17th Canadian Parliament

17th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
8 September 1930 – 14 August 1935
Parliament leaders
Prime Minister	R. B. Bennett 7 Aug 1930 – 23 Oct 1935
Cabinet	15th Canadian Ministry
Party caucuses
Government	Conservative Party
Opposition	Liberal Party
Crossbench	United Farmers of Alberta
	Progressive Party
	Labour
House of Commons
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the Commons	George Black 8 September 1930 – 16 January 1935
	James Langstaff Bowman 17 January 1935 – 5 February 1936
Members	245 MP seats List of members
Senate
Speaker of the Senate	Pierre-Édouard Blondin 3 September 1930 – 10 January 1936
Government Senate Leader	Wellington Bartley Willoughby 7 August 1930 – 3 February 1932
	Arthur Meighen 3 February 1932 – 22 October 1935
Opposition Senate Leader	Raoul Dandurand 7 August 1930 – 22 October 1935
Sovereign
Monarch	George V 6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor General	Vere Ponsonby 4 April 1931 – 2 November 1935
Sessions
1st session 8 September 1930 – 22 September 1930
2nd session 12 March 1931 – 3 August 1931
3rd session 4 February 1932 – 26 May 1932
4th session 6 October 1932 – 27 May 1933
5th session 25 January 1934 – 3 July 1934
6th session 17 January 1935 – 5 July 1935
← 16th → 18th

The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from 8 September 1930, until 14 August 1935. The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on 28 July 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.

It was controlled by a Conservative Party majority under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and the 15th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King.

The Speaker was first George Black, and later James Langstaff Bowman. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

It was the third longest parliament in Canadian history.

There were six sessions of the 17th Parliament: