18th Canadian Parliament
The initial seat distribution of the 18th Canadian Parliament
The 18th Canadian Parliament was in session from February 6, 1936 until January 25, 1940. The membership was set by the 1935 federal election on October 14, 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 |
February 6, 1936 |
June 23, 1936 |
2nd |
January 14, 1937 |
April 10, 1937 |
3rd |
January 27, 1938 |
July 1, 1938 |
4th |
January 12, 1939 |
June 3, 1939 |
5th |
September 7, 1939 |
September 13, 1939 |
6th |
January 25, 1940 |
January 25, 1940 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the eighteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
By-elections
By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | 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 |
James 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 |
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