# 24th Canadian Parliament

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.
It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.
The Speaker was Roland Michener. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were five sessions of the 24th Parliament.

## List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

### Alberta

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Acadia | Jack Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| Athabaska | Jack Bigg | Progressive Conservative |
| Battle River—Camrose | Clifford Smallwood | Progressive Conservative |
| Bow River | Eldon Woolliams | Progressive Conservative |
| Calgary North | Douglas Harkness | Progressive Conservative |
| Calgary South | Arthur Ryan Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton East | William Skoreyko | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton—Strathcona | Terry Nugent | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton West | Marcel Lambert | Progressive Conservative |
| Jasper—Edson | Hugh Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| Lethbridge | Deane Gundlock | Progressive Conservative |
| Macleod | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| Medicine Hat | Edwin William Brunsden | Progressive Conservative |
| Peace River | Ged Baldwin | Progressive Conservative |
| Red Deer | Harris George Rogers | Progressive Conservative |
| Vegreville | Frank Fane | Progressive Conservative |
| Wetaskiwin | James Stanley Speakman | Progressive Conservative |

### British Columbia

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Burnaby—Coquitlam | Erhart Regier | C.C.F. |
| Burnaby—Coquitlam | Erhart Regier | New Democratic Party |
| Burnaby—Richmond | John Drysdale | Progressive Conservative |
| Cariboo | Walter Clarence Henderson | Progressive Conservative |
| Coast—Capilano | William Hector Payne | Progressive Conservative |
| Comox—Alberni | Henry McQuillan | Progressive Conservative |
| Esquimalt—Saanich | George Randolph Pearkes (until October 11, 1960, emoulment appointment) | Progressive Conservative |
| Esquimalt—Saanich | George Louis Chatterton (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative |
| Fraser Valley | William Harold Hicks | Progressive Conservative |
| Kamloops | Edmund Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| Kootenay East | Murray McFarlane | Progressive Conservative |
| Kootenay West | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | C.C.F. |
| Kootenay West | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | New Democratic Party |
| Nanaimo | Walter Matthews | Progressive Conservative |
| New Westminster | William McLennan | Progressive Conservative |
| Okanagan Boundary | David Vaughan Pugh | Progressive Conservative |
| Okanagan—Revelstoke | Stuart A. Fleming | Progressive Conservative |
| Skeena | Frank Howard | C.C.F. |
| Skeena | Frank Howard | New Democratic Party |
| Vancouver—Burrard | John Russell Taylor | Progressive Conservative |
| Vancouver Centre | Douglas Jung | Progressive Conservative |
| Vancouver East | Harold Edward Winch | C.C.F. |
| Vancouver East | Harold Edward Winch | New Democratic Party |
| Vancouver Kingsway | John Ferguson Browne | Progressive Conservative |
| Vancouver Quadra | Howard Charles Green | Progressive Conservative |
| Vancouver South | Ernest James Broome | Progressive Conservative |
| Victoria | Albert DeBurgo McPhillips | Progressive Conservative |

### Manitoba

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative |
| Churchill | Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative |
| Dauphin | Richard Elmer Forbes | Progressive Conservative |
| Lisgar | George Robson Muir | Progressive Conservative |
| Marquette | Nick Mandziuk | Progressive Conservative |
| Portage—Neepawa | George Fairfield | Progressive Conservative |
| Provencher | Warner Herbert Jorgenson | Progressive Conservative |
| Selkirk | Eric Stefanson, Sr. | Progressive Conservative |
| Springfield | Val Yacula (died September 24, 1958) | Progressive Conservative |
| Springfield | Joseph Slogan (by-election of 1958-12-15) | Progressive Conservative |
| St. Boniface | Laurier Régnier | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg North | Murray Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg North Centre | John MacLean | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg South | Gordon Chown | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative |

### New Brunswick

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Charlotte | Caldwell Stewart | Progressive Conservative |
| Gloucester | Hédard-J. Robichaud | Liberal |
| Kent | Hervé Michaud | Liberal |
| Northumberland—Miramichi | George Roy Mcwilliam | Liberal |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Edgar E. Fournier (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative |
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative |
| Royal | Hugh John Flemming (by-election of 1960-10-31) | Progressive Conservative |
| St. John—Albert | Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative |
| Victoria—Carleton | Gage Montgomery | Progressive Conservative |
| Westmorland | William Creaghan | Progressive Conservative |
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative |

### Newfoundland

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter | Liberal |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Charles Granger | Liberal |
| Humber—St. George's | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal |
| St. John's East | James Aloysius McGrath | Progressive Conservative |
| St. John's West | William Joseph Browne | Progressive Conservative |
| Trinity—Conception | James Roy Tucker | Liberal |

### Northwest Territories

| Electoral district | Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Mackenzie River | | Mervyn Arthur Hardie | Liberal |

### Nova Scotia

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Antigonish—Guysborough | Clement O'Leary | Progressive Conservative |
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative |
| Cape Breton South | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative |
| Colchester—Hants | Cyril Kennedy | Progressive Conservative |
| Cumberland | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | George Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| Halifax* | Robert Jardine McCleave | Progressive Conservative |
| Halifax* | Edmund Leverett Morris | Progressive Conservative |
| Inverness—Richmond | Robert MacLellan | Progressive Conservative |
| Pictou | Howard Russell Macewan | Progressive Conservative |
| Queens—Lunenburg | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Felton Fenwick Legere | Progressive Conservative |

### Ontario

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Algoma East | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| Algoma West | George Ewart Nixon | Liberal |
| Brantford | Jack Wratten | Progressive Conservative |
| Brant—Haldimand | John A. Charlton | Progressive Conservative |
| Broadview | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| Bruce | Andrew Ernest Robinson | Progressive Conservative |
| Carleton | Dick Bell | Progressive Conservative |
| Cochrane | Joseph-Anaclet Habel | Liberal |
| Danforth | Robert Hardy Small | Progressive Conservative |
| Davenport | Douglas Morton | Progressive Conservative |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | William Earl Rowe | Progressive Conservative |
| Durham | Reginald Percy Vivian | Progressive Conservative |
| Eglinton | Donald Fleming | Progressive Conservative |
| Elgin | James Alexander McBain | Progressive Conservative |
| Essex East | Paul Martin Sr. | Liberal |
| Essex South | Richard Devere Thrasher | Progressive Conservative |
| Essex West | Norman Leonard Spencer | Progressive Conservative |
| Fort William | Hubert Badanai | Liberal |
| Glengarry—Prescott | Osie Villeneuve | Progressive Conservative |
| Greenwood | James MacKerras Macdonnell | Progressive Conservative |
| Grenville—Dundas | Arza Clair Casselman (died May 11, 1958) | Progressive Conservative |
| Grenville—Dundas | Jean Casselman Wadds (by-election of 1958-09-29) | Progressive Conservative |
| Grey—Bruce | Eric Alfred Winkler | Progressive Conservative |
| Grey North | Percy Verner Noble | Progressive Conservative |
| Halton | Charles Alexander Best | Progressive Conservative |
| Hamilton East | Quinto Martini | Progressive Conservative |
| Hamilton South | Robert Matthew Turnbull McDonald | Progressive Conservative |
| Hamilton West | Ellen Fairclough | Progressive Conservative |
| Hastings—Frontenac | Sidney Smith (died March 17, 1959) | Progressive Conservative |
| Hastings—Frontenac | Roderick Arthur Ennis Webb (by-election of 1959-10-05) | Progressive Conservative |
| Hastings South | Lee Elgy Grills | Progressive Conservative |
| High Park | John Kucherepa | Progressive Conservative |
| Huron | Lewis Elston Cardiff | Progressive Conservative |
| Kenora—Rainy River | William Moore Benidickson | Liberal-Labour |
| Kent | Harold Warren Danforth | Progressive Conservative |
| Kingston | Benjamin Graydon Allmark | Progressive Conservative |
| Lambton—Kent | Ernest John Campbell | Progressive Conservative |
| Lambton West | Joseph Warner Murphy | Progressive Conservative |
| Lanark | George Doucett | Progressive Conservative |
| Leeds | Hayden Stanton (died December 8, 1960) | Progressive Conservative |
| Leeds | John Matheson (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Liberal |
| Lincoln | John Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| London | Ernest Halpenny | Progressive Conservative |
| Middlesex East | Harry Oliver White | Progressive Conservative |
| Middlesex West | William Howell Arthur Thomas | Progressive Conservative |
| Niagara Falls | William Houck (died May 5, 1960) | Liberal |
| Niagara Falls | Judy LaMarsh (by-election of 1960-10-31) | Liberal |
| Nickel Belt | Osias Godin | Liberal |
| Nipissing | Jack Garland | Liberal |
| Norfolk | John Evans Knowles | Progressive Conservative |
| Northumberland | Benjamin Cope (Ben) Thompson | Progressive Conservative |
| Ontario | Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative |
| Ottawa East | Jean-Thomas Richard | Liberal |
| Ottawa West | George James Mcilraith | Liberal |
| Oxford | Wally Nesbitt | Progressive Conservative |
| Parkdale | Arthur Edward Martin Maloney | Progressive Conservative |
| Parry Sound—Muskoka | Gordon Aiken | Progressive Conservative |
| Peel | John Pallett | Progressive Conservative |
| Perth | Jay Monteith | Progressive Conservative |
| Peterborough | Gordon Knapman Fraser | Progressive Conservative |
| Peterborough | Walter Pitman (by-election of 1960-10-31) | New Party |
| Port Arthur | Doug Fisher | C.C.F. |
| Port Arthur | Doug Fisher | New Democratic Party |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Clarence Adam Milligan | Progressive Conservative |
| Renfrew North | James Moffat Forgie | Liberal |
| Renfrew South | James William Baskin | Progressive Conservative |
| Rosedale | David James Walker | Progressive Conservative |
| Russell | Joseph-Omer Gour (died in office) | Liberal |
| Russell | Paul Tardif (by-election of 1959-10-05) | Liberal |
| Simcoe East | Philip Bernard Rynard | Progressive Conservative |
| Simcoe North | Heber Edgar Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| Spadina | Charles Edward Rea | Progressive Conservative |
| Stormont | Grant Campbell | Progressive Conservative |
| St. Paul's | Roland Michener | Progressive Conservative |
| Sudbury | Rodger Mitchell | Liberal |
| Timiskaming | Arnold Peters | C.C.F. |
| Timiskaming | Arnold Peters | New Democratic Party |
| Timmins | Murdo Martin | C.C.F. |
| Timmins | Murdo Martin | New Democratic Party |
| Trinity | Edward Russell Lockyer (died in office) | Progressive Conservative |
| Trinity | Paul Hellyer (by-election of 1958-12-15) | Liberal |
| Victoria | Clayton Wesley Hodgson | Progressive Conservative |
| Waterloo North | Oscar William Weichel | Progressive Conservative |
| Waterloo South | William Anderson | Progressive Conservative |
| Welland | William Hector McMillan | Liberal |
| Wellington—Huron | Marvin Howe | Progressive Conservative |
| Wellington South | Alfred Dryden Hales | Progressive Conservative |
| Wentworth | Frank Exton Lennard | Progressive Conservative |
| York Centre | Frederick Coles Stinson | Progressive Conservative |
| York East | Robert Henry Mcgregor | Progressive Conservative |
| York—Humber | Margaret Aitken | Progressive Conservative |
| York North | Cecil A. (Tiny) Cathers | Progressive Conservative |
| York—Scarborough | Frank Charles Mcgee | Progressive Conservative |
| York South | William George Beech | Progressive Conservative |
| York West | John Borden Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |

### Prince Edward Island

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| King's | John Augustine Macdonald (died January 4, 1961) | Progressive Conservative |
| King's | Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative |
| Prince | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative |
| Queen's* | John Angus Maclean | Progressive Conservative |
| Queen's* | Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative |

### Quebec

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes | Joseph-Octave Latour | Progressive Conservative |
| Beauce | Jean-Paul Racine | Liberal |
| Beauharnois—Salaberry | Gérard Bruchési | Progressive Conservative |
| Bellechasse | Noël Dorion | Progressive Conservative |
| Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière | Rémi Paul | Progressive Conservative |
| Bonaventure | Lucien Grenier | Progressive Conservative |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Heward Grafftey | Progressive Conservative |
| Cartier | Leon David Crestohl | Liberal |
| Chambly—Rouville | Maurice Johnson | Progressive Conservative |
| Champlain | Paul Lahaye | Progressive Conservative |
| Chapleau | Jean-Jacques Martel | Progressive Conservative |
| Charlevoix | Martial Asselin | Progressive Conservative |
| Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie | Merrill Edwin Barrington | Progressive Conservative |
| Chicoutimi | Vincent Brassard | Progressive Conservative |
| Compton—Frontenac | George McClellan (Mac) Stearns | Progressive Conservative |
| Dollard | Guy Rouleau | Liberal |
| Dorchester | Noël Drouin | Progressive Conservative |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Samuel Boulanger | Liberal |
| Gaspé | Roland English | Progressive Conservative |
| Gatineau | Rodolphe Leduc | Liberal |
| Hochelaga | Raymond Eudes | Liberal |
| Hull | Alexis Caron | Liberal |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | James Russell Keays | Progressive Conservative |
| Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle | Robert John Pratt | Progressive Conservative |
| Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm | Louis-Joseph Pigeon | Progressive Conservative |
| Kamouraska | Charles Richard | Progressive Conservative |
| Labelle | Henri Courtemanche (until January 20, 1960, Senate appointment) | Progressive Conservative |
| Labelle | Gaston Clermont (by-election of 1960-10-31) | Liberal |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | Joseph Aimé Roger Parizeau | Progressive Conservative |
| Lafontaine | J.-Georges Ratelle | Liberal |
| Lapointe | Augustin Brassard | Liberal |
| Laurier | Lionel Chevrier | Liberal |
| Laval | Rodrigue Bourdages | Progressive Conservative |
| Lévis | Maurice Bourget | Liberal |
| Longueuil | Pierre Sévigny | Progressive Conservative |
| Lotbinière | Raymond O'Hurley | Progressive Conservative |
| Maisonneuve—Rosemont | Jean-Paul Deschatelets | Liberal |
| Matapédia—Matane | Alfred Belzile | Progressive Conservative |
| Mégantic | Gabriel Roberge | Liberal |
| Mercier | André Gillet | Progressive Conservative |
| Montmagny—L'Islet | Jean Lesage (resigned June 11, 1958) | Liberal |
| Montmagny—L'Islet | Louis Fortin (by-election of 1958-09-29) | Progressive Conservative |
| Mount Royal | Alan Macnaughton | Liberal |
| Nicolet—Yamaska | Paul Comtois | Progressive Conservative |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | William McLean Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| Outremont—St-Jean | Romuald Bourque | Liberal |
| Papineau | Adrien Meunier | Liberal |
| Pontiac—Témiscamingue | Paul Martineau | Progressive Conservative |
| Portneuf | Aristide Stanislas Joseph Rompré | Progressive Conservative |
| Québec—Montmorency | Robert B. Lafrenière | Progressive Conservative |
| Quebec East | Yvon-Roma Tassé | Progressive Conservative |
| Quebec South | Jacques Flynn | Progressive Conservative |
| Quebec West | J.-Eugène Bissonnette | Progressive Conservative |
| Richelieu—Verchères | Lucien Cardin | Liberal |
| Richmond—Wolfe | V. Florent Dubois | Progressive Conservative |
| Rimouski | Émilien Morissette | Progressive Conservative |
| Roberval | Jean-Noël Tremblay | Progressive Conservative |
| Saguenay | Perrault LaRue | Progressive Conservative |
| St. Ann | Gérard Loiselle | Liberal |
| Saint-Antoine—Westmount | Allan Ross Webster | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Denis | Azellus Denis | Liberal |
| Saint-Henri | H.-Pit Lessard | Liberal |
| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Théogène Ricard | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Jacques | Charles-Édouard Campeau | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville | Yvon Dupuis | Liberal |
| St. Lawrence—St. George | Egan Chambers | Progressive Conservative |
| Sainte-Marie | Georges Valade | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Maurice—Laflèche | Joseph-Adolphe Richard | Liberal |
| Shefford | Marcel Boivin | Liberal |
| Sherbrooke | Maurice Allard | Progressive Conservative |
| Stanstead | René Létourneau | Progressive Conservative |
| Témiscouata | Antoine Fréchette | Progressive Conservative |
| Terrebonne | Marcel Deschambault | Progressive Conservative |
| Trois-Rivières | Léon Balcer | Progressive Conservative |
| Vaudreuil—Soulanges | Marcel Bourbonnais | Progressive Conservative |
| Verdun | Harold Edmond Monteith | Progressive Conservative |
| Villeneuve | Armand Dumas | Liberal |

### Saskatchewan

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Assiniboia | Hazen Argue | C.C.F. |
| Assiniboia | Hazen Argue | New Democratic Party |
| Assiniboia | Hazen Argue | Liberal |
| Humboldt—Melfort | Reynold Rapp | Progressive Conservative |
| Kindersley | Robert Hanbidge | Progressive Conservative |
| Mackenzie | Stanley Korchinski | Progressive Conservative |
| Meadow Lake | Bert Cadieu | Progressive Conservative |
| Melville | James Norris Ormiston | Progressive Conservative |
| Moose Jaw—Lake Centre | James Ernest Pascoe | Progressive Conservative |
| Moose Mountain | Richard Russell Southam | Progressive Conservative |
| Prince Albert | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative |
| Qu'Appelle | Alvin Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| Regina City | Ken More | Progressive Conservative |
| Rosetown—Biggar | Clarence Owen Cooper | Progressive Conservative |
| Rosthern | Edward Nasserden | Progressive Conservative |
| Saskatoon | Henry Frank Jones | Progressive Conservative |
| Swift Current—Maple Creek | Jack McIntosh | Progressive Conservative |
| The Battlefords | Albert Ralph Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| Yorkton | Gordon Drummond Clancy | Progressive Conservative |

### Yukon

| Electoral district | Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Yukon | | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative |

## Major bills of the 24th Parliament

Important bills of the 24th parliament included:
* The Canadian Bill of Rights

## By-elections

| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
| Esquimalt—Saanich | May 29, 1961 | George Pearkes | Progressive Conservative | George Chatterton | Progressive Conservative | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia | Yes |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | May 29, 1961 | Joseph Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative | Edgar-E. Fournier | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | Yes |
| Leeds | May 29, 1961 | Hayden Stanton | Progressive Conservative | John Ross Matheson | Liberal | Death | No |
| King's | May 29, 1961 | John Augustine Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Margaret Mary Macdonald | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Royal | October 31, 1960 | Alfred J. Brooks | Progressive Conservative | Hugh John Flemming | Progressive Conservative | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| Niagara Falls | October 31, 1960 | William Houck | Liberal | Judy LaMarsh | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Peterborough | October 31, 1960 | Gordon K. Fraser | Progressive Conservative | Walter Pitman | New | Death | No |
| Labelle | October 31, 1960 | Henri Courtemanche | Progressive Conservative | Gaston Clermont | Liberal | Called to the Senate | No |
| Hastings—Frontenac | October 5, 1959 | Sidney Earle Smith | Progressive Conservative | Rod Webb | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Russell | October 5, 1959 | Joseph-Omer Gour | Liberal | Paul Tardif | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Springfield | December 15, 1958 | Val Yacula | Progressive Conservative | Joe Slogan | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Trinity | December 15, 1958 | Edward R. Lockyer | Progressive Conservative | Paul Hellyer | Liberal | Death | No |
| Grenville—Dundas | September 29, 1958 | A. Clair Casselman | Progressive Conservative | Jean Casselman | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes |
| Montmagny—L'Islet | September 29, 1958 | Jean Lesage | Liberal | Louis Fortin | Progressive Conservative | Resigned to enter provincial politics in Quebec | No |