22nd Canadian Parliament

22nd Canadian Parliament

Majority

Jurisdiction	CA
#	22nd
Houseimage	Chambre des Communes 1953.png
Status	inactive
Term-begin	1953-11-12
Term-end	1957-04-12
Pm	Louis St. Laurent
Ministry	17th Canadian Ministry
Pm-begin	1948-11-15
Pm-end	1957-06-21
Lo	George A. Drew
Loterm	October 2, 1948 – November 1, 1954
Lo 2	William Earl Rowe
Loterm 2	November 1, 1954 – February 1, 1955
Lo 3	George A. Drew
Loterm 3	February 1, 1955 – August 1, 1956
Lo 4	William Earl Rowe
Loterm 4	August 1, 1956 – December 14, 1956
Lo 5	John Diefenbaker
Loterm 5	December 14, 1956 – June 21, 1957
Party	Liberal Party
Party 2	Progressive Conservative Party
Unrecparty 1	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Unrecparty 2	Social Credit Party
Unrecparty 3	Liberal-Labour
Unrecparty 4	Liberal-Progressive
Sc	Louis-René Beaudoin
Scterm	November 12, 1953 – October 13, 1957
Ghl	Walter Edward Harris
Ghlterm	May 9, 1953 – April 12, 1957
Ss	Wishart McLea Robertson
Ssterm	October 14, 1953 – October 3, 1957
Gsl	William Ross Macdonald
Gslterm	October 14, 1953 – June 21, 1957
Osl	John Thomas Haig
Oslterm	September 12, 1945 – June 20, 1957
Sessionbegin	November 12, 1953
Sessionend	November 20, 1954
Sessionbegin 2	January 7, 1955
Sessionend 2	July 28, 1955
Sessionbegin 3	January 10, 1956
Sessionend 3	August 14, 1956
Sessionbegin 4	November 26, 1956
Sessionend 4	January 8, 1957
Sessionbegin 5	January 8, 1957
Sessionend 5	April 12, 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Monarchterm	February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
Viceroy	Vincent Massey
Viceroyterm	28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959
Members	265
Senators	102
Lastparl	21st
Nextparl	23rd

The 22nd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 12, 1953, until April 12, 1957. The membership was set by the 1953 federal election on August 10, 1953, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1957 election.

There were five sessions of the 22nd Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	November 12, 1953	November 20, 1954
2nd	January 7, 1955	July 28, 1955
3rd	January 10, 1956	August 14, 1956
4th (Special)	November 26, 1956	January 8, 1957
5th	January 8, 1957	April 12, 1957

Overview

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by George Drew, and then by William Earl Rowe, George Drew (again), William Earl Rowe, and John Diefenbaker consecutively.

Party Standings

Number of members per party		Party leader	General Election
			August 10, 1953
	Liberal	Louis St. Laurent	169
	Progressive Conservative	George Drew	51
	Co-operative Commonwealth	M.J. Coldwell	23
	Social Credit	Solon Low	15
	Liberal-Labour		1
	Liberal-Progressive		1
	Independent		3
	Independent Liberal		2
	Total Seats		265

Ministry

Main article: 17th Canadian Ministry

The 17th Canadian Ministry began at the end of the 20th Canadian Parliament and lasted until near the end of the 22nd Canadian Parliament.

Office holders

Head of State

position	Image	Name	From	To
Sovereign		Elizabeth II	February 6, 1952	September 8, 2022
Governor General		Vincent Massey	February 28, 1952	September 15, 1959

Party leadership

Party	Name	From	To
Liberal	Louis St. Laurent	August 7, 1948	January 16, 1958
Progressive Conservative	George Drew	October 2, 1948	November 1, 1954
	William Earl Rowe (Interim)	November 1, 1954	February 1, 1955
	George Drew	February 1, 1955	August 1, 1956
	William Earl Rowe (Interim)	August 1, 1956	December 14, 1956
	John Diefenbaker	December 14, 1956	September 8, 1967
Social Credit	Solon Earl Low	April 6, 1944	March 9, 1967
CCF	M.J. Coldwell	July 29, 1942	August 10, 1960

Changes to party standings

By-elections

List of members

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

Key:

• Party leaders are italicized.
• Parliamentary assistants 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

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Acadia	Victor Quelch	Social Credit	1935	5th term
	Athabaska	Joseph Miville Dechene	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Battle River—Camrose	Robert Fair (died 11 November 1954)	Social Credit	1935	5th term
		James Alexander Smith (by-election of 1955-06-20)	Social Credit	1955	1st term
	Bow River	Charles Edward Johnston	Social Credit	1935	5th term
	Calgary North	Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Calgary South	Carl Nickle	Progressive Conservative	1951	2nd term
	Edmonton East	Ambrose Holowach	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Edmonton—Strathcona	Richmond Francis Hanna	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Edmonton West	George Prudham	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Jasper—Edson	Charles Yuill	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Lethbridge	John Horne Blackmore	Social Credit	1935	5th term
	Macleod	Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit	1935	5th term
	Medicine Hat	William Duncan Wylie	Social Credit	1945	3rd term
	Peace River	Solon Earl Low	Social Credit	1945	3rd term
	Red Deer	Frederick Davis Shaw	Social Credit	1940	4th term
	Vegreville	John Decore	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Wetaskiwin	Ray Thomas	Social Credit	1949	2nd term

British Columbia

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Burnaby—Coquitlam	Erhart Regier	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Burnaby—Richmond	Tom Goode	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Cariboo	Bert Leboe	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Coast—Capilano	James Sinclair	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Comox—Alberni	Thomas Speakman Barnett	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Esquimalt—Saanich	George Pearkes	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Fraser Valley	Alexander Bell Patterson	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Kamloops	Davie Fulton	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Kootenay East	James Allen Byrne	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Kootenay West	Herbert Wilfred Herridge	C.C.F.	1945	3rd term
	Nanaimo	Colin Cameron	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	New Westminster	George Hahn	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Okanagan Boundary	Owen Jones	C.C.F.	1948	3rd term
	Okanagan—Revelstoke	George McLeod	Social Credit	1953	1st term
	Skeena	Edward Applewhaite	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Vancouver—Burrard	Lorne MacDougall	Liberal	1949	2nd term
		Lorne MacDougall died on June 6, 1956	Vacant
	Vancouver Centre	Ralph Campney	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Vancouver East	Harold Winch	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Vancouver Kingsway	Angus MacInnis	C.C.F.	1930	6th term
	Vancouver Quadra	Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative	1935	5th term
	Vancouver South	Elmore Philpott	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Victoria	Francis Fairey	Liberal	1953	1st term

Manitoba

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Brandon—Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative	1951	2nd term
	Churchill	George Weaver	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Dauphin	Fred Zaplitny	C.C.F.	1945, 1953	2nd term*
	Lisgar	William Albert Pommer	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Marquette	Stuart Garson	Liberal	1948	3rd term
	Portage—Neepawa	William Gilbert Weir ‡	Liberal-Progressive	1930	6th term
	Provencher	René Jutras	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Selkirk	Robert James Wood (died 8 August 1954)	Liberal	1949	2nd term
		William Bryce (by-election of 1954-11-08)	C.C.F.	1943, 1954	4th term*
	Springfield	Anton Weselak	Liberal	1953	1st term
	St. Boniface	Fernand Viau	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Winnipeg North	Alistair Stewart	C.C.F.	1940	4th term
	Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	C.C.F.	1942	4th term
	Winnipeg South	Owen Trainor	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
		Owen Trainor died on November 28, 1956	Vacant
	Winnipeg South Centre	Gordon Churchill	Progressive Conservative	1951	2nd term

New Brunswick

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Charlotte	A. Wesley Stuart	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Gloucester	Hédard Robichaud	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Kent	Hervé Michaud	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Northumberland	George Roy McWilliam	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Restigouche—Madawaska	Joseph Gaspard Boucher	Liberal	1953	1st term
		Charles Van Horne (by-election of 1955-09-26)	Progressive Conservative	1955	1st term
	Royal	Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative	1935	5th term
	St. John—Albert	Thomas Miller Bell	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Victoria—Carleton	Gage Montgomery	Progressive Conservative	1952	2nd term
	Westmorland	Henry Murphy	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	York—Sunbury	Milton Fowler Gregg	Liberal	1947	3rd term

Newfoundland

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Bonavista—Twillingate	Jack Pickersgill	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Burin—Burgeo	Chesley William Carter	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Thomas G. W. Ashbourne	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Humber—St. George's	Herman Maxwell Batten	Liberal	1953	1st term
	St. John's East	Allan Fraser	Liberal	1953	1st term
	St. John's West	James Augustine Power	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Trinity—Conception	Leonard Stick	Liberal	1949	2nd term

Northwest Territories

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Mackenzie River	Merv Hardie	Liberal	1953	1st term

Nova Scotia

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Antigonish—Guysborough	J. Ralph Kirk	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Cape Breton North and Victoria	William Murdoch Buchanan	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Cape Breton South	Clarence Gillis	C.C.F.	1940	4th term
	Colchester—Hants	Gordon Purdy	Liberal	1935, 1953	3rd term*
	Cumberland	Azel Randolph Lusby	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Digby—Annapolis—Kings	George Nowlan	Progressive Conservative	1948, 1950	3rd term*
	Halifax*	Samuel Rosborough Balcom	Liberal	1950	2nd term
		John Dickey ‡	Liberal	1947	3rd term
	Inverness—Richmond	Allan MacEachen	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Pictou	Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Queens—Lunenburg	Robert Winters	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare	Thomas Kirk ‡	Liberal	1949	2nd term

Ontario

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Algoma East	Lester B. Pearson	Liberal	1948	3rd term
	Algoma West	George E. Nixon	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Brantford	James Elisha Brown	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Brant—Haldimand	John A. Charlton	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Broadview	George Hees	Progressive Conservative	1950	2nd term
	Bruce	Andrew Ernest Robinson	Progressive Conservative	1945, 1953	2nd term*
	Carleton	George Drew	Progressive Conservative	1948	3rd term
	Cochrane	Joseph-Anaclet Habel	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Danforth	Robert Hardy Small	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Davenport	Paul Hellyer ‡	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe	Progressive Conservative	1925	8th term
	Durham	John James	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Eglinton	Donald Fleming	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Elgin	Charles Delmer Coyle (died 19 January 1954)	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
		James Alexander McBain (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Progressive Conservative	1954	1st term
	Essex East	Paul Martin Sr.	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Essex South	Murray Clark	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Essex West	Donald Ferguson Brown	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Fort William	Dan McIvor	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Glengarry—Prescott	Raymond Bruneau	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Greenwood	James Macdonnell	Progressive Conservative	1945,[a] 1949	3rd term*
	Grenville—Dundas	Arza Clair Casselman	Progressive Conservative	1921, 1925	9th term*
	Grey—Bruce	Walter Harris	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Grey North	Colin Emerson Bennett ‡	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Halton	Sybil Bennett	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
		Sybil Bennett died on November 12, 1956	Vacant
	Hamilton East	Thomas Hambly Ross	Liberal	1940	4th term
		Thomas Hambly Ross died on November 20, 1956	Vacant
	Hamilton South	Russell Reinke	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Hamilton West	Ellen Fairclough	Progressive Conservative	1950	2nd term
	Hastings—Frontenac	George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
	Hastings South	Frank Follwell	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	High Park	Pat Cameron	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Huron	Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
	Kenora—Rainy River	William Moore Benidickson ‡	Liberal-Labour	1945	3rd term
	Kent	Blake Huffman	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Kingston	William Henderson	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Lambton—Kent	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal	1935, 1949	4th term*
	Lambton West	Joseph Warner Murphy	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Lanark	William Gourlay Blair	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Leeds	Hayden Stanton	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Lincoln	Harry Cavers	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	London	Robert Weld Mitchell	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Middlesex East	Harry Oliver White	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Middlesex West	Robert McCubbin ‡	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Niagara Falls	William Houck	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Nickel Belt	Léo Gauthier	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Nipissing	Jack Garland	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Norfolk	Raymond Elmer Anderson	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Northumberland	Frederick Robertson ‡	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Ontario	Michael Starr	Progressive Conservative	1952	2nd term
	Ottawa East	Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Ottawa West	George McIlraith	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Oxford	Wally Nesbitt	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Parkdale	John Hunter	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Parry Sound-Muskoka	Wilfred McDonald	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Peel	Gordon Graydon (died in office)	Progressive Conservative	1935	5th term
		John Pallett (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Progressive Conservative	1954	1st term
	Perth	J. Waldo Monteith	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Peterborough	Gordon Fraser	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
	Port Arthur	Clarence Decatur Howe	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Prince Edward—Lennox	George Tustin	Progressive Conservative	1935	5th term
	Renfrew North	James Forgie	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Renfrew South	James Joseph McCann	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Rosedale	Charles Henry	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Russell	Joseph-Omer Gour	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	St. Paul's	Roland Michener	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Simcoe East	William Alfred Robinson	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Simcoe North	Julian Ferguson	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
	Spadina	David Croll (until Senate appointment)	Liberal	1945	3rd term
		Charles Edward Rea (by-election of 24 October 1955)	Progressive Conservative	1955	1st term
	Stormont	Lionel Chevrier (until Saint Lawrence Seaway appointment)	Liberal	1935	5th term
		Albert Lavigne (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal	1954	1st term
	Sudbury	Rodger Mitchell	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Timiskaming	Ann Shipley	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Timmins	Karl Eyre	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Trinity	Lionel Conacher (died in office)	Liberal	1949	2nd term
		Donald Carrick (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal	1954	1st term
	Victoria	Clayton Hodgson	Progressive Conservative	1945	3rd term
	Waterloo North	Norman Schneider	Liberal	1952	2nd term
	Waterloo South	Arthur White	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Welland	William Hector McMillan	Liberal	1950	2nd term
	Wellington—Huron	Marvin Howe	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Wellington South	Henry Alfred Hosking	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Wentworth	Frank Lennard	Progressive Conservative	1935, 1945	4th term*
	York Centre	Al Hollingworth	Liberal	1953	1st term
	York East	Robert Henry McGregor	Progressive Conservative	1926	7th term
	York—Humber	Margaret Aitken	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	York North	Jack Smith	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	York—Scarborough	Frank Enfield	Liberal	1953	1st term
	York South	Joseph W. Noseworthy	C.C.F.	1942, 1949	3rd term*
		Joseph W. Noseworthy died on March 30, 1956	Vacant
	York West	Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
		John Borden Hamilton (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Progressive Conservative	1954	1st term

Prince Edward Island

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	King's	Thomas Joseph Kickham	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Prince	John Watson MacNaught ‡	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Queen's*	Angus MacLean	Progressive Conservative	1951	2nd term
		Neil Matheson	Liberal	1953	1st term

Quebec

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes	Philippe Valois	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Beauce	Raoul Poulin	Independent	1949	2nd term
	Beauharnois—Salaberry	Robert Cauchon	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Bellechasse	Louis-Philippe Picard (until resignation)	Liberal	1940	4th term
		Ovide Laflamme (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal	1955	1st term
	Berthier—Maskinongé—Delanaudière	Joseph Langlois	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Bonaventure	Bona Arsenault	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Brome—Missisquoi	Joseph-Léon Deslières	Liberal	1952	2nd term
	Cartier	Leon Crestohl	Liberal	1950	2nd term
	Chambly—Rouville	Roch Pinard ‡	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Champlain	Joseph Irenée Rochefort	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Chapleau	David Gourd	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Charlevoix	Auguste Maltais	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie	Jean Boucher	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Chicoutimi	Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Independent	1945	3rd term
	Compton—Frontenac	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette ‡	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Dollard	Guy Rouleau	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Dorchester	Robert Perron	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Drummond—Arthabaska	Armand Cloutier	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Gaspé	Léopold Langlois ‡	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Gatineau	Joseph-Célestin Nadon (died 17 December 1953)	Liberal	1949	2nd term
		Rodolphe Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Liberal	1936, 1954	3rd term*
	Hochelaga	Raymond Eudes	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Hull	Alexis Caron	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Charles Cannon	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Jacques-Cartier—Lasalle	Edgar Leduc	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm	Maurice Breton	Liberal	1950	2nd term
	Kamouraska	Arthur Massé	Independent Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Labelle	Gustave Roy	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Lac-Saint-Jean	André Gauthier	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Lafontaine	J.-Georges Ratelle	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Lapointe	Fernand Girard	Independent	1953	1st term
	Laurier	J.-Eugène Lefrançois	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Laval	Léopold Demers	Liberal	1948	3rd term
	Lévis	Maurice Bourget ‡	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Longueuil	Auguste Vincent	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Lotbinière	Hugues Lapointe	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Maisonneuve—Rosemont	Jean-Paul Deschatelets	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Matapédia—Matane	Léandre Thibault	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Mégantic	Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Mercier	Marcel Monette	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Montmagny—L'Islet	Jean Lesage	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Mount Royal	Alan Macnaughton	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Nicolet—Yamaska	Maurice Boisvert	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	William McLean Hamilton	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Outremont—St-Jean	Romuald Bourque	Liberal	1952	2nd term
	Papineau	Adrien Meunier	Independent Liberal	1953	1st term
	Pontiac—Témiscamingue	Hugh Proudfoot	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Portneuf	Pierre Gauthier	Liberal	1936	5th term
	Québec—Montmorency	Wilfrid Lacroix	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Quebec East	Louis St. Laurent	Liberal	1942	4th term
	Quebec South	Charles Gavan Power (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1917	10th term
		Francis (Frank) Gavan Power (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal	1955	1st term
	Quebec West	J.-Wilfrid Dufresne	Progressive Conservative	1953	1st term
	Richelieu—Verchères	Lucien Cardin ‡	Liberal	1952	2nd term
	Richmond—Wolfe	Ernest-Omer Gingras	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Rimouski	Gérard Légaré	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Roberval	Georges Villeneuve	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Saguenay	Lomer Brisson	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	St. Ann	Thomas Healy	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Saint-Antoine—Westmount	Douglas Abbott (until 1 July 1954 emoulment appointment)	Liberal	1940	4th term
		George Carlyle Marler (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal	1954	1st term
	Saint-Denis	Azellus Denis	Liberal	1935	5th term
	Saint-Henri	Joseph-Arsène Bonnier	Liberal	1938	5th term
	Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot	Joseph Fontaine	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Saint-Jacques	Roland Beaudry	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville	Alcide Côté (died 7 August 1955)	Liberal	1945	3rd term
		J.-Armand Ménard (by-election of 19 December 1955)	Liberal	1955	1st term
	St. Lawrence—St. George	Brooke Claxton (resigned 31 July 1954)	Liberal	1940	4th term
		Claude Richardson (by-election of 8 November 1954)	Liberal	1954	1st term
	Sainte-Marie	Hector Dupuis	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Saint-Maurice—Laflèche	Joseph-Adolphe Richard	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Shefford	Marcel Boivin	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Sherbrooke	Maurice Gingues	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Stanstead	Louis-Édouard Roberge	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Témiscouata	Jean-François Pouliot (until 28 July 1955 Senate appointment)	Liberal	1924	9th term
		Jean-Paul St. Laurent (by-election of 26 September 1955)	Liberal	1955	1st term
	Terrebonne	Lionel Bertrand	Liberal	1940	4th term
	Trois-Rivières	Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative	1949	2nd term
	Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Louis-René Beaudoin (†)	Liberal	1945	3rd term
	Verdun	Paul-Émile Côté ‡ (until 1 January 1954 emoulment appointment)	Liberal	1940	4th term
		Yves Leduc (by-election of 22 March 1954)	Liberal	1954	1st term
	Villeneuve	Armand Dumas	Liberal	1949	2nd term

Saskatchewan

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Assiniboia	Hazen Argue	C.C.F.	1945	3rd term
	Humboldt—Melfort	Hugh Alexander Bryson	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Kindersley	Merv Johnson	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Mackenzie	Alexander Malcolm Nicholson	C.C.F.	1940, 1953	3rd term*
	Meadow Lake	John Harrison	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	Melville	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	1936	5th term
	Moose Jaw—Lake Centre	Ross Thatcher	C.C.F.	1945	3rd term
Independent
	Moose Mountain	Edward McCullough	C.C.F.	1945,[b] 1953	2nd term*
	Prince Albert	John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative	1940	4th term
	Qu'Appelle	Henry Mang	Liberal	1953	1st term
	Regina City	Claude Ellis	C.C.F.	1953	1st term
	Rosetown—Biggar	Major James Coldwell	C.C.F.	1935	5th term
	Rosthern	Walter Tucker	Liberal	1935, 1953	4th term*
	Saskatoon	Roy Knight	C.C.F.	1945	3rd term
	Swift Current—Maple Creek	Irvin Studer	Liberal	1949	2nd term
	The Battlefords	Max Campbell	C.C.F.	1945, 1953	2nd term*
	Yorkton	George Hugh Castleden	C.C.F.	1940, 1953	3rd term*

Yukon

	Electoral district	Name	Party	First elected/previously elected	No. of terms
	Yukon	James Aubrey Simmons	Liberal	1949	2nd term

Legislation and motions

Act's which received royal assent under 22nd Parliament

1st Session

Source:^[1]

Public acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
December 16, 1953	1	Auditors for National Railways, An Act Respecting the Appointment of	9
	2	Children of War Dead (Education Assistance) Act, An Act to Amend the	27
	3	Customs Act, An Act to Amend the	29
	4	Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources Act	6
	5	Election Material for By-elections and Northwest Territories Elections, An Act Respecting the Use of	5
	6	National Parks Act, An Act to Amend the	28
	7	Pipe Lines Act, An Act to Amend the	10
February 16, 1954	8	Northwest Territories, An Act to Amend the Acts Respecting the	77
	9	Ontario-Manitoba Boundary Act, 1953	B
	10	Senate and House of Commons Act, An Act to Amend the	171
	11	United Kingdom Financial Agreement Act, 1953	78
March 4, 1954	12	Animal Contagious Diseases Act, An Act to Amend the	250
	13	Canadian Forces Act, 1954	80
	14	Explosives Act, An Act to Amend the	C
	15	Export Credits Insurance Act, An Act to Amend the	295
	16	Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, An Act to Amend the	176
	17	National Battlefields at Quebec, An Act to Amend an Act Respecting the	167
	18	Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act	251
	19	Patent Act, An Act to Amend the	177
	20	Post Office Act, An Act to Amend the	168
	21	Salaries Act, An Act to Amend the	172
	22	Telegraphs Act, An Act to Amend the	S
March 18, 1954	23	National Housing Act, 1954	102
March 31, 1954	24	Appropriation Act No. 1, 1954 (Interim)	391
	25	Appropriation Act No. 2, 1954 (Further Supplementary)	392
	26	Emergency Gold Mining Assistance Act, An Act to Amend the	376
	27	Export and Import Permits Act	374
	28	Fire Losses Replacement Account Act	377
May 27, 1954	29	Appropriation Act No. 3, 1954 (Interim)	465
	30	Department of Transport Act, An Act to Amend the	443
	31	Radio Act, An Act to Amend the	446
	32	Representation Act, An Act to Amend the	420
June 10, 1954	33	Bank of Canada Act, An Act to Amend the	297
	34	Canadian Citizenship Act, An Act to Amend the	C-15
	35	Excise Act, An Act to Amend the	448
	36	International Rapids Power Development Act, An Act to Amend the	B-15
	37	Navigable Waters Protection Act, An Act to Amend the	O-15
	38	Opium and Narcotic Drug Act, An Act to Amend the	K-13
	39	Post Office Act, An Act to Amend the	P-15
	40	Public Servants Inventions Act	444
	41	Quebec Savings Banks Act	419
	42	Research Council Act, An Act to Amend the	375
	43	Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, An Act to Amend the	464
	44	Superannuation of Government Employees Transferred to Crown Corporations, An Act to Amend Certain Acts Respecting the	461
	45	Vocational Training Co-ordination Act, An Act to Amend the	326
	46	War Service Grants Act, An Act to Amend the	82
June 26, 1954	47	Atomic Energy Control Act, An Act to Amend the	393
	48	Bank Act	338
	49	Canadian National Railway Company from St. Felicien to Chibougamau and from Chibougamau to Beattyville, and from Hillsport to Manitouwadge Lake, An Act Respecting the Construction of Lines of Railway by	442
	50	Canadian National Railways Financing and Guarantee Act, 1954	469
	51	Criminal Code	7
	52	Criminal Code (Race Meetings), An Act to Amend the	Q-15
	53	Customs Tariff, An Act to Amend the	468
	54	Diplomatic Immunities (Commonwealth Countries) Act	373
	55	Disabled Persons Act	462
	56	Excise Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	447
	57	Income Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	467
	58	Judges Act, An Act to Amend the	478
	59	Motor Vehicle Transport Act	474
	60	National Harbours Board Act, An Act to Amend the	I-13
	61	National Physical Fitness Act, An Act to Repeal the	475
	62	Pension Act, An Act to Amend the	339
	63	Pipe Lines Act, An Act to Amend the	477
	64	Public Service Superannuation Act, An Act to Amend the	463
	65	Veterans Benefit Act, 1954	101
	66	Veterans' Land Act, An Act to Amend the	459
	67	Appropriation Act No. 4, 1954	479

Local and Private Acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
March 4, March 31, May 27 and June 26, 1954	68	Canadian Pacific Railway Company, An Act Respecting	R-5
	69	Baloise Fire Insurance Company of Canada, An Act to Incorporate	L-13
	70	Commerce General Insurance Company (Name Changed from Commerce Mutual Fire Insurance Company), An Act Respecting	S-5
	71	Dominion Insurance Corporation (Name Changed from The Dominion Fire Insurance Company), An Act Respecting the	K-10
	72	Great Lakes Reinsurance Company, An Act Respecting the	Q-5
	73	Associated Canadian Travellers, An Act Respecting the	T-3
	74	Brazilian Telephone Company, An Act Respecting	W-8
	75	Canadian Nurses' Association, An Act Respecting	F-11
	76	Canadian Slovak League, An Act to Incorporate	N-15
	77	Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company, An Act Respecting	J-13
	78	Niagara Gas Transmission Limited to Construct, Own and Operate an Extra-Provincial Pipe Line, An Act to Authorize	D-10
	79	North American Baptists Inc. (Canada), An Act to Incorporate	G-11
	80	Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited, An Act Respecting	S-11
	81	Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada, An Act Respecting	M-2

2nd Session

Source:^[2]

Public acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
January 13, 1955	1	Unemployment Insurance Act, An Act to Amend the	6
March 24, 1955	2	Criminal Code, An Act to Amend the	O-8
	3	Financial Administration Act, An Act to Amend the	184
	4	National Harbours Board Act, An Act to Amend the	181
	5	Representation Act, An Act to Amend the	194
	6	Winnipeg and St. Boniface Harbour Commissioners Act, An Act to Amend the	D
March 31, 1955	7	Appropriation Act No. 1, 1955	284
	8	Appropriation Act No. 2, 1955	305
	9	Canada Grain Act, An Act to Amend the	245
	10	Canada-Ireland Income Tax Agreement Act, 1955	124
	11	Canada-Ireland Succession Duty Agreement Act, 1955	125
	12	Members of Parliament Retiring Allowances Act, An Act to Amend the	183
	13	War Veterans Allowance Act, 1952, An Act to Amend the	164
May 4, 1955	14	Exportation of Power and Fluids and Importation of Gas Act	4
	15	Foreign Aircraft Third Party Damage Act	F
	16	Public Service Superannuation Act, An Act to Amend the	189
	17	Territorial Lands Act, An Act to Amend the	E
May 26, 1955	18	Appropriation Act No. 3, 1955	413
	19	Emergency Gold Mining Assistance Act, An Act to Amend the	190
	20	Historic Sites and Monuments Act, An Act to Amend the	182
	21	Northwest Territories Act, An Act to Amend the	179
	22	Precious Metals Marking Act, An Act to Amend the	C
	23	Yukon Act, An Act to Amend the	180
June 28, 1955	24	Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Act, 1955	C-13
	25	Appropriation Act No. 4, 1955	509
	26	Blind Persons Act, An Act to Amend the	350
	27	Canada Agricultural Products Standards Act	411
	28	Canadian Forces Act, 1955	257
	29	Canadian National Railways Act	351
	30	Canadian National Railways Financing and Guarantee Act, 1955	451
	31	Canadian National Railways Refunding Act, 1955	450
	32	Customs Act, An Act to Amend the	410
	33	Government Employees Compensation Act, An Act to Amend the	188
	34	Great Lakes Fisheries Convention Act	279
	35	Library of Parliament Act	B
	36	Meat Inspection Act	352
	37	National Parks Act and to Establish a National Park in the province of Newfoundland, An Act to Amend the	261
	38	New Westminster Harbour Commissioners Loan Act, 1955	187
	39	Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, An Act to Amend the	5
	40	Prisons and Reformatories Act, An Act to Amend the	B-13
	41	Railway Act, An Act to Amend the	259
	42	Toronto Harbour Commissioners, The Toronto Terminals Railway Company, Canadian National Railway Company and Canadian Pacific Railway Company, An Act to Approve an Agreement Between the	262
	43	Veterans Benefit Act, 1954, An Act to Amend the	278
July 11, 1955	44	Canada Elections Act, An Act to Amend the	415
	45	Criminal Code (Race Meetings), An Act to Amend the	504
	46	Fisheries Improvement Loans Act	452
	47	International River Improvements Act	3
	48	Judges Act and the Judicature Provisions of the Yukon Act and the Northwest Territories Act, An Act to Amend the	505
	49	Municipal Grants Act, An Act to Amend the	258
	50	Unemployment Insurance Act	328
July 28, 1955	51	Customs Tariff, An Act to Amend the	506
	52	Defence Production Act, An Act to Amend the	256
	53	Excise Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	419
	54	Income Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	417
	55	Income Tax Act, the Railway Act and the Tariff Board Act in Respect of Salaries of Certain Public Officials, An Act to Amend the	56
	56	Prairie Farm Assistance Act, An Act to Amend the	481
	57	Radio Act, An Act to Amend the	26a
	58	St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act, An Act to Amend the	508
	59	Transport Act, An Act to Amend the	449
	60	Appropriation Act No. 5, 1955	510

Local and Private Acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
March 24, March 31, May 4, May 26, June 28, July 11 and July 28, 1955	61	Baudette and Rainy River Municipal Bridge Company	I-15
	62	Fredericton & Grand Lake Coal & Railway Company	F-10
	63	London and Port Stanley Railway Company and the Corporation of the City of London	Q-6
	64	St. Mary's River Bridge Company	N-81
	65	Caledonian-Canadian Insurance Company	C-8
	66	Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company	W-14
	67	Commercial Travellers' Association of Canada	S-12
	68	Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company	W-12
	69	Equitable Fire Insurance Company of Canada	V-12
	70	Gillespie Mortgage Corporation	A-13
	71	Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation Act, 1955	G
	72	Provident Assurance Company	J-16
	73	Victoria Insurance Company of Canada	B-8
	74	Sharp & Dohme (Canada) Ltd	G-10
	75	Consolidated Pipe Lines Company	C-14
	76	Petroleum Transmission Company	X-11
	77	S & M Pipeline Limited	W-11
	78	Stanmount Pipe Line Company	T-12
	79	Trans-Border Pipeline Company Ltd	Z-12
	80	Trans-Prairie Pipelines of Canada Ltd	U-12
	81	Westcoast Transmission Company Limited	B-14
	82	Westspur Pipe Line Company	N-9
	83	Yukon Pipelines Limited	X-12
	84	Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of Pembroke	A-6
	85	Seventh-day Adventists, An Act to Incorporate the Canadian Union Conference Corporation of	Y-12
	86	Bonaventure and Gaspe Telephone Company Limited	P-6
	87	Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, An Act to Consolidate and Amend Acts Relating to the	D-8

3rd Session

Source:^[3]

Public acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
March 7, 1956	1	Prairie Grain Producers Interim Financing Act	82
	2	Temporary Wheat Reserves Act	83
March 22, 1956	3	Appropriation Act No. 1, 1956 (Interim)	206
	4	Appropriation Act No. 2, 1956 (Further Supplementary)	207
June 7, 1956	5	Canada-Denmark Income Tax Agreement Act, 1956	8
	6	Canadian Citizenship Act, An Act to Amend the	B
	7	Department of Transport Act, An Act to Amend the	249
	8	Judges Act, An Act to Amend the	252
	9	National Housing Act, 1954, An Act to Amend the	215
	10	Northern Ontario Pipe Line Crown Corporation Act	298
	11	St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act, An Act to Amend the	216
	12	Trans-Canada Highway Act, An Act to Amend the	214
June 12, 1956	13	Appropriation Act No. 3, 1956 (Interim)	414
	14	Live Stock and Live Stock Products Act, An Act to Amend the	1-7
	15	Tariff Board Act, An Act to Amend the	290
June 26, 1956	16	Appropriation Act No. 4, 1956 (Interim)	435
	17	Canadian Farm Loan Act, An Act to Amend the	84
	18	Canadian Forces Act	416
	19	Canadian National Railway Company, An Act Respecting the Construction of a Line of Railway in the province of New Brunswick from a Point at or Near Bartibog in a Westerly Direction to the Tomogonops River in the Vicinity of Little River Lakes	248
	20	Emergency Gold Mining Assistance Act, An Act to Amend the	417
	21	Veterans' Business and Professional Loans Act, An Act to Amend the	253
July 11, 1956	22	Canada Lands Surveys Act, An Act to Amend the	254
	23	Canadian National Railways Financing and Guarantee Act, 1956	415
	24	Farm Improvement Loans Act, An Act to Amend the	208
	25	Industrial Development Bank Act, An Act to Amend the	165
	26	Unemployment Assistance Act	436
July 31, 1956	27	Appropriation Act No. 5, 1956 (Interim)	444
	28	Canadian and British Insurance Companies Act, An Act to Amend the	T
	29	Federal-Provincial Tax-Sharing Arrangements Act	442
	30	Foreign Insurance Companies Act, An Act to Amend the	S
	31	National Parks Act, Respecting the Boundaries of Cape Breton Highlands National Park, An Act to Amend the	P-8
August 14, 1956	32	Appropriation Act No. 6, 1956 (Main Supply)	453
	33	Canada-Germany Income Tax Agreements Act, 1956	452
	34	Canada Shipping Act, An Act to Amend the	H-7
	35	Canada-United States of America Tax Convention Act	451
	36	Customs Tariff, An Act to Amend the	448
	37	Excise Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	450
	38	Female Employees Equal Pay Act	445
	39	Income Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	418
	40	Indian Act, An Act to Amend the	439
	41	Navigable Waters Protection Act, An Act to Amend the	O-8
	42	Northwest Territories Power Commission Act, An Act to Amend the	250
	43	Post Office Act, An Act to Amend the	C
	44	Public Service Superannuation Act, An Act to Amend the	440
	45	Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, An Act to Amend the	446
	46	Small Loans Act, An Act to Amend the	51
	47	St. Lawrence Seaway Authority Act, An Act to Amend the	447
	48	Supreme Court Act and Criminal Code, An Act to Amend the	443
	49	Telegraphs Act, An Act to Amend the	212
	50	Unemployment Insurance Act, An Act to Amend the	449

Local and Private Acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
March 22, June 7, June 12, June 26, July 11 and August 14, 1956	51	Albion Insurance Company of Canada	H-10
	52	Canadian Council of Churches	Q-5
	53	Canadian Equity Insurance Company	J-2
	54	Canadian Pacific Railway Company	Q-8
	55	Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subsidiaries) Act, 1956	V-5
	56	Canadian Provincial Insurance Company	R-6
	57	Church of England in Canada, The General Synod of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, The Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of England in Canada and the Church of England Consolidated Trust Fund	D
	58	Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada	F-7
	59	Grand Falls Central Railway Company Limited	Y-9
	60	Hydrocarbons Pipeline Limited	Q
	61	Interprovincial Trust Company	R
	62	La Paix General Insurance Company of Canada	W-5
	63	Maritime Stock Breeders' Association	I-10
	64	Niagara Lower Arch Bridge Company Limited	J-14
	65	Ogdensburg Bridge Authority	B-10
	66	Pension Fund Society of the Dominion Bank	G-7
	67	Personal Finance Company of Canada	G-5
	68	Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway Company	Z-2
	69	Signature Loan and Finance Company	H-5
	70	Trans-Prairie Pipelines of Canada Ltd	A-10
	71	Trois-Rivières Bridge	Z-9
	72	Western Gospel Mission	F-5

4th Session

Source:^[4]

Public acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
November 29, 1956	1	Appropriation Act, No. 7, 1956	2

5th Session

Source:^[5]

Public acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
February 6, 1957	1	Appropriation Act No. 1, 1957	25
March 28, 1957	2	Appropriation Act No. 2, 1957
	3	Canada Council Act	47
	4	Canada Shipping Act, An Act to Amend the	G-210
	5	Canadian Farm Loan Act, An Act to Amend the	159
	6	Canadian Wheat Board Act, An Act to Amend the	9
	7	Export and Import Permits Act, An Act to Amend the	C-206
	8	Export Credit Insurance Act, An Act to Amend the	46
	9	Merchant Seamen Compensation Act, An Act to Amend the	178
	10	Municipal Grants Act, An Act to Amend the	158
	11	Pacific Salmon Fisheries Convention Act	180
	12	Quebec Savings Banks Act, An Act to Amend the	Q-106
April 1, 1957	13	Appropriation Act No. 3, 1957	360
April 12, 1957	14	Appropriation Act No. 4, 1957	418
	15	Agricultural Products Marketing Act, An Act to Amend the	403
	16	Canada-Netherlands Income Tax Agreement Act, 1957	413
	17	Canada-South Africa Death Duties Agreement Act, 1957	415
	18	Canada-South Africa Income Tax Agreement Act, 1957	414
	19	Canadian National Railways Financing and Guarantee Act, 1957	411
	20	Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act, An Act to Amend the	H-240
	21	Customs Tariff, An Act to Amend the	408
	22	Dominion Succession Duty Act, An Act to Amend the	410
	23	Eastern Rocky Mountain Forest Conservation Act, An Act to Amend the	X7-225
	24	Exchequer Court Act, An Act to Amend the	160
	25	Excise Act, An Act to Amend the	409
	26	Excise Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	406
	27	Fertilizers Act	R12-400
	28	Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act	320
	29	Income Tax Act, An Act to Amend the	407
	30	Judges Act, An Act to Amend the	416
	31	Pacific Fur Seals Convention Act	412
	32	Prairie Farm Assistance Act, An Act to Amend the	157
	33	Prairie Grain Producers Interim Financing Act, 1956, An Act to Amend the	263
	34	Prisons and Reformatories Act, An Act to Amend the	U9-282
	35	Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, An Act to Amend the	E-226
	36	Territorial Lands Act, An Act to Amend the	F-209
	37	United Kingdom Financial Agreement Act, 1946, An Act to Amend the	238
	38	Windsor Harbour Commissioners Act	R1-224
	39	Appropriation Act No. 5 (Main Supply), 1957	419

Local and Private Acts

Date of Assent	Index	Title	Bill Number
March 28, April 1 and April 12, 1957	40	Canadian Pacific Railway Company (Subsidiaries) Act, 1957	S-16
	41	Alliance Nationale, An Act Respecting	T5-204
	42	British America Assurance Company, An Act Respecting	M8-242
	43	Canadian Co-operative Credit Society Limited, An Act Respecting	V5-207
	44	Equitable Fire Insurance Company of Canada, An Act Respecting	K8-265
	45	Kings Mutual Insurance Company, An Act to Incorporate	A5-205
	46	Life Underwriters Association of Canada, An Act Respecting	J-14
	47	North Waterloo Farmers Mutual Insurance Company, An Act to Incorporate	W7-243
	48	Progressive Insurance Company of Canada, An Act Respecting	F11-343
	49	Western Assurance Company, An Act Respecting	L8-241
	50	Alaska-Yukon Pipelines Ltd., An Act to Incorporate	P1-105
	51	Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec, An Act Respecting	Q12-344
	52	Bishop of the Arctic, An Act Respecting	N8-264
	53	Les Révérends Pères Oblats de l'Immaculée Conception de Marie, An Act Respecting	I7-266
	54	Oblate Fathers of Assumption Province, An Act to Incorporate	T-71
	55	Salvation Army, Canada East, An Act Respecting the Governing Council of The, and the Governing Council of The Salvation Army, Canada West	U5-203

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

Notes

1. ^ Muskoka—Ontario
2. ^ Assiniboia

References

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2. ^ Cloutier, Edmond. "SECOND SESSION, TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT 3-4 ELIZABETH II, 1955". Journals of the Senate of Canada. 99: 585–588. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
3. ^ Cloutier, Edmond. "THIRD SESSION, TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT 4-5 ELIZABETH II, 1956". Journals of the Senate of Canada. 100: 623–625. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
4. ^ Cloutier, Edmond. "FOURTH (SPECIAL) SESSION, TWENTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT 4-5 ELIZABETH II, 1956-57". Journals of the Senate of Canada. 101: 21. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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