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21st Canadian Parliament

21st Parliament of Canada


21st Parliament of Canada

FieldValue
imageCoat of arms of Canada (1921–1957).svg
jurisdictionCA
#21st
typeMajority
houseimageChambre des Communes 1949.png
senateimage
statusinactive
term-begin1949-09-15
term-end1953-05-14
pmLouis St. Laurent
ministry[17th Canadian Ministry](17th-canadian-ministry)
pm-begin1948-11-15
pm-end1957-06-21
loGeorge A. Drew
lotermOctober 2, 1948 – November 1, 1954
partyLiberal Party
party2Progressive Conservative Party
party3Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
party4Social Credit Party
unrecparty1Liberal-Labour
unrecparty2Liberal-Progressive
partyfootnote1
scWilliam Ross Macdonald
sctermSeptember 15, 1949 – June 11, 1953
ohlAlphonse Fournier
ohltermMay 1, 1948 – May 8, 1953
ssÉlie Beauregard
sstermAugust 3, 1949 – October 13, 1953
gslWishart McLea Robertson
gsltermAugust 24, 1945 – October 14, 1953
oslJohn Thomas Haig
osltermSeptember 12, 1945 – June 20, 1957
sessionbeginSeptember 15, 1949
sessionendDecember 10, 1949
sessionbegin2February 16, 1950
sessionend2June 30, 1950
sessionbegin3August 29, 1950
sessionend3January 29, 1951
sessionbegin4January 30, 1951
sessionend4October 9, 1951
sessionbegin5October 9, 1951
sessionend5December 29, 1951
sessionbegin6February 28, 1952
sessionend6November 20, 1952
sessionbegin7November 20, 1952
sessionend7May 14, 1953
monarchGeorge VI
monarchtermDecember 6, 1936 – February 6, 1952
monarch2Elizabeth II
monarchterm2February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022
viceroyHarold Alexander
viceroyterm12 April 1946 – 28 January 1952
viceroy2Vincent Massey
viceroyterm228 February 1952 – 15 September 1959
members262
senators102
lastparl20th
nextparl22nd

| # = 21st

| term-begin = 1949-09-15 | term-end = 1953-05-14

| pm-begin = 1948-11-15 | pm-end = 1957-06-21

The 21st Canadian Parliament was in session from September 15, 1949, until June 13, 1953. The membership was set by the 1949 federal election on June 27, 1949, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1953 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew.

The Speaker was William Ross Macdonald. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1947-1952 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twenty-first 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 EastDouglas HarknessProgressive Conservative1945
Calgary WestArthur LeRoy Smith (resigned 5 July 1951)Progressive Conservative1945
Carl Nickle (by-election of 1951-12-10)Progressive Conservative19511st term
CamroseHilliard BeyersteinSocial Credit1949
Edmonton EastAlbert Frederick MacdonaldLiberal1949
Edmonton West**George Prudham** {{double dagger}}Liberal1949
Jasper—EdsonJohn William WelbournLiberal1949
LethbridgeJohn Horne BlackmoreSocial Credit1935
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit1935
Medicine HatWilliam Duncan WylieSocial Credit1945
Peace River*Solon Earl Low*Social Credit1945
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit1940
VegrevilleJohn DecoreLiberal1949
WetaskiwinRay ThomasSocial Credit1949

[[British Columbia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Burnaby—RichmondTom GoodeLiberal1949
CaribooGeorge Matheson MurrayLiberal1949
Coast—Capilano**James Sinclair** {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
Comox—AlberniJohn Lambert GibsonIndependent1945
Fraser ValleyGeorge CruickshankLiberal1940
KamloopsDavie FultonProgressive Conservative1945
Kootenay EastJim ByrneLiberal1949
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeC.C.F.1945
NanaimoGeorge PearkesProgressive Conservative1945
New WestminsterThomas Reid (until 7 September 1949 Senate appointment)Liberal1930
William Mott (by-election of 1949-10-24)Liberal19491st term
SkeenaEdward ApplewhaiteLiberal1949
Vancouver—BurrardLorne MacDougallLiberal1949
Vancouver Centre**Ralph Campney** {{double dagger}}Liberal1949
Vancouver EastAngus MacInnisC.C.F.1930
Vancouver QuadraHoward Charles GreenProgressive Conservative1935
Vancouver SouthArthur LaingLiberal1949
Victoria**Robert Mayhew**Liberal1937
Robert Mayhew resigned upon being named ambassador to Japan on November 14, 1952Vacant
YaleOwen JonesC.C.F.1948

[[Manitoba]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
BrandonJames Ewen Matthews (died 24 November 1950)Liberal1938
Walter Dinsdale (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative19511st term
ChurchillGeorge WeaverLiberal1949
DauphinWilliam John WardLiberal1921, 1935, 1949
LisgarHoward WinklerLiberal1935
Marquette**Stuart Garson**Liberal1948
NorquayRobert James WoodLiberal1949
Portage—NeepawaWilliam Gilbert WeirLiberal-Progressive1930
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal1940
SelkirkWilliam BryceC.C.F.1943
SourisJ. Arthur RossProgressive Conservative1940
SpringfieldJohn SinnottLiberal1945
St. BonifaceFernand ViauLiberal1945
Winnipeg NorthAlistair StewartC.C.F.1940
Winnipeg North CentreStanley KnowlesC.C.F.1942
Winnipeg SouthLeslie Mutch {{double dagger}}Liberal1935
Winnipeg South CentreRalph Maybank {{double dagger}} (resigned 30 April 1951)Liberal1935
Gordon Churchill (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative19511st term

[[New Brunswick]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CharlotteA. Wesley StuartLiberal1945
GloucesterClovis-Thomas Richard (until 5 March 1952 emoulment appointment)Liberal1945
Albany Robichaud (by-election of 1952-05-26)Progressive Conservative19521st term
KentAurel LégerLiberal1940
NorthumberlandGeorge Roy McWilliamLiberal1949
Restigouche—MadawaskaBenoît MichaudLiberal1945
Paul Dubé (by-election of 1949-10-24)Independent Liberal19491st term
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksProgressive Conservative1935
St. John—AlbertDaniel Aloysius RileyLiberal1949
Victoria—CarletonHeber Harold HatfieldProgressive Conservative1940
Gage Montgomery (by-election of 26 May 1952)Progressive Conservative19521st term
WestmorlandEdmund William GeorgeLiberal1949
York—Sunbury**Milton Fowler Gregg**Liberal1947

[[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Bonavista—Twillingate**F. Gordon Bradley**Liberal1949
Burin—BurgeoChesley W. CarterLiberal1949
Grand Falls—White BayThomas G. W. AshbourneLiberal1949
Humber—St. George'sWilliam Richard KentLiberal1949
St. John's EastGordon HigginsProgressive Conservative1949
St. John's WestWilliam J. BrowneProgressive Conservative1949
Trinity—ConceptionLeonard StickLiberal1949

[[Northwest Territories]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Yukon—Mackenzie RiverJames Aubrey SimmonsLiberal1949

[[Nova Scotia]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Annapolis—KingsAngus Elderkin (until election voided 6 March 1950)Liberal1949
George Nowlan (by-election of 1950-06-19)Progressive Conservative1948, 19502nd term*
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal1949
Cape Breton North and VictoriaMatthew MacLeanLiberal1937
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisC.C.F.1940
Colchester—HantsFrank Thomas StanfieldProgressive Conservative1945
CumberlandPercy Chapman BlackProgressive Conservative1940
Digby—YarmouthThomas KirkLiberal1949
Halifax*John Dickey (until 2 May 1950 Senate appointment)Liberal1947
Gordon B. IsnorLiberal19354th term
Sam Balcom (by-election of 1950-06-19, replaces Dickey)Liberal19501st term
Inverness—RichmondWilliam F. CarrollLiberal1911, 1921, 1949
Lunenburg**Robert Winters**Liberal1945
PictouHenry B. McCullochLiberal1935
Queens—ShelburneDonald SmithLiberal1949

[[Ontario]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma East**Lester B. Pearson**Liberal1948
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal1940
BrantfordWilliam Ross Macdonald (†)Liberal1935
Brant—WentworthJohn A. CharltonProgressive Conservative1945
BroadviewThomas Langton Church (died 7 February 1950)Progressive Conservative1933
George Hees (by-election of 1950-05-15)Progressive Conservative19501st term
BruceDonald Buchanan BlueLiberal1949
Carleton*George Drew*Progressive Conservative1948
CochraneJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal1926
DanforthJoseph Henry HarrisProgressive Conservative1921
Joseph Henry Harris died in office on October 24, 1952Vacant
DavenportPaul HellyerLiberal1949
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweProgressive Conservative1925
DurhamJohn JamesLiberal1949
EglintonDonald FlemingProgressive Conservative1945
ElginCharles Delmer CoyleProgressive Conservative1945
Essex East**Paul Martin Sr.**Liberal1935
Essex SouthMurray ClarkLiberal1935
Essex WestDonald Ferguson BrownLiberal1945
Fort WilliamDaniel McIvorLiberal1935
Frontenac—AddingtonWilbert Ross AylesworthProgressive Conservative1940
GlengarryWilliam MajorLiberal1949
GreenwoodJohn Ernest McMillin (died 20 August 1949)Progressive Conservative1949
James Macdonnell (by-election of 1949-10-24)Progressive Conservative1945, 19492nd term*
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanProgressive Conservative1921, 1925
Grey—Bruce**Walter Harris**Liberal1940
Grey NorthColin Emerson BennettLiberal1949
HaldimandEarl CatherwoodProgressive Conservative1949
HaltonHughes CleaverLiberal1935
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal1940
Hamilton West**Colin Gibson** (until 18 January 1950 judicial appointment)Liberal1940
Ellen Fairclough (by-election of 1950-05-15)Progressive Conservative19501st term
Hastings—PeterboroughGeorge Stanley WhiteProgressive Conservative1940
Hastings SouthFrank FollwellLiberal1949
High ParkPat CameronLiberal1949
Huron NorthElston CardiffProgressive Conservative1940
Huron—PerthAndrew Young McLeanLiberal1949
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore Benidickson {{double dagger}}Liberal-Labour1945
KentBlake HuffmanLiberal1949
Kingston CityWilliam James HendersonLiberal1949
Lambton—KentHugh MacKenzieLiberal1935, 1949
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative1945
LanarkWilliam Gourlay BlairProgressive Conservative1945
LeedsGeorge FulfordLiberal1940, 1949
LincolnHarry CaversLiberal1949
LondonAlex JefferyLiberal1949
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative1945
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbin {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
NipissingJack GarlandLiberal1949
NorfolkRaymond Elmer AndersonLiberal1949
NorthumberlandFrederick RobertsonLiberal1949
OntarioWalter Thomson (until resignation)Liberal1949
Michael Starr (by-election of 1952-05-26)Progressive Conservative19521st term
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal1945
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraith {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
OxfordClark MurrayLiberal1949
ParkdaleJohn HunterLiberal1949
Parry Sound-MuskokaWilfred McDonaldLiberal1945
PeelGordon GraydonProgressive Conservative1935
PerthJames CorryLiberal1949
Peterborough WestGordon FraserProgressive Conservative1940
Port Arthur**Clarence Decatur Howe**Liberal1935
PrescottRaymond BruneauIndependent Liberal1949
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge TustinProgressive Conservative1935
Renfrew NorthRalph WarrenLiberal1937
Renfrew South**James Joseph McCann**Liberal1935
RosedaleCharles HenryLiberal1949
RussellJoseph-Omer GourLiberal1945
St. Paul'sJames RooneyLiberal1949
Simcoe EastWilliam Alfred RobinsonLiberal1940
Simcoe NorthJulian FergusonProgressive Conservative1940
SpadinaDavid CrollLiberal1945
Stormont**Lionel Chevrier**Liberal1935
SudburyLéo GauthierLiberal1945
TimiskamingWalter LittleLiberal1935
TimminsKarl EyreLiberal1949
TrinityLionel ConacherLiberal1949
VictoriaClayton HodgsonProgressive Conservative1945
Waterloo NorthLouis Orville Breithaupt (until resignation to become Ontario Lieutenant-Governor)Liberal1940
Norman Schneider (by-election of 1952-05-26)Liberal19521st term
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth Homuth (died in office)Progressive Conservative1938
Howie Meeker (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative19511st term
Welland**Humphrey Mitchell** (died 1 August 1950)Liberal1931, 1942
William Hector McMillan (by-election of 1950-10-16)Liberal19501st term
Wellington NorthArnold DarrochLiberal1949
Wellington SouthHenry Alfred HoskingLiberal1949
WentworthFrank LennardProgressive Conservative1935, 1945
York EastRobert Henry McGregorProgressive Conservative1926
York NorthJack SmithLiberal1945
York SouthJoseph W. NoseworthyC.C.F.1942, 1949
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonProgressive Conservative1940

[[Prince Edward Island]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sThomas Joseph KickhamLiberal1949
PrinceJohn Watson Macnaught {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
Queen's*James Lester Douglas (died 30 September 1950)Liberal1940
Chester McLureProgressive Conservative1930, 19453rd term*
Angus MacLean (by-election of 1951-06-25, replaces Douglas)Progressive Conservative19511st term

[[Quebec]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil—Deux-MontagnesPhilippe ValoisLiberal1949
BeauceRaoul PoulinIndependent1949
BeauharnoisRobert CauchonLiberal1949
BellechasseLouis-Philippe PicardLiberal1940
Berthier—MaskinongéJoseph LangloisLiberal1949
BonaventureBona ArsenaultLiberal1945
Brome—MissisquoiHenri Gosselin (died 27 January 1952)Liberal1949
Joseph-Léon Deslières (by-election of 26 May 1952)Liberal19521st term
CartierMaurice Hartt (died 15 March 1950)Liberal1947
Leon Crestohl (by-election of 19 June 1950)Liberal19501st term
Chambly—RouvilleRoch PinardLiberal1945
ChamplainJoseph Irenée RochefortLiberal1949
ChapleauDavid GourdLiberal1945
CharlevoixAuguste MaltaisLiberal1949
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—LaprairieDonald Elmer BlackLiberal1935
ChicoutimiPaul-Edmond GagnonIndependent1945
Compton—FrontenacJoseph-Adéodat Blanchette {{double dagger}}Liberal1935
DorchesterLéonard TremblayLiberal1935
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal1940
GaspéLéopold Langlois {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
GatineauLéon Raymond (appointed House of Commons Clerk on 5 August 1949)Liberal1945
Joseph-Célestin Nadon (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal19491st term
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal1940
Hull**Alphonse Fournier**Liberal1930
Îles-de-la-MadeleineCharles CannonLiberal1949
Jacques CartierElphège Marier (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)Liberal1939
Edgar Leduc (by-election of 4 October 1949)Independent19491st term
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmGeorges-Émile Lapalme (resigned 23 June 1950)Liberal1945
Maurice Breton (by-election of 3 October 1950)Liberal19501st term
KamouraskaEugène Marquis (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)Liberal1945
Arthur Massé (by-election of 24 October 1949)Independent Liberal19491st term
LabelleHenri CourtemancheProgressive Conservative1949
Lac-Saint-JeanAndré GauthierLiberal1949
LafontaineJ.-Georges RatelleLiberal1949
LapointeJules GauthierLiberal1949
LaurierErnest Bertrand (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)Liberal1935
J.-Eugène Lefrançois (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal19491st term
LavalLéopold DemersLiberal1948
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal1940
Lotbinière**Hugues Lapointe**Liberal1940
Maisonneuve—RosemontSarto FournierLiberal1935
Matapédia—MataneAntoine-Philéas CôtéLiberal1945
MéganticJoseph LafontaineLiberal1940
MercierJoseph Jean (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)Liberal1932
Marcel Monette (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal19491st term
Montmagny—L'IsletJean Lesage {{double dagger}}Liberal1945
Mount RoyalAlan MacnaughtonLiberal1949
Nicolet—YamaskaMaurice BoisvertLiberal1949
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceFred WhitmanLiberal1940
Outremont—St-Jean**Édouard Rinfret**Liberal1945
Romuald Bourque (by-election of 6 October 1952)Liberal19521st term
PapineauCamillien HoudeIndependent1949
Pontiac—TémiscamingueHugh ProudfootLiberal1949
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal1936
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixLiberal1935
Quebec East***Louis St. Laurent***Liberal1942
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan PowerLiberal1917
Quebec WestCharles Eugène ParentLiberal1935
Richelieu—VerchèresGérard Cournoyer (resigned 5 July 1952)Liberal1946
Lucien Cardin (by-election of 6 October 1952)Liberal19521st term
Richmond—WolfeErnest-Omer GingrasLiberal1949
RimouskiGleason Belzile {{double dagger}} (died 25 July 1950)Liberal1945
Joseph Rousseau (by-election of 16 October 1950)Independent Liberal19501st term
RobervalJoseph-Alfred Dion (until 8 April 1952 emoulment appointment)Liberal1945
Paul-Henri Spence (by-election of 26 May 1952)Progressive Conservative19521st term
SaguenayLomer BrissonLiberal1949
St. AnnThomas HealyLiberal1940
St. Antoine—Westmount**Douglas Abbott**Liberal1940
St-DenisAzellus DenisLiberal1935
St-HenriJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal1938
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotJoseph FontaineLiberal1945
St. JamesRoland BeaudryLiberal1945
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville**Alcide Côté**Liberal1945
St. Lawrence—St. George**Brooke Claxton**Liberal1940
St. MaryGaspard Fauteux (resigned 18 August 1950)Liberal1942
Hector Dupuis (by-election of 16 October 1950)Liberal19501st term
Saint-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Adolphe RichardLiberal1949
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal1945
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal1940
StansteadLouis-Édouard RobergeLiberal1949
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotIndependent Liberal1924
Liberal
TerrebonneLionel BertrandLiberal1940
Trois-RivièresLéon BalcerProgressive Conservative1949
Vaudreuil—SoulangesLouis-René BeaudoinLiberal1945
Verdun—La SallePaul-Émile Côté {{double dagger}}Liberal1940
VilleneuveArmand DumasLiberal1949

[[Saskatchewan]]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AssiniboiaHazen ArgueC.C.F.1945
HumboldtJoseph Ingolph HetlandLiberal1949
KindersleyFred LarsonLiberal1949
Lake CentreJohn DiefenbakerProgressive Conservative1940
MackenzieGladstone FerrieLiberal1949
Maple CreekIrvin StuderLiberal1949
Meadow LakeJohn HarrisonLiberal1949
MelfortPercy WrightC.C.F.1940
Melville**James Garfield Gardiner**Liberal1936
Moose JawRoss ThatcherC.C.F.1945
Moose MountainJohn James SmithLiberal1949
Prince AlbertFrancis HelmeLiberal1949
Qu'AppelleAustin Edwin DewarLiberal1949
Regina CityEmmett McCuskerLiberal1949
Rosetown—Biggar*Major James Coldwell*C.C.F.1935
RosthernWilliam Albert BoucherLiberal1948
SaskatoonRoy KnightC.C.F.1945
Swift CurrentHarry WhitesideLiberal1949
The BattlefordsArthur James BaterLiberal1949
YorktonAlan Carl StewartLiberal1949

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 21st Canadian Parliament

Notes

References

Succession

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