29th Parliament of Canada

29th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
January 4, 1973 (1973-01-04) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau (20th Canadian Ministry) April 20, 1968 (1968-04-20) – June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04)
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Robert Stanfield November 6, 1967 (1967-11-06) – November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Third parties	New Democratic Party
	Social Credit Party
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. Lucien Lamoureux January 18, 1966 (1966-01-18) – September 29, 1974 (1974-09-29)
Government House Leader	Hon. Allan MacEachen September 24, 1970 (1970-09-24) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Ged Baldwin July 27, 1968 (1968-07-27) – September 20, 1973 (1973-09-20)
	Hon. Thomas Bell September 21, 1973 (1973-09-21) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)
Members	264 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Muriel Fergusson December 14, 1972 (1972-12-14) – September 11, 1974 (1974-09-11)
Government Senate Leader	Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01) – August 7, 1974 (1974-08-07)
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Jacques Flynn October 31, 1967 (1967-10-31) – May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22)
Senators	102 senator seats List of senators
Sessions
1st Session January 4, 1973 (1973-01-04) – February 26, 1974 (1974-02-26)
2nd Session February 27, 1974 (1974-02-27) – May 9, 1974 (1974-05-09)
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The 29th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 4, 1973, until May 9, 1974. The membership was set by the 1972 federal election on October 30, 1972, and it was dissolved prior to the 1974 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry, with the support of David Lewis's New Democratic Party. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by Robert Stanfield.

The Speaker was Lucien Lamoureux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1966-1976 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

The government lost the confidence of the house when finance minister John Turner’s budget was defeated by a vote of 137 – 123 in 1974, prompting the prime minister to seek dissolution of parliament for the next election.

There were two sessions of the 29th Parliament:

Members of the House of Commons in the 29th parliament arranged by province.

No by-elections were called during the 29th Parliament. Two seats remained vacant when the 1974 federal election was called.

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