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
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until it was dissolved prior to the
2000 election.
It was controlled by a
Liberal Party
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majority under
Prime Minister
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Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.
Born and raised in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec, Chrétien is a law graduate from Uni ...
and the
26th Canadian Ministry. The
Official Opposition
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was first the
Reform Party, led by
Preston Manning
Ernest Preston Manning (born June 10, 1942) is a Canadian retired politician. He was the founder and the only leader of the Reform Party of Canada, a Canadian federal political party that evolved into the Canadian Alliance in 2000 which in tur ...
, and then its successor party, the
Canadian Alliance
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led by interim leader
Deborah Grey
Deborah Cleland Grey, (born July 1, 1952) is a retired Canadian member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada, the Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the first female leader of the Opposition in ...
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The
Speaker
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was
Gilbert Parent
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Parent was born on July 25, 1935, in Mattawa, Ontario, ...
. 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
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. Although five major parties ran for the
35th Parliament, the
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
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and the
New Democratic Party
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both failed to win official party status in that parliament.
There were two
sessions of the 36th Parliament:
Party standings
The party standings as of the election and as of
dissolution
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were as follows:
Members of the House of Commons
By-elections
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Succession
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Jean Chrétien
1997 establishments in Canada
2000 disestablishments in Canada
1997 in Canadian politics
1998 in Canadian politics
1999 in Canadian politics
2000 in Canadian politics