27th Canadian Parliament

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and the 19th Canadian Ministry. Pierre Trudeau succeeded Pearson as party leader and Prime Minister shortly before this Parliament ended for the 1968 national election. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John Diefenbaker, and subsequently by Michael Starr. Most of the MPs were elected as the single member for their district. Two represented Queen's (PEI) and two represented Halifax. == Party standings ==

Distribution of seats at the beginning of the 27th Parliament Notes: "% change" refers to change from previous election 1 "Previous" refers to the results of the previous election, not the party standings in the House of Commons prior to dissolution. == Major events ==

Pearson's retirement On December 14th, 1967 Prime Minister Pearson announce that he would be retiring from politics. He remained in office until April 20, 1968, at which point Pierre Trudeau assumed the leadership of the country. The Munsinger affair Charles De Gaulle’s visit to Montreal == Ministry ==

The 19th Canadian Ministry began at the beginning of the 26th Canadian Parliament and lasted until near the end of the 27th Canadian Parliament. The 20th Canadian Ministry began near the end of the 27th Canadian Parliament and governed throughout the 28th Canadian Parliament, 29th Canadian Parliament, and 30th Canadian Parliament. == Officeholders ==

Head of State Party leadership House of Commons Presiding officer Government leadership (Liberal) == Changes to party standings ==

Timeline House of Commons By-elections == Parliamentarians ==

House of Commons Following is a full list of members of the twenty-seventh Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district. Key: • Party leaders are italicized. • Parliamentary secretaries is indicated by "". • Cabinet ministers are in boldface. • The Prime Minister is both. • The Speaker is indicated by "()". Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members. ==== Alberta ==== ==== British Columbia ==== ==== Manitoba ==== ==== New Brunswick ==== ==== Newfoundland ==== 1Granger resigned the seat of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador in August 1966 to contest a seat in the Newfoundland House of Assembly and was succeeded by Andrew Chatwood of the Liberals. Granger became Minister of Labrador Affairs in the provincial cabinet. He resigned his provincial office in September 1967 to contest the federal seat of Bonavista—Twillingate vacated by Jack Pickersgill. Granger was successful and became Minister without portfolio in Pearson's Cabinet. ==== Northwest Territories ==== ==== Nova Scotia ==== ==== Ontario ==== ==== Prince Edward Island ==== ==== Quebec ==== ==== Saskatchewan ==== ==== Yukon ==== Senate == Legislation and motions ==

Act's which received royal assent under 27th Parliament 1st Session Source: Public acts Local and private acts 2nd Session Source: Public acts Local and private acts == See also ==