The 35th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 17, 1994 until April 27, 1997. The membership was set by the 1993 federal election on October 25, 1993, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1997 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Bloc Québécois, led first by Lucien Bouchard, then by Michel Gauthier, and finally by Gilles Duceppe.
The Speaker was Gilbert Parent. See also list of Canadian electoral districts 1987-1997 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were two sessions of the 35th Parliament:
Party standings
The party standings as of the election and as of dissolution were as follows:
Members of the House of Commons in the 35th parliament arranged by province.
Newfoundland
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Brian Tobin left parliament in 1996 to become premier of Newfoundland;
Gerry Byrne was elected in a
by-election to replace him.**
Bill Rompkey was appointed to the
Senate in September 1995; Lawrence O'Brien was elected to replace him in a 1996 by-election.*
Gaston Péloquin died in a car accident in 1994, and was replaced by
Denis Paradis in a by-election on February 13, 1995.**
Lucien Bouchard left parliament in 1995 to become premier of Quebec;
Stéphan Tremblay is elected in a by-election to replace him.***
André Ouellet was appointed head of
Canada Post, and was replaced by
Pierre Pettigrew in a March 25, 1996 by-election****
David Berger was appointed Canadian Ambassador to
Israel and high commissioner to Cyprus in 1994, and was replaced by
Lucienne Robillard in a February 13, 1995 by-election.*****
Shirley Maheu was appointed to the Senate, and was replaced by
Stéphane Dion also in a March 26, 1996 by-election.*
Dennis Mills quit the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent Liberal in May 1996, but returned to the party in August of the same year.**
Roy MacLaren was appointed High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom, and his seat was filled by
Roy Cullen in a 1996 by-election.***
Jag Bhaduria was expelled from the Liberal Party for falsifying his credentials.****
Jean-Robert Gauthier was appointed to the Senate in 1994, and replaced by Mauril Belanger in a 1995 by-election.*****
John Nunziata was expelled from the Liberal Party for voting against the 1996 budget on April 16 of that year, and sat for the rest of the session as an Independent.*
Jan Brown was suspended from the
Reform Party, and then quit the party to sit as an Independent Reform member.
