10th_Canadian_Parliament
10th Canadian Parliament
Parliamentary term of the Parliament of Canada
The 10th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 11, 1905, until September 17, 1908. The membership was set by the 1904 federal election on November 3, 1904. It was dissolved prior to the 1908 election.
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| 10th Parliament of Canada | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 11 January 1905 – 17 September 1908 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime Minister | Sir Wilfrid Laurier July 11, 1896 – Oct. 6, 1911 | ||
| Cabinet | 8th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | Sir Robert Borden Feb. 6, 1901 – Oct. 9, 1911 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Conservative Party & Liberal-Conservative Party | ||
| House of Commons | |||
 Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | Robert Franklin Sutherland January 11, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Raoul Dandurand January 9, 1905 – January 13, 1909 | ||
| James Kirkpatrick Kerr January 14, 1909 – October 22, 1911 | |||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Edward VII Jan. 22, 1901 – May 6, 1910 | ||
| Governor General | The Earl Grey Dec. 10, 1904 – Oct. 13, 1911 | ||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session January 11, 1905 – July 20, 1905 | |||
| 2nd session March 8, 1906 – July 13, 1906 | |||
| 3rd session November 22, 1906 – April 27, 1907 | |||
| 4th session November 28, 1907 – July 20, 1908 | |||
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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Robert Borden.
The Speaker was Robert Franklin Sutherland. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1903–1907 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 10th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | January 11, 1905 | July 20, 1905 |
| 2nd | March 8, 1906 | July 13, 1906 |
| 3rd | November 22, 1906 | April 27, 1907 |
| 4th | November 28, 1907 | July 20, 1908 |
Alberta Act
The Alberta Act, S. C. 1905, c. 3 established the new province of Alberta, effective September 1, 1905. Its long title is An Act to establish and provide for the government of the Province of Alberta. The Act received royal assent on July 20, 1905. The Alberta Act is part of the Constitution of Canada.
Saskatchewan Act
The Saskatchewan Act, S. C. 1905, c. 42 established the new province of Saskatchewan, effective September 1, 1905. Its long title is An Act to establish and provide for the government of the Province of Saskatchewan. The Act received royal assent on July 20, 1905. The Saskatchewan Act is part of the Constitution of Canada.
Juvenile Delinquents Act
The Juvenile Delinquents Act (French: Loi sur les jeunes délinquants), S.C. 1908, c. 40 was a law passed by the Parliament of Canada to improve its handling of juvenile crime. The act established procedures for the handling of juvenile offenses, including the government assuming control of juvenile offenders. It was revised in 1929 and superseded in 1984 by the Young Offenders Act.
Following is a full list of members of the tenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. 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.
Alberta/Saskatchewan
Alberta and Saskatchewan were established as Canadian provinces on 1 September 1905 from parts of what had formerly been the Northwest Territories. The old NWT electoral districts were not formally abolished until the 1907 redistribution, which took the provincial boundary into account. In the meantime, three by-elections were held in districts which straddled the new border.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia West | William Erskine Knowles (by-election of 1906-02-06) | Liberal | 1906 | |
| Saskatchewan | George Ewan McCraney (by-election of 1906-02-06) | Liberal | 1906 | |
| Strathcona | Wilbert McIntyre (by-election of 1906-04-05) | Liberal | 1906 | |
British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comox—Atlin | William Sloan | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Kootenay | William Alfred Galliher | Liberal | 1900 | |
| Nanaimo | Ralph Smith | Liberal | 1900 | |
| New Westminster | James Buckham Kennedy | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Vancouver City | Robert George Macpherson | Liberal | 1903 | |
| Victoria City | George Riley (resigned 6 February 1906 to allow seat for Templeman) | Liberal | 1902 | |
| William Templeman (by-election of 1906-03-06) | Liberal | 1906 | ||
| Yale—Cariboo | Duncan Ross | Liberal | 1904 | |
Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | Clifford Sifton | Liberal | 1896 | |
| Dauphin | Theodore Arthur Burrows | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Lisgar | Thomas Greenway | Liberal | 1875, 1904 | |
| Macdonald | William D. Staples | Conservative | 1904 | |
| Marquette | William James Roche | Conservative | 1896 | |
| Portage la Prairie | John Crawford | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Provencher | Joseph Ernest Cyr | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Selkirk | Samuel Jacob Jackson | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Souris | Frederick Laurence Schaffner | Conservative | 1904 | |
| Winnipeg | David Wesley Bole | Liberal | 1904 | |
New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton | Frank Broadstreet Carvell | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Charlotte | Gilbert White Ganong | Liberal-Conservative | 1896 | |
| City and County of St. John | Alfred Augustus Stockton (died 15 March 1907) | Conservative | 1904 | |
| William Pugsley (by-election of 1907-09-18) | Liberal | 1907 | ||
| City of St. John | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative | 1904 | |
| Gloucester | Onésiphore Turgeon | Liberal | 1900 | |
| Kent | Olivier J. Leblanc | Liberal | 1900 | |
| King's and Albert | George William Fowler | Conservative | 1900 | |
| Northumberland | William Stewart Loggie | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Restigouche | James Reid | Liberal | 1900 | |
| Sunbury—Queen's | Robert Duncan Wilmot | Conservative | 1887, 1900 | |
| Victoria | John Costigan (until Senate appointment) | Liberal | 1867 | |
| Pius Michaud (by-election of 1907-03-05) | Liberal | 1907 | ||
| Westmorland | Henry Emmerson | Liberal | 1900 | |
| York | Oswald Smith Crocket | Conservative | 1904 | |
Northwest Territories
The regions of the Northwest Territories represented in Parliament became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905. Except in cases where the members resigned, NWT MP's continued to represent constituencies using the 1903 boundaries until the dissolution of the 10th Parliament.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta (Provisional District) | John Herron | Liberal-Conservative | 1904 | |
| Assiniboia East | John Gillanders Turriff | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Assiniboia West | Thomas Walter Scott | Liberal | 1900 | |
| Calgary | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | Conservative | 1904 | |
| Edmonton | Frank Oliver (until 8 April 1905 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | 1896 | |
| Frank Oliver (by-election of 1905-04-25) | Liberal | 1905 | ||
| Humboldt | Alan Joseph Adamson | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Mackenzie | Edward L. Cash | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Qu'Appelle | Richard Stuart Lake | Conservative | 1904 | |
| Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | John Henderson Lamont | Liberal | 1904 | |
| Strathcona | Peter Talbot | Liberal | 1904 | |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | James Joseph Hughes | Liberal | 1900 | |
| Prince | Alfred Alexander Lefurgey | Conservative | 1900 | |
| Queen's* | Alexander Martin | Conservative | 1896, 1904 | |
| Angus Alexander McLean | Conservative | 1904 | ||
Quebec
Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Alfred Thompson | Conservative | 1904 | |
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