28th Canadian Parliament

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The initial seat distribution of the 28th Canadian Parliament

Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister during the 28th Canadian Parliament; he is shown here being interviewed during the 28th Parliament's October Crisis.

The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 12, 1968 until September 1, 1972. The membership was set by the 1968 federal election on June 25, 1968, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led by Robert Stanfield.

The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were 4 sessions of the 28th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 12, 1968	October 22, 1969
2nd	October 23, 1969	October 7, 1970
3rd	October 8, 1970	February 16, 1972
4th	February 17, 1972	September 1, 1972

Members of the House of Commons

Newfoundland

Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia

* Howard MacEwan resigned and was replaced by Elmer MacKay in a May 31, 1971 by-election.

New Brunswick

Quebec

* Bernard Pilon died in office on November 17, 1970. He was replaced by Yvon Heureux in a 1971 by-election

** Bernard Dumont resigned from parliament and was replaced by Léopold Corriveau in a 1970 by-election

*** Roch La Salle quit the Tory party on May 5, 1971 when leader Robert Stanfield rejected a proposal to recognize Canada as being made up of two nations

† Léo Cadieux left parliament to become ambassador to France and was replaced by Maurice Dupras in a 1970 by-election

†† Raymond Rock crossed the floor on March 12, 1972 over protests that the government gave backbenchers too little influence

††† Joseph-Alfred Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970 and was replaced by Claude G. Lajoie in a 1971 by-election

Ontario

* James E. Brown was appointed ambassador and was replaced by Derek Blackburn in a 1971 by-election

** On May 21, 1971, Paul Hellyer left the Liberal Party to sit as an independent, protesting the government's economic policies. On July 25, 1972, he joined the Progressive Conservatives.

Manitoba

* George Muir died in office on August 26, 1970 and was replaced by Jack Murta in a by-election later that year.

** Edward Schreyer left parliament to become leader of the Manitoba NDP and then Premier of Manitoba he was replaced by Douglas Rowland in a 1969 by-election.

Saskatchewan

* A.B. Douglas died in office and was replaced by Bill Knight in a 1971 by-election

Alberta

British Columbia

* Richard Durante won in 1968 by only nine votes over Tom Barnett. After several irregularities were found the result was declared void and Tom Barnett won the subsequent redo held on March 8, 1969.

** Colin Cameron died in office an was replaced by Tommy Douglas in a February 10, 1969 by-election

Northern Territories

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