27th Canadian Parliament

The initial seat distribution of the 27th Canadian Parliament

Lester B. Pearson was Prime Minister during the 27th Canadian Parliament.

The 27th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 18, 1966 until April 23, 1968. The membership was set by the 1965 federal election on November 8, 1963, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1968 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John George Diefenbaker, and then by Michael Starr consecutivly.

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

There were 2 sessions of the 27th Parliament:

Session	Start!End
1st	January 18, 1966	May 8, 1967
2nd	May 8, 1967	April 23, 1968

Distribution of seats at the beginning of the 27th Parliament

Party		Party Leader	Seats
			1963	Dissolution	Elected	% Change	Liberal	Lester Pearson	128	128	131	+2.3%	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	93	95	97	+4.3%	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	24	17	21	-12.5%	Ralliement créditiste	Real Caouette			9		Social Credit	R.N. Thompson	17	24	5	-70.6%	colspan="2"|Independent		-	1
Total			265	265	265
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes:

"% change" refers to change from previous election¹ "Previous" refers to the results of the previous election, not the party standings in the House of Commons prior to dissolution.

Members of the 27th Parliament arranged by province

(incomplete)

Legend

*Bold text denotes cabinet ministers
Italic text denotes leaders
>|Liberal
>|Progressive Conservative
>|Social Credit
>|New Democrat
>|Independent

Newfoundland and Labrador

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>| Chesley William Carter²
>|Charles Ronald McKay Granger¹
>| Herman Maxwell Batten
>| Joseph Phillip O'Keefe
>| Richard Joseph Cashin
>| James Roy Tucker

	Name	Party	Electoral district
John Whitney Pickersgill'1	Liberal	Bonavistaâ€"Twillingate
Liberal	Burinâ€"Burgeo
Liberal	Grand Fallsâ€"White Bayâ€"Labrador
Liberal	Humberâ€"St. George's
Liberal	St. John's East
Liberal	St. John's West
Liberal	Trinityâ€"Conception

¹Granger resigned the seat of Grand Fallsâ€"White Bayâ€"Labrador in August 1966 to contest a seat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly and was succeeded by Andrew Chatwood of the Liberals. Granger became Minister of Labrador Affairs in the provincial cabinet. He resigned his provincial office in September 1967 to contest the federal seat of Bonavistaâ€"Twillingate vacted by Jack Pickersgill. Granger was successful and became Minister without portfolio in Pearson's Cabinet.

²Carter was appointed to the Senate on July 8, 1966. Donald Jamieson won the subsequent by-election for the Liberals