- 28th Canadian Parliament
The 28th Canadian Parliament was in session from
September 12 ,1968 untilSeptember 1 ,1972 . The membership was set by the 1968 federal election onJune 25 ,1968 , and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1972 election.It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau and the20th Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party led byRobert Stanfield .The Speaker was
Lucien Lamoureux . See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.There were four sessions of the 28th Parliament:
Nova Scotia
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* Bernard Pilon died in office onNovember 17 ,1970 . He was replaced byYvon Heureux in a1971 by-election :** Bernard Dumont resigned from parliament and was replaced byLéopold Corriveau in a1970 by-election:*** Roch La Salle quit the Tory party onMay 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 toFrance and was replaced byMaurice Dupras in a 1970 by-election:††Raymond Rock crossed the floor onMarch 12 ,1972 over protests that the government gavebackbencher s too little influence:†††Joseph-Alfred Mongrain died in office onDecember 23 ,1970 and was replaced byClaude G. Lajoie in a 1971 by-electionOntario
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* A.B. Douglas died in office and was replaced byBill Knight in a1971 by-election Alberta
References
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