36th Canadian Parliament

36th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) – October 22, 2000 (2000-10-22)
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister (cabinet)	Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien (26th Canadian Ministry) November 4, 1993 (1993-11-04) – December 12, 2003 (2003-12-12)
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Preston Manning 1997 (1997) – March 26, 2000 (2000-03-26)
	Hon. Deborah Grey (interim) March 27, 2000 (2000-03-27) – September 10, 2000 (2000-09-10)
	Hon. September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11) – December 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Reform Party*
Third parties	Bloc Québécois
	New Democratic Party
	Progressive Conservative 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 (1994-01-17) – January 28, 2001
Government House Leader	Hon. Don Boudria June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11) – January 14, 2002 (2002-01-14)
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Randy White June 20, 1997 (1997-06-20) – January 30, 2000 (2000-01-30)
	Hon. Chuck Strahl February 1, 2000 (2000-02-01) – April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)
Members	301 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Gildas Molgat November 22, 1994 (1994-11-22) – January 25, 2001 (2001-01-25)
Government Senate Leader	Hon. Alasdair Graham June 11, 1997 (1997-06-11) – October 3, 1999 (1999-10-03)
	Hon. Bernie Boudreau October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) – October 26, 2000 (2000-10-26)
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. John Lynch-Staunton December 15, 1993 (1993-12-15) – September 30, 2004 (2004-09-30)
Senators	104 senator seats List of senators
Sessions
1st Session September 22, 1997 (1997-09-22) – September 18, 1999 (1999-09-18)
2nd Session October 12, 1999 (1999-10-12) – October 22, 2000 (2000-10-22)
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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:

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