30th Canadian Parliament

30th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
30 September 1974 – 26 March 1979
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	Rt. Hon. Pierre Trudeau 20 Apr 1968 – 4 Jun 1979
Cabinet	20th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the Opposition	Hon. Robert Stanfield November 6, 1967 (1967-11-06) – November 21, 1976 (1976-11-21)
	Hon. Joe Clark November 20, 1976 (1976-11-20) – June 3, 1979 (1979-06-03)
Party caucuses
Government	Liberal Party
Opposition	Progressive Conservative Party
Recognized	New Democratic Party
Unrecognized	Social Credit Party
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	Hon. James Jerome September 30, 1974 (1974-09-30) – February 17, 1980 (1980-02-17)
Government House Leader	Hon. Mitchell Sharp August 8, 1974 (1974-08-08) – September 13, 1976 (1976-09-13)
	Hon. Allan MacEachen September 14, 1976 (1976-09-14) – March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)
Opposition House Leader	Hon. Ged Baldwin August 14, 1974 (1974-08-14) – February 24, 1976 (1976-02-24)
	Hon. Walter Baker February 25, 1976 (1976-02-25) – March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)
Members	264 MP seats List of members
Senate
Seating arrangements of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Hon. Renaude Lapointe September 12, 1974 (1974-09-12) – October 4, 1979 (1979-10-04)
Government Senate Leader	Hon. Ray Perrault August 8, 1974 (1974-08-08) – June 3, 1979 (1979-06-03)
Opposition Senate Leader	Hon. Jacques Flynn October 31, 1967 (1967-10-31) – May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22)
Senators	102 (until 1975) 104 (from 1975) senator seats List of senators
Sovereign
Monarch	Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Sessions
1st session September 30, 1974 (1974-09-30) – October 12, 1976 (1976-10-12)
2nd session October 12, 1976 (1976-10-12) – October 17, 1977 (1977-10-17)
3rd session October 18, 1977 (1977-10-18) – October 10, 1978 (1978-10-10)
4th session October 11, 1978 (1978-10-11) – March 26, 1979 (1979-03-26)
← 29th → 31st

The 30th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 30, 1974, until March 26, 1979. The membership was set by the 1974 election on July 8, 1974, and was only changed somewhat due to resignations and by-elections before it was dissolved prior to the 1979 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and the 20th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led first by Robert Stanfield, and then by Joe Clark.

The sessions were prorogued (reason unknown currently).

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

There were four sessions of the 30th Parliament. Queen Elizabeth II opened the 3rd session during her Silver Jubilee visit to Canada.