24th Canadian Parliament

24th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
12 May 1958 – 19 April 1962
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	John Diefenbaker
Cabinet	18th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Lester B. Pearson
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Crossbench	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Members	265 MP seats List of members
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Sessions
1st session 1958-05-12 – 1958-09-06
2nd session 1959-01-15 – 1959-07-18
3rd session 1960-01-14 – 1960-08-10
4th session 1960-11-17 – 1961-09-29
5th session 1962-01-18 – 1962-04-19
← 23rd → 25th

The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.

It was controlled by a Progressive Conservative Party majority, which won the largest majority in Canadian history, under Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and the 18th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Lester B. Pearson.

The Speaker was Roland Michener. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1952-1966 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 24th Parliament.