18th Canadian Parliament
| 18th Canadian Parliament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Majority parliament | |||
| Feb. 6, 1936 – Jan. 25, 1940 | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King Oct. 23, 1935 – Nov. 15, 1948 | ||
| Cabinet | 16th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | R. B. Bennett Oct. 23, 1935 – Jul. 6, 1938 | ||
| Robert Manion Jul. 7, 1938 – May. 13, 1940 | |||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
| Crossbench | Social Credit Party | ||
| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |||
| Liberal-Progressive | |||
| Reconstruction Party | |||
| United Reform | |||
| House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Pierre-François Casgrain 6 February 1936 – 10 May 1940 | ||
| Members | 245 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Walter Edward Foster 11 January 1936 – 8 May 1940 | ||
| Government Senate leader | Raoul Dandurand 23 October 1935 – 11 March 1942 | ||
| Opposition Senate leader | Arthur Meighen 22 October 1935 – 16 January 1942 | ||
| Senators | 96 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Edward VIII Jan. 20, 1936 – Dec. 11, 1936 | ||
| George VI Dec. 11, 1936 – Feb. 6, 1952 | |||
| Governor general | John Buchan Nov. 2, 1935 – Feb. 11, 1940 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session 6 February 1936 – 23 June 1936 | |||
| 2nd session 14 January 1937 – 10 April 1937 | |||
| 3rd session 27 January 1938 – 1 July 1938 | |||
| 4th session 12 January 1939 – 3 June 1939 | |||
| 5th session 7 September 1939 – 13 September 1939 | |||
| 6th session 25 January 1940 – 25 January 1940 | |||
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The 18th Canadian Parliament was in session from 6 February 1936, until 25 January 1940. The membership was set by the 1935 federal election on 14 October 1935, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1940 election.
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 Conservative Party, led first by Richard Bedford Bennett, and later by Robert Manion.
The Speaker was Pierre-François Casgrain. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933-1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
The Social Credit Party led by J. H. Blackmore made their first federal appearance in this parliament. It would be an important third party until 1980. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led by J.S. Woodsworth also made their first appearance. It, and its successor party, the New Democratic Party, would become a major source of policies that would change the fabric of Canada.
There were six sessions of the 18th Parliament, though the last two were extremely short:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6 February 1936 | 23 June 1936 |
| 2nd | 14 January 1937 | 10 April 1937 |
| 3rd | 27 January 1938 | 1 July 1938 |
| 4th | 12 January 1939 | 3 June 1939 |
| 5th | 7 September 1939 | 13 September 1939 |
| 6th | 25 January 1940 | 25 January 1940 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the eighteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
- Party leaders are italicized.
- 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 | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Burton Hill | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Gloucester | Peter Veniot (died 6 July 1936) | Liberal | 1926 | 3rd term | |
| Clarence Joseph Veniot (by-election of 17 August 1936) | Liberal | 1936 | 1st term | ||
| Kent | Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Northumberland | John Patrick Barry | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Joseph-Enoil Michaud | Liberal | 1933 | 2nd term | |
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Conservative | 1935 | 1st term | |
| St. John—Albert | William Ryan (died 1 April 1938) | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Allan McAvity (by-election of 21 February 1938) | Liberal | 1938 | 1st term | ||
| Victoria—Carleton | Jack Patterson | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Westmorland | Henry Read Emmerson | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| York—Sunbury | William George Clark | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish—Guysborough | William Duff | Liberal | 1917,[d] 1927 | 6th term* | |
| J. Ralph Kirk (by-election of 16 March 1936) | Liberal | 1936 | 1st term | ||
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Daniel Alexander Cameron (died 4 September 1937) | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Matthew MacLean (by-election of 18 October 1937) | Liberal | 1937 | 1st term | ||
| Cape Breton South | David James Hartigan | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Colchester—Hants | Gordon Purdy | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Cumberland | Kenneth Judson Cochrane | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | James Lorimer Ilsley | Liberal | 1926 | 3rd term | |
| Halifax* | Robert Emmett Finn | Liberal | 1922, 1935 | 2nd term* | |
| Gordon Benjamin Isnor | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | ||
| Inverness—Richmond | Donald MacLennan | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Pictou | Henry Byron McCulloch | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Queens—Lunenburg | John James Kinley | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Vincent Pottier | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | Thomas Vincent Grant | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Prince | Alfred Edgar MacLean (died 28 October 1939) | Liberal | 1921 | 5th term | |
| James Ralston (by-election of 2 January 1940) | Liberal | 1926,[f] 1940 | 2nd term* | ||
| Queen's* | James Larabee (until 18 December 1935 fisheries appointment) | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | |
| Peter Sinclair Jr. | Liberal | 1935 | 1st term | ||
| Charles Avery Dunning (by-election of 30 December 1935) | Liberal | 1926,[g] 1935 | 3rd term* | ||
| Peter Sinclair Jr. died on 9 March 1938 | Vacant | ||||
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Martha Black | Independent Conservative | 1935 | 1st term |
By-elections
Notes
- ^ Marquette (First elected as a Unionist/Progressive)
- ^ Brandon
- ^ First elected as a Progressive
- ^ Lunenburg/Queens—Lunenburg
- ^ Fort William
- ^ Shelburne—Yarmouth (Nova Scotia)
- ^ Regina (Saskatchewan)
- ^ Lotbinière
- ^ Dorchester
- ^ St. Antoine
- ^ Cardwell (Ontario)
- ^ Waterloo North (Ontario)
- ^ Prince (PEI)/York North (Ontario)
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