31st Canadian Parliament

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Canadian Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The membership was set by the 1979 federal election on May 22, 1979, and it was dissolved after the minority government of Joe Clark failed to pass a Motion of Confidence on December 13, 1979. The dissolution of parliament led to the 1980 federal election. Lasting only 66 days from first sitting to dissolution, and only nine months from election to election, the 31st was the shortest parliament in Canadian history.

The 31st Parliament was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party minority led by Prime Minister Joe Clark and the 21st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by former prime minister Pierre Trudeau.

The Speaker was James Jerome. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1976-1987 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There was only one session of the 31st Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	October 9, 1979	December 14, 1979

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Party standingsEdit

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

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Affiliation	1979 election results	At dissolution	On election day 1979<ref>Members of the Canadian Senate are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and remain as senators until the age of 75, even if the House of Commons has been dissolved or an election has been called.</ref>	At dissolution Template:Canadian party colour	136	136	18	28 Template:Canadian party colour	114	114	73	71 Template:Canadian party colour	26	27	0	0 Template:Canadian party colour	6	5	1	1 Template:Canadian party colour	0	0	2	2 Template:Canadian party colour	0	0	1	1
Total members	282	282	92	103 Template:Canadian party colour	0	0	9	1
Total seats	282		104

Members of the House of CommonsEdit

Members of the House of Commons in the 31st parliament arranged by province.

NewfoundlandEdit

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Riding		Member
Bonavista—Trinity—Conception	Dave Rooney	Liberal
Burin—St. George's	Donald Jamieson	Liberal
Burin—St. George's	Roger Simmons*	Liberal
Gander—Twillingate	George Baker	Liberal
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Bill Rompkey	Liberal
Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe	Fonse Faour	New Democrat
St. John's East	James McGrath	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West	John Crosbie	Progressive Conservative

* Donald Jamieson resigned from parliament and was replaced by Roger Simmons in a September 19, 1979, by-election

Prince Edward IslandEdit

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Riding		Member
Cardigan	Wilbur MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Egmont	David MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Hillsborough	Thomas McMillan	Progressive Conservative
Malpeque	Melbourne Gass	Progressive Conservative

Nova ScotiaEdit

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Riding		Member
Annapolis Valley—Hants	Pat Nowlan	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso	Allan MacEachen	Liberal
Cape Breton—East Richmond	Andrew Hogan	New Democrat
Cape Breton—The Sydneys	Russell MacLellan	Liberal
Central Nova	Elmer MacKay	Progressive Conservative
Cumberland—Colchester	Robert Coates	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth—Halifax East	Michael Forrestall	Progressive Conservative
Halifax	George Cooper	Progressive Conservative
Halifax West	Howard Crosby	Progressive Conservative
South Shore	Lloyd Crouse	Progressive Conservative
South Western Nova	Charles Haliburton	Progressive Conservative

New BrunswickEdit

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Riding		Member
Carleton—Charlotte	Fred McCain	Progressive Conservative
Fundy—Royal	Robert Corbett	Progressive Conservative
Gloucester	Herb Breau	Liberal
Madawaska—Victoria	Eymard Corbin	Liberal
Moncton	Gary McCauley	Liberal
Northumberland—Miramichi	Maurice Dionne	Liberal
Restigouche	Maurice Harquail	Liberal
Saint John	Eric Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland—Kent	Roméo LeBlanc	Liberal
York—Sunbury	J. Robert Howie	Progressive Conservative

QuebecEdit

Riding		Member	Political party
Abitibi	Armand Caouette	Social Credit
Argenteuil	Robert Gourd	Liberal Template:Canadian party colour	Beauce	Fabien Roy	Social Credit
Beauharnois—Salaberry	Gérald Laniel	Liberal Template:Canadian party colour	Bellechasse	Joseph Lambert	Social Credit
Berthier—Maskinongé	Antonio Yanakis	Liberal
Blainville—Deux-Montagnes	Francis Fox	Liberal
Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine	Rémi Bujold	Liberal
Bourassa	Carlo Rossi	Liberal
Chambly	Raymond Dupont	Liberal
Champlain	Michel Veillette	Liberal
Charlesbourg	Pierre Bussières	Liberal
Charlevoix	Charles Lapointe	Liberal
Châteauguay	Ian Watson	Liberal
Chicoutimi	Marcel Dionne	Liberal
Dollard	Louis Desmarais	Liberal
Drummond	Yvon Pinard	Liberal
Duvernay	Yves Demers	Liberal
Frontenac	Léopold Corriveau	Liberal
Gamelin	Arthur Portelance	Liberal
Gaspé	Alexander Cyr	Liberal
Gatineau	René Cousineau	Liberal
Hochelaga—Maisonneuve	Serge Joyal	Liberal
Hull	Joseph Isabelle	Liberal
Joliette	Roch La Salle	Progressive Conservative
Jonquière	Gilles Marceau	Liberal
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup	Rosaire Gendron	Liberal
Labelle	Maurice Dupras	Liberal
Lac-Saint-Jean	Marcel Lessard	Liberal
Lachine	Roderick Blaker	Liberal
Langelier	J. Gilles Lamontagne	Liberal
La Prairie	Pierre Deniger	Liberal
Lasalle	John Campbell	Liberal
Laurier	David Berger	Liberal
Laval	Marcel-Claude Roy	Liberal
Laval-des-Rapides	Jeanne Sauvé	Liberal
Lévis	Raynald Guay	Liberal
Longueuil	Joseph Mario Jacques Olivier	Liberal Template:Canadian party colour	Lotbiniere	Richard Janelle	Social Credit
Progressive Conservative			Lotbiniere	Richard Janelle
Louis-Hébert	Dennis Dawson	Liberal
Manicouagan	André Maltais	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane	Pierre de Bané	Liberal
Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead	Claude Tessier	Liberal
Mercier	Céline Hervieux-Payette	Liberal
Missisquoi	Heward Grafftey	Progressive Conservative
Montmorency	Louis Duclos	Liberal
Mount Royal	Pierre Trudeau	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	Warren Allmand	Liberal
Outremont	Marc Lalonde	Liberal
Papineau	André Ouellet	Liberal
Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle	Thomas Lefebvre	Liberal
Portneuf	Rolland Dion	Liberal
Québec-Est	Gérard Duquet	Liberal
Richelieu	Jean-Louis Leduc	Liberal
Richmond	Alain Tardif	Liberal Template:Canadian party colour	Rimouski	Eudore Allard	Social Credit Template:Canadian party colour	Roberval	Charles-Arthur Gauthier	Social Credit
Rosemont	Claude-André Lachance	Liberal
Saint-Denis	Marcel Prud'homme	Liberal
Saint-Henri—Westmount	Donald Johnston	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe	Marcel Ostiguy	Liberal
Saint-Jacques	Jacques Guilbault	Liberal
Saint-Jean	Paul-André Massé	Liberal
Saint-Léonard—Anjou	Monique Bégin	Liberal
Saint-Maurice	Jean Chrétien	Liberal
Saint-Michel	Marie Thérèse Killens	Liberal
Sainte-Marie	Jean-Claude Malépart	Liberal
Shefford	Jean Lapierre	Liberal
Sherbrooke	Irénée Pelletier	Liberal
Témiscamingue	Henri Tousignant	Liberal
Terrebonne	Joseph-Roland Comtois	Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Claude G. Lajoie	Liberal
Vaudreuil	Harold Herbert	Liberal
Verchères	Bernard Pierre Loiselle	Liberal
Verdun	Pierre Savard	Liberal

OntarioEdit

Riding		Member
Algoma	Maurice Foster	Liberal
Beaches	Robin Richardson	Progressive Conservative
Brampton—Georgetown	John McDermid	Progressive Conservative
Brant	Derek Blackburn	New Democrat
Broadview—Greenwood	Bob Rae	New Democrat
Bruce—Grey	Gary Gurbin	Progressive Conservative
Burlington	Bill Kempling	Progressive Conservative
Cambridge	Chris Speyer	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane	Keith Penner	Liberal
Davenport	Charles Caccia	Liberal
Don Valley East	Sam Wakim	Progressive Conservative
Don Valley West	John Bosley	Progressive Conservative
Durham—Northumberland	Allan Lawrence	Progressive Conservative
Eglinton—Lawrence	Roland de Corneille	Liberal
Elgin	John Wise	Progressive Conservative
Erie	Girve Fretz	Progressive Conservative
Essex—Kent	Robert Daudlin	Liberal
Essex—Windsor	Eugene Whelan	Liberal
Etobicoke Centre	Michael Wilson	Progressive Conservative
Etobicoke North	Roy MacLaren	Liberal
Etobicoke—Lakeshore	Ken Robinson	Liberal
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell	Denis Éthier	Liberal
Grey—Simcoe	Gus Mitges	Progressive Conservative
Guelph	Albert Fish	Progressive Conservative
Haldimand—Norfolk	Bud Bradley	Progressive Conservative
Halton	Otto Jelinek	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton East	John Carr Munro	Liberal
Hamilton Mountain	Duncan Beattie	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton—Wentworth	Geoffrey Scott	Progressive Conservative
Hamilton West	Lincoln Alexander	Progressive Conservative
Hastings—Frontenac	William Vankoughnet	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Bruce	Robert McKinley	Progressive Conservative
Kenora—Rainy River	John Mercer Reid	Liberal
Kent	John Holmes	Progressive Conservative
Kingston and the Islands	Flora MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Kitchener	John Reimer	Progressive Conservative
Lambton—Middlesex	Sidney Fraleigh	Progressive Conservative
Lanark—Renfrew—Carleton	Paul Dick	Progressive Conservative
Leeds—Grenville	Thomas Cossitt	Progressive Conservative
Lincoln	Kenneth Higson	Progressive Conservative
London East	Charles Turner	Liberal
London West	Judd Buchanan	Liberal
London—Middlesex	Nelson Elliott	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga North	Alex Jupp	Progressive Conservative
Mississauga South	Donald Blenkarn	Progressive Conservative
Nepean—Carleton	Walter Baker	Progressive Conservative
Niagara Falls	Jake Froese	Progressive Conservative
Nickel Belt	John Rodriguez	New Democrat
Nipissing	Jean-Jacques Blais	Liberal
Northumberland	George Hees	Progressive Conservative
Ontario	Thomas Fennell	Progressive Conservative
Oshawa	Ed Broadbent	New Democrat
Ottawa—Carleton	Jean-Luc Pépin	Liberal
Ottawa Centre	John Evans	Liberal
Ottawa West	Kenneth Binks	Progressive Conservative
Ottawa—Vanier	Jean-Robert Gauthier	Liberal
Oxford	Bruce Halliday	Progressive Conservative
Parkdale—High Park	Jesse Flis	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka	Stan Darling	Progressive Conservative
Perth	William Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
Peterborough	Bill Domm	Progressive Conservative
Prince Edward—Hastings	Jack Ellis	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke	Len Hopkins	Liberal
Rosedale	David Crombie	Progressive Conservative
Sarnia	Bill Campbell	Progressive Conservative
Sault Ste. Marie	Cyril Symes	New Democrat
Scarborough Centre	Diane Stratas	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough East	Gordon Gilchrist	Progressive Conservative
Scarborough West	William Wightman	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe North	Doug Lewis	Progressive Conservative
Simcoe South	Ronald Stewart	Progressive Conservative
Spadina	Peter Stollery	Liberal
St. Catharines	Joseph Reid	Progressive Conservative
St. Paul's	Ron Atkey	Progressive Conservative
Stormont—Dundas	Ed Lumley	Liberal
Sudbury	James Jerome	Liberal
Thunder Bay—Atikokan	Paul McRae	Liberal
Thunder Bay—Nipigon	Robert Andras	Liberal
Timiskaming	Arnold Peters	New Democrat
Timmins—Chapleau	Ray Chénier	Liberal
Trinity	Aideen Nicholson	Liberal
Victoria—Haliburton	William Scott	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo	Walter Maclean	Progressive Conservative
Welland	Gilbert Parent	Liberal
Wellington—Dufferin—Simcoe	Perrin Beatty	Progressive Conservative
Willowdale	Bob Jarvis	Progressive Conservative
Windsor West	Herb Gray	Liberal
Windsor—Walkerville	Mark MacGuigan	Liberal
York Centre	Bob Kaplan	Liberal
York East	Ron Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
York North	John Gamble	Progressive Conservative
York—Scarborough	Paul McCrossan	Progressive Conservative
York South—Weston	Ursula Appolloni	Liberal
York—Peel	Sinclair Stevens	Progressive Conservative
York West	James Fleming	Liberal

ManitobaEdit

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Riding		Member
Brandon—Souris	Walter Dinsdale	Progressive Conservative
Churchill	Rodney Murphy	New Democrat
Dauphin	William Gordon Ritchie	Progressive Conservative
Lisgar	Jack Murta	Progressive Conservative
Portage—Marquette	Charles Mayer	Progressive Conservative
Provencher	Jake Epp	Progressive Conservative
Selkirk—Interlake	Terry Sargeant	New Democrat
St. Boniface	Robert Bockstael	Liberal
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	New Democrat
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles	New Democrat
Winnipeg—Assiniboine	Dan McKenzie	Progressive Conservative
Winnipeg—Birds Hill	Bill Blaikie	New Democrat
Winnipeg—Fort Garry	Lloyd Axworthy	Liberal
Winnipeg—St. James	Bob Lane	Progressive Conservative

SaskatchewanEdit

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Riding		Member
Assiniboia	Leonard Gustafson	Progressive Conservative
Humboldt—Lake Centre	George Richardson	Progressive Conservative
Kindersley—Lloydminster	Bill McKnight	Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie	Stanley Korchinski	Progressive Conservative
Moose Jaw	Douglas Neil	Progressive Conservative
Prince Albert	John Diefenbaker*	Progressive Conservative
Prince Albert	Stan Hovdebo	New Democrat
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain	Alvin Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
Regina East	Simon De Jong	New Democrat
Regina West	Leslie Benjamin	New Democrat
Saskatoon East	Robert Ogle	New Democrat
Saskatoon West	Ray Hnatyshyn	Progressive Conservative
Swift Current—Maple Creek	Frank Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
The Battlefords—Meadow Lake	Terry Nylander	Progressive Conservative
Yorkton—Melville	Lorne Nystrom	New Democrat

*John Diefenbaker died on August 16, 1979; Stan Hovdebo won the following November 19th by-election to fill his seat

AlbertaEdit

Riding		Member
Athabasca	Paul Yewchuk	Progressive Conservative
Bow River	Gordon Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Calgary Centre	Harvie Andre	Progressive Conservative
Calgary East	John Kushner	Progressive Conservative
Calgary North	Eldon Woolliams	Progressive Conservative
Calgary South	John Thomson	Progressive Conservative
Calgary West	Jim Hawkes	Progressive Conservative
Crowfoot	Arnold Malone	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton East	William Yurko	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton North	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton South	Douglas Roche	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton West	Marcel Lambert	Progressive Conservative
Edmonton—Strathcona	David Kilgour	Progressive Conservative
Lethbridge—Foothills	Blaine Thacker	Progressive Conservative
Medicine Hat	Bert Hargrave	Progressive Conservative
Peace River	Ged Baldwin	Progressive Conservative
Pembina	Peter Elzinga	Progressive Conservative
Red Deer	Gordon Towers	Progressive Conservative
Vegreville	Don Mazankowski	Progressive Conservative
Wetaskiwin	Kenneth Schellenberger	Progressive Conservative
Yellowhead	Joe Clark	Progressive Conservative

British ColumbiaEdit

Riding		Member
Burnaby	Svend Robinson	New Democrat
Capilano	Ron Huntington	Progressive Conservative
Cariboo—Chilcotin	Lorne Greenaway	Progressive Conservative
Comox—Powell River	Raymond Skelly	New Democrat
Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands	Don L. Taylor	Progressive Conservative
Esquimalt—Saanich	Donald Munro	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley East	Alexander Patterson	Progressive Conservative
Fraser Valley West	Robert Wenman	Progressive Conservative
Kamloops—Shuswap	Don Cameron	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay East—Revelstoke	Stan Graham	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay West	Robert Brisco	Progressive Conservative
Mission—Port Moody	Mark Rose	New Democrat
Nanaimo—Alberni	Edward Miller	New Democrat
New Westminster—Coquitlam	Pauline Jewett	New Democrat
North Vancouver—Burnaby	Chuck Cook	Progressive Conservative
Okanagan North	George Whittaker	Progressive Conservative
Okanagan—Similkameen	Frederick King	Progressive Conservative
Prince George—Bulkley Valley	Robert McCuish	Progressive Conservative
Prince George—Peace River	Frank Oberle	Progressive Conservative
Richmond—South Delta	Tom Siddon	Progressive Conservative
Skeena	James Fulton	New Democrat
Surrey—White Rock—North Delta	Benno Friesen	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver Centre	Arthur Phillips	Liberal
Vancouver East	Margaret Ann Mitchell	New Democrat
Vancouver Kingsway	Ian Waddell	New Democrat
Vancouver Quadra	Bill Clarke	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South	John Fraser	Progressive Conservative
Victoria	Allan McKinnon	Progressive Conservative

Northern TerritoriesEdit

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Riding		Member
Nunatsiaq	Peter Ittinuar	New Democrat
Western Arctic	Dave Nickerson	Progressive Conservative
Yukon	Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative

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By-electionsEdit

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SuccessionEdit

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