20th Canadian Parliament
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The 20th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 6, 1945 until April 30, 1949. The membership was set by the 1945 federal election on June 11, 1945, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1949 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority first under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry, and later 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 CCF, led by M.J. Coldwell, overtook the Social Credit as third largest party.
There were 5 sessions of the 20th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 6, 1945 | December 18, 1945 |
| 2nd | March 14, 1946 | August 31, 1946 |
| 3rd | January 30, 1947 | July 17, 1947 |
| 4th | December 5, 1947 | June 30, 1948 |
| 5th | January 29, 1949 | April 30, 1949 |
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[edit] List of members
Following is a full list of members of the twentieth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
[edit] Alberta
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | Victor Quelch | Social Credit | |
| Athabaska | Joseph Miville Dechene | Liberal | |
| Battle River | Robert Fair | Social Credit | |
| Bow River | Charles Edward Johnston | Social Credit | |
| Calgary East | Douglas Scott Harkness | Progressive Conservative | |
| Calgary West | Arthur Leroy Smith | Progressive Conservative | |
| Camrose | James Alexander Marshall | Social Credit | |
| Edmonton East | Patrick Harvey Ashby | 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 | William Duncan McKay Wylie | Social Credit | |
| Peace River | Solon Earl Low | Social Credit | |
| Red Deer | Frederick Davis Shaw | Social Credit | |
| Vegreville | Anthony Hlynka | Social Credit | |
| Wetaskiwin | Norman Jaques | Social Credit | |
[edit] British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | William Irvine | C.C.F. | |
| Comox—Alberni | John Lambert Gibson | Independent Liberal | |
| Fraser Valley | George Alexander Cruickshank | Liberal | |
| Kamloops | Edmund Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative | |
| Kootenay East | James Herbert Matthews | C.C.F. | |
| Kootenay West | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | Independent C.C.F. | |
| Nanaimo | George Randolph Pearkes | Progressive Conservative | |
| New Westminster | Thomas Reid | Liberal | |
| Skeena | Harry Grenfell Archibald | C.C.F. | |
| Vancouver—Burrard | Charles Merritt | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vancouver Centre | Ian Alistair Mackenzie (until 19 January 1948 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
| Rodney Young (by-election of 1948-06-08) | C.C.F. | ||
| Vancouver East | Angus Macinnis | C.C.F. | |
| Vancouver North | James Sinclair | Liberal | |
| Vancouver South | Howard Charles Green | Progressive Conservative | |
| Victoria | Robert Wellington Mayhew | Liberal | |
| Yale | Grote Stirling (resigned 21 October 1947) | Progressive Conservative | |
| Owen Lewis Jones (by-election of 1948-05-31) | C.C.F. | ||
[edit] Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | James Ewen Matthews | Liberal | |
| Churchill | Ronald Stewart Moore | C.C.F. | |
| Dauphin | Frederick Samuel Zaplitny | C.C.F. | |
| Lisgar | Howard Waldemar Winkler | Liberal | |
| Macdonald | William Gilbert Weir | Liberal-Progressive | |
| Marquette | James Allison Glen (resigned 4 November 1948) | Liberal | |
| Stuart Sinclair Garson (by-election of 1948-12-20) | Liberal | ||
| Neepawa | John Bracken | Progressive Conservative | |
| Portage la Prairie | Harry Leader (died 9 May 1946) | Liberal | |
| Calvert Charlton Miller (by-election of 1946-10-21) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Provencher | René Jutras | Liberal | |
| Selkirk | William Scottie Bryce | C.C.F. | |
| Souris | James Arthur Ross | Progressive Conservative | |
| Springfield | John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott | Liberal | |
| St. Boniface | Fernand Viau | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg North | Alistair McLeod Stewart | C.C.F. | |
| Winnipeg North Centre | Stanley Knowles | C.C.F. | |
| Winnipeg South | Leslie Alexander Mutch | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Ralph Maybank | Liberal | |
[edit] New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Andrew Wesley Stuart | Liberal | |
| Gloucester | Clovis-Thomas Richard | Liberal | |
| Kent | Aurel D. Léger | Liberal | |
| Northumberland | John William Maloney | Liberal | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Benoît Michaud | Liberal | |
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative | |
| St. John—Albert | Douglas King Hazen | Progressive Conservative | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Heber Harold Hatfield | Progressive Conservative | |
| Westmorland | Henry Read Emmerson | Liberal | |
| York—Sunbury | Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges (died in office) | Liberal | |
| Milton Fowler Gregg (by-election of 1947-10-20) | Liberal | ||
[edit] Nova Scotia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish—Guysborough | James Ralph Kirk | Liberal | |
| Cape Breton North and Victoria | Matthew Maclean | Liberal | |
| Cape Breton South | Clarence Gillis | C.C.F. | |
| Colchester—Hants | Frank Thomas Stanfield | Progressive Conservative | |
| Cumberland | Percy Chapman Black | Progressive Conservative | |
| Digby—Annapolis—Kings | James Lorimer Ilsley (resigned 27 October 1948) | Liberal | |
| George Nowlan (by-election of 1948-12-13) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Halifax* | Gordon Benjamin Isnor | Liberal | |
| William Chisholm Macdonald (died 19 November 1946) | Liberal | ||
| John Horace Dickey (by-election of 1947-07-14, replaces Macdonald) | Liberal | ||
| Inverness—Richmond | Moses Elijah McGarry | Liberal | |
| Pictou | Henry Byron McCulloch | Liberal | |
| Queens—Lunenburg | Robert Winters | Liberal | |
| Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare | Loran Ellis Baker | Liberal | |
[edit] Ontario
[edit] Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's | Thomas Vincent Grant | Liberal | |
| Prince | John Watson Macnaught | Liberal | |
| Queen's* | James Lester Douglas | Liberal | |
| Winfield Chester Scott McLure | Progressive Conservative | ||
[edit] Quebec
[edit] Saskatchewan
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | Edward George McCullough | C.C.F. | |
| Humboldt | Joseph William Burton | C.C.F. | |
| Kindersley | Frank Eric Jaenicke | C.C.F. | |
| Lake Centre | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | |
| Mackenzie | Alexander Malcolm Nicholson | C.C.F. | |
| Maple Creek | Duncan John McCuaig | C.C.F. | |
| Melfort | Percy Ellis Wright | C.C.F. | |
| Melville | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | |
| Moose Jaw | Wilbert Ross Thatcher | C.C.F. | |
| North Battleford | Frederick William Townley-smith | C.C.F. | |
| Prince Albert | Edward LeRoy Bowerman | C.C.F. | |
| Qu'Appelle | Gladys Strum | C.C.F. | |
| Regina City | John Oliver Probe | C.C.F. | |
| Rosetown—Biggar | Major James Coldwell | C.C.F. | |
| Rosthern | Walter Adam Tucker (resigned 8 June 1948) | Liberal | |
| William Albert Boucher (by-election of 1948-10-25) | Liberal | ||
| Saskatoon City | Robert Ross (Roy) Knight | C.C.F. | |
| Swift Current | Thomas John Bentley | C.C.F. | |
| The Battlefords | Alexander Maxwell (Max) Campbell | C.C.F. | |
| Weyburn | Eric Bowness McKay | C.C.F. | |
| Wood Mountain | Hazen Argue | C.C.F. | |
| Yorkton | George Hugh Castleden | C.C.F. | |
[edit] Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | George Black | Progressive Conservative | |
[edit] References
- Government of Canada. 16th Ministry. Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Retrieved on November 9, 2006.
- Government of Canada. 17th Ministry. Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Retrieved on November 9, 2006.
- Government of Canada. 20th Parliament. Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on November 30, 2006.
- Government of Canada. Duration of Sessions. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
- Government of Canada. General Elections. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
- Government of Canada. Key Dates for each Parliament. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
- Government of Canada. Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
- Government of Canada. Prime Ministers of Canada. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
- Government of Canada. Speakers. Library of Parliament. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
[edit] Succession
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