20th Canadian Parliament

The 20th Canadian Parliament was in session from 6 September 1945, until 30 April 1949. The membership was set by the 1945 federal election on 11 June 1945, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1949 election.

20th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
6 September 1945 – 30 April 1949
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
23 October 1935 – 15 November 1948
Louis St. Laurent
15 November 1948 – 21 June 1957
Cabinets16th Canadian Ministry
17th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
John Bracken
11 June 1945 – 20 July 1948
George A. Drew
2 October 1948 – 1 November 1954
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
Bloc populaire
Labor-Progressive Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Gaspard Fauteux
6 September 1945 – 14 September 1949
Government
House Leader
Ian Alistair Mackenzie
14 October 1944 – 30 April 1948
Alphonse Fournier
1 May 1948 – 9 May 1953
Members245 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
James Horace King
24 August 1945 – 2 August 1949
Government
Senate Leader
Wishart McLea Robertson
24 August 1945 – 14 October 1953
Opposition
Senate Leader
Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
16 January 1942 – 11 September 1945
John Thomas Haig
12 September 1945 – 20 June 1957
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge VI
11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Governor
General
Alexander Cambridge
21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946
Harold Alexander
12 April 1946 – 28 January 1952
Sessions
1st session
6 September 1945 – 18 December 1945
2nd session
14 March 1946 – 31 August 1946
3rd session
30 January 1947 – 17 July 1947
4th session
5 December 1947 – 30 June 1948
5th session
29 January 1949 – 30 April 1949
← 19th→ 21st
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the first three years of the 20th Canadian Parliament.
Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister during the final year of the 20th Canadian Parliament.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority first under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry, and later a majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the newly named Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John Bracken and later by George Drew.

The Speaker was Gaspard Fauteux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933-1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

In this parliament, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, led by M. J. Coldwell, overtook the Social Credit as third largest party.

There were five sessions of the 20th Parliament.

List of members edit

Following is a full list of members of the twentieth 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.

Alberta edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
AcadiaVictor QuelchSocial Credit1935
AthabaskaJoseph Miville DecheneLiberal1940
Battle RiverRobert FairSocial Credit1935
Bow RiverCharles Edward JohnstonSocial Credit1935
Calgary EastDouglas HarknessProgressive Conservative1945
Calgary WestArthur LeRoy SmithProgressive Conservative1945
CamroseJames Alexander MarshallSocial Credit1935
Edmonton EastPatrick Harvey AshbySocial Credit1945
Edmonton WestJames Angus MacKinnonLiberal1935
Jasper—EdsonWalter Frederick KuhlSocial Credit1935
LethbridgeJohn Horne BlackmoreSocial Credit1935
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit1935
Medicine HatWilliam Duncan WylieSocial Credit1945
Peace RiverSolon Earl LowSocial Credit1945
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit1940
VegrevilleAnthony HlynkaSocial Credit1940
WetaskiwinNorman JaquesSocial Credit1935

British Columbia edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
CaribooWilliam IrvineCCF1921,[a] 1926,[b] 1945
Comox—AlberniJohn Lambert GibsonIndependent Liberal1945
Fraser ValleyGeorge CruickshankLiberal1940
KamloopsDavie FultonProgressive Conservative1945
Kootenay EastJames Herbert MatthewsCCF1945
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeIndependent CCF1945
NanaimoGeorge PearkesProgressive Conservative1945
New WestminsterThomas Reid Liberal1930
SkeenaHarry ArchibaldCCF1945
Vancouver—BurrardCharles MerrittProgressive Conservative1945
Vancouver CentreIan Alistair Mackenzie (until 19 January 1948 Senate appointment)Liberal1930
Rodney Young (by-election of 8 June 1948)CCF1948
Vancouver EastAngus MacInnisCCF1930
Vancouver NorthJames Sinclair Liberal1940
Vancouver SouthHoward Charles GreenProgressive Conservative1935
VictoriaRobert Mayhew Liberal1937
YaleGrote Stirling (resigned 21 October 1947)Progressive Conservative1924
Owen Jones (by-election of 31 May 1948)CCF1948

Manitoba edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
BrandonJames Ewen MatthewsLiberal1938
ChurchillRonald Stewart MooreCCF1945
DauphinFred ZaplitnyCCF1945
LisgarHoward WinklerLiberal1935
MacdonaldWilliam Gilbert WeirLiberal-Progressive1930
MarquetteJames Allison Glen (resigned 4 November 1948)Liberal1926,[c] 1935
Stuart Garson (by-election of 20 December 1948)Liberal1948
NeepawaJohn BrackenProgressive Conservative1945
Portage la PrairieHarry Leader (died 9 May 1946)Liberal1921,[d] 1935
Calvert Charlton Miller (by-election of 21 October 1946)Progressive Conservative1946
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal1940
SelkirkWilliam BryceCCF1943
SourisJ. Arthur RossProgressive Conservative1940
SpringfieldJohn SinnottLiberal1945
St. BonifaceFernand ViauLiberal1945
Winnipeg NorthAlistair StewartCCF1940
Winnipeg North CentreStanley KnowlesCCF1942
Winnipeg SouthLeslie Mutch Liberal1935
Winnipeg South CentreRalph Maybank Liberal1935

New Brunswick edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
CharlotteA. Wesley StuartLiberal1945
GloucesterClovis-Thomas RichardLiberal1945
KentAurel LégerLiberal1940
NorthumberlandJohn William MaloneyLiberal1945
Restigouche—MadawaskaBenoît MichaudLiberal1945
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksProgressive Conservative1935
St. John—AlbertKing HazenProgressive Conservative1940
Victoria—CarletonHeber Harold HatfieldProgressive Conservative1940
WestmorlandHenry Read EmmersonLiberal1935
York—SunburyHedley Francis Gregory Bridges (died in office)Liberal1945
Milton Fowler Gregg (by-election of 20 October 1947)Liberal1947

Nova Scotia edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal1936
Cape Breton North and VictoriaMatthew MacLeanLiberal1937
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisCCF1940
Colchester—HantsFrank Thomas StanfieldProgressive Conservative1945
CumberlandPercy Chapman BlackProgressive Conservative1940
Digby—Annapolis—KingsJames Lorimer Ilsley (resigned 27 October 1948)Liberal1926
George Nowlan (by-election of 13 December 1948)Progressive Conservative1948
Halifax*Gordon Benjamin IsnorLiberal1935
William Chisholm Macdonald (died 19 November 1946)Liberal1940
John Dickey (by-election of 14 July 1947, replaces Macdonald)Liberal1947
Inverness—RichmondMoses Elijah McGarryLiberal1940
PictouHenry Byron McCullochLiberal1935
Queens—LunenburgRobert Winters Liberal1945
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareLoran Ellis Baker Liberal1945

Ontario edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
Algoma EastThomas Farquhar (until 10 September 1948 Senate appointment)Liberal1935
Lester B. Pearson (by-election of 25 October 1948)Liberal1948
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal1940
Brantford CityWilliam Ross MacdonaldLiberal1935
BrantJohn A. CharltonProgressive Conservative1945
BroadviewThomas Langton ChurchProgressive Conservative1933
BruceAndrew Ernest RobinsonProgressive Conservative1945
CarletonGeorge Russell Boucher (resigned 1 November 1948)Progressive Conservative1940
George Drew (by-election of 20 December 1948)Progressive Conservative1948
CochraneJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal1926
DanforthJoseph Henry HarrisProgressive Conservative1921
DavenportJohn Ritchie MacNicolProgressive Conservative1930
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweProgressive Conservative1925
DurhamCharles Elwood StephensonProgressive Conservative1945
EglintonDonald FlemingProgressive Conservative1945
ElginCharles Delmer CoyleProgressive Conservative1945
Essex EastPaul Martin Sr.Liberal1935
Essex SouthMurray ClarkLiberal1935
Essex WestDonald Ferguson BrownLiberal1945
Fort WilliamDan McIvorLiberal1935
Frontenac—AddingtonWilbert Ross AylesworthProgressive Conservative1940
GlengarryWilliam MacDiarmid (resigned 22 June 1945)Liberal1940
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 6 August 1945)Liberal1908,[e] 1919,[f] 1921,[g] 1926,[h] 1945
GreenwoodDenton MasseyProgressive Conservative1935
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanProgressive Conservative1921, 1925
Grey—BruceWalter HarrisLiberal1940
Grey NorthW. Garfield CaseProgressive Conservative1945
HaldimandMark SennProgressive Conservative1921
HaltonHughes CleaverLiberal1935
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal1940
Hamilton WestColin GibsonLiberal1940
Hastings—PeterboroughGeorge Stanley WhiteProgressive Conservative1940
Hastings SouthGeorge Henry StokesProgressive Conservative1940
High ParkWilliam Alexander McMasterProgressive Conservative1945
Huron NorthElston CardiffProgressive Conservative1940
Huron—PerthWilliam Henry GoldingLiberal1932
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore BenidicksonLiberal1945
KentEarl DesmondProgressive Conservative1940
Kingston CityThomas KiddProgressive Conservative1945
Lambton—KentRobert James HendersonProgressive Conservative1945
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative1945
LanarkWilliam Gourlay BlairProgressive Conservative1945
LeedsGeorge WebbProgressive Conservative1945
LincolnNorman LockhartProgressive Conservative1935
LondonPark ManrossProgressive Conservative1945
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative1945
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbin Liberal1940
Muskoka—OntarioJames MacdonnellProgressive Conservative1945
NipissingLéo GauthierLiberal1945
NorfolkTheobald Butler BarrettProgressive Conservative1945
NorthumberlandEarle DropeProgressive Conservative1945
OntarioW. E. N. Sinclair (died in office)Liberal1945
Arthur Henry Williams (by-election of 8 June 1948)CCF1948
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal1945
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraith Liberal1940
OxfordKenneth DanielProgressive Conservative1945
ParkdaleHerbert Alexander Bruce (until resignation)Progressive Conservative1940
Harold Timmins (by-election of 21 October 1946)Progressive Conservative1946
Parry SoundWilfred McDonaldLiberal1945
PeelGordon GraydonProgressive Conservative1935
PerthAlbert BradshawProgressive Conservative1945
Peterborough WestGordon FraserProgressive Conservative1940
Port ArthurClarence Decatur HoweLiberal1935
PrescottÉlie-Oscar BertrandLiberal1929
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge TustinProgressive Conservative1935
Renfrew NorthRalph WarrenLiberal1937
Renfrew SouthJames Joseph McCannLiberal1935
RosedaleHarry JackmanProgressive Conservative1940
RussellJoseph-Omer GourLiberal1945
St. Paul'sDouglas RossProgressive Conservative1935
Simcoe EastWilliam Alfred RobinsonLiberal1945
Simcoe NorthJulian FergusonProgressive Conservative1945
SpadinaDavid CrollLiberal1945
StormontLionel ChevrierLiberal1935
TimiskamingWalter LittleLiberal1935
TrinityLarry SkeyProgressive Conservative1945
VictoriaClayton HodgsonProgressive Conservative1945
Waterloo NorthLouis Orville BreithauptLiberal1940
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthProgressive Conservative1938
WellandHumphrey MitchellLiberal1931,[i] 1942
Wellington NorthLewis MenaryProgressive Conservative1945
Wellington SouthRobert GladstoneLiberal1935
WentworthFrank LennardProgressive Conservative1935, 1945
York EastRobert Henry McGregorProgressive Conservative1926
York NorthJack SmithLiberal1945
York SouthAlan CockeramProgressive Conservative1940, 1945
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonProgressive Conservative1940

Prince Edward Island edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
King'sThomas Vincent GrantLiberal1935
PrinceJohn Watson MacNaught Liberal1945
Queen's*James Lester DouglasLiberal1940
Chester McLureProgressive Conservative1930, 1945

Quebec edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
ArgenteuilGeorges HéonIndependent Progressive Conservative1938, 1945
BeauceLudger DionneLiberal1945
Beauharnois—LaprairieMaxime RaymondBloc populaire canadien1925[j]
BellechasseLouis-Philippe PicardLiberal1940
Berthier—MaskinongéAldéric LaurendeauLiberal1945
BonaventureBona ArsenaultIndependent1945
Brome—MissisquoiMaurice HalléLiberal1940
CartierFred Rose (seat declared vacant 30 January 1947, by House of Commons)Labor-Progressive1943
Maurice Hartt (by-election of 31 March 1947)Liberal1947
Chambly—RouvilleRoch PinardLiberal1945
ChamplainHervé-Edgar BrunelleLiberal1935
ChapleauDavid GourdLiberal1945
Charlevoix—SaguenayFrédéric DorionIndependent1942
Châteauguay—HuntingdonDonald Elmer BlackLiberal1935
ChicoutimiPaul-Edmond GagnonIndependent1945
ComptonJoseph-Adéodat Blanchette Liberal1935
DorchesterLéonard TremblayLiberal1935
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal1940
GaspéLéopold LangloisLiberal1945
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal1940
HullAlphonse FournierLiberal1930
Jacques CartierElphège MarierLiberal1939
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmGeorges-Émile LapalmeLiberal1945
KamouraskaEugène MarquisLiberal1945
LabelleMaurice LalondeLiberal1935
Lake St-John—RobervalJoseph-Alfred DionIndependent Liberal1945
LaurierErnest BertrandLiberal1935
Laval—Two MountainsLiguori Lacombe (resigned 12 July 1948)Independent1925, 1935
Léopold Demers (by-election of 20 December 1948)Liberal1948
LévisMaurice BourgetIndependent Liberal1940
LotbinièreHugues Lapointe Liberal1940
Maisonneuve—RosemontSarto FournierLiberal1935
Matapédia—MatanePhiléas CôtéIndependent Liberal1945
Mégantic—FrontenacJoseph LafontaineLiberal1940
MercierJoseph JeanLiberal1932
Montmagny—L'IsletJean LesageLiberal1945
Mount RoyalFred WhitmanLiberal1940
Nicolet—YamaskaLucien Dubois (died 8 November 1948)Independent Liberal1930
Renaud Chapdelaine (by-election of 7 February 1949)Progressive Conservative1949
OutremontÉdouard RinfretLiberal1945
PontiacWallace McDonald (died 2 May 1946)Liberal1935
Réal Caouette (by-election of 16 September 1946)Social Credit1946
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal1936
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixIndependent Liberal1935
Quebec EastLouis St. LaurentLiberal1942
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan PowerLiberal1917
Quebec West and SouthCharles ParentIndependent Liberal1935
Richelieu—VerchèresArthur Cardin (died 21 October 1946)Independent1911
Gérard Cournoyer (by-election of 23 December 1946)Liberal1946
Richmond—WolfeJames Patrick MullinsLiberal1935
RimouskiGleason Belzile Liberal1945
St. AnnThomas HealyLiberal1940
St. Antoine—WestmountDouglas AbbottLiberal1940
St. DenisAzellus DenisLiberal1935
St. HenryJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal1938
St. Hyacinthe—BagotJoseph FontaineLiberal1945
St. JamesRoland BeaudryLiberal1945
Saint-Jean—Iberville—NapiervilleAlcide CôtéLiberal1945
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeBrooke ClaxtonLiberal1940
St. MaryGaspard Fauteux (†)Liberal1942
St-Maurice—LaflècheRené HamelBloc populaire canadien1945
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal1945
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal1940
StansteadJohn Thomas HackettProgressive Conservative1930, 1945
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotIndependent Liberal1924
Liberal
TerrebonneLionel BertrandLiberal1940
Trois-RivièresWilfrid GariépyIndependent1935,[k] 1945
Vaudreuil—SoulangesLouis-René BeaudoinLiberal1945
VerdunPaul-Émile Côté Liberal1940
WrightLéon RaymondLiberal1945

Saskatchewan edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
AssiniboiaEdward McCulloughCCF1945
HumboldtJoseph William BurtonCCF1935
KindersleyFrank JaenickeCCF1945
Lake CentreJohn DiefenbakerProgressive Conservative1940
MackenzieAlexander Malcolm NicholsonCCF1940
Maple CreekDuncan John McCuaigCCF1945
MelfortPercy WrightCCF1940
MelvilleJames Garfield GardinerLiberal1936
Moose JawRoss ThatcherCCF1945
North BattlefordFrederick Townley-SmithCCF1945
Prince AlbertEdward LeRoy BowermanCCF1945
Qu'AppelleGladys StrumCCF1945
Regina CityJohn ProbeCCF1945
Rosetown—BiggarMajor James ColdwellCCF1935
RosthernWalter Tucker (resigned 8 June 1948)Liberal1935
William Albert Boucher (by-election of 25 October 1948)Liberal1948
Saskatoon CityRoy KnightCCF1945
Swift CurrentThomas John BentleyCCF1945
The BattlefordsMax CampbellCCF1945
WeyburnEric McKayCCF1945
Wood MountainHazen ArgueCCF1945
YorktonGeorge Hugh CastledenCCF1940

Yukon edit

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously elected
YukonGeorge BlackProgressive Conservative1921, 1940

By-elections edit

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Nicolet—YamaskaFebruary 7, 1949Lucien Dubois    Independent LiberalRenaud Chapdelaine    Progressive ConservativeDeathNo
CarletonDecember 20, 1948George Russell Boucher    Progressive ConservativeGeorge A. Drew    Progressive ConservativeResignation to provide a seat for DrewYes
Laval—Two MountainsDecember 20, 1948Liguori Lacombe    IndependentLéopold Demers    LiberalResignationNo
MarquetteDecember 20, 1948James Allison Glen    LiberalStuart Sinclair Garson    LiberalResignationYes
Digby—Annapolis—KingsDecember 13, 1948James Lorimer Ilsley    LiberalGeorge Clyde Nowlan    Progressive ConservativeResignationNo
Algoma EastOctober 25, 1948Thomas Farquhar    LiberalLester B. Pearson    LiberalCalled to the SenateYes
RosthernOctober 25, 1948Walter Adam Tucker    LiberalWilliam Albert Boucher    LiberalResignationYes
OntarioJune 8, 1948W. E. N. Sinclair    LiberalArthur Henry Williams    CCFDeathNo
Vancouver CentreJune 8, 1948Ian Alistair Mackenzie    LiberalRodney Young    CCFCalled to the SenateNo
YaleMay 31, 1948Grote Stirling    Progressive ConservativeOwen Lewis Jones    CCFResignationNo
York—SunburyOctober 20, 1947H. Francis G. Bridges    LiberalMilton Gregg    LiberalDeathYes
HalifaxJuly 14, 1947William Chisholm Macdonald    LiberalJohn Dickey    LiberalDeathYes
CartierMarch 31, 1947Fred Rose    Labor-ProgressiveMaurice Hartt    LiberalSeat declared vacant by resolution of the House of CommonsNo
Richelieu—VerchèresDecember 23, 1946Arthur Cardin    IndependentGérard Cournoyer    LiberalDeathNo
ParkdaleOctober 21, 1946Herbert A. Bruce    Progressive ConservativeHarold Timmins    Progressive ConservativeResignationYes
Portage la PrairieOctober 21, 1946Harry Leader    LiberalCalvert Charlton Miller    Progressive ConservativeDeathNo
PontiacSeptember 16, 1946Wallace McDonald    LiberalRéal Caouette    Social CreditDeathNo
GlengarryAugust 6, 1945William B. MacDiarmid    LiberalWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King    LiberalResignation to provide a seat for Mackenzie KingYes


Notes edit

  1. ^ East Calgary (Alberta) elected as a Labour
  2. ^ Wetaskiwin (Alberta) elected as United Farmers
  3. ^ elected as a Liberal-Progressive
  4. ^ elected as a Progressive
  5. ^ Waterloo North
  6. ^ Prince (Prince Edward Island)
  7. ^ York North
  8. ^ Prince Albert (Saskatchewan)
  9. ^ Hamilton East (elected as a Labour)
  10. ^ elected as a Liberal
  11. ^ elected as a Liberal

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