22ndCanadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Nov. 12, 1953 – Apr. 12, 1957
Parliament leaders
Prime minister	Louis St. Laurent Nov. 15, 1948 – Jun. 21, 1957
Cabinet	17th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	George A. Drew
	William Earl Rowe
	George A. Drew
	William Earl Rowe
	John Diefenbaker
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Crossbench	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
	Social Credit Party
	Liberal-Labour
	Liberal-Progressive
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members	265 MP seats List of members
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Sessions
1st session November 12, 1953 – November 20, 1954
2nd session January 7, 1955 – July 28, 1955
3rd session January 10, 1956 – August 14, 1956
4th session November 26, 1956 – January 8, 1957
5th session January 8, 1957 – April 12, 1957
← 21st → 23rd

The22nd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 12, 1953, until April 12, 1957. The membership was set by the1953 federal election on August 10, 1953, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the1957 election.

It was controlled by aLiberal Party majority underPrime MinisterLouis St. Laurent and the17th Canadian Ministry. TheOfficial Opposition was theProgressive Conservative Party, led first byGeorge Drew, and then byWilliam Earl Rowe,George Drew (again),William Earl Rowe, andJohn Diefenbaker consecutively.

TheSpeaker wasLouis-René Beaudoin. See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were fivesessions of the 22nd Parliament.

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-second Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

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