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19th Canadian Parliament

19th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada


19th parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada

FieldValue
imageCoat of arms of Canada (1921–1957).svg
jurisdictionCA
#19th
typeMajority
statusinactive
term-begin1940-05-16
term-end1945-04-16
houseimageChambre des Communes 1940.png
members245
scJames Allison Glen
scterm16 May 1940 – 5 September 1945
pmWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
ministry[16th Canadian Ministry](16th-canadian-ministry)
pm-begin1935-10-23
pm-end1948-11-15
loRichard Hanson
loterm14 May 1940 – 1 January 1943
lo2Gordon Graydon
loterm21 January 1943 – 10 June 1945
ghlIan Alistair Mackenzie
ghlterm14 October 1944 – 30 April 1948
ssGeorges Parent
ssterm9 May 1940 – 14 December 1942
ss2Thomas Vien
ssterm223 January 1943 – 23 August 1945
gslRaoul Dandurand
gslterm23 October 1935 – 11 March 1942
gsl2James Horace King
gslterm226 May 1942 – 24 August 1945
oslArthur Meighen
oslterm22 October 1935 – 16 January 1942
osl2Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
oslterm216 January 1942 – 11 September 1945
partyLiberal Party
party2National Government (Canada)
& Conservative Party
unrecparty1Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
unrecparty2Social Credit Party
unrecparty3Liberal-Progressive
partyfootnote1
sessionbegin16 May 1940
sessionend5 November 1940
sessionbegin27 November 1940
sessionend221 January 1942
sessionbegin322 January 1942
sessionend327 January 1943
sessionbegin428 January 1943
sessionend426 January 1944
sessionbegin527 January 1944
sessionend531 January 1945
sessionbegin619 March 1945
sessionend616 April 1945
monarchGeorge VI
monarchterm11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
viceroyAlexander Cambridge
viceroyterm21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946
lastparl18th
nextparl20th

| # = 19th

| term-begin = 1940-05-16 | term-end = 1945-04-16

| pm-begin = 1935-10-23 | pm-end = 1948-11-15

& Conservative Party

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.

On December 30, 1941, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons and Senate in Centre Block in his "Some chicken! Some neck!" speech.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Key:

  • 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.

[[Alberta]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AcadiaVictor QuelchSocial Credit1935
AthabaskaJoseph Miville DecheneLiberal1940
Battle RiverRobert FairSocial Credit1935
Bow RiverCharles Edward JohnstonSocial Credit1935
Calgary EastGeorge Henry RossLiberal1940
Calgary WestManley Justin EdwardsLiberal1940
CamroseJames Alexander MarshallSocial Credit1935
Edmonton EastFrederick Clayton Casselman (died 20 March 1941)Liberal1940
Cora Taylor Casselman (by-election of 1941-06-02)Liberal19411st term
Edmonton West**James Angus MacKinnon**Liberal1935
Jasper—EdsonWalter Frederick KuhlNew Democracy1935
Lethbridge*John Horne Blackmore*Social Credit1935
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit1935
Medicine HatFrederick William GershawLiberal1925, 1940
Peace RiverJohn SissonsLiberal1940
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit1940
VegrevilleAnthony HlynkaSocial Credit1940
WetaskiwinNorman JaquesSocial Credit1935

[[British Columbia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CaribooJames Gray TurgeonLiberal1935
Comox—AlberniAlan Webster NeillIndependent1921
Fraser ValleyGeorge CruickshankLiberal1940
KamloopsThomas O'NeillLiberal1935
Kootenay EastGeorge MacKinnonNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Kootenay WestWilliam EslingNational Government1925
Progressive Conservative
NanaimoAlan ChambersLiberal1940
New WestminsterThomas ReidLiberal1930
SkeenaOlof HansonLiberal1930
Vancouver—BurrardGerry McGeerLiberal1935
Vancouver Centre**Ian Alistair Mackenzie**Liberal1930
Vancouver EastAngus MacInnisC.C.F.1930
Vancouver NorthJames SinclairLiberal1940
Vancouver SouthHoward Charles GreenNational Government1935
Progressive Conservative
VictoriaRobert MayhewLiberal1937
YaleGrote StirlingNational Government1924
Progressive Conservative

[[Manitoba]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
BrandonJames Ewen MatthewsLiberal1938
Churchill**Thomas Crerar**Liberal1917, 1930, 1935
DauphinWilliam John WardLiberal1921, 1935
LisgarHoward WinklerLiberal1935
MacdonaldWilliam Gilbert WeirLiberal-Progressive1930
MarquetteJames Allison Glen (†)Liberal-Progressive1926, 1935
NeepawaFrederick Donald MacKenzieLiberal1935
Portage la PrairieHarry LeaderLiberal1921, 1935
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal1940
Selkirk**Joseph Thorarinn Thorson** (until 6 October 1942 emoulment appointment)Liberal1926, 1935
William Bryce (by-election of 9 August 1943)C.C.F.19431st term
SourisJ. Arthur RossNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
SpringfieldJohn Mouat TurnerLiberal1935
John Mouat Turner died on February 24, 1945Vacant
St. BonifaceJohn Power HowdenLiberal1925
Winnipeg North Centre*J. S. Woodsworth* (died 21 March 1942)C.C.F.1921
Stanley Knowles (by-election of 1942-11-30)C.C.F.19421st term
Winnipeg NorthCharles Stephen BoothLiberal1940
Winnipeg SouthLeslie MutchLiberal1935
Winnipeg South CentreRalph MaybankLiberal1935

[[New Brunswick]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CharlotteBurton HillLiberal1935
GloucesterClarence Joseph VeniotLiberal1936
KentAurel LégerLiberal1940
NorthumberlandJoseph Leonard O'BrienNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Restigouche—Madawaska**Joseph Enoil Michaud**Liberal1933
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksNational Government1935
Progressive Conservative
St. John—AlbertKing HazenNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Victoria—CarletonHeber Harold HatfieldNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
WestmorlandHenry Read EmmersonLiberal1935
York—Sunbury*Richard Hanson*National Government1921, 1940
Progressive Conservative

[[Nova Scotia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal1936
Cape Breton North and VictoriaMatthew MacleanLiberal1937
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisC.C.F.1940
Colchester—HantsGordon PurdyLiberal1935
CumberlandPercy Chapman BlackNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—Kings**J. L. Ilsley**Liberal1926
Halifax*Gordon B. IsnorLiberal1935
William Chisholm Macdonald {{double dagger}}Liberal19401st term
Inverness—RichmondMoses Elijah McGarryLiberal1940
PictouHenry Byron McCullochLiberal1935
Queens—LunenburgJohn James KinleyLiberal1935
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareVincent PottierLiberal1935

[[Ontario]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma EastThomas FarquharLiberal1935
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal1940
Brantford CityWilliam Ross MacdonaldLiberal1935
BrantGeorge Ernest WoodLiberal1935
BroadviewThomas Langton ChurchNational Government1933
Progressive Conservative
BruceWilliam Rae TomlinsonLiberal1935
CarletonAlonzo Hyndman (died 9 April 1940)National Government1935
George Russell Boucher (by-election of 1940-08-19)Conservative19401st term
Progressive Conservative
CochraneJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal1926
DanforthJoseph Henry HarrisConservative1921
Progressive Conservative
DavenportJohn Ritchie MacNicolNational Government1930
Progressive Conservative
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweNational Government1925
Progressive Conservative
DurhamFrank RickardLiberal1935
EglintonFrederick HoblitzellLiberal1940
ElginWilson MillsLiberal1934
Essex East**Paul Martin Sr.** {{double dagger}}Liberal1935
Essex SouthMurray ClarkLiberal1935
Essex West**Norman Alexander McLarty**Liberal1935
Fort WilliamDaniel McIvorLiberal1935
Frontenac—AddingtonWilbert Ross AylesworthNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
GlengarryWilliam Burton MacdiarmidLiberal1940
GreenwoodDenton MasseyNational Government1935
Progressive Conservative
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanNational Government1921, 1925
Progressive Conservative
Grey—BruceWalter HarrisLiberal1940
Grey NorthWilliam Pattison Telford, Jr. (resigned 9 December 1944 to allow Andrew McNaughton to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)Liberal1926, 1935
Wilfrid Garfield Case (by-election of 1945-02-05)Progressive Conservative19451st term
HaldimandMark SennConservative1921
Progressive Conservative
HaltonHughes CleaverLiberal1935
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal1940
Hamilton West**Colin Gibson**Liberal1940
Hastings—PeterboroughGeorge Stanley WhiteNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Hastings SouthGeorge Henry StokesNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
High ParkAlexander James AndersonNational Government1925
Progressive Conservative
Huron NorthElston CardiffNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Huron—PerthWilliam Henry GoldingLiberal1932
Kenora—Rainy RiverHugh McKinnonLiberal1934
Hugh McKinnon died on April 10, 1944Vacant
KentEarl DesmondNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Kingston City**Norman McLeod Rogers** (died 10 June 1940)Liberal1935
**Angus Lewis Macdonald** (by-election of 1940-08-12)Liberal19401st term
Lambton—KentHugh MacKenzieLiberal-Progressive1935
Lambton WestRoss GrayLiberal1929
LanarkBert SoperLiberal1940
LeedsGeorge FulfordLiberal1940
LincolnNorman LockhartConservative1935
Progressive Conservative
LondonAllan JohnstonLiberal1940
Middlesex EastDuncan Graham RossLiberal1935
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbinLiberal1940
Muskoka—OntarioStephen FurnissLiberal1935
NipissingRaoul HurtubiseLiberal1930
NorfolkWilliam Horace TaylorLiberal1926
NorthumberlandWilliam Alexander FraserLiberal1930
OntarioWilliam Henry MooreLiberal1930
Ottawa EastJoseph Albert PinardLiberal1936
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraithLiberal1940
OxfordAlmon RennieLiberal1934
ParkdaleHerbert Alexander BruceNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Parry SoundArthur SlaghtLiberal1935
Peel*Gordon Graydon*National Government1935
Progressive Conservative
PerthFred SandersonLiberal1925
Peterborough WestGordon FraserNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur**Clarence Decatur Howe**Liberal1935
PrescottÉlie-Oscar BertrandLiberal1929
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge TustinNational Government1935
Progressive Conservative
Renfrew NorthRalph WarrenLiberal1937
Renfrew South**James Joseph McCann**Liberal1935
RosedaleHarry JackmanNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
RussellAlfred GouletLiberal1925
Simcoe EastGeorge McLeanLiberal1935
Simcoe NorthDuncan Fletcher McCuaigLiberal1935
SpadinaSamuel FactorLiberal1930
Stormont**Lionel Chevrier** {{double dagger}}Liberal1935
St. Paul'sDouglas RossNational Government1935
Progressive Conservative
TimiskamingWalter LittleLiberal1935
TrinityArthur RoebuckLiberal1940
VictoriaBruce McNevinLiberal1935
Waterloo NorthWilliam Daum Euler (until Senate appointment)Liberal1917
Louis Orville Breithaupt (by-election of 1940-08-19)Liberal19401st term
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthNational Government1938
Progressive Conservative
WellandArthur Damude (died 15 September 1941)Liberal1935
**Humphrey Mitchell** (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal1931, 19422nd term*
Wellington NorthJohn Knox BlairLiberal1930
Wellington SouthRobert GladstoneLiberal1935
WentworthEllis CormanLiberal1940
York EastRobert Henry McGregorNational Government1926
Progressive Conservative
York North**William Pate Mulock**Liberal1934
York SouthAlan Cockeram (resigned to allow Arthur Meighen to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)National Government1940
Joseph W. Noseworthy (by-election of 1942-02-09)C.C.F.19421st term
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonConservative1940
Progressive Conservative

[[Prince Edward Island]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sThomas Vincent GrantLiberal1935
Prince**James Ralston**Liberal1926, 1940
Queen's*James Lester DouglasLiberal1940
Cyrus Macmillan {{double dagger}}Liberal19401st term

[[Quebec]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
ArgenteuilJames Wright McGibbonLiberal1940
BeauceÉdouard LacroixLiberal1925
Bloc populaire canadien
Édouard Lacroix resigned on July 11, 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
Beauharnois—Laprairie*Maxime Raymond*Liberal1925
Bloc populaire canadien
BellechasseLouis-Philippe PicardLiberal1940
Berthier—MaskinongéJ.-Émile FerronLiberal1935
BonaventureAlphée PoirierLiberal1940
Alphée Poirier died on September 19, 1944Vacant
Brome—MissisquoiMaurice HalléLiberal1940
CartierPeter Bercovitch (died 26 December 1942)Liberal1938
Fred Rose (by-election of 1943-08-09)Labor Progressive19431st term
Chambly—RouvilleVincent DupuisLiberal1929
ChamplainHervé-Edgar BrunelleLiberal1935
ChapleauHector AuthierLiberal1940
Charlevoix—Saguenay**Pierre-François Casgrain** (until 15 December 1941 emoulment appointment)Liberal1917
Frédéric Dorion (by-election of 1942-11-30)Independent19421st term
Châteauguay—HuntingdonDonald Elmer BlackLiberal1935
ChicoutimiAlfred DubucLiberal1925
ComptonJoseph-Adéodat BlanchetteLiberal1935
DorchesterLéonard TremblayLiberal1935
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal1940
GaspéJoseph Sasseville RoyIndependent Conservative1940
Independent
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal1940
Hull**Alphonse Fournier**Liberal1930
Jacques CartierElphège MarierLiberal1939
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmCharles-Édouard FerlandLiberal1928
KamouraskaLouis Philippe LizotteLiberal1940
Louis Philippe Lizotte resigned on July 24, 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
LabelleMaurice LalondeLiberal1935
Lake St-John—RobervalArmand SylvestreLiberal1925, 1935
Laurier**Ernest Bertrand**Liberal1935
Laval—Two MountainsLiguori LacombeIndependent Liberal1925, 1935
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal1940
LotbinièreHugues LapointeLiberal1940
Maisonneuve—RosemontSarto FournierLiberal1935
Matapédia—MataneArthur-Joseph LapointeLiberal1935
Mégantic—FrontenacJoseph LafontaineLiberal1940
Mercier**Joseph Jean** {{double dagger}}Liberal1932
Montmagny—L'IsletLéo Kemner LaflammeLiberal1925, 1940
Mount RoyalFred WhitmanLiberal1940
Nicolet—YamaskaLucien DuboisLiberal1930
OutremontThomas Vien (resigned 5 October 1942)Liberal1917, 1935
**Léo Richer Laflèche** (by-election of 1942-11-30)Liberal19421st term
PontiacWallace McDonaldLiberal1935
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal1936
Bloc populaire canadien
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixLiberal1935
Independent Liberal
Quebec East**Ernest Lapointe** (died 26 November 1941)Liberal1904
**Louis St. Laurent** (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal19421st term
Quebec South**Charles Gavan Power**Liberal1917
Quebec West and SouthCharles ParentLiberal1935
Independent Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères**Arthur Cardin**Liberal1911
Independent
Richmond—WolfeJames Patrick MullinsLiberal1935
RimouskiÉmmanuel d'AnjouLiberal1917, 1940
Bloc populaire canadien
St. AnnThomas HealyLiberal1940
St. Antoine—Westmount**Douglas Abbott** {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
St. DenisAzellus DenisLiberal1935
St. HenryJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal1938
St. Hyacinthe—BagotAdélard FontaineLiberal1930
Adélard Fontaine upon being named judge on July 27, 1944Vacant
St. JamesEugène DurocherLiberal1939
Eugène Durocher died on May 10, 1944Vacant
St. Johns—Iberville—NapiervilleMartial RhéaumeLiberal1930
St. Lawrence—St. George**Brooke Claxton** {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
St. MaryHermas Deslauriers (died 28 May 1941)Liberal1917
Gaspard Fauteux (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal19421st term
St-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Alphida CrêteLiberal1935
SheffordJoseph-Hermas LeclercLiberal1935
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal1940
StansteadRobert Davison (until election voided 24 May 1943)Liberal1935
Joseph-Armand Choquette (by-election of 1943-08-09)Bloc populaire canadien19431st term
TerrebonneLionel BertrandIndependent Liberal1940
Trois-RivièresRobert RyanLiberal1940
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotLiberal1924
Independent Liberal
Vaudreuil—SoulangesJoseph ThauvetteLiberal1930
VerdunPaul-Émile CôtéLiberal1940
WrightRodolphe LeducLiberal1936

[[Saskatchewan]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AssiniboiaJesse Pickard TrippLiberal1940
HumboldtHarry Raymond Fleming (died 5 November 1942)Liberal1935
Joseph William Burton (by-election of 1943-08-09)C.C.F.19431st term
KindersleyCharles HendersonLiberal1940
Lake CentreJohn DiefenbakerNational Government1940
Progressive Conservative
MackenzieAlexander Malcolm NicholsonC.C.F.1940
Maple CreekCharles EvansLiberal1935
MelfortPercy WrightC.C.F.1940
Melville**James Garfield Gardiner**Liberal1936
Moose JawJ. Gordon RossLiberal1925, 1935
North BattlefordDorise NielsenUnity1940
Prince Albert***William Lyon Mackenzie King***Liberal1908, 1919, 1926
Qu'AppelleErnest PerleyNational Government1921
Progressive Conservative
Regina CityDonald McNivenLiberal1935
Donald McNiven upon being named judge on October 19, 1944Vacant
Rosetown—Biggar*M. J. Coldwell*C.C.F.1935
RosthernWalter TuckerLiberal1935
Saskatoon CityWalter George Brown (died 1 April 1940)United Reform1939
Alfred Henry Bence (by-election of 1940-08-19)Conservative19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Swift CurrentRoy Theodore GrahamLiberal1940
The BattlefordsJohn GregoryLiberal1940
WeyburnTommy DouglasC.C.F.1935
Tommy Douglas resigned on May 31, 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
Wood MountainThomas DonnellyLiberal1925
YorktonGeorge Hugh CastledenC.C.F.1940

[[Yukon]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
YukonGeorge BlackNational Government1921, 1940
Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 19th Canadian Parliament

Notes

References

References

  1. James Powell. "Some Chicken! Some Neck!". Historical Society of Ottawa.
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