List of Canadian federal parliaments
Parliaments

List of Canadian federal parliaments

Section Title: Parliaments
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Diagram	Parliament Election Sessions	Duration (from return of the writs to dissolution)	Government	Opposition

Governing Party Prime Minister—Ministry	House seat count as of election Senate seat count as of election	Official Opposition Party Leader of the Opposition	Third Parties with official party status

-	1st Canadian Parliament Elected 1867 5 sessions	Sep. 24, 1867 – Jul. 8, 1872	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald—1st Ministry	100 of 180 House seats	none	Liberal Party Anti-Confederation Party

-	2nd Canadian Parliament Elected 1872 2 sessions	Sep. 3, 1872 – Jan. 2, 1874	Conservative Party (1872–1873) Sir John A. Macdonald—1st Ministry	99 of 200 House seats	Liberal Party Alexander Mackenzie	none

Liberal Party (1873–1874) Alexander Mackenzie—2nd Ministry	95 of 200 House seats (minority)	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald

-	3rd Canadian Parliament Elected 1874 5 sessions	Feb. 21, 1874 – Aug. 16, 1878	Liberal Party Alexander Mackenzie—2nd Ministry	129 of 206 House seats	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald	none

-	4th Canadian Parliament Elected 1878 4 sessions	Nov. 21, 1878 – May 18, 1882	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald—3rd Ministry	134 of 206 House seats	Liberal Party Alexander Mackenzie (1878–1880) Edward Blake (1880–1882)	none

-	5th Canadian Parliament Elected 1882 4 sessions	Aug. 7, 1882 – Jan. 15, 1887	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald—3rd Ministry	133 of 211 House seats	Liberal Party Edward Blake	none

-	6th Canadian Parliament Elected 1887 4 sessions	Apr. 13, 1887 – Feb. 3, 1891	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald—3rd Ministry	122 of 215 House seats	Liberal Party Edward Blake (1887) Wilfrid Laurier (1887–1896)	none

-	7th Canadian Parliament Elected 1891 6 sessions	Apr. 7, 1891 – Apr. 24, 1896	Conservative Party Sir John A. Macdonald—3rd Ministry (1891) Sir John Abbott—4th Ministry (1891–1892) Sir John Thompson—5th Ministry (1892–1894) Sir Mackenzie Bowell—6th Ministry (1894–1896)	117 of 215 House seats	Liberal Party Wilfrid Laurier	none

-	8th Canadian Parliament Elected 1896 5 sessions	Jul. 13, 1896 – Oct. 9, 1900	Liberal Party Sir Wilfrid Laurier—8th Ministry	117 of 213 House seats	Conservative Party Sir Charles Tupper	none

-	9th Canadian Parliament Elected 1900 4 sessions	Dec. 5, 1900 – Sep. 29, 1904	Liberal Party Sir Wilfrid Laurier—8th Ministry	128 of 213 House seats	Conservative Party Robert Borden	none

-	10th Canadian Parliament Elected 1904 4 sessions	Dec. 15, 1904 – Sep. 17, 1908	Liberal Party Sir Wilfrid Laurier—8th Ministry	137 of 214 House seats	Conservative Party Robert Borden	none

Cdn1908.PNG	11th Canadian Parliament Elected 1908 3 sessions	Dec. 3, 1908 – Jul. 29, 1911	Liberal Party Sir Wilfrid Laurier—8th Ministry	133 of 221 House seats	Conservative Party Robert Borden	none

Cdn1911.PNG	12th Canadian Parliament Elected 1911 7 sessions	Oct. 7, 1911 – Oct. 6, 1917	Conservative Party Sir Robert Borden—9th Ministry	132 of 221 House seats	Liberal Party Sir Wilfrid Laurier	none

-	13th Canadian Parliament Elected 1917 5 sessions	Mar. 16, 1918 – Oct. 4, 1921	Unionist coalition (1918–1920) Sir Robert Borden—10th Ministry	153 of 235 House seats (coalition)	Laurier Liberals Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1918–1919) Daniel Duncan McKenzie (1919) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1919–1921)	none

National Liberal and Conservative Party (1920–1921) Arthur Meighen—11th Ministry

-	14th Canadian Parliament Elected 1921 4 sessions	Jan. 15, 1922 – Sep. 5, 1925	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King—12th Ministry	118 of 235 House seats	Conservative Party Arthur Meighen	Progressive Party

-	15th Canadian Parliament Elected 1925 1 session	Dec. 7, 1925 – Jul. 2, 1926	Liberal Party (1925–1926) William Lyon Mackenzie King—12th Ministry	100 of 245 House seats (minority)	Conservative Party (1925–1926) Arthur Meighen	Progressive Party

Conservative Party (1926) Arthur Meighen—13th Ministry	115 of 245 House seats (minority)	Liberal Party (1926) William Lyon Mackenzie King

-	16th Canadian Parliament Elected 1926 4 sessions	Nov. 2, 1926 – May 30, 1930	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King—14th Ministry	116 of 245 House seats (minority)	Conservative Party Hugh Guthrie (1926–1927) Richard Bennett (1927–1930)	none

-	17th Canadian Parliament Elected 1930 6 sessions	Aug. 18, 1930 – Aug. 14, 1935	Conservative Party Richard Bennett—15th Ministry	134 of 245 House seats	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King	none

-	18th Canadian Parliament Elected 1935 6 sessions	Nov. 9, 1935 – Jan. 25, 1940	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King—16th Ministry	173 of 245 House seats	Conservative Party Richard Bennett (1935–1938) Robert Manion (1938–1940)	Social Credit Party

-	19th Canadian Parliament Elected 1940 6 sessions	Apr. 17, 1940 – Apr. 16, 1945	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King—16th Ministry	179 of 245 House seats	Conservative Party Richard Hanson (1940–1942) Gordon Graydon (1943–1945)	none

-	20th Canadian Parliament Elected 1945 5 sessions	Aug. 9, 1945 – Apr. 30, 1949	Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King—16th Ministry (1945–1948) Louis St. Laurent—17th Ministry (1948–1949)	118 of 245 House seats	Progressive Conservative Party John Bracken (1945–1948) George Drew (1948–1949)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Social Credit Party

-	21st Canadian Parliament Elected 1949 7 sessions	Aug. 29, 1949 – Jun. 13, 1953	Liberal Party Louis St. Laurent—17th Ministry	191 of 262 House seats	Progressive Conservative Party George Drew	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

-	22nd Canadian Parliament Elected 1953 5 sessions	Oct. 8, 1953 – Apr. 12, 1957	Liberal Party Louis St. Laurent—17th Ministry	169 of 265 House seats	Progressive Conservative Party George Drew (1953–1954) William Earl Rowe (1954–1955) George Drew (1955–1956) John Diefenbaker (1956–1957)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Social Credit Party

-	23rd Canadian Parliament Elected 1957 1 session	Aug. 8, 1957 – Feb. 1, 1958	Progressive Conservative Party John Diefenbaker—18th Ministry	111 of 265 House seats (minority)	Liberal Party Louis St. Laurent (1957–1958) Lester B. Pearson (1958)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Social Credit Party

-	24th Canadian Parliament Elected 1958 5 sessions	Apr. 30, 1958 – Apr. 19, 1962	Progressive Conservative Party John Diefenbaker—18th Ministry	208 of 265 House seats	Liberal Party Lester B. Pearson	none

-	25th Canadian Parliament Elected 1962 1 session	Jul. 18, 1962 – Feb. 6, 1963	Progressive Conservative Party John Diefenbaker—18th Ministry	116 of 265 House seats (minority)	Liberal Party Lester B. Pearson	Social Credit Party New Democratic Party

-	26th Canadian Parliament Elected 1963 3 sessions	May 8, 1963 – Sep. 8, 1965	Liberal Party Lester B. Pearson—19th Ministry	128 of 265 House seats (minority)	Progressive Conservative Party John Diefenbaker	Social Credit Party New Democratic Party

-	27th Canadian Parliament Elected 1965 2 sessions	Dec. 9, 1965 – Apr. 23, 1968	Liberal Party Lester B. Pearson—19th Ministry	131 of 265 House seats (minority)	Progressive Conservative Party John Diefenbaker (1965–1967) Michael Starr (1967) Robert Stanfield (1967–1968)	New Democratic Party

-	28th Canadian Parliament Elected 1968 4 sessions	Jul. 25, 1968 – Sep. 1, 1972	Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau—20th Ministry	154 of 264 House seats	Progressive Conservative Party Robert Stanfield	New Democratic Party Ralliement créditiste

-	29th Canadian Parliament Elected 1972 2 sessions	Nov. 20, 1972 – May 9, 1974	Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau—20th Ministry	109 of 264 House seats (minority)	Progressive Conservative Party Robert Stanfield	New Democratic Party Social Credit Party

-	30th Canadian Parliament Elected 1974 4 sessions	Jul. 31, 1974 – Mar. 26, 1979	Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau—20th Ministry	141 of 264 House seats 76 of 102 Senate seats	Progressive Conservative Party Robert Stanfield (1974–1976) Joe Clark (1976–1979)	New Democratic Party

-	31st Canadian Parliament Elected 1979 1 session	Jun. 11, 1979 – Dec. 14, 1979	Progressive Conservative Party Joe Clark—21st Ministry	136 of 282 House seats (minority) 18 of 104 Senate seats	Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau	New Democratic Party

Cdn1980.PNG	32nd Canadian Parliament Elected 1980 2 sessions	Mar. 10, 1980 – Jul. 9, 1984	Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau—22nd Ministry (1980–1984) John Turner—23rd Ministry (1984)	147 of 282 House seats 71 of 104 Senate seats	Progressive Conservative Party Joe Clark (1980–1983) Brian Mulroney (1983–1984)	New Democratic Party

Cdn1984.PNG	33rd Canadian Parliament Elected 1984 2 sessions	Sep. 24, 1984 – Oct. 1, 1988	Progressive Conservative Party Brian Mulroney—24th Ministry	211 of 282 House seats 23 of 104 Senate seats	Liberal Party John Turner	New Democratic Party

-	34th Canadian Parliament Elected 1988 3 sessions	Dec. 12, 1988 – Sep. 8, 1993	Progressive Conservative Party Brian Mulroney—24th Ministry (1988–1993) Kim Campbell—25th Ministry (1993)	169 of 295 House seats 36 of 104 Senate seats	Liberal Party John Turner (1988–1990) Herb Gray (1990) Jean Chrétien (1990–1993)	New Democratic Party

-	35th Canadian Parliament Elected 1993 2 sessions	Nov. 15, 1993 – Apr. 27, 1997	Liberal Party Jean Chrétien—26th Ministry	177 of 295 House seats 41 of 104 Senate seats	Bloc Québécois Lucien Bouchard (1993–1996) Gilles Duceppe (1996) Michel Gauthier (1996) Gilles Duceppe (1996–1997)	Reform Party

Cdn1997.PNG	36th Canadian Parliament Elected 1997 2 sessions	Jun. 23, 1997 – Oct. 22, 2000	Liberal Party Jean Chrétien—26th Ministry	155 of 301 House seats 51 of 104 Senate seats	Reform Party (1997–2000) Preston Manning	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party

Canadian Alliance (2000) Deborah Grey (2000) Stockwell Day (2000)

Cdn2000.PNG	37th Canadian Parliament Elected 2000 3 sessions	Dec. 18, 2000 – May 23, 2004	Liberal Party Jean Chrétien—26th Ministry (2000–2003) Paul Martin—27th Ministry (2003–2004)	172 of 301 House seats 55 of 105 Senate seats	Canadian Alliance (2000–2004) Stockwell Day (2000) John Reynolds (2001–2002) Stephen Harper (2002–2004) Grant Hill (2004)	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Party

Conservative Party (2004) Grant Hill (2004) Stephen Harper (2004)	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party

Elec2004.PNG	38th Canadian Parliament Elected 2004 1 session	Jul. 19, 2004 – Nov. 29, 2005	Liberal Party Paul Martin—27th Ministry	135 of 308 House seats (minority) 64 of 105 Senate seats	Conservative Party Stephen Harper	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party

-	39th Canadian Parliament Elected 2006 2 sessions	Feb. 13, 2006 – Sep. 7, 2008	Conservative Party Stephen Harper—28th Ministry	124 of 308 House seats (minority) 23 of 105 Senate seats	Liberal Party Bill Graham (2006) Stéphane Dion (2006–2008)	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party

-	40th Canadian Parliament Elected 2008 3 sessions	Nov. 4, 2008 – Mar. 26, 2011	Conservative Party Stephen Harper—28th Ministry	143 of 308 House seats (minority) 21 of 105 Senate seats	Liberal Party Stéphane Dion (2008) Michael Ignatieff (2008–2011)	Bloc Québécois New Democratic Party

-	41st Canadian Parliament Elected 2011 2 sessions	May 23, 2011 – Aug. 2, 2015	Conservative Party Stephen Harper—28th Ministry	166 of 308 House seats 52 of 105 Senate seats	New Democratic Party Jack Layton (2011) Nycole Turmel (2011–2012) Thomas Mulcair (2012–2015)	Liberal Party

-	42nd Canadian Parliament Elected 2015	Dec. 3, 2015 – present	Liberal Party Justin Trudeau—29th Ministry	184 of 338 House seats 0 of 105 Senate seats	Conservative Party Rona Ambrose (2015–2017) Andrew Scheer (2017–present)	New Democratic Party

Sentence(s)

There are 338 House and 105 Senators in Canadian federal parliaments.

final_sentence: There are 338 House and 105 Senators in Canadian federal parliaments.