conservative 1940
Kenora—Rainy River William Moore Benidickson ‡ Liberal-Labour 1945
Kent Blake Huffman Liberal 1949
Kingston William Henderson Liberal 1949
Lambton—Kent Hugh MacKenzie Liberal 1935, 1949
Lambton West Joseph Warner Murphy Progressive Conservative 1945
Lanark William Gourlay Blair Progressive Conservative 1945
Leeds Hayden Stanton Progressive Conservative 1953
Lincoln Harry Cavers Liberal 1949
London Robert Weld Mitchell Progressive Conservative 1953
Middlesex East Harry Oliver White Progressive Conservative 1945
Middlesex West Robert McCubbin ‡ Liberal 1940
Niagara Falls William Houck Liberal 1953
Nickel Belt Léo Gauthier Liberal 1945
Nipissing Jack Garland Liberal 1949
Norfolk Raymond Elmer Anderson Liberal 1949
Northumberland Frederick Robertson ‡ Liberal 1949
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 John Hunter Liberal 1949
Parry Sound-Muskoka Wilfred McDonald Liberal 1945
Peel Gordon Graydon (died in office) Progressive Conservative 1935
John Pallett (by-election of 22 March 1954) Progressive Conservative 1954
Perth J. Waldo Monteith Progressive Conservative 1953
Peterborough Gordon Fraser Progressive Conservative 1940
Port Arthur Clarence Decatur Howe Liberal 1935
Prince Edward—Lennox George Tustin Progressive Conservative 1935
Renfrew North James Forgie Liberal 1953
Renfrew South James Joseph McCann Liberal 1935
Rosedale Charles Henry Liberal 1949
Russell Joseph-Omer Gour Liberal 1945
St. Paul's Roland Michener Progressive Conservative 1953
Simcoe East William Alfred Robinson Liberal 1940
Simcoe North Julian Ferguson Progressive Conservative 1940
Spadina David Croll (until Senate appointment) Liberal 1945
Charles Edward Rea (by-election of 24 October 1955) Progressive Conservative 1955
Stormont Lionel Chevrier (until Saint Lawrence Seaway appointment) Liberal 1935
Albert Lavigne (by-election of 8 November 1954) Liberal 1954
Sudbury Rodger Mitchell Liberal 1953
Timiskaming Ann Shipley Liberal 1953
Timmins Karl Eyre Liberal 1949
Trinity Lionel Conacher (died in office) Liberal 1949
Donald Carrick (by-election of 8 November 1954) Liberal 1954
Victoria Clayton Hodgson Progressive Conservative 1945
Waterloo North Norman Schneider Liberal 1952
Waterloo South Arthur White Liberal 1953
Welland William Hector McMillan Liberal 1950
Wellington—Huron Marvin Howe Progressive Conservative 1953
Wellington South Henry Alfred Hosking Liberal 1949
Wentworth Frank Lennard Progressive Conservative 1935, 1945
York Centre Al Hollingworth Liberal 1953
York East Robert Henry McGregor Progressive Conservative 1926
York—Humber Margaret Aitken Progressive Conservative 1953
York North Jack Smith Liberal 1945
York—Scarborough Frank Enfield Liberal 1953
York South Joseph W. Noseworthy C.C.F. 1942, 1949
Joseph W. Noseworthy died on March 30, 1956 Vacant
York West Agar Rodney Adamson Progressive Conservative 1940
John Borden Hamilton (by-election of 8 November 1954) Progressive Conservative 1954

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's Thomas Joseph Kickham Liberal 1949
Prince John Watson MacNaught ‡ Liberal 1945
Queen's* Angus MacLean Progressive Conservative 1951
Neil Matheson Liberal 1953

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes Philippe Valois Liberal 1949
Beauce Raoul Poulin Independent 1949
Beauharnois—Salaberry Robert Cauchon Liberal 1949
Bellechasse Louis-Philippe Picard (until resignation) Liberal 1940
Ovide Laflamme (by-election of 26 September 1955) Liberal 1955
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière Joseph Langlois Liberal 1949
Bonaventure Bona Arsenault Liberal 1945
Brome—Missisquoi Joseph-Léon Deslières Liberal 1952
Cartier Leon Crestohl Liberal 1950
Chambly—Rouville Roch Pinard ‡ Liberal 1945
Champlain Joseph Irenée Rochefort Liberal 1949
Chapleau David Gourd Liberal 1945
Charlevoix Auguste Maltais Liberal 1949
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Jean Boucher Liberal 1953
Chicoutimi Paul-Edmond Gagnon Independent 1945
Compton—Frontenac Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette ‡ Liberal 1935
Dollard Guy Rouleau Liberal 1953
Dorchester Robert Perron Progressive Conservative 1953
Drummond—Arthabaska Armand Cloutier Liberal 1940
Gaspé Léopold Langlois ‡ Liberal 1945
Gatineau Joseph-Célestin Nadon (died 17 December 1953) Liberal 1949
Rodolphe Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954) Liberal 1936, 1954
Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940
Hull Alexis Caron Liberal 1953
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Charles Cannon Liberal 1949
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Edgar Leduc Liberal 1949
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Maurice Breton Liberal 1950
Kamouraska Arthur Massé Independent Liberal 1949
Labelle Gustave Roy Liberal 1953
Lac-Saint-Jean André Gauthier Liberal 1949
Lafontaine J.-Georges Ratelle Liberal 1949
Lapointe Fernand Girard Independent 1953
Laurier J.-Eugène Lefrançois Liberal 1949
Laval Léopold Demers Liberal 1948
Lévis Maurice Bourget ‡ Liberal 1940
Longueuil Auguste Vincent Liberal 1953
Lotbinière Hugues Lapointe Liberal 1940
Maisonneuve—Rosemont Jean-Paul Deschatelets Liberal 1953
Matapédia—Matane Léandre Thibault Liberal 1953
Mégantic Joseph Lafontaine Liberal 1940
Mercier Marcel Monette Liberal 1949
Montmagny—L'Islet Jean Lesage Liberal 1945
Mount Royal Alan Macnaughton Liberal 1949
Nicolet—Yamaska Maurice Boisvert Liberal 1949
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce William McLean Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1953
Outremont—St-Jean Romuald Bourque Liberal 1952
Papineau Adrien Meunier Independent Liberal 1953
Pontiac—Témiscamingue Hugh Proudfoot Liberal 1949
Portneuf Pierre Gauthier Liberal 1936
Québec—Montmorency Wilfrid Lacroix Liberal 1935
Quebec East Louis St. Laurent Liberal 1942
Quebec South Charles Gavan Power (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment) Liberal 1917
Francis (Frank) Gavan Power (by-election of 26 September 1955) Liberal 1955
Quebec West J.-Wilfrid Dufresne Progressive Conservative 1953
Richelieu—Verchères Lucien Cardin ‡ Liberal 1952
Richmond—Wolfe Ernest-Omer Gingras Liberal 1949
Rimouski Gérard Légaré Liberal 1953
Roberval Georges Villeneuve Liberal 1953
Saguenay Lomer Brisson Liberal 1949
St. Ann Thomas Healy Liberal 1940
Saint-Antoine—Westmount Douglas Abbott (until 1 July 1954 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1940
George Carlyle Marler (by-election of 8 November 1954) Liberal 1954
Saint-Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935
Saint-Henri Joseph-Arsène Bonnier Liberal 1938
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Joseph Fontaine Liberal 1945
Saint-Jacques Roland Beaudry Liberal 1945
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville Alcide Côté (died 7 August 1955) Liberal 1945
J.-Armand Ménard (by-election of 19 December 1955) Liberal 1955
St. Lawrence—St. George Brooke Claxton (resigned 31 July 1954) Liberal 1940
Claude Richardson (by-election of 8 November 1954) Liberal 1954
Sainte-Marie Hector Dupuis Liberal 1953
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche Joseph-Adolphe Richard Liberal 1949
Shefford Marcel Boivin Liberal 1945
Sherbrooke Maurice Gingues Liberal 1940
Stanstead Louis-Édouard Roberge Liberal 1949
Témiscouata Jean-François Pouliot (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment) Liberal 1924
Jean-Paul St. Laurent (by-election of 26 September 1955) Liberal 1955
Terrebonne Lionel Bertrand Liberal 1940
Trois-Rivières Léon Balcer Progressive Conservative 1949
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Louis-René Beaudoin (†) Liberal 1945
Verdun Paul-Émile Côté ‡ (until 1 January 1954 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1940
Yves Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954) Liberal 1954
Villeneuve Armand Dumas Liberal 1949

Saskatchewan

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia Hazen Argue C.C.F. 1945
Humboldt—Melfort Hugh Alexander Bryson C.C.F. 1953
Kindersley Merv Johnson C.C.F. 1953
Mackenzie Alexander Malcolm Nicholson C.C.F. 1940, 1953
Meadow Lake John Harrison Liberal 1949
Melville James Garfield Gardiner Liberal 1936
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre Ross Thatcher C.C.F. 1945
  Independent
Moose Mountain Edward McCullough C.C.F. 1945,[lower-alpha 2] 1953
Prince Albert John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1940
Qu'Appelle Henry Mang Liberal 1953
Regina City Claude Ellis C.C.F. 1953
Rosetown—Biggar Major James Coldwell C.C.F. 1935
Rosthern Walter Tucker Liberal 1935, 1953
Saskatoon Roy Knight C.C.F. 1945
Swift Current—Maple Creek Irvin Studer Liberal 1949
The Battlefords Max Campbell C.C.F. 1945, 1953
Yorkton George Hugh Castleden C.C.F. 1940, 1953

Yukon

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon James Aubrey Simmons Liberal 1949

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
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

Notes

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