18th_Canadian_Parliament

18th Parliament of Canada
18th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
6 February 1936 – 25 January 1940
Parliament leaders
Prime; Minister	William Lyon Mackenzie King; 23 October 1935 – 15 November 1948
Cabinet	16th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the; Opposition	R. B. Bennett; 23 October 1935 – 6 July 1938
	Robert Manion; 7 July 1938 – 13 May 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; 20 January 1936 – 11 December 1936
	George VI; 11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Governor; General	John Buchan; 2 November 1935 – 11 February 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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18th Canadian Parliament

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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.

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William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the 18th Canadian Parliament.

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:

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Electoral district	Name	Party
Acadia	Victor Quelch	Social Credit
Athabaska	Percy John Rowe	Social Credit
Battle River	Robert Fair	Social Credit
Bow River	Charles Edward Johnston	Social Credit
Calgary East	John Landeryou	Social Credit
Calgary West	Richard Bedford Bennett (resigned 28 January 1939)	Conservative
Calgary West	Douglas Cunnington (by-election of 18 September 1939)	Conservative
Camrose	James Alexander Marshall	Social Credit
Edmonton East	William Samuel Hall (died 26 January 1938)	Social Credit
Edmonton East	Orvis A. Kennedy (by-election of 21 March 1938)	Social Credit
Edmonton West	James Angus MacKinnon	Liberal
Jasper—Edson	Walter Frederick Kuhl	Social Credit
Lethbridge	John Horne Blackmore	Social Credit
Macleod	Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit
Medicine Hat	Archibald Hugh Mitchell	Social Credit
Peace River	René-Antoine Pelletier	Social Credit
Red Deer	Eric Joseph Poole	Social Credit
Vegreville	William Hayhurst	Social Credit
Wetaskiwin	Norman Jaques	Social Credit

Electoral district		Name	Party
Cariboo		James Gray Turgeon	Liberal
Comox—Alberni		Alan Webster Neill	Independent
Fraser Valley		Harry James Barber	Conservative
Kamloops		Thomas O'Neill	Liberal
Kootenay East		Henry Herbert Stevens	Reconstruction
Kootenay East		Henry Herbert Stevens	Conservative
Kootenay West		William Esling	Conservative
Nanaimo		James Samuel Taylor	C.C.F.
Nanaimo		James Samuel Taylor
	Independent
New Westminster		Thomas Reid	Liberal
Skeena		Olof Hanson	Liberal
Vancouver—Burrard		Gerry McGeer	Liberal
Vancouver Centre		Ian Alistair Mackenzie	Liberal
Vancouver East		Angus MacInnis	C.C.F.
Vancouver North		Charles Grant MacNeil	C.C.F.
Vancouver South		Howard Charles Green	Conservative
Victoria		D'Arcy Plunkett (died 3 May 1936)	Conservative
		Simon Fraser Tolmie (by-election of 8 June 1936, died 13 October 1937)	Conservative
		Robert Mayhew (by-election of 29 November 1937)	Liberal
Yale		Grote Stirling	Conservative

Electoral district	Name	Party
Brandon	David Wilson Beaubier (died 1 September 1938)	Conservative
Brandon	James Ewen Matthews (by-election of 14 November 1938)	Liberal
Churchill	Thomas Crerar	Liberal
Dauphin	William John Ward	Liberal
Lisgar	Howard Winkler	Liberal
Macdonald	William Gilbert Weir	Liberal-Progressive
Marquette	James Allison Glen	Liberal-Progressive
Neepawa	Frederick Donald Mackenzie	Liberal
Portage la Prairie	Harry Leader	Liberal
Provencher	Arthur-Lucien Beaubien	Liberal
Selkirk	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	Liberal-Progressive
Souris	George William McDonald	Liberal-Progressive
Springfield	John Mouat Turner	Liberal
St. Boniface	John Power Howden	Liberal
Winnipeg North	Abraham Albert Heaps	C.C.F.
Winnipeg North Centre	James Shaver Woodsworth	C.C.F.
Winnipeg South	Leslie Mutch	Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre	Ralph Maybank	Liberal

Electoral district	Name	Party
Charlotte	Burton Hill	Liberal
Gloucester	Peter Veniot (died 6 July 1936)	Liberal
Gloucester	Clarence Joseph Veniot (by-election of 17 August 1936)	Liberal
Kent	Louis-Prudent-Alexandre Robichaud	Liberal
Northumberland	John Patrick Barry	Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska	Joseph-Enoil Michaud	Liberal
Royal	Alfred Johnson Brooks	Conservative
St. John—Albert	William Ryan (died 1 April 1938)	Liberal
St. John—Albert	Allan McAvity (by-election of 21 February 1938)	Liberal
Victoria—Carleton	Jack Patterson	Liberal
Westmorland	Henry Read Emmerson	Liberal
York—Sunbury	William George Clark	Liberal

Electoral district	Name	Party
Antigonish—Guysborough	William Duff	Liberal
Antigonish—Guysborough	J. Ralph Kirk (by-election of 16 March 1936)	Liberal
Cape Breton North and Victoria	Daniel Alexander Cameron (died 4 September 1937)	Liberal
Cape Breton North and Victoria	Matthew MacLean (by-election of 18 October 1937)	Liberal
Cape Breton South	David James Hartigan	Liberal
Colchester—Hants	Gordon Purdy	Liberal
Cumberland	Kenneth Judson Cochrane	Liberal
Digby—Annapolis—Kings	James Lorimer Ilsley	Liberal
Halifax*	Robert Emmett Finn	Liberal
Halifax*	Gordon Benjamin Isnor	Liberal
Inverness—Richmond	Donald MacLennan	Liberal
Pictou	Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
Queens—Lunenburg	John James Kinley	Liberal
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare	Vincent Pottier	Liberal

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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

Electoral district	Name	Party
Algoma East	Thomas Farquhar	Liberal
Algoma West	Henry Sidney Hamilton	Liberal
Brantford City	William Ross Macdonald	Liberal
Brant	George Wood	Liberal
Broadview	Thomas Langton Church	Conservative
Bruce	William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
Carleton	Alonzo Hyndman	Conservative
Cochrane	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	Liberal
Danforth	Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
Davenport	John Ritchie MacNicol	Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe (resigned 28 September 1937 to campaign for Ontario provincial election)	Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe (by-election of 8 November 1937)	Conservative
Durham	Frank Rickard	Liberal
Eglinton	Richard Langton Baker	Conservative
Elgin	Wilson Mills	Liberal
Essex East	Paul Martin Sr.	Liberal
Essex South	Murray Clark	Liberal
Essex West	Norman Alexander McLarty	Liberal
Fort William	Dan McIvor	Liberal
Frontenac—Addington	Colin Campbell (resigned 28 September 1937 to campaign for Ontario provincial election)	Liberal
Frontenac—Addington	Angus Neil McCallum (by-election of 1 November 1937)	Liberal
Glengarry	John David MacRae	Liberal
Greenwood	Denton Massey	Conservative
Grenville—Dundas	Arza Clair Casselman	Conservative
Grey—Bruce	Agnes Macphail	United Farmers of Ontario-Labour
Grey North	William Pattison Telford, Jr.	Liberal
Haldimand	Mark Senn	Conservative
Halton	Hughes Cleaver	Liberal
Hamilton East	Albert A. Brown	Conservative
Hamilton West	Herbert Earl Wilton (died 1 February 1937)	Conservative
Hamilton West	John Allmond Marsh (by-election of 22 March 1937)	Conservative
Hastings—Peterborough	Rork Scott Ferguson	Liberal
Hastings South	John Charles Alexander Cameron	Liberal
High Park	Alexander James Anderson	Conservative
Huron North	Robert Deachman	Liberal
Huron—Perth	William Henry Golding	Liberal
Kenora—Rainy River	Hugh McKinnon	Liberal
Kent	James Rutherford (died 27 February 1939)	Liberal
Kent	Arthur Lisle Thompson (by-election of 11 December 1939)	Liberal
Kingston City	Norman McLeod Rogers	Liberal
Lambton—Kent	Hugh MacKenzie	Liberal
Lambton West	Ross Gray	Liberal
Lanark	Thomas Alfred Thompson	Conservative
Leeds	Hugh Alexander Stewart	Conservative
Lincoln	Norman Lockhart	Conservative
London	Frederick Cronyn Betts (died 7 May 1938)	Conservative
London	Robert James Manion (by-election of 14 November 1938)	Conservative
Middlesex East	Duncan Graham Ross	Liberal
Middlesex West	John Campbell Elliott	Liberal
Muskoka—Ontario	Stephen Furniss	Liberal
Nipissing	Raoul Hurtubise	Liberal
Norfolk	William Horace Taylor	Liberal
Northumberland	William Alexander Fraser	Liberal
Ontario	William Henry Moore	Liberal
Ottawa East	Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier (until judicial appointment)	Liberal
Ottawa East	Joseph Albert Pinard (by-election of 26 October 1936)	Liberal
Ottawa West	T. Franklin Ahearn	Liberal
Oxford	Almon Rennie	Liberal
Parkdale	David Spence	Conservative
Parry Sound	Arthur Slaght	Liberal
Peel	Gordon Graydon	Conservative
Perth	Fred Sanderson	Liberal
Peterborough West	Joseph James Duffus	Liberal
Port Arthur	Clarence Decatur Howe	Liberal
Prescott	Élie-Oscar Bertrand	Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox	George Tustin	Conservative
Renfrew North	Matthew McKay (died in office)	Liberal
Renfrew North	Ralph Warren (by-election of 5 April 1937)	Liberal
Renfrew South	James Joseph McCann	Liberal
Rosedale	Harry Gladstone Clarke	Conservative
Russell	Alfred Goulet	Liberal
St. Paul's	Douglas Ross	Conservative
Simcoe East	George McLean	Liberal
Simcoe North	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	Liberal
Spadina	Samuel Factor	Liberal
Stormont	Lionel Chevrier	Liberal
Timiskaming	Walter Little	Liberal
Trinity	Hugh Plaxton	Liberal
Victoria	Bruce McNevin	Liberal
Waterloo North	William Daum Euler	Liberal
Waterloo South	Alexander Edwards (died 3 June 1938)	Conservative
Waterloo South	Karl Kenneth Homuth (by-election of 14 November 1938)	Conservative
Welland	Arthur Damude	Liberal
Wellington North	John Knox Blair	Liberal
Wellington South	Robert Gladstone	Liberal
Wentworth	Frank Lennard	Conservative
York East	Robert Henry McGregor	Conservative
York North	William Pate Mulock	Liberal
York South	Earl Lawson	Conservative
York West	John Everett Lyle Streight	Liberal

Electoral district	Name	Party
King's	Thomas Vincent Grant	Liberal
Prince	Alfred Edgar MacLean (died 28 October 1939)	Liberal
Prince	James Ralston (by-election of 2 January 1940)	Liberal
Queen's*	James Larabee (until 18 December 1935 fisheries appointment)	Liberal
	Peter Sinclair	Liberal
	Charles Avery Dunning (by-election of 30 December 1935)	Liberal

Electoral district	Name	Party
Argenteuil	George Halsey Perley (died in office 4 January 1938)	Conservative
Argenteuil	Georges Héon (by-election of 28 February 1938)	Independent Conservative
Beauce	Édouard Lacroix	Liberal
Beauharnois—Laprairie	Maxime Raymond	Liberal
Bellechasse	Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé	J.-Émile Ferron	Liberal
Bonaventure	Charles Marcil (died 29 January 1937)	Liberal
Bonaventure	Pierre-Émile Côté (by-election of 22 March 1937)	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi	Louis Gosselin	Liberal
Cartier	Samuel William Jacobs (died 21 August 1938)	Liberal
Cartier	Peter Bercovitch (by-election of 7 November 1938)	Liberal
Chambly—Rouville	Vincent Dupuis	Liberal
Champlain	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Liberal
Chapleau	François Blais	Independent Liberal
Charlevoix—Saguenay	Pierre-François Casgrain	Liberal
Chicoutimi	Alfred Dubuc	Liberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon	Donald Elmer Black	Liberal
Compton	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
Dorchester	Léonard Tremblay	Liberal
Drummond—Arthabaska	Wilfrid Girouard	Liberal
Gaspé	Maurice Brasset	Liberal
Hochelaga	Édouard-Charles St-Père	Liberal
Hull	Alphonse Fournier	Liberal
Jacques Cartier	Vital Mallette (died 17 April 1939)	Liberal
Jacques Cartier	Elphège Marier (by-election of 18 December 1939)	Liberal
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm	Charles-Édouard Ferland	Liberal
Kamouraska	Joseph Georges Bouchard	Liberal
Labelle	Maurice Lalonde (politician)	Liberal
Lake St-John—Roberval	Armand Sylvestre	Liberal
Laurier	Ernest Bertrand	Liberal
Laval—Two Mountains	Liguori Lacombe	Liberal
Lévis	Joseph-Étienne Dussault	Liberal
Lotbinière	Joseph-Achille Verville (died 20 November 1937)	Liberal
Lotbinière	Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur (by-election of 27 December 1937)	Liberal
Maisonneuve—Rosemont	Sarto Fournier	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane	Arthur-Joseph Lapointe	Liberal
Mégantic—Frontenac	Eusèbe Roberge	Liberal
Mercier	Joseph Jean	Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet	Fernand Fafard	Liberal
Mount Royal	William Allen Walsh	Conservative
Nicolet—Yamaska	Lucien Dubois	Liberal
Outremont	Thomas Vien	Liberal
Pontiac	Wallace McDonald	Liberal
Portneuf	Lucien Cannon (until 15 January 1936 judicial appointment)	Liberal
Portneuf	Pierre Gauthier (by-election of 27 January 1936)	Liberal
Québec—Montmorency	Wilfrid Lacroix	Liberal
Quebec East	Ernest Lapointe	Liberal
Quebec South	Charles Gavan Power	Liberal
Quebec West and South	Charles Parent	Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères	Arthur Cardin	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe	James Patrick Mullins	Liberal
Rimouski	Eugène Fiset	Liberal
St. Ann	William James Hushion	Liberal
St. Antoine—Westmount	Robert Smeaton White	Conservative
St. Denis	Azellus Denis	Liberal
St. Henry	Paul Mercier (until 30 November 1937 judicial appointment)	Liberal
St. Henry	Joseph-Arsène Bonnier (by-election of 17 January 1938)	Liberal
St. Hyacinthe—Bagot	Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
St. James	Fernand Rinfret (died 12 July 1939)	Liberal
St. James	Eugène Durocher (by-election of 18 December 1939)	Liberal
St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville	Martial Rhéaume	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George	Charles Cahan	Conservative
St. Mary	Hermas Deslauriers	Liberal
St-Maurice—Laflèche	Joseph-Alphida Crête	Liberal
Shefford	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	Liberal
Sherbrooke	Charles Benjamin Howard	Liberal
Stanstead	Robert Davidson	Liberal
Témiscouata	Jean-François Pouliot	Liberal
Terrebonne	Louis-Étienne Parent	Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Wilfrid Gariépy	Liberal
Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Joseph Thauvette	Liberal
Verdun	Jules Wermenlinger	Conservative
Wright	Fizalam-William Perras (died 28 June 1936)	Liberal
Wright	Rodolphe Leduc (by-election of 3 August 1936)	Liberal

Electoral district	Name	Party
Assiniboia	Robert McKenzie (until 9 December 1935 Canadian Farm Loan Board appointment)	Liberal
Assiniboia	James Garfield Gardiner (by-election of 6 January 1936)	Liberal
Humboldt	Harry Raymond Fleming	Liberal
Kindersley	Otto Buchanan Elliott	Social Credit
Lake Centre	John Frederick Johnston	Liberal
Mackenzie	John Angus MacMillan	Liberal
Maple Creek	Charles Evans	Liberal
Melfort	Malcolm McLean	Liberal
Melville	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal
Moose Jaw	J. Gordon Ross	Liberal
North Battleford	Cameron Ross McIntosh	Liberal
Prince Albert	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal
Qu'Appelle	Ernest Perley	Conservative
Regina City	Donald McNiven	Liberal
Rosetown—Biggar	Major James Coldwell	C.C.F.
Rosthern	Walter Tucker	Liberal
Saskatoon City	Alexander MacGillivray Young (died 9 July 1939)	Liberal
Saskatoon City	Walter George Brown (by-election of 18 December 1939)	United Reform
Swift Current	Charles Edward Bothwell	Liberal
The Battlefords	Joseph Needham	Social Credit
Weyburn	Tommy Douglas	C.C.F.
Wood Mountain	Thomas Donnelly	Liberal
Yorkton	George Washington McPhee	Liberal

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Retained
Prince	January 2, 1940	Alfred Edgar MacLean	Liberal	James Layton Ralston	Liberal	Death	Yes
Saskatoon City	December 18, 1939	Alexander MacGillivray Young	Liberal	Walter George Brown	United Reform Movement	Death	No
St. James	December 18, 1939	Fernand Rinfret	Liberal	Eugène Durocher	Liberal	Death	Yes
Jacques Cartier	December 18, 1939	Vital Mallette	Liberal	Elphège Marier	Liberal	Death	Yes
Kent	December 11, 1939	James Rutherford	Liberal	Arthur Lisle Thompson	Liberal	Death	Yes
Calgary West	September 18, 1939	R. B. Bennett	Conservative	Douglas Cunnington	Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brandon	November 14, 1938	David Wilson Beaubier	Conservative	James Ewen Matthews	Liberal	Death	No
London	November 14, 1938	Frederick Cronyn Betts	Conservative	Robert James Manion	Conservative	Death	Yes
Waterloo South	November 14, 1938	Alexander Edwards	Conservative	Karl Homuth	Conservative	Death	Yes
Cartier	November 7, 1938	Samuel William Jacobs	Liberal	Peter Bercovitch	Liberal	Death	Yes
Edmonton East	March 21, 1938	William Samuel Hall	Social Credit	Orvis A. Kennedy	Social Credit	Death	Yes
Argenteuil	February 28, 1938	George H. Perley	Conservative	Georges Héon	Independent Conservative	Death	No
St. John—Albert	February 21, 1938	William Ryan	Liberal	Allan McAvity	Liberal	Death	Yes
St. Henry	January 17, 1938	Paul Mercier	Liberal	Joseph Arsène Bonnier	Liberal	Appointed a Circuit Court Judge of Montreal	Yes
Lotbinière	December 27, 1937	Joseph-Achille Verville	Liberal	Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur	Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	November 29, 1937	Simon Fraser Tolmie	Conservative	Robert Mayhew	Liberal	Death	No
Dufferin—Simcoe	November 8, 1937	William Earl Rowe	Conservative	William Earl Rowe	Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Frontenac—Addington	November 1, 1937	Colin Campbell	Liberal	Angus Neil McCallum	Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Cape Breton North and Victoria	October 18, 1937	Daniel Alexander Cameron	Liberal	Matthew Maclean	Liberal	Death	Yes
Renfrew North	April 5, 1937	Matthew McKay	Liberal	Ralph Warren	Liberal	Death	Yes
Hamilton West	March 22, 1937	Herbert Earl Wilton	Conservative	John Allmond Marsh	Conservative	Death	Yes
Bonaventure	March 22, 1937	Charles Marcil	Liberal	Pierre-Emile Cote	Liberal	Death	Yes
Ottawa East	October 26, 1936	Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier	Liberal	Joseph Albert Pinard	Liberal	Appointed a judge of the High Court of Justice of Ontario	Yes
Gloucester	August 17, 1936	Peter Veniot	Liberal	Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal	Death	Yes
Wright	August 3, 1936	Fizalam-William Perras	Liberal	Rodolphe Leduc	Liberal	Death	Yes
Victoria	June 8, 1936	D'Arcy Plunkett	Conservative	Simon Tolmie	Conservative	Death	Yes
Antigonish—Guysborough	March 16, 1936	William Duff	Liberal	J. Ralph Kirk	Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Portneuf	January 27, 1936	Lucien Cannon	Liberal	Pierre Gauthier	Liberal	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	Yes
Assiniboia	January 6, 1936	Robert McKenzie	Liberal	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	Resignation to provide a seat for Gardiner	Yes
Queen's	December 30, 1935	J. James Larabee	Liberal	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal	Appointed a Fisheries Protection Officer	Yes