25th Canadian Parliament

The 25th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 27, 1962, until February 6, 1963. The membership was set by the 1962 federal election on June 18, 1962, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1963 election.

25th Canadian Parliament
Minority parliament
September 27, 1962 – February 6, 1963
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	John Diefenbaker June 21, 1957 – April 22, 1963
Cabinet	18th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Lester B. Pearson
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Crossbench	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
	Social Credit Party
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members	265 MP seats List of members
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Sessions
1st session 27 September 1962 – 6 February 1963
← 24th → 26th

John Diefenbaker was Prime Minister during the 25th Canadian Parliament.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.

It was the third shortest parliament in Canadian history.

The Speaker was Marcel Lambert. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There was only one session of the 25th Parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-fifth Parliament listed first by province or territory, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

Alberta

Electoral district		Name	Party
Acadia		Jack Horner	Progressive Conservative
Athabaska		Jack Bigg	Progressive Conservative
Battle River—Camrose		Clifford Smallwood	Progressive Conservative
Bow River		Eldon Woolliams	Progressive Conservative
Calgary North		Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
Calgary South		Arthur Ryan Smith	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East		William Skoreyko	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton—Strathcona		Terry Nugent	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton West		Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
Jasper—Edson		Hugh Horner	Progressive Conservative
Lethbridge		Deane Gundlock	Progressive Conservative
Macleod		Lawrence Kindt	Progressive Conservative
Medicine Hat		Bud Olson	Social Credit
Peace River		Ged Baldwin	Progressive Conservative
Red Deer		Robert N. Thompson	Social Credit
Vegreville		Frank Fane	Progressive Conservative
Wetaskiwin		Harry Andrew Moore	Progressive Conservative

British Columbia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Burnaby—Coquitlam		Erhart Regier (resigned 20 August 1962)	New Democratic Party
		Tommy Douglas (by-election of 1962-10-22)	New Democratic Party
Burnaby—Richmond		Bob Prittie	New Democratic Party
Cariboo		Bert Leboe	Social Credit
Coast—Capilano		John (Jack) Davis	Liberal
Comox—Alberni		Thomas Speakman Barnett	New Democratic Party
Esquimalt—Saanich		George Louis Chatterton	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley		Alexander Bell Patterson	Social Credit
Kamloops		Edmund Davie Fulton	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay East		Jim Byrne	Liberal
Kootenay West		Herbert Wilfred Herridge	New Democratic Party
Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands		Colin Cameron	New Democratic Party
New Westminster		Barry Mather	New Democratic Party
Okanagan Boundary		David Vaughan Pugh	Progressive Conservative
Okanagan—Revelstoke		Stuart A. Fleming	Progressive Conservative
Skeena		Frank Howard	New Democratic Party
Vancouver—Burrard		Thomas Rodney Berger	New Democratic Party
Vancouver Centre		John Robert (Jack) Nicholson	Liberal
Vancouver East		Harold Edward Winch	New Democratic Party
Vancouver Kingsway		Arnold Alexander Webster	New Democratic Party
Vancouver Quadra		Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South		Arthur Laing	Liberal
Victoria		Albert DeBurgo McPhillips	Progressive Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral district		Name	Party
Brandon—Souris		Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
Churchill		Robert Simpson	Progressive Conservative
Dauphin		Richard Elmer Forbes	Progressive Conservative
Lisgar		George Robson Muir	Progressive Conservative
Marquette		Nick Mandziuk	Progressive Conservative
Portage—Neepawa		Siegfried John Enns	Progressive Conservative
Provencher		Warner Herbert Jorgenson	Progressive Conservative
Selkirk		Eric Stefanson, Sr.	Progressive Conservative
Springfield		Joseph Slogan	Progressive Conservative
St. Boniface		Roger Teillet	Liberal
Winnipeg North		David Orlikow	New Democratic Party
Winnipeg North Centre		Stanley Knowles	New Democratic Party
Winnipeg South		Gordon Chown	Progressive Conservative
Winnipeg South Centre		Gordon Churchill	Progressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral district		Name	Party
Charlotte		Allan M.A. McLean	Liberal
Gloucester		Hédard-J. Robichaud	Liberal
Kent		Guy F. Crossman	Liberal
Northumberland—Miramichi		George Roy Mcwilliam	Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska		Jean-Eudes Dubé	Liberal
Royal		Gordon Fairweather	Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert		Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Carleton		Hugh John Flemming	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland		Sherwood Rideout	Liberal
York—Sunbury		John Chester MacRae	Progressive Conservative

Newfoundland

Electoral district		Name	Party
Bonavista—Twillingate		Jack Pickersgill	Liberal
Burin—Burgeo		Chesley William Carter	Liberal
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador		Charles Granger	Liberal
Humber—St. George's		Herman Maxwell Batten	Liberal
St. John's East		James Aloysius McGrath	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West		Richard Cashin	Liberal
Trinity—Conception		James Roy Tucker	Liberal

Northwest Territories

Electoral district		Name	Party
Northwest Territories		Isabel Tibbie Hardie	Liberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Antigonish—Guysborough		John Benjamin Stewart	Liberal
Cape Breton North and Victoria		Robert Muir	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton South		Malcolm MacInnis	New Democratic Party
Colchester—Hants		Cyril Kennedy	Progressive Conservative
Cumberland		Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—Kings		George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Halifax*		Robert Jardine McCleave	Progressive Conservative
		Edmund L. Morris	Progressive Conservative
Inverness—Richmond		Allan MacEachen	Liberal
Pictou		Howard Russell Macewan	Progressive Conservative
Queens—Lunenburg		Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare		Felton Fenwick Legere	Progressive Conservative

Ontario

Electoral district		Name	Party
Algoma East		Lester B. Pearson	Liberal
Algoma West		George Ewart Nixon	Liberal
Brantford		James Elisha Brown	Liberal
Brant—Haldimand		Lawrence Pennell	Liberal
Broadview		George Hees	Progressive Conservative
Bruce		Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative
Carleton		Dick Bell	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane		Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal
Danforth		Reid Scott	New Democratic Party
Davenport		Walter L. Gordon	Liberal
Dufferin—Simcoe		William Earl Rowe	Progressive Conservative
Durham		Russell Honey	Liberal
Eglinton		Donald Fleming	Progressive Conservative
Elgin		James Alexander McBain	Progressive Conservative
Essex East		Paul Martin Sr.	Liberal
Essex South		Eugene Whelan	Liberal
Essex West		Herb Gray	Liberal
Fort William		Hubert Badanai	Liberal
Glengarry—Prescott		Viateur Éthier	Liberal
Greenwood		Andrew Brewin	New Democratic Party
Grenville—Dundas		Jean Casselman Wadds	Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce		Eric Alfred Winkler	Progressive Conservative
Grey North		Percy Verner Noble	Progressive Conservative
Halton		Harry Cruickshank Harley	Liberal
Hamilton East		John Munro	Liberal
Hamilton South		Robert Matthew Turnbull McDonald	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton West		Ellen Fairclough	Progressive Conservative
Hastings—Frontenac		Roderick Arthur Ennis Webb	Progressive Conservative
Hastings South		Lee Elgy Grills	Progressive Conservative
High Park		Pat Cameron	Liberal
Huron		Lewis Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy River		William Moore Benidickson	Liberal-Labour
Kent		Sidney LeRoi Clunis	Liberal
Kingston		Edgar Benson	Liberal
Lambton—Kent		John Wesley Burgess	Liberal
Lambton West		Walter Frank Foy	Liberal
Lanark		George Doucett	Progressive Conservative
Leeds		John Matheson	Liberal
Lincoln		James Carroll Patrick Mcnulty	Liberal
London		Ernest Halpenny	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex East		Campbell Ewing Millar	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex West		William Howell Arthur Thomas	Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls		Judy LaMarsh	Liberal
Nickel Belt		Osias Godin	Liberal
Nipissing		Jack Garland	Liberal
Norfolk		Jack Roxburgh	Liberal
Northumberland		Harry Oliver Bradley	Progressive Conservative
Ontario		Michael Starr	Progressive Conservative
Ottawa East		Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal
Ottawa West		George James Mcilraith	Liberal
Oxford		Wally Nesbitt	Progressive Conservative
Parkdale		Stanley Haidasz	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka		Gordon Aiken	Progressive Conservative
Peel		Bruce Silas Beer	Liberal
Perth		Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough		Fred Stenson	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur		Doug Fisher	New Democratic Party
Prince Edward—Lennox		Douglas Alkenbrack	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North		James Moffat Forgie	Liberal
Renfrew South		James William Baskin	Progressive Conservative
Rosedale		Donald Stovel Macdonald	Liberal
Russell		Paul Tardif	Liberal
St. Paul's		Ian Wahn	Liberal
Simcoe East		Philip Bernard Rynard	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe North		Heber Edgar Smith	Progressive Conservative
Spadina		Sylvester Perry Ryan	Liberal
Stormont		Lucien Lamoureux	Liberal
Sudbury		Rodger Mitchell	Liberal
Timiskaming		Arnold Peters	New Democratic Party
Timmins		Murdo Martin	New Democratic Party
Trinity		Paul Hellyer	Liberal
Victoria		Clayton Wesley Hodgson	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo North		Oscar William Weichel	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo South		Gordon Chaplin	Progressive Conservative
Welland		William Hector McMillan	Liberal
Wellington—Huron		Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative
Wellington South		Alfred Dryden Hales	Progressive Conservative
Wentworth		Joseph Reed Sams	Progressive Conservative
York Centre		James Edgar Walker	Liberal
York East		Steven Otto	Liberal
York—Humber		Ralph Cowan	Liberal
York North		John Hollings Addison	Liberal
York—Scarborough		Frank Charles Mcgee	Progressive Conservative
York South		David Lewis	New Democratic Party
York West		Leonard Patrick (Red) Kelly	Liberal

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district		Name	Party
King's		Margaret Mary Macdonald	Progressive Conservative
Prince		Orville Howard Phillips	Progressive Conservative
Queen's*		John Angus Maclean	Progressive Conservative
		Heath MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative

Quebec

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes		Vincent Drouin	Liberal
Beauce		Gérard Perron	Social Credit
Beauharnois—Salaberry		Gérald Laniel	Liberal
Bellechasse		Bernard Dumont	Social Credit
Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière		Rémi Paul	Progressive Conservative
Bonaventure		Albert Béchard	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi		Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
Cartier		Leon David Crestohl	Liberal
Chambly—Rouville		J.-E. Bernard Pilon	Liberal
Champlain		Jean-Paul Matte	Liberal
Chapleau		Gérard Laprise	Social Credit
Charlevoix		Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger	Social Credit
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie		Jean Boucher	Liberal
Chicoutimi		Maurice Côté	Social Credit
Compton—Frontenac		Henry P. Latulippe	Social Credit
Dollard		Guy Rouleau	Liberal
Dorchester		Pierre-André Boutin	Social Credit
Drummond—Arthabaska		David Ouellet	Social Credit
Gaspé		Roland Léo English	Progressive Conservative
Gatineau		Rodolphe Leduc	Liberal
Hochelaga		Raymond Eudes	Liberal
Hull		Alexis Pierre Caron	Liberal
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Maurice Sauvé	Liberal
Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle		Raymond Rock	Liberal
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm		Louis-Joseph Pigeon	Progressive Conservative
Kamouraska		Charles-Eugène Dionne	Social Credit
Labelle		Gaston Clermont	Liberal
Lac-Saint-Jean		Marcel Lessard	Social Credit
Lafontaine		Georges-C. Lachance	Liberal
Lapointe		Gilles Grégoire	Social Credit
Laurier		Lionel Chevrier	Liberal
Laval		Jean-Léo Rochon	Liberal
Lévis		J.-Aurélien Roy	Social Credit
Longueuil		Pierre Sévigny	Progressive Conservative
Lotbinière		Raymond Joseph Michael O'hurley	Progressive Conservative
Maisonneuve—Rosemont		Jean-Paul Deschatelets	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane		Alfred Belzile	Progressive Conservative
Mégantic		Raymond Langlois	Social Credit
Mercier		Prosper Boulanger	Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet		Jean-Paul Cook	Social Credit
Mount Royal		Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton	Liberal
Nicolet—Yamaska		Clément Vincent	Progressive Conservative
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Edmund Tobin Asselin	Liberal
Outremont—St-Jean		Romuald Bourque	Liberal
Papineau		Adrien Meunier	Liberal
Pontiac—Témiscamingue		Paul Raymond Martineau	Progressive Conservative
Portneuf		Jean-Louis Frenette	Social Credit
Québec—Montmorency		Guy Marcoux	Social Credit
Quebec East		Jean Robert Beaulé	Social Credit
Quebec South		Jean-Charles Cantin	Liberal
Quebec West		Lucien Plourde	Social Credit
Richelieu—Verchères		Lucien Cardin	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe		André Bernier	Social Credit
Rimouski		Gérard Légaré	Liberal
Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata		Philippe Gagnon	Social Credit
Roberval		Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Social Credit
Saguenay		Lauréat Maltais	Social Credit
St. Ann		Gérard Loiselle	Liberal
Saint-Antoine—Westmount		Charles (Bud) Drury	Liberal
Saint-Denis		Azellus Denis	Liberal
Saint-Henri		H.-Pit Lessard	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Théogène Ricard	Progressive Conservative
Saint-Jacques		Maurice Rinfret	Liberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville		Yvon Dupuis	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George		John Turner	Liberal
Sainte-Marie		Georges Valade	Progressive Conservative
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche		Gérard Lamy	Social Credit
Shefford		Gilbert F. Rondeau	Social Credit
Sherbrooke		Gérard Chapdelaine	Social Credit
Stanstead		René Joseph Eugène Létourneau	Progressive Conservative
Terrebonne		Léo Cadieux	Liberal
Trois-Rivières		Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—Soulanges		Marcel Bourbonnais	Progressive Conservative
Verdun		Bryce Mackasey	Liberal
Villeneuve		Réal Caouette	Social Credit

Saskatchewan

Electoral district		Name	Party
Assiniboia		Hazen Argue	Liberal
Humboldt—Melfort—Tisdale		Reynold Rapp	Progressive Conservative
Kindersley		Robert Hanbidge	Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie		Stanley Korchinski	Progressive Conservative
Meadow Lake		Bert Cadieu	Progressive Conservative
Melville		James Norris Ormiston	Progressive Conservative
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre		James Ernest Pascoe	Progressive Conservative
Moose Mountain		Richard Russell Southam	Progressive Conservative
Prince Albert		John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
Qu'Appelle		Alvin Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
Regina City		Ken More	Progressive Conservative
Rosetown—Biggar		Clarence Owen Cooper	Progressive Conservative
Rosthern		Edward Nasserden	Progressive Conservative
Saskatoon		Henry Frank Jones	Progressive Conservative
Swift Current—Maple Creek		Jack McIntosh	Progressive Conservative
The Battlefords		Albert Ralph Horner	Progressive Conservative
Yorkton		Gordon Drummond Clancy	Progressive Conservative

Yukon

Electoral district		Name	Party
Yukon		Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-election to the 25th Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Burnaby—Coquitlam	October 22, 1962	Erhart Regier		New Democratic	Tommy Douglas		New Democratic	Resignation to provide a seat for Douglas	Yes

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