# 27th Canadian Parliament

The 27th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 9, 1965 until April 23, 1968. The membership was set by the 1965 federal election on November 8, 1965, 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 and the 19th Canadian Ministry. Pierre Trudeau succeeded Pearson as party leader and Prime Minister shortly before this Parliament ended for the 1968 national election.
The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John Diefenbaker, and subsequently by Michael Starr.
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 two sessions of the 27th Parliament.
Most of the MPs were elected as the single member for their district. Two represented Queen's (PEI) and two represented Halifax.

## Distribution of seats at the beginning of the 27th Parliament

| Party | Party | Party Leader | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Party | Party | Party Leader | 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 | Réal Caouette | | | 9 | |
| | Social Credit | R.N. Thompson | 17 | 24 | 5 | -70.6% |
| | Independent | Independent | | - | 1 | |
| Total | Total | Total | 265 | 265 | 265 | |
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |||||||
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election $^1$ "Previous" refers to the results of the previous election, not the party standings in the House of Commons prior to dissolution.

## List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-seventh 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 | Harold Raymond Ballard | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton East | William Skoreyko | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton—Strathcona | Terry Nugent | Progressive Conservative |
| Edmonton West | Marcel Lambert | Progressive Conservative |
| Jasper—Edson | Hugh Horner (resigned 9 May 1967) | Progressive Conservative |
| Jasper—Edson | Douglas Caston (by-election of 1967-11-06) | Progressive Conservative |
| Lethbridge | Deane Gundlock | Progressive Conservative |
| Macleod | Lawrence Kindt | Progressive Conservative |
| Medicine Hat | Bud Olson | Social Credit |
| Medicine Hat | Bud Olson | Liberal |
| Peace River | Ged Baldwin | Progressive Conservative |
| Red Deer | Robert N. Thompson | Social Credit |
| Red Deer | Robert N. Thompson | Progressive Conservative |
| Vegreville | Frank Fane | Progressive Conservative |
| Wetaskiwin | Harry Andrew Moore | Progressive Conservative |

### British Columbia

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Burnaby—Coquitlam | Tommy Douglas | New Democratic |
| Burnaby—Richmond | Bob Prittie | New Democratic |
| Cariboo | Bert Leboe | Social Credit |
| Coast—Capilano | John (Jack) Davis | Liberal |
| Comox—Alberni | Thomas Speakman Barnett | New Democratic |
| Esquimalt—Saanich | George Chatterton | Progressive Conservative |
| Fraser Valley | Alexander Bell Patterson | Social Credit |
| Kamloops | E. Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative |
| Kootenay East | Jim Byrne | Liberal |
| Kootenay West | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | New Democratic |
| Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands | Colin Cameron | New Democratic |
| New Westminster | Barry Mather | New Democratic |
| Okanagan Boundary | David Vaughan Pugh | Progressive Conservative |
| Okanagan—Revelstoke | Howard Earl Johnston | Social Credit |
| Skeena | Frank Howard | New Democratic |
| Vancouver—Burrard | Ron Basford | Liberal |
| Vancouver Centre | John Robert (Jack) Nicholson | Liberal |
| Vancouver East | Harold Edward Winch | New Democratic |
| Vancouver Kingsway | Grace MacInnis | New Democratic |
| Vancouver Quadra | Grant Deachman | Liberal |
| Vancouver South | Arthur Laing | Liberal |
| Victoria | David Groos | Liberal |

### Manitoba

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Brandon—Souris | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative |
| Churchill | Robert Simpson | Progressive Conservative |
| Dauphin | Elmer Forbes | Progressive Conservative |
| Lisgar | George Muir | Progressive Conservative |
| Marquette | Nick Mandziuk | Progressive Conservative |
| Portage—Neepawa | Siegfried Enns | Progressive Conservative |
| Provencher | Warner Jorgenson | Progressive Conservative |
| Selkirk | Eric Stefanson, Sr. | Progressive Conservative |
| Springfield | Edward Schreyer | New Democratic |
| St. Boniface | Roger Teillet | Liberal |
| Winnipeg North | David Orlikow | New Democratic |
| Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | New Democratic |
| Winnipeg South | Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Gordon Churchill | Independent Progressive Conservative |

### New Brunswick

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Charlotte | Allan M.A. McLean | Liberal |
| Gloucester | Hédard Robichaud | Liberal |
| Kent | Guy Crossman | Liberal |
| Northumberland—Miramichi | George Roy McWilliam | Liberal |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Jean-Eudes Dubé | Liberal |
| Royal | Gordon Fairweather | Progressive Conservative |
| St. John—Albert | Thomas Miller Bell | Progressive Conservative |
| Victoria—Carleton | Hugh John Flemming | Progressive Conservative |
| Westmorland | Margaret Rideout | Liberal |
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative |

### Newfoundland

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Jack Pickersgill (resigned 19 September 1967) | Liberal |
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Charles Granger (by-election of 1967-11-06) | Liberal |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter (until 8 July 1966 Senate appointment) | Liberal |
| Burin—Burgeo | Don Jamieson (by-election of 1966-09-19) | Liberal |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Charles Granger (resigned 1 August 1966)$^1$ | Liberal |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Andrew Chatwood (by-election of 1966-09-19) | Liberal |
| Humber—St. George's | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal |
| St. John's East | Joseph O'Keefe | Liberal |
| St. John's West | Richard Cashin | Liberal |
| Trinity—Conception | James Roy Tucker | Liberal |
$^1$Granger resigned the seat of Grand Falls—White Bay—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 Bonavista—Twillingate vacated by Jack Pickersgill. Granger was successful and became Minister without portfolio in Pearson's Cabinet.

### Northwest Territories

| Electoral district | Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Northwest Territories | | Robert Orange | Liberal |

### Nova Scotia

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Antigonish—Guysborough | John Benjamin Stewart | Liberal |
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative |
| Cape Breton South | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative |
| Colchester—Hants | Cyril Kennedy (resigned 18 September 1967) | Progressive Conservative |
| Colchester—Hants | Robert Stanfield (by-election of 1967-11-06) | Progressive Conservative |
| Cumberland | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | Pat Nowlan | Progressive Conservative |
| Halifax* | Michael Forrestall | Progressive Conservative |
| Halifax* | Robert McCleave | Progressive Conservative |
| Inverness—Richmond | Allan MacEachen | Liberal |
| Pictou | Russell MacEwan | Progressive Conservative |
| Queens—Lunenburg | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | John Oates Bower | Progressive Conservative |

### Ontario

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Algoma East | Lester B. Pearson | Liberal |
| Algoma West | George E. Nixon | Liberal |
| Brantford | James Elisha Brown | Liberal |
| Brant—Haldimand | Lawrence Pennell | Liberal |
| Broadview | John Gilbert | New Democratic |
| Bruce | John Loney | Progressive Conservative |
| Carleton | Dick Bell | Progressive Conservative |
| Cochrane | Joseph-Anaclet Habel | Liberal |
| Danforth | Reid Scott | New Democratic |
| Davenport | Walter L. Gordon | Liberal |
| Dufferin—Simcoe | Ellwood Madill | Progressive Conservative |
| Durham | Russell Honey | Liberal |
| Eglinton | Mitchell Sharp | Liberal |
| Elgin | Harold Stafford | Liberal |
| Essex East | Paul Martin Sr. | Liberal |
| Essex South | Eugene Whelan | Liberal |
| Essex West | Herb Gray | Liberal |
| Fort William | Hubert Badanai | Liberal |
| Glengarry—Prescott | Viateur Éthier | Liberal |
| Greenwood | Andrew Brewin | New Democratic |
| Grenville—Dundas | Jean Casselman Wadds | Progressive Conservative |
| Grey—Bruce | Eric Alfred Winkler | Progressive Conservative |
| Grey North | Percy Verner Noble | Progressive Conservative |
| Halton | Harry Harley | Liberal |
| Hamilton East | John Munro | Liberal |
| Hamilton South | William Dean Howe | New Democratic |
| Hamilton West | Joseph Macaluso | Liberal |
| Hastings—Frontenac | Rod Webb | Progressive Conservative |
| Hastings South | Lee Grills | Progressive Conservative |
| High Park | Pat Cameron | Liberal |
| Huron | Robert McKinley | Progressive Conservative |
| Kenora—Rainy River | John Mercer Reid | Liberal |
| Kent | Harold Danforth | Progressive Conservative |
| Kingston | Edgar Benson | Liberal |
| Lambton—Kent | Mac McCutcheon | Progressive Conservative |
| Lambton West | Walter Frank Foy | Liberal |
| Lanark | Desmond Code | Progressive Conservative |
| Leeds | John Matheson | Liberal |
| Lincoln | James McNulty | Liberal |
| London | John Alfred Irvine | Progressive Conservative |
| Middlesex East | Jim Lind | Liberal |
| Middlesex West | William Howell Arthur Thomas | Progressive Conservative |
| Niagara Falls | Judy LaMarsh | Liberal |
| Nickel Belt | Norman Fawcett | New Democratic |
| Nipissing | Carl Legault | Liberal |
| Norfolk | Jack Roxburgh | Liberal |
| Northumberland | George Hees | Progressive Conservative |
| Ontario | Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative |
| Ottawa East | Jean-Thomas Richard | Liberal |
| Ottawa West | George McIlraith | Liberal |
| Oxford | Wally Nesbitt | Progressive Conservative |
| Parkdale | Stanley Haidasz | Liberal |
| Parry Sound—Muskoka | Gordon Aiken | Progressive Conservative |
| Peel | Bruce Beer | Liberal |
| Perth | Jay Monteith | Progressive Conservative |
| Peterborough | Hugh Faulkner | Liberal |
| Port Arthur | Bob Andras | Liberal |
| Prince Edward—Lennox | Douglas Alkenbrack | Progressive Conservative |
| Renfrew North | Len Hopkins | Liberal |
| Renfrew South | Joe Greene | Liberal |
| Rosedale | Donald Stovel Macdonald | Liberal |
| Russell | Paul Tardif | Liberal |
| St. Paul's | Ian Wahn | Liberal |
| Simcoe East | Philip Bernard Rynard | Progressive Conservative |
| Simcoe North | Heber Smith | Progressive Conservative |
| Spadina | Sylvester Perry Ryan | Liberal |
| Stormont | Lucien Lamoureux | Liberal |
| Sudbury | Rodger Mitchell (died 4 January 1967) | Liberal |
| Sudbury | Bud Germa (by-election of 1967-05-29) | New Democratic |
| Timiskaming | Arnold Peters | New Democratic |
| Timmins | Murdo Martin | New Democratic |
| Trinity | Paul Hellyer | Liberal |
| Victoria | William C. Scott | Progressive Conservative |
| Waterloo North | Keith Hymmen | Liberal |
| Waterloo South | Max Saltsman | New Democratic |
| Welland | Donald Tolmie | Liberal |
| Wellington—Huron | Marvin Howe | Progressive Conservative |
| Wellington South | Alfred Hales | Progressive Conservative |
| Wentworth | John B. Morison | Liberal |
| York Centre | James Edgar Walker | Liberal |
| York East | Steve Otto | Liberal |
| York—Humber | Ralph Cowan | Liberal |
| York North | John Hollings Addison | Liberal |
| York—Scarborough | Robert Stanbury | Liberal |
| York South | David Lewis | New Democratic |
| York West | Robert Winters | Liberal |

### Prince Edward Island

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| King's | Melvin McQuaid | Progressive Conservative |
| Prince | David MacDonald | Progressive Conservative |
| Queen's* | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative |
| Queen's* | Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative |

### Quebec

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes | Roger Régimbal | Progressive Conservative |
| Beauce | Jean-Paul Racine | Liberal |
| Beauharnois—Salaberry | Gérald Laniel | Liberal |
| Bellechasse | Herman Laverdière | Liberal |
| Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière | Antonio Yanakis | Liberal |
| Bonaventure | Albert Béchard | Liberal |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Heward Grafftey | Progressive Conservative |
| Cartier | Milton L. Klein | Liberal |
| Chambly—Rouville | Bernard Pilon | Liberal |
| Champlain | Jean-Paul Matte | Liberal |
| Chapleau | Gérard Laprise | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Charlevoix | Martial Asselin | Progressive Conservative |
| Chicoutimi | Paul Langlois | Liberal |
| Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie | Ian Watson | Liberal |
| Compton—Frontenac | Henry Latulippe | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Dollard | Jean-Pierre Goyer | Liberal |
| Dorchester | Gustave Côté | Liberal |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Jean-Luc Pépin | Liberal |
| Gaspé | James Russell Keays | Progressive Conservative |
| Gatineau | Joseph Isabelle | Liberal |
| Hochelaga | Gérard Pelletier | Liberal |
| Hull | Alexis Caron (died 31 August 1966) | Liberal |
| Hull | Pierre Caron (by-election of 1967-05-29) | Liberal |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Maurice Sauvé | Liberal |
| Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle | Raymond Rock | Liberal |
| Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm | Joseph-Roland Comtois | Liberal |
| Kamouraska | Charles-Eugène Dionne | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Labelle | Gaston Clermont | Liberal |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | Alcide Simard | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Lafontaine | Georges-C. Lachance | Liberal |
| Lapointe | Gilles Grégoire | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Lapointe | Gilles Grégoire | Independent |
| Laurier | Fernand Leblanc | Liberal |
| Laval | Jean-Léo Rochon | Liberal |
| Lévis | Raynald Guay | Liberal |
| Longueuil | Jean-Pierre Côté | Liberal |
| Lotbinière | Auguste Choquette | Liberal |
| Maisonneuve—Rosemont | J. Antonio Thomas | Liberal |
| Matapédia—Matane | René Tremblay | Liberal |
| Mégantic | Raymond Langlois | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Mercier | Prosper Boulanger | Liberal |
| Montmagny—L'Islet | Jean-Charles Richard Berger | Liberal |
| Mount Royal | Pierre Trudeau | Liberal |
| Nicolet—Yamaska | Clément Vincent (resigned 4 May 1966) | Progressive Conservative |
| Nicolet—Yamaska | Florian Côté (by-election of 1966-09-19) | Liberal |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Warren Allmand | Liberal |
| Outremont—St-Jean | Maurice Lamontagne | Liberal |
| Outremont—St-Jean | Aurélien Noël (by-election of 1967-05-29) | Liberal |
| Papineau | Guy Favreau (resigned 4 April 1967) | Liberal |
| Papineau | André Ouellet (by-election of 1967-05-29) | Liberal |
| Pontiac—Témiscamingue | Thomas Lefebvre | Liberal |
| Portneuf | Roland Godin | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Québec—Montmorency | Ovide Laflamme | Liberal |
| Quebec East | Gérard Duquet | Liberal |
| Quebec South | Jean-Charles Cantin | Liberal |
| Quebec West | Jean Marchand | Liberal |
| Richelieu—Verchères | Lucien Cardin (resigned 4 April 1967) | Liberal |
| Richelieu—Verchères | Jacques-Raymond Tremblay (by-election of 1967-05-29) | Liberal |
| Richmond—Wolfe | Patrick Tobin Asselin | Liberal |
| Rimouski | Louis Guy LeBlanc | Liberal |
| Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata | Rosaire Gendron | Liberal |
| Roberval | Charles-Arthur Gauthier | Ralliement Créditiste |
| Saguenay | Gustave Blouin | Liberal |
| St. Ann | Gérard Loiselle | Liberal |
| Saint-Antoine—Westmount | Charles (Bud) Drury | Liberal |
| Saint-Denis | Marcel Prud'homme | Liberal |
| Saint-Henri | Hilarion-Pit Lessard | Liberal |
| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Théogène Ricard | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Jacques | Maurice Rinfret | Liberal |
| Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville | Jean-Paul Beaulieu | Progressive Conservative |
| St. Lawrence—St. George | John Turner | Liberal |
| Sainte-Marie | Georges Valade | Progressive Conservative |
| Saint-Maurice—Laflèche | Jean Chrétien | Liberal |
| Shefford | Louis-Paul Neveu | Liberal |
| Sherbrooke | Maurice Allard | Independent Progressive Conservative |
| Stanstead | Yves Forest | Liberal |
| Terrebonne | Léo Cadieux | Liberal |
| Trois-Rivières | Joseph-Alfred Mongrain | Independent |
| Vaudreuil—Soulanges | René Émard | Liberal |
| Verdun | Bryce Mackasey | Liberal |
| Villeneuve | Réal Caouette | Ralliement Créditiste |

### Saskatchewan

| Electoral district | Name | Party |
| Assiniboia | Lawrence Watson | Progressive Conservative |
| Humboldt—Melfort—Tisdale | Reynold Rapp | Progressive Conservative |
| Kindersley | Reg Cantelon | Progressive Conservative |
| Mackenzie | Stanley Korchinski | Progressive Conservative |
| Meadow Lake | Bert Cadieu | Progressive Conservative |
| Melville | James Ormiston | Progressive Conservative |
| Moose Jaw—Lake Centre | J. Ernest Pascoe | Progressive Conservative |
| Moose Mountain | Richard Southam | Progressive Conservative |
| Prince Albert | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative |
| Qu'Appelle | Alvin Hamilton | Progressive Conservative |
| Regina City | Ken More | Progressive Conservative |
| Rosetown—Biggar | Ronald McLelland | Progressive Conservative |
| Rosthern | Edward Nasserden | Progressive Conservative |
| Saskatoon | Lewis Brand | Progressive Conservative |
| Swift Current—Maple Creek | Jack McIntosh | Progressive Conservative |
| The Battlefords | Albert Horner | Progressive Conservative |
| Yorkton | Gordon Drummond Clancy | Progressive Conservative |

### Yukon

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

## By-elections

| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained |
| Jasper—Edson | November 6, 1967 | Hugh Horner | Progressive Conservative | Douglas Caston | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | Yes |
| Bonavista—Twillingate | November 6, 1967 | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal | Charles Ronald Granger | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Colchester—Hants | November 6, 1967 | Cyril Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | Robert L. Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Stanfield | Yes |
| Sudbury | May 29, 1967 | Rodger Mitchell | Liberal | Bud Germa | New Democratic | Death | No |
| Hull | May 29, 1967 | Alexis Caron | Liberal | Pierre Caron | Liberal | Death | Yes |
| Outremont—St-Jean | May 29, 1967 | Maurice Lamontagne | Liberal | Aurélien Noël | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Papineau | May 29, 1967 | Guy Favreau | Liberal | André Ouellet | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Richelieu—Verchères | May 29, 1967 | Lucien Cardin | Liberal | Jacques-R. Tremblay | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Burin—Burgeo | September 19, 1966 | Chesley W. Carter | Liberal | Don Jamieson | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | September 19, 1966 | Charles Ronald Granger | Liberal | Andrew Chatwood | Liberal | Resignation | Yes |
| Nicolet—Yamaska | September 19, 1966 | Clément Vincent | Progressive Conservative | Florian Coté | Liberal | Resignation | No |