36th Canadian Parliament

36th Parliament of Canada
36th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
22 September 1997 – 22 October 2000
Parliament leaders
Prime; Minister	Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien; November 4, 1993 – December 12, 2003
Cabinet	26th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the; Opposition	Hon. Preston Manning; 1997 – March 26, 2000
	Hon. Deborah Grey; March 27, 2000 – September 10, 2000
	Hon. Stockwell Day; September 11, 2000 – December 11, 2001
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Reform Party*
Senate Opp.	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	Bloc Québécois
	New Democratic Party
	* Changed its name to Canadian Alliance partway through the Parliament.
House of Commons
	; Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the; Commons	Hon. Gilbert Parent; January 17, 1994 – January 28, 2001
Government; House Leader	Hon. Don Boudria; June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002
Opposition; House Leader	Hon. Randy White; June 20, 1997 – January 30, 2000
	Hon. Chuck Strahl; February 1, 2000 – April 24, 2001
Members	301 MP seats; List of members
Senate
	; Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the; Senate	Hon. Gildas Molgat; November 22, 1994 – January 25, 2001
Government; Senate Leader	Hon. Alasdair Graham; June 11, 1997 – October 3, 1999
	Hon. Bernie Boudreau; October 4, 1999 – October 26, 2000
Opposition; Senate Leader	Hon. John Lynch-Staunton; December 15, 1993 – September 30, 2004
Senators	104 senator seats; List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II; 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Governor; General	Roméo LeBlanc; 8 February 1995 – 7 October 1999
	Adrienne Clarkson; 7 October 1999 – 27 September 2005
Sessions
	1st session; September 22, 1997 – September 18, 1999
	2nd session; October 12, 1999 – October 22, 2000
← 35th	→ 37th

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 until it was dissolved prior to the 2000 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the 26th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was first the Reform Party, led by Preston Manning, and then its successor party, the Canadian Alliance led by interim leader Deborah Grey.

The Speaker was Gilbert Parent. 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. Although five major parties ran for the 35th Parliament, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party both failed to win official party status in that parliament.

There were two sessions of the 36th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 22, 1997	September 18, 1999
2nd	October 12, 1999	October 22, 2000