19th Canadian Parliament

The initial seat distribution of the 19th Canadian Parliament

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

The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1940, until April 16, 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on March 26, 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1945 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 so-called "National Government" party (the name which the Conservatives ran under in the 1940 election), led in the House by Richard Hanson and Gordon Graydon consecutively as the three successive national leaders of the party, Robert Manion, Arthur Meighen and John Bracken did not have seats in the House of Commons. With the selection of Bracken as national leader in December 1942, the party became known as the Progressive Conservatives.

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

There were six sessions of the 19th Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	May 16, 1940	November 5, 1940
2nd	November 7, 1940	January 21, 1942
3rd	January 22, 1942	January 27, 1943
4th	January 28, 1943	January 26, 1944
5th	January 27, 1944	January 31, 1945
6th	March 19, 1945	April 16, 1945

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

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	George Henry Ross	Liberal
Calgary West	Manley Justin Edwards	Liberal
Camrose	James Alexander Marshall	Social Credit
Edmonton East	Frederick Clayton Casselman (died 20 March 1941)	Liberal
Edmonton East	Cora Taylor Casselman (by-election of 1941-06-02)	Liberal
Edmonton West	James Angus MacKinnon	Liberal
Jasper—Edson	Walter Frederick Kuhl	New Democracy
Lethbridge	John Horne Blackmore	Social Credit
Macleod	Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit
Medicine Hat	Frederick William Gershaw	Liberal
Peace River	John Sissons	Liberal
Red Deer	Frederick Davis Shaw	Social Credit
Vegreville	Anthony Hlynka	Social Credit
Wetaskiwin	Norman Jaques	Social Credit

British Columbia

Electoral district	Name	Party
Cariboo	James Gray Turgeon	Liberal
Comox—Alberni	Alan Webster Neill	Independent
Fraser Valley	George Alexander Cruickshank	Liberal
Kamloops	Thomas James O'Neill	Liberal
Kootenay East	George Ernest Lawson Mackinnon	National Government
Kootenay East	George Ernest Lawson Mackinnon	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay West	William Kemble Esling	National Government
Kootenay West	William Kemble Esling	Progressive Conservative
Nanaimo	Alan Chambers	Liberal
New Westminster	Thomas Reid	Liberal
Skeena	Olof Hanson	Liberal
Vancouver—Burrard	Gerald Grattan McGeer	Liberal
Vancouver Centre	Ian Alistair Mackenzie	Liberal
Vancouver East	Angus MacInnis	C.C.F.
Vancouver North	James Sinclair	Liberal
Vancouver South	Howard Charles Green	National Government
Vancouver South	Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
Victoria	Robert Wellington Mayhew	Liberal
Yale	Grote Stirling	National Government
Yale	Grote Stirling	Progressive Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral district	Name	Party
Brandon	James Ewen Matthews	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	René Jutras	Liberal
Selkirk	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (until 6 October 1942 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
Selkirk	William Bryce (by-election of 9 August 1943)	C.C.F.
Souris	James Arthur Ross	National Government
Souris	James Arthur Ross	Progressive Conservative
Springfield	John Mouat Turner	Liberal
St. Boniface	John Power Howden	Liberal
Winnipeg North Centre	James Shaver Woodsworth (died 21 March 1942)	C.C.F.
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles (by-election of 1942-11-30)	C.C.F.
Winnipeg North	Charles Stephen Booth	Liberal
Winnipeg South	Leslie Alexander Mutch	Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre	Ralph Maybank	Liberal

New Brunswick

Electoral district	Name	Party
Charlotte	Burton Maxwell Hill	Liberal
Gloucester	Clarence Joseph Veniot	Liberal
Kent	Aurel D. Léger	Liberal
Northumberland	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	National Government
Northumberland	Joseph Leonard O'Brien	Progressive Conservative
Restigouche—Madawaska	Joseph Enoil Michaud	Liberal
Royal	Alfred Johnson Brooks	National Government
Royal	Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert	Douglas King Hazen	National Government
St. John—Albert	Douglas King Hazen	Progressive Conservative
Victoria—Carleton	Heber Harold Hatfield	National Government
Victoria—Carleton	Heber Harold Hatfield	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland	Henry Read Emmerson	Liberal
York—Sunbury	Richard Hanson	National Government
York—Sunbury	Richard Hanson	Progressive Conservative

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	Gordon Timlin Purdy	Liberal
Cumberland	Percy Chapman Black	National Government
Cumberland	Percy Chapman Black	Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—Kings	James Lorimer Ilsley	Liberal
Halifax*	Gordon Benjamin Isnor	Liberal
Halifax*	William Chisholm Macdonald	Liberal
Inverness—Richmond	Moses Elijah McGarry	Liberal
Pictou	Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
Queens—Lunenburg	John James Kinley	Liberal
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare	Vincent-Joseph Pottier	Liberal

Ontario

Electoral district	Name	Party
Algoma East	Thomas Farquhar	Liberal
Algoma West	George Ewart Nixon	Liberal
Brantford City	William Ross Macdonald	Liberal
Brant	George Ernest Wood	Liberal
Broadview	Thomas Langton Church	National Government
Broadview	Thomas Langton Church	Progressive Conservative
Bruce	William Rae Tomlinson	Liberal
Carleton	Alonzo Hyndman (died 9 April 1940)	National Government
	George Russell Boucher (by-election of 1940-08-19)	Conservative
	George Russell Boucher (by-election of 1940-08-19)	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane	Joseph-Arthur Bradette	Liberal
Danforth	Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
Danforth	Joseph Henry Harris	Progressive Conservative
Davenport	John Ritchie MacNicol	National Government
Davenport	John Ritchie MacNicol	Progressive Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe	National Government
Dufferin—Simcoe	William Earl Rowe	Progressive Conservative
Durham	Wilbert Franklin Rickard	Liberal
Eglinton	Frederick George Hoblitzell	Liberal
Elgin	Wilson Henry Mills	Liberal
Essex East	Paul Martin Sr.	Liberal
Essex South	Stuart Murray Clark	Liberal
Essex West	Norman Alexander McLarty	Liberal
Fort William	Daniel McIvor	Liberal
Frontenac—Addington	Wilbert Ross Aylesworth	National Government
Frontenac—Addington	Wilbert Ross Aylesworth	Progressive Conservative
Glengarry	William Burton Macdiarmid	Liberal
Greenwood	Denton Massey	National Government
Greenwood	Denton Massey	Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas	Arza Clair Casselman	National Government
Grenville—Dundas	Arza Clair Casselman	Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce	Walter Harris	Liberal
Grey North	William Pattison Telford, Jr. (resigned 9 December 1944 to allow Andrew McNaughton to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)	Liberal
Grey North	Wilfrid Garfield Case (by-election of 1945-02-05)	Progressive Conservative
Haldimand	Mark Cecil Senn	Conservative
Haldimand	Mark Cecil Senn	Progressive Conservative
Halton	Hughes Cleaver	Liberal
Hamilton East	Thomas Hambly Ross	Liberal
Hamilton West	Colin Gibson	Liberal
Hastings—Peterborough	George Stanley White	National Government
Hastings—Peterborough	George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative
Hastings South	George Henry Stokes	National Government
Hastings South	George Henry Stokes	Progressive Conservative
High Park	Alexander James Anderson	National Government
High Park	Alexander James Anderson	Progressive Conservative
Huron North	Lewis Elston Cardiff	National Government
Huron North	Lewis Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Perth	William Henry Golding	Liberal
Kenora—Rainy River	Hugh Bathgate McKinnon	Liberal
Kent	Clayton Earl Desmond	National Government
Kent	Clayton Earl Desmond	Progressive Conservative
Kingston City	Norman McLeod Rogers (died 10 June 1940)	Liberal
Kingston City	Angus Lewis Macdonald (by-election of 1940-08-12)	Liberal
Lambton—Kent	Hugh Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal-Progressive
Lambton West	Ross Wilfred Gray	Liberal
Lanark	Bert H. Soper	Liberal
Leeds	George Taylor Fulford	Liberal
Lincoln	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	Conservative
Lincoln	Norman James Macdonald Lockhart	Progressive Conservative
London	Allan Johnston	Liberal
Middlesex East	Duncan Graham Ross	Liberal
Middlesex West	Robert McCubbin	Liberal
Muskoka—Ontario	Stephen Joseph Furniss	Liberal
Nipissing	Raoul Hurtubise	Liberal
Norfolk	William Horace Taylor	Liberal
Northumberland	William Alexander Fraser	Liberal
Ontario	William Henry Moore	Liberal
Ottawa East	Joseph Albert Pinard	Liberal
Ottawa West	George McIlraith	Liberal
Oxford	Almon Secord Rennie	Liberal
Parkdale	Herbert Alexander Bruce	National Government
Parkdale	Herbert Alexander Bruce	Progressive Conservative
Parry Sound	Arthur Graeme Slaght	Liberal
Peel	Gordon Graydon	National Government
Peel	Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative
Perth	Frederick George Sanderson	Liberal
Peterborough West	Gordon Knapman Fraser	National Government
Peterborough West	Gordon Knapman Fraser	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur	Clarence Decatur Howe	Liberal
Prescott	Elie-Oscar Bertrand	Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox	George James Tustin	National Government
Prince Edward—Lennox	George James Tustin	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North	Ralph Melville Warren	Liberal
Renfrew South	James Joseph McCann	Liberal
Rosedale	Harry Jackman	National Government
Rosedale	Harry Jackman	Progressive Conservative
Russell	Alfred Goulet	Liberal
Simcoe East	George Alexander McLean	Liberal
Simcoe North	Duncan Fletcher McCuaig	Liberal
Spadina	Samuel Factor	Liberal
Stormont	Lionel Chevrier	Liberal
St. Paul's	Douglas Ross	National Government
St. Paul's	Douglas Ross	Progressive Conservative
Timiskaming	Walter Little	Liberal
Trinity	Arthur Roebuck	Liberal
Victoria	Thomas Bruce McNevin	Liberal
Waterloo North	William Daum Euler (until Senate appointment)	Liberal
Waterloo North	Louis Orville Breithaupt (by-election of 1940-08-19)	Liberal
Waterloo South	Karl Kenneth Homuth	National Government
Waterloo South	Karl Kenneth Homuth	Progressive Conservative
Welland	Arthur Byron Damude (died 15 September 1941)	Liberal
Welland	Humphrey Mitchell (by-election of 1942-02-09)	Liberal
Wellington North	John Knox Blair	Liberal
Wellington South	Robert William Gladstone	Liberal
Wentworth	Ellis Hopkins Corman	Liberal
York East	Robert Henry McGregor	National Government
York East	Robert Henry McGregor	Progressive Conservative
York North	William Pate Mulock	Liberal
York South	Alan Cockeram (resigned to allow Arthur Meighen to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)	National Government
York South	Joseph William Noseworthy (by-election of 1942-02-09)	C.C.F.
York West	Agar Rodney Adamson	Conservative
York West	Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district	Name	Party
King's	Thomas Vincent Grant	Liberal
Prince	James Layton Ralston	Liberal
Queen's*	James Lester Douglas	Liberal
Queen's*	Cyrus Macmillan	Liberal

Quebec

Electoral district	Name	Party
Argenteuil	James Wright McGibbon	Liberal
Beauce	Édouard Lacroix	Liberal
Beauharnois—Laprairie	Maxime Raymond	Liberal
Beauharnois—Laprairie	Maxime Raymond	Bloc populaire canadien
Bellechasse	Louis-Philippe Picard	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé	J. Émile Ferron	Liberal
Bonaventure	Joseph Alphée Poirier	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi	Maurice Hallé	Liberal
Cartier	Peter Bercovitch (died 26 December 1942)	Liberal
Cartier	Fred Rose (by-election of 1943-08-09)	Labor Progressive
Chambly—Rouville	Vincent Dupuis	Liberal
Champlain	Hervé-Edgar Brunelle	Liberal
Chapleau	Hector Authier	Liberal
Charlevoix—Saguenay	Pierre-François Casgrain (until 15 December 1941 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
Charlevoix—Saguenay	Frédéric Dorion (by-election of 1942-11-30)	Independent
Châteauguay—Huntingdon	Donald Elmer Black	Liberal
Chicoutimi	Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc	Liberal
Compton	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
Dorchester	Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay	Liberal
Drummond—Arthabaska	Armand Cloutier	Liberal
Gaspé	Joseph Sasseville Roy	Independent Conservative
Gaspé	Joseph Sasseville Roy	Independent
Hochelaga	Raymond Eudes	Liberal
Hull	Alphonse Fournier	Liberal
Jacques Cartier	Elphège Marier	Liberal
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm	Charles-Édouard Ferland	Liberal
Kamouraska	Louis Philippe Lizotte	Liberal
Labelle	Maurice Lalonde (politician)	Liberal
Lake St-John—Roberval	Armand Sylvestre	Liberal
Laurier	Ernest Bertrand	Liberal
Laval—Two Mountains	Liguori Lacombe	Independent Liberal
Lévis	Maurice Bourget	Liberal
Lotbinière	Hugues Lapointe	Liberal
Maisonneuve—Rosemont	Sarto Fournier	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane	Arthur-Joseph Lapointe	Liberal
Mégantic—Frontenac	Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal
Mercier	Joseph Jean	Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet	Leo Kemner Laflamme	Liberal
Mount Royal	Frederick Primrose Whitman	Liberal
Nicolet—Yamaska	Lucien Dubois	Liberal
Outremont	Thomas Vien (resigned 5 October 1942)	Liberal
Outremont	Léo Richer Laflèche (by-election of 1942-11-30)	Liberal
Pontiac	Wallace Reginald McDonald	Liberal
Portneuf	Pierre Gauthier	Liberal
Portneuf	Pierre Gauthier	Bloc populaire canadien
Québec—Montmorency	Wilfrid Lacroix	Liberal
Québec—Montmorency	Wilfrid Lacroix	Independent Liberal
Quebec East	Ernest Lapointe (died 26 November 1941)	Liberal
Quebec East	Louis St. Laurent (by-election of 1942-02-09)	Liberal
Quebec South	Charles Gavan Power	Liberal
Quebec West and South	Charles Eugène Parent	Liberal
Quebec West and South	Charles Eugène Parent	Independent Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères	Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe	James Patrick Mullins	Liberal
Rimouski	Joseph-Émile-Stanislas-Émmanuel D'Anjou	Liberal
St. Ann	Thomas Patrick Healy	Liberal
St. Antoine—Westmount	Douglas Abbott	Liberal
St. Denis	Azellus Denis	Liberal
St. Henry	Joseph-Arsène Bonnier	Liberal
St. Hyacinthe—Bagot	Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
St. James	Eugène Durocher	Liberal
St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville	Pierre Auguste Martial Rhéaume	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George	Brooke Claxton	Liberal
St. Mary	Hermas Deslauriers (died 28 May 1941)	Liberal
St. Mary	Gaspard Fauteux (by-election of 1942-02-09)	Liberal
St-Maurice—Laflèche	Joseph-Alphida Crête	Liberal
Shefford	Joseph-Hermas Leclerc	Liberal
Sherbrooke	Maurice Gingues	Liberal
Stanstead	Robert Greig Davidson (until election voided 24 May 1943)	Liberal
Stanstead	Joseph Armand Choquette (by-election of 1943-08-09)	Bloc populaire canadien
Terrebonne	Lionel Bertrand	Independent Liberal
Trois-Rivières	Robert Ryan	Liberal
Témiscouata	Jean-François Pouliot	Liberal
Témiscouata	Jean-François Pouliot	Independent Liberal
Vaudreuil—Soulanges	Joseph Thauvette	Liberal
Verdun	Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal
Wright	Rodolphe Leduc	Liberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral district	Name	Party
Assiniboia	Jesse Pickard Tripp	Liberal
Humboldt	Harry Raymond Fleming (died 5 November 1942)	Liberal
Humboldt	Joseph William Burton (by-election of 1943-08-09)	C.C.F.
Kindersley	Charles Albert Henderson	Liberal
Lake Centre	John Diefenbaker	National Government
Lake Centre	John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie	Alexander Malcolm Nicholson	C.C.F.
Maple Creek	Charles Robert Evans	Liberal
Melfort	Percy Ellis Wright	C.C.F.
Melville	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
Moose Jaw	John Gordon Ross	Liberal
North Battleford	Dorise Nielsen	Unity
Prince Albert	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal
Qu'Appelle	Ernest Edward Perley	National Government
Qu'Appelle	Ernest Edward Perley	Progressive Conservative
Regina City	Donald Alexander McNiven	Liberal
Rosetown—Biggar	Major James Coldwell	C.C.F.
Rosthern	Walter Adam Tucker	Liberal
Saskatoon City	Walter George Brown (died 1 April 1940)	United Reform
	Alfred Henry Bence (by-election of 1940-08-19)	Conservative
	Alfred Henry Bence (by-election of 1940-08-19)	Progressive Conservative
Swift Current	Roy Theodore Graham	Liberal
The Battlefords	John Albert Gregory	Liberal
Weyburn	Tommy Douglas	C.C.F.
Wood Mountain	Thomas F. Donnelly	Liberal
Yorkton	George Hugh Castleden	C.C.F.

Yukon

Electoral district		Name	Party
Yukon		George Black	National Government
Yukon		George Black	Progressive Conservative

By-elections

By-election	Date	Incumbent		Winner		Cause	Retained
Grey North	February 5, 1945	William Pattison Telford, Jr.	Liberal	W. Garfield Case	Progressive Conservative	Resignation to provide a seat for Andrew McNaughton	No
Cartier	August 9, 1943	Peter Bercovitch	Liberal	Fred Rose	Labor Progressive	Death	No
Stanstead	August 9, 1943	Robert Greig Davidson	Liberal	Joseph-Armand Choquette	Bloc populaire Canadien	Election declared void	No
Humboldt	August 9, 1943	Harry Raymond Fleming	Liberal	Joseph William Burton	C. C. F.	Death	No
Selkirk	August 9, 1943	Joseph Thorarinn Thorson	Liberal	William Bryce	C. C. F.	Appointed President of the Exchequer Court of Canada	No
Charlevoix—Saguenay	November 30, 1942	Pierre-François Casgrain	Liberal	Frédéric Dorion	Independent	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	No
Winnipeg North Centre	November 30, 1942	J. S. Woodsworth	C. C. F.	Stanley Knowles	C. C. F.	Death	Yes
Outremont	November 30, 1942	Thomas Vien	Liberal	Léo Richer Laflèche	Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
St. Mary	February 9, 1942	Hermas Deslauriers	Liberal	Gaspard Fauteux	Liberal	Death	Yes
Welland	February 9, 1942	Arthur Damude	Liberal	Humphrey Mitchell	Liberal	Death	Yes
York South	February 9, 1942	Alan Cockeram	National Government	Joseph W. Noseworthy	C. C. F.	Resignation to provide a seat for Arthur Meighen	No
Quebec East	February 9, 1942	Ernest Lapointe	Liberal	Louis St. Laurent	Liberal	Death	Yes
Edmonton East	June 2, 1941	Frederick Clayton Casselman	Liberal	Cora Taylor Casselman	Liberal	Death	Yes
Saskatoon City	August 19, 1940	Walter George Brown	United Reform Movement	Alfred Henry Bence	Conservative	Death	No
Carleton	August 19, 1940	Alonzo Hyndman	National Government	George Russell Boucher	Conservative	Death	Yes
Waterloo North	August 19, 1940	William Daum Euler	Liberal	Louis Orville Breithaupt	Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Kingston City	August 12, 1940	Norman McLeod Rogers	Liberal	Angus Lewis Macdonald	Liberal	Death	Yes

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