| 24thCanadian Parliament | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| May. 12, 1958 – Apr. 19, 1962 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | John Diefenbaker Jun. 21, 1957 – Apr. 22, 1963 | ||
| Cabinet | 18th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Lester B. Pearson January 16, 1958 – April 22, 1963 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Opposition | Liberal Party | ||
| Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
| House of Commons | |||
 Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Roland Michener October 14, 1957 – September 26, 1962 | ||
| Government House leader | Howard Charles Green October 14, 1957 – July 18, 1959 | ||
| Gordon Churchill January 14, 1960 − February 5, 1963 | |||
| Opposition House leader | Lionel Chevrier October 14, 1957 – February 5, 1963 | ||
| Members | 265 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Mark Robert Drouin October 4, 1957 – September 23, 1962 | ||
| Government Senate leader | Walter Aseltine May 12, 1958 − August 31, 1962 | ||
| Opposition Senate leader | William Ross Macdonald June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963 | ||
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | ||
| Governor general | Vincent Massey 28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959 | ||
| Georges Vanier 15 September 1959 – 5 March 1967 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session May 12, 1958 – September 6, 1958 | |||
| 2nd session January 15, 1959 – July 18, 1959 | |||
| 3rd session January 14, 1960 – August 10, 1960 | |||
| 4th session November 17, 1960 – September 29, 1961 | |||
| 5th session January 18, 1962 – April 19, 1962 | |||
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The24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the1962 election.
It was controlled by aProgressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, underPrime MinisterJohn Diefenbaker and the18th Canadian Ministry. TheOfficial Opposition was theLiberal Party, led byLester B. Pearson.
TheSpeaker wasRoland Michener. See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were fivesessions of the 24th Parliament.
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fourth Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Caldwell Stewart | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1st term | |
| Gloucester | Hédard Robichaud | Liberal | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| Kent | Hervé Michaud | Liberal | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| Northumberland—Miramichi | George Roy Mcwilliam | Liberal | 1949 | 4th term | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Charles Van Horne | Progressive Conservative | 1955 | 3rd term | |
| Edgar Fournier (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative | 1961 | 1st term | ||
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative | 1935 | 7th term | |
| Hugh John Flemming (by-election of 1960-10-31) | Progressive Conservative | 1960 | 1st term | ||
| St. John—Albert | Thomas Miller Bell‡ | Progressive Conservative | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Gage Montgomery | Progressive Conservative | 1952 | 4th term | |
| Westmorland | William Creaghan | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1st term | |
| York—Sunbury | John Chester MacRae | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Jack Pickersgill | Liberal | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter | Liberal | 1949 | 4th term | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador | Charles Granger | Liberal | 1958 | 1st term | |
| Humber—St. George's | Herman Maxwell Batten | Liberal | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| St. John's East | James McGrath | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| St. John's West | William Joseph Browne | Progressive Conservative | 1949, 1957 | 3rd term* | |
| Trinity—Conception | James Roy Tucker | Liberal | 1958 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie River | Merv Hardie | Liberal | 1953 | 3rd term | |
| Merv Hardie died on October 18, 1961 | Vacant | ||||
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish—Guysborough | Clement O'Leary | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1st term | |
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Robert Muir | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Cape Breton South | Donald MacInnis | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Colchester—Hants | Cyril Kennedy | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Cumberland | Robert Coates | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | George Nowlan | Progressive Conservative | 1948, 1950 | 5th term* | |
| Halifax* | Robert McCleave | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Edmund L. Morris‡ | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | ||
| Inverness—Richmond | Robert MacLellan | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1st term | |
| Pictou | Russell MacEwan | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Queens—Lunenburg | Lloyd Crouse | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Felton Legere | Progressive Conservative | 1958 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | John Augustine Macdonald (died 4 January 1961) | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Margaret Mary Macdonald (by-election of 1961-05-29) | Progressive Conservative | 1961 | 1st term | ||
| Prince | Orville Howard Phillips | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term | |
| Queen's* | Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | 4th term | |
| Heath MacQuarrie | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Erik Nielsen | Progressive Conservative | 1957 | 2nd term |
Importantbills of the 24th parliament included: