31st Canadian parliament

The 31st Canadian parliament was a briefly-lived parliament in session from the fall of 1979 until March 1980. The membership was set by in the 1979 federal election, and it was dissolved prior to the 1980 election.

It was controlled by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, led by Prime Minister Joe Clark, but it only had a minority of the seats. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party of Canada, led by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

The Speaker was James Alexander Jerome. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1976-1987 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

Members of the House of Commons

Members of the House of Commons in the 31st parliament arranged by province.

Newfoundland

Riding	Member !Political Party
Bonavistaâ€"Trinityâ€"Conception	Dave Rooney	Liberal
Burinâ€"St. George's	Donald Jamieson then Roger Simmons*	Both Liberal
Ganderâ€"Twillingate	George Baker	Liberal
Grand Fallsâ€"White Bayâ€"Labrador	Bill Rompkey	Liberal
Humberâ€"Port au Portâ€"St. Barbe	Fonse Faour	NDP
St. John's East	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West	John Crosbie	Progressive Conservative

* Donald Jamieson resigned from parliament and was replaced by Roger Simmons in a September 19, 1979 by-election

Prince Edward Island

Riding	Member !Political Party
Cardigan	Wilbur Macdonald	Liberal
Egmont	David Macdonald	Progressive Conservative
Hillsborough	Thomas McMillan	Progressive Conservative
Malpeque	Melbourne Gass	Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia

Riding	Member !Political Party
Annapolis Valleyâ€"Hants	Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Highlandsâ€"Canso	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
Cape Bretonâ€"East Richmond	Andrew Hogan	NDP
Cape Bretonâ€"The Sydneys	Russell MacLellan	Liberal
Central Nova	Elmer MacKay	Progressive Conservative
Cumberlandâ€"Colchester	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouthâ€"Halifax East	Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
Halifax	George Cooper	Progressive Conservative
Halifax West	Howard Crosby	Progressive Conservative
South Shore	Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
South Western Nova	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Riding	Member !Political Party
Carletonâ€"Charlotte	Fred McCain	Progressive Conservative
Fundyâ€"Royal	Robert Corbett	Progressive Conservative
Gloucester	Herb Breau	Liberal
Madawaskaâ€"Victoria	Eymard Corbin	Liberal
Moncton	Gary McCauley	Liberal
Northumberlandâ€"Miramichi	Maurice Dionne	Liberal
Restigouche	Maurice Haquail	Liberal
Saint John	Eric Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
Westmorlandâ€"Kent	RomĂ©o LeBlanc	Liberal
Yorkâ€"Sunbury	J. Robert Howie	Progressive Conservative

Quebec

Riding	Member !Political Party
Abitibi	Armand Caouette	Ralliement Créditiste
Argenteuil	Robert Gourd	Liberal
Beauce	Fabien Roy	Ralliement Créditiste
Beauharnoisâ€"Salaberry	GĂ©rald Laniel	Liberal
Bellechasse	Joseph Lambert	Ralliement Créditiste
Berthierâ€"MaskinongĂ©	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
Blainvilleâ€"Deux-Montagnes	Francis Fox	Liberal
Bonaventureâ€"ĂŽles-de-la-Madeleine	Joseph Bujold	Liberal
Bourassa	Carlo Rossi	Liberal
Chambly	Raymond Dupont	Liberal
Champlain	Michel Veillette	Liberal
Charlesbourg	Pierre Bussières	Liberal
Charlevoix	Charles Lapointe	Liberal
Châteauguay	Ian Watson	Liberal
Chicoutimi	Marcel Dionne	Liberal
Dollard	Louis Desmarais	Liberal
Drummond	Yvon Pinard	Liberal
Duvernay	Yves Demers	Liberal
Frontenac	LĂ©opold Corriveau	Liberal
Gamelin	Arthur Portelance	Liberal
Gaspé	Alexander Cyr	Liberal
Gatineau	René Cousineau	Liberal
Hochelagaâ€"Maisonneuve	Serge Joyal	Liberal
Hull	Joesph Isabelle	Liberal
Joliette	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative
Jonquière	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
Kamouraskaâ€"Rivière-du-Loup	Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
Labelle	Maurice Dupras	Liberal
Lac-Saint-Jean	Marcel Lessard	Liberal
Lachine	Roderick Blaker	Liberal
Langelier	J. Gilles Lamontagne	Liberal
La Prairie	Pierre Deniger	Liberal
Lasalle	John Campbell	Liberal
Laurier	David Berger	Liberal
Laval	Marcel-Claude Roy	Liberal
Laval-des-Rapides	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
LĂ©vis	Raynald Guay	Liberal
Longueuil	Joseph Olivier	Liberal
Lotbiniere	Richard Janelle	Ralliement Créditiste
Louis-HĂ©bert	Dennis Dawson	Liberal
Manicouagan	André Maltais	Liberal
MatapĂ©diaâ€"Matane	Pierre de BanĂ©	Liberal
MĂ©ganticâ€"Comptonâ€"Stanstead	Claude Tessier	Liberal
Mercier	CĂ©line Hervieux-Payette	Liberal
Missisquoi	William Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
Montmorency	Louis Duclos	Liberal
Mount Royal	Pierre Trudeau	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Warren Allmand	Liberal
Outremont	Marc Lalonde	Liberal
Papineau	André Ouellet	Liberal
Pontiacâ€"Gatineauâ€"Labelle	Thomas Lefebvre	Liberal
Portneuf	Rolland Dion	Liberal
Québec-Est	Gérard Duquet	Liberal
Richelieu	Jean-Louis Leduc	Liberal
Richmond	Alain Tardif	Liberal
Rimouski	Eudore Allard	Ralliement Créditiste
Roberval	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Ralliement Créditiste
Rosemont	Claude-André Lachance	Liberal
Saint-Denis	Marcel Prud'homme	Liberal
Saint-Henriâ€"Westmount	Donald Johnston	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe	Marcel Ostiguy	Liberal
Saint-Jacques	Jacques Guilbault	Liberal
Saint-Jean	Paul-André Massé	Liberal
Saint-LĂ©onardâ€"Anjou	Monique BĂ©gin	Liberal
Saint-Maurice	Jean Chrétien	Liberal
Saint-Michel	Marie Thérèse Killens	Liberal
Sainte-Marie	Jean-Claude Malépart	Liberal
Shefford	Jean Lapierre	Liberal
Sherbrooke	Irénée Pelletier	Liberal
TĂ©miscamingue	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
Terrebonne	Joseph-Roland Comtois	Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Claude G. Lajoie	Liberal
Vaudreuil	Harold Herbert	Liberal
Verchères	Bernard Pierre Loiselle	Liberal
Verdun	Pierre Savard	Liberal

Ontario

Riding	Member !Political Party
Algoma	Maurice Foster	Liberal
Beaches	Robin Richardson	Progressive Conservative
Bramptonâ€"Georgetown	John McDermid	Progressive Conservative
Brant	Derek Blackburn	NDP
Broadviewâ€"Greenwood	Bob Rae	NDP
Bruceâ€"Grey	Gary Gurbin	Progressive Conservative
Burlington	Bill Kempling	Progressive Conservative
Cambridge	Chris Speyer	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane	Keith Penner	Liberal
Davenport	Charles Caccia	Liberal
Don Valley East	Sam Wakim	Progressive Conservative
Don Valley West	John Bosley	Progressive Conservative
Durhamâ€"Northumberland	Allan Lawrence	Progressive Conservative
Eglintonâ€"Lawrence	Roland de Corneille	Liberal
Elgin	John Wise	Progressive Conservative
Erie	Girve Fretz	Progressive Conservative
Essexâ€"Kent	Robert Daudlin	Liberal
Essexâ€"Windsor	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
Etobicoke Centre	Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
Etobicoke North	Roy MacLaren	Liberal
Etobicokeâ€"Lakeshore	William Robinson	Liberal
Glengarryâ€"Prescottâ€"Russell	Denis Ethier	Liberal
Greyâ€"Simcoe	Gus Mitges	Progressive Conservative
Guelph	Albert Fish	Progressive Conservative
Haldimandâ€"Norfolk	Bud Bradley	Progressive Conservative
Halton	Otto Jelinek	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton East	John Carr Munro	Liberal
Hamilton Mountain	Duncan Beattie	Progressive Conservative
Hamiltonâ€"Wentworth	Geoffrey Scott	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton West	Lincoln Alexander	Progressive Conservative
Hastingsâ€"Frontenac	William Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
Huronâ€"Bruce	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
Kenoraâ€"Rainy River	John Mercer Reid	Liberal
Kent	John Holmes	Progressive Conservative
Kingston and the Islands	Flora MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Kitchener	John Reimer	Progressive Conservative
Lambtonâ€"Middlesex	Sidney Fraleigh	Progressive Conservative
Lanarkâ€"Renfrewâ€"Carleton	Paul Dick	Progressive Conservative
Leedsâ€"Grenville	Thomas Cossitt	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Kenneth Higson	Progressive Conservative
London East	Charles Turner	Liberal
London West	Judd Buchanan	Liberal
Londonâ€"Middlesex	Nelson Elliott	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga North	Alex Jupp	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga South	Donald Blenkarn	Progressive Conservative
Nepeanâ€"Carleton	Walter Baker	Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls	Jake Froese	Progressive Conservative
Nickel Belt	John Rodriguez	NDP
Nipissing	Jean-Jacques Blais	Liberal
Northumberland	George Hees	Progressive Conservative
Ontario	Thomas Fennell	Progressive Conservative
Oshawa	Ed Broadbent	NDP
Ottawaâ€"Carleton	Jean-Luc PĂ©pin	Liberal
Ottawa Centre	John Evans	Liberal
Ottawa West	Kenneth Binks	Progressive Conservative
Ottawaâ€"Vanier	Jean-Robert Gauthier	Liberal
Oxford	Bruce Halliday	Progressive Conservative
Parkdaleâ€"High Park	Jesse Flis	Liberal
Parry Soundâ€"Muskoka	Stan Darling	Progressive Conservative
Perth	William Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough	Bill Domm	Progressive Conservative
Prince Edwardâ€"Hastings	John Ellis	Progressive Conservative
Renfrewâ€"Nipissingâ€"Pembroke	Len Hopkins	Liberal
Rosedale	David Crombie	Progressive Conservative
Sarnia	Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie	Cyril Symes	NDP
Scarborough Centre	Diane Stratas	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough East	James Gilchrist	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough West	William Wightman	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe North	Doug Lewis	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe South	Ronald Stewart	Progressive Conservative
Spadina	Peter Stollery	Liberal
St. Catharines	Joseph Reid	Progressive Conservative
St. Paul's	Ron Atkey	Progressive Conservative
Stormontâ€"Dundas	Ed Lumley	Liberal
Sudbury	James Jerome	Liberal
Thunder Bayâ€"Atikokan	Paul McRae	Liberal
Thunder Bayâ€"Nipigon	Robert Andras	Liberal
Timiskaming	Arnold Peters	NDP
Timminsâ€"Chapleau	Ray ChĂ©nier	Liberal
Trinity	Aideen Nicholson	Liberal
Victoriaâ€"Haliburton	William Scott	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo	Walter Maclean	Progressive Conservative
Welland	Gilbert Parent	Liberal
Wellingtonâ€"Dufferinâ€"Simcoe	Perrin Beatty	Progressive Conservative
Willowdale	Bob Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
Windsor West	Herb Gray	Liberal
Windsorâ€"Walkerville	Mark MacGuigan	Liberal
York Centre	Bob Kaplan	Liberal
York East	Ron Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
York North	John Gamble	Progressive Conservative
Yorkâ€"Scarborough	William McCrossan	Progressive Conservative
York Southâ€"Weston	Ursula Appolloni	Liberal
Yorkâ€"Peel	Sinclair Stevens	Progressive Conservative
York West	James Fleming	Liberal

Manitoba

Riding	Member !Political Party
Brandonâ€"Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
Churchill	Rodney Murphy	NDP
Dauphin	William Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
Lisgar	Jack Murta	Progressive Conservative
Portageâ€"Marquette	Charles Mayer	Progressive Conservative
Provencher	Jake Epp	Progressive Conservative
Selkirkâ€"Interlake	Terry Sargeant	NDP
St. Boniface	Robert Bockstael	Liberal
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	NDP
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	NDP
Winnipegâ€"Assiniboine	Dan McKenzie	Progressive Conservative
Winnipegâ€"Birds Hill	Bill Blaikie	NDP
Winnipegâ€"Fort Garry	Lloyd Axworthy	Liberal
Winnipegâ€"St. James	Bob Lane	Progressive Conservative

Saskatchewan

Riding	Member !Political Party
Assiniboia	Leonard Gustafson	Progressive Conservative
Humboldtâ€"Lake Centre	George Richardson	Progressive Conservative
Kindersleyâ€"Lloydminster	Bill McKnight	Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie	Stanley Korchinski	Progressive Conservative
Moose Jaw	Douglas Neil	Progressive Conservative
Prince Albert	Stanley Hovdebo	NDP
Qu'Apelleâ€"Moose Mountain	Francis Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
Regina East	Simon De Jong	NDP
Regina West	Leslie Benjamin	NDP
Saskatoon East	Robert Ogle	NDP
Saskatoon West	Ray Hnatyshyn	Progressive Conservative
Swift Currentâ€"Maple Creek	Frank Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
The Battlefordsâ€"Meadow Lake	Terry Nylander	Progressive Conservative
Yorktonâ€"Melville	Lorne Nystrom	NDP

Alberta

Riding	Member !Political Party
Athabasca	Paul Yewchuk	Progressive Conservative
Bow River	Gordon Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Calgary Centre	Harvie Andre	Progressive Conservative
Calgary East	John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
Calgary North	Eldon Woolliams	Progressive Conservative
Calgary South	John Thomson	Progressive Conservative
Calgary West	Jim Hawkes	Progressive Conservative
Crowfoot	Arnold Malone	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton North	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton South	Douglas Roche	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton West	Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
Edmontonâ€"Strathcona	David Kilgour	Progressive Conservative
Lethbridgeâ€"Foothills	Blaine Thacker	Progressive Conservative
Medicine Hat	Bert Hargrave	Progressive Conservative
Peace River	Gerald Baldwin	Progressive Conservative
Pembina	Peter Elzinga	Progressive Conservative
Red Deer	Thomas Towers	Progressive Conservative
Vegreville	Don Mazankowski	Progressive Conservative
Wetaskiwin	Kenneth Schellenberger	Progressive Conservative
Yellowhead	Joe Clark	Progressive Conservative

British Columbia

Riding	Member !Political Party
Burnaby	Svend Robinson	NDP
Capilano	Arthur Huntington	Progressive Conservative
Caribooâ€"Chilcotin	Lorne Greenaway	Progressive Conservative
Comoxâ€"Powell River	Raymond Skelly	NDP
Cowichanâ€"Malahatâ€"The Islands	Don Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Esquimaltâ€"Saanich	Donald Munro	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley East	Alexander Patterson	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley West	Robert Wenman	Progressive Conservative
Kamloopsâ€"Shuswap	Don Cameron	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay Eastâ€"Revelstoke	Stan Graham	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay West	Robert Brisco	Progressive Conservative
Missionâ€"Port Moody	Mark Rose	NDP
Nanaimoâ€"Alberni	Edward Miller	NDP
New Westminsterâ€"Coquitlam	Pauline Jewett	NDP
North Vancouverâ€"Burnaby	Chuck Cook	Progressive Conservative
Okanagan North	George Whittaker	Progressive Conservative
Okanaganâ€"Similkameen	Frederick King	Progressive Conservative
Prince Georgeâ€"Bulkley Valley	Robert McCuish	Progressive Conservative
Prince Georgeâ€"Peace River	Frank Oberle	Progressive Conservative
Richmondâ€"South Delta	Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
Skeena	James Fulton	NDP
Surreyâ€"White Rockâ€"North Delta	Benno Friesen	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver Centre	Arthur Phillips	Liberal
Vancouver East	Margaret Ann Mitchell	NDP
Vancouver Kingsway	Ian Waddell	NDP
Vancouver Quadra	Bill Clarke	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South	John Fraser	Progressive Conservative
Victoria	Allan McKinnon	Progressive Conservative

Northern Territories

Riding	Member !Political Party
Nunatsiaq	Peter Ittinuar	NDP
Western Arctic	Dave Nickerson	Progressive Conservative
Yukon	Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative

Preceded by: 30th Canadian parliament

Canadian parliaments

Followed by: 32nd Canadian parliament