23rd Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
14 October 1957 – 1 February 1958
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		John Diefenbaker
Cabinet18th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Louis St. Laurent
Lester B. Pearson
Party caucuses
GovernmentProgressive Conservative Party
OppositionLiberal Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
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
1957-10-14 – 1958-02-01
← 22nd → 24th
John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister during the 23rd Canadian Parliament.

The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957, until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.

It was the only parliament formally opened by Queen Elizabeth II herself, rather than her formal representative, the governor general.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led first by Louis St. Laurent, and then by Lester B. Pearson.

It was the second shortest parliament in Canadian history.

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

There was only one session of the 23rd Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-third Parliament listed first by province or territory, 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 James Alexander Smith Social Credit 1955
Bow River Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit 1935
Calgary North Douglas Harkness Progressive Conservative 1945
Calgary South Arthur Ryan Smith Progressive Conservative 1957
Edmonton East Ambrose Holowach Social Credit 1953
Edmonton—Strathcona Sydney Herbert Thompson Social Credit 1957
Edmonton West Marcel Lambert ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
Jasper—Edson Charles Yuill Social Credit 1953
Lethbridge John Horne Blackmore Social Credit 1935
Macleod Ernest George Hansell Social Credit 1935
Medicine Hat Bud Olson Social Credit 1957
Peace River Solon Earl Low Social Credit 1945
Red Deer Frederick Davis Shaw Social Credit 1940
Vegreville Peter Stefura Social Credit 1957
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 Thomas Irwin Social Credit 1957
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 Jim 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 Frank Christian Social Credit 1957
Okanagan—Revelstoke George McLeod Social Credit 1953
Skeena Frank Howard C.C.F. 1957
Vancouver—Burrard John Russell Taylor Progressive Conservative 1957
Vancouver Centre Douglas Jung Progressive Conservative 1957
Vancouver East Harold Winch C.C.F. 1953
Vancouver Kingsway Alexander Macdonald C.C.F. 1957
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 Fred Zaplitny C.C.F. 1945, 1953
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 William Bryce C.C.F. 1954
Springfield Jacob Schulz C.C.F. 1957
St. Boniface Louis Deniset Liberal 1957
Winnipeg North Alistair Stewart C.C.F. 1940
Winnipeg North Centre Stanley Knowles C.C.F. 1942
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 A. Wesley Stuart Liberal 1945
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
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 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 Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne Liberal 1949
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 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 Angus Ronald Macdonald ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
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 Allan MacEachen Liberal 1953
Pictou Russell MacEwan Progressive Conservative 1957
Queens—Lunenburg Lloyd Crouse Progressive Conservative 1957
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Thomas Andrew Murray 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 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 Devere Thrasher Progressive Conservative 1957
Essex West Donald Ferguson Brown Liberal 1945
Fort William Daniel McIvor Liberal 1935
Glengarry—Prescott Osie Villeneuve Progressive Conservative 1957
Greenwood James Macdonnell Progressive Conservative 1945,[lower-alpha 1] 1949
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Progressive Conservative 1921, 1925
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 George Stanley White (until 20 August 1957 Senate appointment) Progressive Conservative 1940
Sidney Smith (by-election of 1957-11-04) Progressive Conservative 1957
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 Blake Huffman Liberal 1949
Kingston William James Henderson Liberal 1949
Lambton—Kent Ernest Campbell Progressive Conservative 1957
Lambton West Joseph Warner Murphy Progressive Conservative 1945
Lanark William Gourlay Blair (died 16 June 1957) Progressive Conservative 1945
George Doucett (by-election of 1957-08-26) Progressive Conservative 1957
Leeds Hayden Stanton Progressive Conservative 1953
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 Liberal 1953
Nickel Belt Léo Gauthier Liberal 1945
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
Port Arthur Doug Fisher C.C.F. 1957
Prince Edward—Lennox Clarence Adam 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 Liberal 1945
St. Paul's Roland Michener (†) Progressive Conservative 1953
Simcoe East Philip Bernard Rynard Progressive Conservative 1957
Simcoe North Heber Smith Progressive Conservative 1957
Spadina Charles Edward Rea Progressive Conservative 1955
Stormont Albert Lavigne Liberal 1954
Sudbury Rodger Mitchell Liberal 1953
Timiskaming Arnold Peters C.C.F. 1957
Timmins Murdo Martin C.C.F. 1957
Trinity Stanley Haidasz Liberal 1957
Victoria Clayton Hodgson ‡ Progressive Conservative 1945
Waterloo North Norman Schneider Liberal 1952
Waterloo South William Anderson Progressive Conservative 1957
Welland William Hector McMillan Liberal 1950
Wellington—Huron Marvin Howe Progressive Conservative 1953
Wellington South Alfred Hales Progressive Conservative 1957
Wentworth Frank Exton 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 Progressive Conservative 1957
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 Philippe Valois Liberal 1949
Beauce Raoul Poulin Independent 1949
Beauharnois—Salaberry Robert Cauchon Liberal 1949
Bellechasse Ovide Laflamme Liberal 1955
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière Joseph Langlois Liberal 1949
Bonaventure Nérée Arsenault Progressive Conservative 1957
Brome—Missisquoi Joseph-Léon Deslières Liberal 1952
Cartier Leon Crestohl Liberal 1950
Chambly—Rouville Yvon L'Heureux Liberal 1957
Champlain Joseph Irenée Rochefort Liberal 1949
Chapleau Charles-Noël Barbès Liberal 1957
Charlevoix Auguste Maltais Liberal 1949
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie Jean Boucher Liberal 1953
Chicoutimi Rosaire Gauthier Liberal 1957
Compton—Frontenac Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette Liberal 1935
Dollard Guy Rouleau Liberal 1953
Dorchester Joseph-Armand Landry Liberal 1957
Drummond—Arthabaska Samuel Boulanger Independent Liberal 1957
Gaspé Roland English Progressive Conservative 1957
Gatineau Rodolphe Leduc Liberal 1936, 1954
Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940
Hull Alexis Pierre Caron Liberal 1953
Îles-de-la-Madeleine Charles Cannon Liberal 1949
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle Robert John Pratt Progressive Conservative 1957
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Maurice Breton Liberal 1950
Kamouraska Benoît Chabot Independent 1957
Labelle Henri Courtemanche Independent Progressive Conservative 1949, 1957
Lac-Saint-Jean André Gauthier Liberal 1949
Lafontaine J.-Georges Ratelle Liberal 1949
Lapointe Augustin Brassard Liberal 1957
Laurier Lionel Chevrier Liberal 1935,[lower-alpha 2] 1957
Laval Léopold Demers Liberal 1948
Lévis Maurice Bourget Liberal 1940
Longueuil Auguste Vincent Liberal 1953
Lotbinière Raymond O'Hurley ‡ Progressive Conservative 1957
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 Paul Comtois Progressive Conservative 1957
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce William McLean Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1953
Outremont—St-Jean Romuald Bourque Liberal 1952
Papineau Adrien Meunier Liberal 1953
Pontiac—Témiscamingue John Hugh Proudfoot Liberal 1949
Portneuf Pierre Gauthier Liberal 1936
Québec—Montmorency Wilfrid Lacroix Liberal 1935
Quebec East Louis St. Laurent Liberal 1942
Quebec South Francis (Frank) Gavan Power Liberal 1955
Quebec West René Bégin Liberal 1957
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 Gérard Loiselle Independent Liberal 1957
Saint-Antoine—Westmount George Carlyle Marler Liberal 1954
Saint-Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935
Saint-Henri Joseph-Arsène Bonnier Liberal 1938
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Théogène Ricard Progressive Conservative 1957
Saint-Jacques Roland Beaudry Liberal 1945
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville J.-Armand Ménard Liberal 1955
St. Lawrence—St. George Claude Sartoris Richardson 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-Paul St. Laurent Liberal 1955
Terrebonne Raymond Raymond Liberal 1957
Trois-Rivières Léon Balcer Progressive Conservative 1949
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Louis-René Beaudoin Liberal 1945
Verdun Joseph Gérard Yves Leduc 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 Hornby Harrison Liberal 1949
Melville James Garfield Gardiner Liberal 1936
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre Louis Harrington Lewry C.C.F. 1957
Moose Mountain Edward George McCullough C.C.F. 1945,[lower-alpha 3] 1953
Prince Albert John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1940
Qu'Appelle Alvin Hamilton Progressive Conservative 1957
Regina City Alfred Claude Ellis C.C.F. 1953
Rosetown—Biggar Major James Coldwell C.C.F. 1935
Rosthern Walter Adam Tucker Liberal 1935, 1953
Saskatoon Henry Frank Jones Progressive Conservative 1957
Swift Current—Maple Creek Irvin William Studer Liberal 1949
The Battlefords Alexander Maxwell (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
Erik Nielsen (by-election of 1957-12-16) Progressive Conservative 1957

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Yukon December 16, 1957 James Aubrey Simmons      Liberal Erik Nielsen      Progressive Conservative Election declared void No
Hastings—Frontenac November 4, 1957 George Stanley White      Progressive Conservative Sidney Earle Smith      Progressive Conservative Called to the Senate Yes
Lanark August 26, 1957 William G. Blair      Progressive Conservative George Doucett      Progressive Conservative Death Yes

Notes

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Succession

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