36th Canadian Parliament

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The initial seat distribution of the 36th Canadian Parliament

Jean Chrétien was Prime Minister during the 36th Canadian Parliament.

The 36th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 22, 1997 until October 22, 2000. The membership was set by the 1997 federal election on June 2, 1997, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 2000 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. The Official Opposition was first the Reform Party, led by Preston Manning, and then its successor party, the Canadian Alliance led by interim leader Deborah Grey.

The Speaker was Gilbert Parent. See also list 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 held official party status. Although five major parties ran for the 35th Parliament, the PCs only won two seats.

There were 2 sessions of the 36th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 22, 1997	September 18, 1999
2nd	October 12, 1999	October 22, 2000

1 Members of the House of Commons

[edit] Members of the House of Commons

Members of the House of Commons in the 36th parliament arranged by province.

[edit] Newfoundland

Riding	Member	Political Party
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception	Fred Mifflin	Liberal
Burin—St. George's	Bill Matthews	Progressive Conservative
Gander—Grand-Falls	George S. Baker	Liberal
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte	Gerry Byrne	Liberal
Labrador	Lawrence O'Brien	Liberal
St. John's East	Norman Doyle	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West	Charlie Power then Loyola Hearn	Progressive Conservative

[edit] Prince Edward Island

Riding	Member	Political Party
Cardigan	Lawrence MacAulay	Liberal
Egmont	Joe McGuire	Liberal
Hillsborough	George Proud	Liberal
Malpeque	Wayne Easter	Liberal

[edit] Nova Scotia

Riding	Member	Political Party
Bras d'Or	Michelle Dockrill	New Democrat
Cumberland—Colchester	Bill Casey	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth	Wendy Lill	New Democrat
Halifax	Alexa McDonough	New Democrat
Halifax West	Gordon Earle	New Democrat
Kings—Hants	Scott Brison then Joe Clark*	Both Progressive Conservative
Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough	Peter MacKay	Progressive Conservative
Sackville—Eastern Shore	Peter Stoffer	New Democrat
South Shore	Gerald Keddy	Progressive Conservative
Sydney—Victoria	Peter Mancini	New Democrat
West Nova	Mark Muise	Progressive Conservative

Scott Brison left parliament in 2000 to allow new Tory leader Joe Clark to run in a by-election to win a seat in the House.

[edit] New Brunswick

Riding	Member	Political Party
Acadie—Bathurst	Yvon Godin	New Democrat
Beauséjour—Petitcodiac	Angela Vautour	New Democrat then Progressive Conservative*
Charlotte	Greg Thompson	Progressive Conservative
Fredericton	Andy Scott	Liberal
Fundy—Royal	John Herron	Progressive Conservative
Madawaska—Restigouche	Jean Dubé	Progressive Conservative
Miramichi	Charles Hubbard	Liberal
Moncton	Claudette Bradshaw	Liberal
Saint John	Elsie Wayne	Progressive Conservative
Tobique—Mactaquac	Gilles Bernier	Progressive Conservative

Angela Vautour left the New Democratic Party to join the Progressive Conservative Party in 1999.

[edit] Quebec

Riding	Member	Political Party
Abitibi	Guy St-Julien	Liberal
Ahuntsic	Eleni Bakopanos	Liberal
Anjou—Rivière-Des-Prairies	Yvon Charbonneau	Liberal
Argenteuil—Papineau	Maurice Dumas	Bloc Québécois
Beauce	Claude Drouin	Liberal
Beauharnois—Salaberry	Daniel Turp	Bloc Québécois
Beauport—Montmorency—Orléans	Michel Guimond	Bloc Québécois
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet	Gilbert Normand	Liberal
Berthier—Montcalm	Michel Bellehumeur	Bloc Québécois
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Iles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok	Yvan Bernier	Bloc Québécois
Bourassa	Denis Coderre	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi	Denis Paradis	Liberal
Brossard—La Prairie	Jacques Saada	Liberal
Châteauguay	Maurice Godin	Bloc Québécois
Chambly	Ghislain Lebel	Bloc Québécois
Champlain	Réjean Lefebvre	Bloc Québécois
Charlesbourg	Richard Marceau	Bloc Québécois
Charlevoix	Gérard Asselin	Bloc Québécois
Chicoutimi	André Harvey	Progressive Conservative
Compton—Stanstead	David Price	Progressive Conservative
Drummond	Pauline Picard	Bloc Québécois
Frontenac—Mégantic	Jean-Guy Chrétien	Bloc Québécois
Gatineau	Mark Assad	Liberal
Hochelaga—Maisonneuve	Réal Ménard	Bloc Québécois
Hull—Aylmer	Marcel Massé then Marcel Proulx*	Both Liberal
Joliette	René Laurin	Bloc Québécois
Jonquière	Jocelyne Girard-Bujold	Bloc Québécois
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques	Paul Crête	Bloc Québécois
Lac-Saint-Jean	Stéphan Tremblay	Bloc Québécois
Lac-Saint-Louis	Clifford Lincoln	Liberal
LaSalle—Émard	Paul Martin	Liberal
Laurentides	Monique Guay	Bloc Québécois
Laurier—Sainte-Marie	Gilles Duceppe	Bloc Québécois
Laval Centre	Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral	Bloc Québécois
Laval East	Maud Debien	Bloc Québécois
Laval West	Raymonde Folco	Liberal
Lévis	Antoine Dubé	Liberal
Longueuil	Caroline St-Hilaire	Bloc Québécois
Lotbinière	Odina Desrochers	Bloc Québécois
Louis-Hébert	Hélène Alarie	Bloc Québécois
Manicouagan	Ghislain Fournier	Bloc Québécois
Matapédia—Matane	René Canuel	Bloc Québécois
Mercier	Francine Lalonde	Bloc Québécois
Mount Royal	Sheila Finestone then Irwin Cotler**	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Marlene Jennings	Liberal
Outremont	Martin Cauchon	Liberal
Papineau—Saint-Denis	Pierre Pettigrew	Liberal
Pierrefonds—Dollard	Bernard Patry	Liberal
Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle	Robert Bertrand	Liberal
Portneuf	Pierre de Savoye	Bloc Québécois
Quebec	Christiane Gagnon	Bloc Québécois
Quebec East	Jean-Paul Marchand	Bloc Québécois
Repentigny	Benoît Sauvageau	Bloc Québécois
Richelieu	Louis Plamondon	Bloc Québécois
Richmond—Arthabaska	André Bachand	Progressive Conservative
Rimouski—Mitis	Suzanne Tremblay	Bloc Québécois
Roberval	Michel Gauthier	Bloc Québécois
Rosemont	Bernard Bigras	Bloc Québécois
Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert	Pierrette Venne	Bloc Québécois
Saint-Eustache—Sainte-Thérèse	Gilles Perron	Bloc Québécois
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot	Yvan Loubier	Bloc Québécois
Saint-Jean	Claude Bachand	Bloc Québécois
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel	Alfonso Gagliano	Liberal
Saint-Lambert	Yolande Thibeault	Liberal
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville	Stéphane Dion	Liberal
Saint-Maurice	Jean Chrétien	Liberal
Shefford	Diane St-Jacques	Progressive Conservative
Sherbrooke	Jean Charest then Serge Cardin	Progressive Conservative then Bloc Québécois***
Témiscamingue	Pierre Brien	Bloc Québécois
Terrebonne—Blainville	Paul Mercier	Bloc Québécois
Trois-Rivières	Yves Rocheleau	Bloc Québécois
Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Nick Discepola	Liberal
Vercheres	Stéphane Bergeron	Bloc Québécois
Verdun—Saint-Henri	Raymond Lavigne	Liberal
Westmount—Ville-Marie	Lucienne Robillard	Liberal

Marcel Massé retired from politics, and was replaced by Marcel Proulx in 1999 by-election.
- Sheila Finestone was appointed to the Senate, and was replaced by Irwin Cotler in a 1999 by-election.
  - Jean Charest left parliament to become premier of Quebec, and was replaced by Serge Cardin in a 1998 by-election.

[edit] Ontario

Riding	Member	Political Party
Algoma—Manitoulin	Brent St. Denis	Liberal
Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford	Aileen Carroll	Liberal
Beaches—East York	Maria Minna	Liberal
Bramalea—Gore—Malton	Gurbax Singh Malhi	Liberal
Brampton Centre	Sarkis Assadourian	Liberal
Brampton West—Mississauga	Colleen Beaumier	Liberal
Brant	Jane Stewart	Liberal
Broadview—Greenwood	Dennis Mills	Liberal
Bruce—Grey	Ovid Jackson	Liberal
Burlington	Paddy Torsney	Liberal
Cambridge	Janko Peric	Liberal
Carleton—Gloucester	Eugène Bellemare	Liberal
Davenport	Charles Caccia	Liberal
Don Valley East	David Collenette	Liberal
Don Valley West	John Godfrey	Liberal
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey	Murray Calder	Liberal
Durham	Alex Shepherd	Liberal
Eglinton—Lawrence	Joe Volpe	Liberal
Elgin—Middlesex—London	Gar Knutson	Liberal
Erie—Lincoln	John Maloney	Liberal
Essex	Susan Whelan	Liberal
Etobicoke Centre	Allan Rock	Liberal
Etobicoke North	Roy Cullen	Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Jean Augustine	Liberal
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Don Boudria	Liberal
Guelph—Wellington	Brenda Chamberlain	Liberal
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant	Bob Speller	Liberal
Halton	Julian Reed	Liberal
Hamilton East	Sheila Copps	Liberal
Hamilton Mountain	Beth Phinney	Liberal
Hamilton West	Stan Keyes	Liberal
Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington	Larry McCormick	Liberal
Huron—Bruce	Paul Steckle	Liberal
Kenora—Rainy River	Robert Nault	Liberal
Kent—Essex	Jerry Pickard	Liberal
Kingston and the Islands	Peter Milliken	Liberal
Kitchener Centre	Karen Redman	Liberal
Kitchener—Waterloo	Andrew Telegdi	Liberal
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex	Rose-Marie Ur	Liberal
Lanark—Carleton	Ian Murray	Liberal
Leeds—Grenville	Joe Jordan	Liberal
London North Centre	Joe Fontana	Liberal
London West	Sue Barnes	Liberal
London—Fanshawe	Pat O'Brien	Liberal
Markham	Jim Jones	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga Centre	Carolyn Parrish	Liberal
Mississauga East	Albina Guarnieri	Liberal
Mississauga South	Paul Szabo	Liberal
Mississauga West	Steve Mahoney	Liberal
Nepean—Carleton	David Pratt	Liberal
Niagara Centre	Gilbert Parent	Liberal
Niagara Falls	Gary Pillitteri	Liberal
Nickel Belt	Raymond Bonin	Liberal
Nipissing	Bob Wood	Liberal
Northumberland	Christine Stewart	Liberal
Oak Ridges	Bryon Wilfert	Liberal
Oakville	Bonnie Brown	Liberal
Oshawa	Ivan Grose	Liberal
Ottawa Centre	Mac Harb	Liberal
Ottawa South	John Manley	Liberal
Ottawa West—Nepean	Marlene Catterall	Liberal
Ottawa—Vanier	Mauril Bélanger	Liberal
Oxford	John Baird Finlay	Liberal
Parkdale—High Park	Sarmite Bulte	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Andy Mitchell	Liberal
Perth—Middlesex	John Richardson	Liberal
Peterborough	Peter Adams	Liberal
Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge	Dan McTeague	Liberal
Prince Edward—Hastings	Lyle Vanclief	Liberal
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	Hec Clouthier	Liberal
Sarnia—Lambton	Roger Gallaway	Liberal
Sault Ste. Marie	Carmen Provenzano	Liberal
Scarborough Centre	John Cannis	Liberal
Scarborough East	John McKay	Liberal
Scarborough Southwest	Tom Wappel	Liberal
Scarborough—Agincourt	Jim Karygiannis	Liberal
Scarborough—Rouge River	Derek Lee	Liberal
Simcoe North	Paul Devillers	Liberal
Simcoe—Grey	Paul Bonwick	Liberal
St. Catharines	Walt Lastewka	Liberal
St. Paul's	Carolyn Bennett	Liberal
Stoney Creek	Tony Valeri	Liberal
Stormont—Dundas	Bob Kilger	Liberal
Sudbury	Diane Marleau	Liberal
Thornhill	Elinor Caplan	Liberal
Thunder Bay—Atikokan	Stan Dromisky	Liberal
Thunder Bay—Nipigon	Joe Comuzzi	Liberal
Timiskaming—Cochrane	Benoît Serré	Liberal
Timmins—James Bay	Réginald Bélair	Liberal
Toronto Centre—Rosedale	Bill Graham	Liberal
Trinity—Spadina	Tony Ianno	Liberal
Vaughan—King—Aurora	Maurizio Bevilacqua	Liberal
Victoria—Haliburton	John O'Reilly	Liberal
Waterloo—Wellington	Lynn Myers	Liberal
Wentworth—Burlington	John Bryden	Liberal
Whitby—Ajax	Judi Longfield	Liberal
Willowdale	Jim Peterson	Liberal
Windsor West	Herb Gray	Liberal
Windsor—St. Clair	Shaughnessy Cohen then Rick Limoges*	Both Liberal
York Centre	Art Eggleton	Liberal
York North	Karen Kraft Sloan	Liberal
York South—Weston	John Nunziata	Independent
York West	Sergio Marchi then Judy Sgro**	Both Liberal

Shaughnessy Cohen died in office, and was replaced by Richard Limoges after a 1999 byelection
- Sergio Marchi left politics to be appointed ambassador to the World Trade Organization; he was replaced by Judy Sgro after a 1999 byelection.

[edit] Manitoba

Riding	Member	Political Party
Brandon—Souris	Rick Borotsik	Progressive Conservative
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia	John Harvard	Liberal
Churchill	Bev Desjarlais	New Democrat
Dauphin—Swan River	Inky Mark	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Portage—Lisgar	Jake Hoeppner	Reform
Provencher	David Iftody	Liberal
Saint Boniface	Ronald Duhamel	Liberal
Selkirk—Interlake	Howard Hilstrom	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Winnipeg North Centre	Judy Wasylycia-Leis	New Democrat
Winnipeg North—St. Paul	Rey Pagtakhan	Liberal
Winnipeg South	Reg Alcock	Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre	Lloyd Axworthy	Liberal
Winnipeg—Transcona	Bill Blaikie	New Democrat

On March 26, 2000 all members of the Reform Party of Canada switched to the new Canadian Alliance.

[edit] Saskatchewan

Riding	Member	Political Party
Battlefords—Lloydminster	Gerry Ritz	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Blackstrap	Allan Kerpan	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Churchill River	Rick Laliberte	New Democrat
Cypress Hills—Grasslands	Lee Morrison	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Palliser	Dick Proctor	New Democrat
Prince Albert	Derrek Konrad	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Qu'Appelle	Lorne Nystrom	New Democrat
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre	John Solomon	New Democrat
Saskatoon—Humboldt	Jim Pankiw	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar	Chris Axworthy then Dennis Gruending**	Both New Democrat
Wanuskewin	Maurice Vellacott	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Souris—Moose Mountain	Roy Bailey	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Wascana	Ralph Goodale	Liberal
Yorkton—Melville	Garry Breitkreuz	Reform then Canadian Alliance*

On March 26, 2000 all members of the Reform Party of Canada switched to the new Canadian Alliance.
- Chris Axworthy left parliament to join the provincial cabinet, and was replaced by Dennis Gruending in a 1999 byelection.

[edit] Alberta

Riding	Member	Political Party
Athabasca	David Chatters	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary Centre	Eric Lowther	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary East	Deepak Obhrai	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary Northeast	Art Hanger	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary—Nose Hill	Diane Ablonczy	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary Southeast	Jason Kenney	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary Southwest	Preston Manning	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Calgary West	Rob Anders	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Crowfoot	Jack Ramsay	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Edmonton East	Peter Goldring	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Edmonton North	Deborah Grey	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Edmonton Southeast	David Kilgour	Liberal
Edmonton Southwest	Ian McClelland	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Edmonton West	Anne McLellan	Liberal
Edmonton—Strathcona	Rahim Jaffer	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Elk Island	Ken Epp	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Lakeland	Leon Benoit	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Lethbridge	Rick Casson	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Macleod	Grant Hill	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Medicine Hat	Monte Solberg	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Peace River	Charlie Penson	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Red Deer	Bob Mills	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
St. Albert	John G. Williams	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Wetaskiwin	Dale Johnston	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Wild Rose	Myron Thompson	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Yellowhead	Cliff Breitkreuz	Reform then Canadian Alliance*

On March 26, 2000 all members of the Reform Party of Canada switched to the new Canadian Alliance.

[edit] British Columbia

Riding	Member	Political Party
Burnaby—Douglas	Svend Robinson	New Democrat
Cariboo—Chilcotin	Philip Mayfield	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Delta—South Richmond	John Cummins	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Dewdney—Alouette	Grant McNally	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca	Keith Martin	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Fraser Valley	Chuck Strahl	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Kamloops	Nelson Riis	New Democrat
Kelowna	Werner Schmidt	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Kootenay—Columbia	Jim Abbott	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Langley—Abbotsford	Randy White	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Nanaimo—Alberni	Bill Gilmour	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Nanaimo—Cowichan	Reed Elley	Reform
New Westminster—Coquitlam—Burnaby	Paul Forseth	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
North Vancouver	Ted White	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Okanagan—Coquihalla	Jim Hart then Stockwell Day**	Reform then Canadian Alliance
Okanagan—Shuswap	Darrel Stinson	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Port Moody—Coquitlam	Sharon Hayes then Lou Sekora***	Reform then Liberal
Prince George—Bulkley Valley	Richard Harris	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Prince George—Peace River	Jay Hill	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Richmond	Raymond Chan	Liberal
Saanich—Gulf Islands	Gary Lunn	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Skeena	Mike Scott	Reform
South Surrey—White Rock—Langley	Val Meredith	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Surrey Central	Gurmant Grewal	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Surrey North	Chuck Cadman	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Vancouver Centre	Hedy Fry	Liberal
Vancouver East	Libby Davies	New Democrat
Vancouver Island North	John Duncan	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
Vancouver Kingsway	Sophia Leung	Liberal
Vancouver Quadra	Ted McWhinney	Liberal
Vancouver South—Burnaby	Herb Dhaliwal	Liberal
Victoria	David Anderson	Liberal
West Kootenay—Okanagan	Jim Gouk	Reform then Canadian Alliance*
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast	John Reynolds	Reform then Canadian Alliance*

On March 26, 2000 all members of the Reform Party of Canada switched to the new Canadian Alliance.
- Jim Hart resigned his seat so that new Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day could run in a by-election to win a seat in the House.
  - Sharon Hayes resigned from parliament to care for her ailing husband, and was replaced by Lou Sekora after a 1998 byelection.