| 36thCanadian Parliament | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| Sep. 22, 1997 – Oct. 22, 2000 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Rt. Hon.Jean Chrétien Nov. 4, 1993 – Dec. 12, 2003 | ||
| Cabinet | 26th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Hon.Preston Manning 1997 (1997) – March 26, 2000 (2000-03-26) | ||
| Hon.Deborah Grey March 27, 2000 (2000-03-27) – September 10, 2000 (2000-09-10) | |||
| Hon.Stockwell Day September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11) – December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11) | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Reform Party* | ||
| Senate Opp. | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Recognized | Bloc Québécois | ||
| New Democratic Party | |||
| * Changed its name toCanadian Alliance partway through the Parliament. | |||
| House of Commons | |||
 Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Hon.Gilbert Parent Jan. 17, 1994 – Jan. 28, 2001 | ||
| Government House leader | Hon.Don Boudria Jun. 11, 1997 – Jan. 14, 2002 | ||
| Opposition House leader | Hon.Randy White Jun. 20, 1997 – Jan. 30, 2000 | ||
| Hon.Chuck Strahl Feb. 1, 2000 – Apr. 24, 2001 | |||
| Members | 301 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
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| Speaker of the Senate | Hon.Gildas Molgat Nov. 22, 1994 – Jan. 25, 2001 | ||
| Government Senate leader | Hon.Alasdair Graham June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11) – October 3, 1999 (1999-10-03) | ||
| Hon.Bernie Boudreau October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) – October 26, 2000 (2000-10-26) | |||
| Opposition Senate leader | Hon.John Lynch-Staunton Dec. 15, 1993 – Sep. 30, 2004 | ||
| Senators | 104 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | HMElizabeth II Feb. 6, 1952 – Sep. 8, 2022 | ||
| Governor general | HE Rt. Hon.Roméo LeBlanc Feb. 8, 1995 – Oct. 7, 1999 | ||
| HE Rt. Hon.Adrienne Clarkson Oct. 7, 1999 – Sep. 27, 2005 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) – September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18) | |||
| 2nd session October 12, 1999 (1999-10-12) – October 22, 2000 (2000-10-22) | |||
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The36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997, until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the2000 election.
It was controlled by aLiberal Party majority underPrime MinisterJean Chrétien and the26th Canadian Ministry. TheOfficial Opposition was first theReform Party, led byPreston Manning, and then its successor party, theCanadian Alliance led by interim leaderDeborah Grey.
TheSpeaker wasGilbert Parent. See alsolist of Canadian electoral districts 1996-2003 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
For the first time in Canadian history, five different parties heldofficial party status. Although five major parties ran for the35th Parliament, theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada and theNew Democratic Party both failed to win official party status in that parliament.
There were twosessions of the 36th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
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| 1st | September 22, 1997 | September 18, 1999 |
| 2nd | October 12, 1999 | October 22, 2000 |
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The party standings as of the election and as ofdissolution were as follows:
| Affiliation | House members | Senate members | |||
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| 1997 election results | At dissolution | On election day 1997[1] | At dissolution | ||
| Liberal | 155 | 161 | 51 | 56 | |
| Reform | 60 | N/a | 0 | N/a | |
| Bloc Québécois | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Democratic | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Progressive Conservative | 20 | 15 | 50 | 35 | |
| Independent | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Alliance | N/a | 58 | N/a | 1 | |
| Total members | 301 | 301 | 104 | 97 | |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Total seats | 301 | 104 | 105 | ||
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