page_title: 17th Canadian Parliament
hierarchical_section_title: 17th Canadian Parliament
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada Français&#160;: Photo de Richard Bedford Bennett, 1er vicomte Bennett, le 11e premier ministre du Canada
context_page_description: The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 8, 1930, until August 14, 1935. The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on July 28, 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.
  It was controlled by a Conservative Party majority under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and the 15th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King.
  The Speaker was first George Black, and later James Langstaff Bowman. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
  It was the third longest parliament in Canadian history.
  There were six sessions of the 17th Parliament:
context_section_description: The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 8, 1930, until August 14, 1935.  The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on July 28, 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.
  It was controlled by a Conservative Party majority under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and the 15th Canadian Ministry.  The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King.
  The Speaker was first George Black, and later James Langstaff Bowman.  See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
  It was the third longest parliament in Canadian history.
  There were six sessions of the 17th Parliament:
caption: Richard Bedford Bennett was Prime Minister during the 17th Canadian Parliament.
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "CPARCHIVEPHOTO PUBLIC  NO ARCHIVES Candian Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett is shown in an undated file photo. What started as a project for a county fair now has a home-schooled New Brunswick teen talking with MP's and the family of a former prime minister to erect a statue in honour of R.B. Bennett on Parliament Hill. THE CANADIAN PRESS/National Archives of Canada"}