28th Canadian Parliament

The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968, until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only slightly due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election.

28th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
September 12, 1968 (1968-09-12) – September 1, 1972 (1972-09-01)
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau (20th Canadian Ministry) April 20, 1968 (1968-04-20) – June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04)
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Robert Stanfield November 6, 1967 (1967-11-06) – November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Third parties	New Democratic Party
	Ralliement créditiste
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Lucien Lamoureux January 18, 1966 (1966-01-18) – September 29, 1974 (1974-09-29)
Government House Leader	Hon. Donald MacDonald July 6, 1968 (1968-07-06) – September 23, 1970 (1970-09-23)
	Hon. Allan MacEachen September 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Ged Baldwin July 27, 1968 (1968-07-27) – September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20)
Members	264 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets September 5, 1968 (1968-09-05) – December 13, 1972 (1972-12-13)
Government Senate Leader	Vacant April 20, 1968 (1968-04-20) – March 31, 1969 (1969-03-31)
	Hon. Paul Martin Sr. April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01) – August 7, 1974 (1974-08-07)
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Jacques Flynn October 31, 1967 (1967-10-31) – May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22)
Senators	102 senator seats List of senators
Sessions
1st Session September 12, 1968 (1968-09-12) – October 22, 1969 (1969-10-22)
2nd Session October 23, 1969 (1969-10-23) – October 7, 1970 (1970-10-07)
3rd Session October 8, 1970 (1970-10-08) – February 16, 1972 (1972-02-16)
4th Session February 17, 1972 (1972-02-17) – September 1, 1972 (1972-09-01)
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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led by Robert Stanfield.

The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 28th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 12, 1968	October 22, 1969
2nd	October 23, 1969	October 7, 1970
3rd	October 8, 1970	February 16, 1972
4th	February 17, 1972	September 1, 1972

Members of the House of Commons

Members of the House of Commons in the 28th parliament arranged by province.

Newfoundland

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Bonavista—Trinity—Conception	Frank Moores	Progressive Conservative
	Burin—Burgeo	Donald Jamieson	Liberal
	Gander—Twillingate	John Lundrigan	Progressive Conservative
	Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Ambrose Peddle	Progressive Conservative
	Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe	Jack Marshall	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's East	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
	St. John's West	Walter Carter	Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Cardigan	Melvin McQuaid	Progressive Conservative
	Egmont	David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
	Hillsborough	Heath MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative
	Malpeque	John Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Annapolis Valley	Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
	Cape Breton Highlands—Canso	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
	Cape Breton—East Richmond	Donald MacInnis	Progressive Conservative
	Cape Breton—The Sydneys	Robert Muir	Progressive Conservative
	Central Nova	Howard Russell Macewan then Elmer MacKay*	Both Progressive Conservative
	Cumberland—Colchester North	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
	Dartmouth—Halifax East	Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
	Halifax	Robert Stanfield	Progressive Conservative
	Halifax—East Hants	Robert Jardine McCleave	Progressive Conservative
	South Shore	Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
	South Western Nova	Louis-Roland Comeau	Progressive Conservative

* Russell MacEwan resigned and was replaced by Elmer MacKay in a May 31, 1971 by-election.

New Brunswick

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Carleton—Charlotte	Hugh Flemming	Progressive Conservative
	Fundy—Royal	Robert Fairweather	Progressive Conservative
	Gloucester	Herb Breau	Liberal
	Madawaska—Victoria	Eymard Corbin	Liberal
	Moncton	Charlie Thomas	Progressive Conservative
	Northumberland—Miramichi	Percy Smith	Liberal
	Restigouche	Jean-Eudes Dubé	Liberal
	Saint John—Lancaster	Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
	Westmorland—Kent	Guy F. Crossman	Liberal
	York—Sunbury	John Chester MacRae	Progressive Conservative

Quebec

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Abitibi	Gérard Laprise	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Ahuntsic	Jean-Léo Rochon	Liberal
	Argenteuil	Robert Major	Liberal
	Beauce	Romuald Rodrigue	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Beauharnois	Gérald Laniel	Liberal
	Bellechasse	Joseph Lambert	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Berthier	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
	Bonaventure	Albert Béchard	Liberal
	Bourassa	Jacques Trudel	Liberal
	Chambly	Bernard Pilon then Yvon L'Heureux**	Both Liberal
	Champlain	René Matte	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Charlevoix	Martial Asselin	Progressive Conservative
	Chicoutimi	Paul Langlois	Liberal
	Compton	Henry Latulippe	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Dollard	Jean-Pierre Goyer	Liberal
	Drummond	Jean-Luc Pépin	Liberal
	Duvernay	Eric Kierans	Liberal
	Frontenac	Bernard Dumont then Léopold Corriveau***	Ralliement Créditiste then Liberal
	Gamelin	Arthur Portelance	Liberal
	Gaspé	Alexander Cyr	Liberal
	Gatineau	Gaston Clermont	Liberal
	Hochelaga	Gérard Pelletier	Liberal
	Hull	Joseph Isabelle	Liberal
	Joliette	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative then independent****
	Kamouraska	Charles-Eugène Dionne	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Labelle	Léo Cadieux then Maurice Dupras†	Liberal
	Lapointe	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
	La Prairie	Ian Watson	Liberal
	Lac-Saint-Jean	Marcel Lessard	Liberal
	Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis	Raymond Rock	Liberal then Progressive Conservative††
	Lafontaine	Georges-C. Lachance	Liberal
	Langelier	Jean Marchand	Liberal
	Lasalle	Pit Lessard	Liberal
	Laurier	Fernand Leblanc	Liberal
	Laval	Marcel-Claude Roy	Liberal
	Lévis	Raynald Guay	Liberal
	Longueuil	Jean-Pierre Côté	Liberal
	Lotbiniere	André-Gilles Fortin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Louis-Hébert	Jean-Charles Cantin	Liberal
	Maisonneuve	J. Antonio Thomas	Liberal
	Manicouagan	Gustave Blouin	Liberal
	Matane	Pierre de Bané	Liberal
	Mercier	Prosper Boulanger	Liberal
	Missisquoi	Yves Forest	Liberal
	Montmorency	Ovide Laflamme	Liberal
	Mount Royal	Pierre Trudeau	Liberal
	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Warren Allmand	Liberal
	Outremont	Aurélien Noël	Liberal
	Papineau	André Ouellet	Liberal
	Pontiac	Thomas Lefebvre	Liberal
	Portneuf	Roland Godin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Quebec East	Gérard Duquet	Liberal
	Richelieu	Florian Côté	Liberal
	Richmond	Léonel Beaudoin	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Rimouski	Louis Guy LeBlanc	Liberal
	Roberval	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Saint-Denis	Marcel Prud'homme	Liberal
	Saint-Henri	Gérard Loiselle	Liberal
	Saint-Hyacinthe	Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
	Saint-Jacques	Jacques Guilbault	Liberal
	Saint-Jean	Walter Smith	Liberal
	Saint-Maurice	Jean Chrétien	Liberal
	Saint-Michel	Victor Forget	Liberal
	Sainte-Marie	Georges Valade	Progressive Conservative
	Shefford	Gilbert Rondeau	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Sherbrooke	Paul Mullins Gervais	Liberal
	Témiscamingue	Réal Caouette	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Témiscouata	Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
	Terrebonne	Joseph-Roland Comtois	Liberal
	Trois-Rivières	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain then Claude G. Lajoie†††	Liberal
	Vaudreuil	René Emard	Liberal
	Verdun	Bryce Mackasey	Liberal
	Villeneuve	Oza Tétrault	Ralliement Créditiste then Social Credit*
	Westmount	Bud Drury	Liberal

* On April 1, 1971 all members of the Ralliement Créditiste rejoined to the Social Credit.

** Bernard Pilon died in office on November 17, 1970. He was replaced by Yvon Heureux in a 1971 by-election

*** Bernard Dumont resigned from parliament and was replaced by Léopold Corriveau in a 1970 by-election

**** Roch La Salle quit the Tory party on May 5, 1971, when leader Robert Stanfield rejected a proposal to recognize Canada as being made up of two nations

† Léo Cadieux left parliament to become ambassador to France and was replaced by Maurice Dupras in a 1970 by-election

†† Raymond Rock crossed the floor on March 12, 1972, over protests that the government gave backbenchers too little influence

††† Joseph-Alfred Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970, and was replaced by Claude G. Lajoie in a 1971 by-election

Ontario

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Algoma	Maurice Foster	Liberal
	Brant	James E. Brown then Derek Blackburn*	Liberal then NDP
	Broadview	John Gilbert	New Democrat
	Bruce	Ross Whicher	Liberal
	Cochrane	Ralph Stewart	Liberal
	Davenport	Charles Caccia	Liberal
	Don Valley	Bob Kaplan	Liberal
	Eglinton	Mitchell Sharp	Liberal
	Elgin	Harold Stafford	Liberal
	Essex	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
	Etobicoke	Alastair Gillespie	Liberal
	Fort William	Hubert Badanai	Liberal
	Frontenac—Lennox and Addington	Douglas Alkenbrack	Progressive Conservative
	Glengarry—Prescott	Viateur Éthier	Liberal
	Greenwood	Andrew Brewin	New Democrat
	Grenville—Carleton	Gordon Blair	Liberal
	Grey—Simcoe	Percy Noble	Progressive Conservative
	Halton	Rutherford Lester Whiting	Liberal
	Halton—Wentworth	John B. Morison	Liberal
	Hamilton East	John Carr Munro	Liberal
	Hamilton Mountain	Gordon J. Sullivan	Liberal
	Hamilton—Wentworth	Colin Gibson	Liberal
	Hamilton West	Lincoln Alexander	Progressive Conservative
	Hastings	Lee Grills	Progressive Conservative
	High Park	Walter Deakon	Liberal
	Huron	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
	Kenora—Rainy River	John Mercer Reid	Liberal-Labour
	Kent—Essex	Harold Danforth	Progressive Conservative
	Kingston and the Islands	Edgar Benson	Liberal
	Kitchener	Keith Hymmen	Liberal
	Lakeshore	Ken Robinson	Liberal
	Lambton—Kent	Mac McCutcheon	Progressive Conservative
	Lanark and Renfrew	Murray McBride	Liberal
	Leeds	Desmond Code	Progressive Conservative
	Lincoln	H. Gordon Barrett	Liberal
	London East	Charles Turner	Liberal
	London West	Judd Buchanan	Liberal
	Middlesex	Jim Lind	Liberal
	Niagara Falls	Joe Greene	Liberal
	Nickel Belt	Gaetan Serré	Liberal
	Nipissing	Carl Legault	Liberal
	Norfolk—Haldimand	William David Knowles	Progressive Conservative
	Northumberland—Durham	Russell Honey	Liberal
	Ontario	Norman Cafik	Liberal
	Oshawa—Whitby	Ed Broadbent	New Democrat
	Ottawa—Carleton	John Turner	Liberal
	Ottawa Centre	George McIlraith	Liberal
	Ottawa East	Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal
	Ottawa West	Cyril Lloyd Francis	Liberal
	Oxford	Wally Nesbitt	Progressive Conservative
	Parkdale	Stanley Haidasz	Liberal
	Parry Sound—Muskoka	Gordon Aiken	Progressive Conservative
	Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe	Bruce Beer	Liberal
	Peel South	Hyliard Chappel	Liberal
	Perth	Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative
	Peterborough	Hugh Faulkner	Liberal
	Port Arthur	Robert Andras	Liberal
	Prince Edward—Hastings	George Hees	Progressive Conservative
	Renfrew North	Len Hopkins	Liberal
	Rosedale	Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
	Sarnia	Bud Cullen	Liberal
	Sault Ste. Marie	Terrence Murphy	Liberal
	Scarborough East	Martin O'Connell	Liberal
	Scarborough West	David Weatherhead	Liberal
	Simcoe North	Philip Rynard	Progressive Conservative
	Spadina	Perry Ryan	Liberal then Independent then Progressive Conservative**
	St. Catharines	James McNulty	Liberal
	St. Paul's	Ian Wahn	Liberal
	Stormont—Dundas	Lucien Lamoureux	Independent
	Sudbury	James Jerome	Liberal
	Thunder Bay	Keith Penner	Liberal
	Timiskaming	Arnold Peters	New Democrat
	Timmins	Jean Roy	Liberal
	Trinity	Paul Hellyer	Liberal then Independent Liberal then Progressive Conservative***
	Victoria—Haliburton	William Scott	Progressive Conservative
	Waterloo	Max Saltsman	New Democrat
	Welland	Donald Tolmie	Liberal
	Wellington	Alfred Hales	Progressive Conservative
	Wellington—Grey	Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
	Windsor West	Herb Gray	Liberal
	Windsor—Walkerville	Mark MacGuigan	Liberal
	York Centre	James E. Walker	Liberal
	York East	Steven Otto	Liberal
	York North	Barney Danson	Liberal
	York—Scarborough	Robert Stanbury	Liberal
	York—Simcoe	John Roberts	Liberal
	York South	David Lewis	New Democrat
	York West	Philip Givens	Liberal

* James E. Brown was appointed ambassador and was replaced by Derek Blackburn in a 1971 by-election

** On December 3, 1969, Sylvester Perry Ryan left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, uncomfortable with Trudeau's policies. On September 11, 1970, he joined the Progressive Conservatives.

*** On May 21, 1971, Paul Hellyer left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, protesting the government's economic policies. On July 25, 1972, he joined the Progressive Conservatives.

Manitoba

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Brandon—Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
	Churchill	Robert Simpson	Progressive Conservative
	Dauphin	William Gordon Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
	Lisgar	George Muir then Jack Murta*	Both Progressive Conservative
	Marquette	Craig Stewart	Progressive Conservative
	Portage	Gerald Cobbe	Liberal
	Provencher	Mark Smerchanski	Liberal
	Selkirk	Edward Schreyer then Doug Rowland**	Both New Democrat
	St. Boniface	Joseph-Philippe Guay	Liberal
	Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	New Democrat
	Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	New Democrat
	Winnipeg South	James Richardson	Liberal
	Winnipeg South Centre	Edmund Boyd Osler	Liberal

* George Muir died in office on August 26, 1970, and was replaced by Jack Murta in a by-election later that year.

** Edward Schreyer left parliament to become leader of the Manitoba NDP and then Premier of Manitoba he was replaced by Doug Rowland in a 1969 by-election.

Saskatchewan

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Assiniboia	A.B. Douglas then Bill Knight*	Liberal then NDP
	Battleford—Kindersley	Rod Thomson	New Democrat
	Mackenzie	Stanley Korchinski	Progressive Conservative
	Meadow Lake	Bert Cadieu	Progressive Conservative
	Moose Jaw	John Skoberg	New Democrat
	Prince Albert	John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
	Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain	Richard Southam	Progressive Conservative
	Regina East	John Burton	New Democrat
	Regina—Lake Centre	Les Benjamin	New Democrat
	Saskatoon—Biggar	Alfred Gleave	New Democrat
	Saskatoon—Humboldt	Otto Lang	Liberal
	Swift Current—Maple Creek	Jack McIntosh	Progressive Conservative
	Yorkton—Melville	Lorne Nystrom	New Democrat

* A.B. Douglas died in office and was replaced by Bill Knight in a 1971 by-election

Alberta

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Athabasca	Paul Yewchuk	Progressive Conservative
	Battle River	Cliff Downey	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary Centre	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary North	Eldon Woolliams	Progressive Conservative
	Calgary South	Patrick Mahoney	Liberal
	Crowfoot	Jack Horner	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton Centre	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton East	William Skoreyko	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton West	Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
	Edmonton—Strathcona	Hu Harries	Liberal
	Lethbridge	Deane Gundlock	Progressive Conservative
	Medicine Hat	Bud Olson	Liberal
	Palliser	Stanley Schumacher	Progressive Conservative
	Peace River	Ged Baldwin	Progressive Conservative
	Pembina	Jack Bigg	Progressive Conservative
	Red Deer	Robert N. Thompson	Progressive Conservative
	Rocky Mountain	Allen Sulatycky	Liberal
	Vegreville	Don Mazankowski	Progressive Conservative
	Wetaskiwin	Harry Andrew Moore	Progressive Conservative

British Columbia

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Burnaby—Richmond	Tom Goode	Liberal
	Burnaby—Seymour	Ray Perrault	Liberal
	Capilano	Jack Davis	Liberal
	Coast Chilcotin	Paul Saint Pierre	Liberal
	Comox—Alberni	Richard Durante then Thomas Speakman Barnett*	Liberal then NDP
	Esquimalt—Saanich	David Anderson	Liberal
	Fraser Valley East	Ervin Pringle	Liberal
	Fraser Valley West	Mark Rose	New Democrat
	Kamloops—Cariboo	Leonard Marchand	Liberal
	Kootenay West	Randolph Harding	New Democrat
	Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	Colin Cameron then Tommy Douglas**	Both New Democrat
	New Westminster	Douglas Hogarth	Liberal
	Okanagan Boundary	Bruce Howard	Liberal
	Okanagan—Kootenay	William Douglas Stewart	Liberal
	Prince George—Peace River	Robert Borrie	Liberal
	Skeena	Frank Howard	New Democrat
	Surrey	Barry Mather	New Democrat
	Vancouver Centre	Ron Basford	Liberal
	Vancouver East	Harold Winch	New Democrat
	Vancouver Kingsway	Grace MacInnis	New Democrat
	Vancouver Quadra	Grant Deachman	Liberal
	Vancouver South	Arthur Laing	Liberal
	Victoria	David Groos	Liberal

* Richard Durante won in 1968 by only nine votes over Tom Barnett. After several irregularities were found the result was declared void and Tom Barnett won the subsequent redo held on March 8, 1969.

** Colin Cameron died in office and was replaced by Tommy Douglas in a February 10, 1969 by-election

Northern Territories

Riding		Member	Political Party
	Northwest Territories	Robert Orange	Liberal
	Yukon	Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Assiniboia	November 8, 1971	Albert B. Douglas		Liberal	Bill Knight		New Democratic	Death	No
Central Nova	May 31, 1971	Russell MacEwan		Progressive Conservative	Elmer M. MacKay		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brant	May 31, 1971	James E. Brown		Liberal	Derek Blackburn		New Democratic	Appointed a judge	No
Chambly	May 31, 1971	Bernard Pilon		Liberal	Yvon L'Heureux		Liberal	Death	Yes
Trois-Rivières	May 31, 1971	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain		Liberal	Claude Lajoie		Liberal	Death	Yes
Lisgar	November 6, 1970	George Muir		Progressive Conservative	Jack Murta		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Frontenac	November 6, 1970	Bernard Dumont		Ralliement Créditiste	Léopold Corriveau		Liberal	Resignation	No
Labelle	November 6, 1970	Léo Cadieux		Liberal	Maurice Dupras		Liberal	Appointed Ambassador to France	Yes
Selkirk	April 13, 1970	Edward Schreyer		New Democratic	Doug Rowland		New Democratic	Resignation	Yes
Comox—Alberni	April 8, 1969	Richard J. J. Durante		Liberal	Thomas Speakman Barnett		New Democratic	Election declared void	No
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands	February 10, 1969	Colin Cameron		New Democratic	Tommy C. Douglas		New Democratic	Death	Yes

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