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.

36th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
September 22, 1997 – October 22, 2000
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien November 4, 1993 – December 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 to Canadian Alliance partway through the Parliament.
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Gilbert Parent January 17, 1994 (1994-01-17) – January 28, 2001
Government House Leader	Hon. Don Boudria June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11) – January 14, 2002 (2002-01-14)
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Randy White June 20, 1997 (1997-06-20) – January 30, 2000 (2000-01-30)
	Hon. Chuck Strahl February 1, 2000 (2000-02-01) – April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
Members	301 MP seats List of members
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Gildas Molgat November 22, 1994 (1994-11-22) – January 25, 2001 (2001-01-25)
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 December 15, 1993 (1993-12-15) – September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)
Senators	104 senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Governor General	Roméo LeBlanc 8 February 1995 – 7 October 1999
	Adrienne Clarkson 7 October 1999 – 27 September 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)
← 35th → 37th

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

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry. 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 Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party both failed to win official party status in that parliament.

There were two sessions of the 36th Parliament:

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

Party standings

The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:

Affiliation		House members		Senate members
		1997 election results	At dissolution	On election day 1997[1]	At dissolution
	Liberal	155	161	51	56
	Reform	60	—	0	—
	Bloc Québécois	44	44	0	0
	New Democratic	21	19	0	0
	Progressive Conservative	20	15	50	35
	Independent	1	4	3	5
	Alliance	—	58	—	1
Total members		301	301	104	97
	Vacant	0	0	0	8
Total seats		301		104	105

Members of the House of Commons

Main article: List of House members of the 36th Parliament of Canada

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 36th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Okanagan—Coquihalla	September 11, 2000	Jim Hart		Canadian Alliance	Stockwell Day		Canadian Alliance	Resignation to provide a seat for Day	Yes
Kings—Hants	September 11, 2000	Scott Brison		Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark		Progressive Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Clark	Yes
St. John's West	May 15, 2000	Charlie Power		Progressive Conservative	Loyola Hearn		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
York West	November 15, 1999	Sergio Marchi		Liberal	Judy Sgro		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Hull—Aylmer	November 15, 1999	Marcel Massé		Liberal	Marcel Proulx		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Mount Royal	November 15, 1999	Sheila Finestone		Liberal	Irwin Cotler		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar	November 15, 1999	Chris Axworthy		New Democratic	Dennis Gruending		New Democratic	Resignation	Yes
Windsor—St. Clair	April 12, 1999	Shaughnessy Cohen		Liberal	Rick Limoges		Liberal	Death (cerebral hemorrhage)	Yes
Sherbrooke	September 14, 1998	Jean Charest		Progressive Conservative	Serge Cardin		Bloc Québécois	Resignation to accept leadership of the Liberal Party of Quebec and enter provincial politics	No
Port Moody—Coquitlam	March 30, 1998	Sharon Hayes		Reform	Lou Sekora		Liberal	Resignation	No