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19th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from 16 May 1940, until 16 April 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on 26 March 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1945 election.
19th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
16 May 1940 – 16 April 1945 | |||
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Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 Oct 1935 – 15 Nov 1948 | ||
Cabinet | 16th Canadian Ministry | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Richard Hanson 14 May 1940 – 1 January 1943 | ||
Gordon Graydon 1 January 1943 – 10 June 1945 | |||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | National Government (Canada) & Conservative Party | ||
Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
Social Credit Party | |||
Liberal-Progressive | |||
House of Commons | |||
![]() Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | James Allison Glen 16 May 1940 – 5 September 1945 | ||
Government House Leader | Ian Alistair Mackenzie 14 October 1944 – 30 April 1948 | ||
Members | 245 MP seats List of members | ||
Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Georges Parent 9 May 1940 – 14 December 1942 | ||
Thomas Vien 23 January 1943 – 23 August 1945 | |||
Government Senate Leader | Raoul Dandurand 23 October 1935 – 11 March 1942 | ||
James Horace King 26 May 1942 – 24 August 1945 | |||
Opposition Senate Leader | Arthur Meighen 22 October 1935 – 16 January 1942 | ||
Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne 16 January 1942 – 11 September 1945 | |||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | George VI 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952 | ||
Governor General | Alexander Cambridge 21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946 | ||
Sessions | |||
1st session 16 May 1940 – 5 November 1940 | |||
2nd session 7 November 1940 – 21 January 1942 | |||
3rd session 22 January 1942 – 27 January 1943 | |||
4th session 28 January 1943 – 26 January 1944 | |||
5th session 27 January 1944 – 31 January 1945 | |||
6th session 19 March 1945 – 16 April 1945 | |||
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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the so-called "National Government" party (the name which the Conservatives ran under in the 1940 election), led in the House by Richard Hanson and Gordon Graydon consecutively as the three successive national leaders of the party, Robert Manion, Arthur Meighen and John Bracken did not have seats in the House of Commons. With the selection of Bracken as national leader in December 1942, the party became known as the Progressive Conservatives.
The Speaker was James Allison Glen. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933–1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were six sessions of the 19th Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | 16 May 1940 | 5 November 1940 |
2nd | 7 November 1940 | 21 January 1942 |
3rd | 22 January 1942 | 27 January 1943 |
4th | 28 January 1943 | 26 January 1944 |
5th | 27 January 1944 | 31 January 1945 |
6th | 19 March 1945 | 16 April 1945 |
Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Parliamentary assistants is indicated by "‡". Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(†)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Acadia | Victor Quelch | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Athabaska | Joseph Miville Dechene | Liberal | 1940 | |
Battle River | Robert Fair | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Bow River | Charles Edward Johnston | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Calgary East | George Henry Ross | Liberal | 1940 | |
Calgary West | Manley Justin Edwards | Liberal | 1940 | |
Camrose | James Alexander Marshall | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Edmonton East | Frederick Clayton Casselman (died 20 March 1941) | Liberal | 1940 | |
Cora Taylor Casselman (by-election of 1941-06-02) | Liberal | 1941 | ||
Edmonton West | James Angus MacKinnon | Liberal | 1935 | |
Jasper—Edson | Walter Frederick Kuhl | New Democracy | 1935 | |
Lethbridge | John Horne Blackmore | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Macleod | Ernest George Hansell | Social Credit | 1935 | |
Medicine Hat | Frederick William Gershaw | Liberal | 1925, 1940 | |
Peace River | John Sissons | Liberal | 1940 | |
Red Deer | Frederick Davis Shaw | Social Credit | 1940 | |
Vegreville | Anthony Hlynka | Social Credit | 1940 | |
Wetaskiwin | Norman Jaques | Social Credit | 1935 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Cariboo | James Gray Turgeon | Liberal | 1935 | |
Comox—Alberni | Alan Webster Neill | Independent | 1921 | |
Fraser Valley | George Cruickshank | Liberal | 1940 | |
Kamloops | Thomas O'Neill | Liberal | 1935 | |
Kootenay East | George MacKinnon | National Government | 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Kootenay West | William Esling | National Government | 1925 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Nanaimo | Alan Chambers | Liberal | 1940 | |
New Westminster | Thomas Reid | Liberal | 1930 | |
Skeena | Olof Hanson | Liberal | 1930 | |
Vancouver—Burrard | Gerry McGeer | Liberal | 1935 | |
Vancouver Centre | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | Liberal | 1930 | |
Vancouver East | Angus MacInnis | C.C.F. | 1930 | |
Vancouver North | James Sinclair | Liberal | 1940 | |
Vancouver South | Howard Charles Green | National Government | 1935 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Victoria | Robert Mayhew | Liberal | 1937 | |
Yale | Grote Stirling | National Government | 1924 | |
Progressive Conservative |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Charlotte | Burton Hill | Liberal | 1935 | |
Gloucester | Clarence Joseph Veniot | Liberal | 1936 | |
Kent | Aurel Léger | Liberal | 1940 | |
Northumberland | Joseph Leonard O'Brien | National Government | 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Restigouche—Madawaska | Joseph Enoil Michaud | Liberal | 1933 | |
Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | National Government | 1935 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
St. John—Albert | King Hazen | National Government | 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Victoria—Carleton | Heber Harold Hatfield | National Government | 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Westmorland | Henry Read Emmerson | Liberal | 1935 | |
York—Sunbury | Richard Hanson | National Government | 1921, 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Antigonish—Guysborough | J. Ralph Kirk | Liberal | 1936 | |
Cape Breton North and Victoria | Matthew Maclean | Liberal | 1937 | |
Cape Breton South | Clarence Gillis | C.C.F. | 1940 | |
Colchester—Hants | Gordon Purdy | Liberal | 1935 | |
Cumberland | Percy Chapman Black | National Government | 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative | ||||
Digby—Annapolis—Kings | J. L. Ilsley | Liberal | 1926 | |
Halifax* | Gordon B. Isnor | Liberal | 1935 | |
William Chisholm Macdonald ‡ | Liberal | 1940 | ||
Inverness—Richmond | Moses Elijah McGarry | Liberal | 1940 | |
Pictou | Henry Byron McCulloch | Liberal | 1935 | |
Queens—Lunenburg | John James Kinley | Liberal | 1935 | |
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Vincent Pottier | Liberal | 1935 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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King's | Thomas Vincent Grant | Liberal | 1935 | |
Prince | James Ralston | Liberal | 1926,[lower-alpha 5] 1940 | |
Queen's* | James Lester Douglas | Liberal | 1940 | |
Cyrus Macmillan ‡ | Liberal | 1940 |
Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
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Yukon | George Black | National Government | 1921, 1940 | |
Progressive Conservative |