| 21st Parliament of Canada | |
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| Majority parliament | |
| 1949-09-15 – 1953-05-14 | |
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| Parliament leaders | |
| Prime Minister (cabinet) | Louis St. Laurent (17th Canadian Ministry) |
| Leader of the Opposition | George A. Drew |
| Party caucuses | |
| Government | Liberal Party |
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party |
| Recognized | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
| Social Credit Party | |
| Unrecognized | Liberal-Labour |
| Liberal-Progressive | |
| House of Commons | |
) Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |
| Speaker of the Commons | William Ross Macdonald |
| Members | 262 MP seats List of members |
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators |
| Sovereign | |
| Monarch | George VI 6 December 1936 – 6 February 1952 |
| Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – present | |
| Sessions | |
| 1st Session 1949-09-15 – 1949-12-10 | |
| 2nd Session 1950-02-16 – 1950-06-30 | |
| 3rd Session 1950-08-29 – 1951-01-29 | |
| 4th Session 1951-01-30 – 1951-10-09 | |
| 5th Session 1951-10-09 – 1951-12-29 | |
| 6th Session 1952-02-28 – 1952-11-20 | |
| 7th Session 1952-11-20 – 1953-05-14 | |
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Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister during the 21st Canadian Parliament.
The 21st Canadian Parliament was in session from September 15, 1949, until June 13, 1953. The membership was set by the 1949 federal election on June 27, 1949, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1953 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew.
The Speaker was William Ross Macdonald. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1947-1952 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-first Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Alberta
British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby—Richmond | Tom Goode | Liberal | |
| Cariboo | George Matheson Murray | Liberal | |
| Coast—Capilano | James Sinclair | Liberal | |
| Comox—Alberni | John Lambert Gibson | Independent | |
| Fraser Valley | George Cruickshank | Liberal | |
| Kamloops | Edmund Davie Fulton | Progressive Conservative | |
| Kootenay East | Jim Byrne | Liberal | |
| Kootenay West | Herbert Wilfred Herridge | C.C.F. | |
| Nanaimo | George Randolph Pearkes | Progressive Conservative | |
| New Westminster | Thomas Reid (until 7 September 1949 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
| William Mott (by-election of 1949-10-24) | Liberal | ||
| Skeena | Edward Applewhaite | Liberal | |
| Vancouver—Burrard | John Lorne Macdougall | Liberal | |
| Vancouver Centre | Ralph Campney | Liberal | |
| Vancouver East | Angus Macinnis | C.C.F. | |
| Vancouver Quadra | Howard Charles Green | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vancouver South | Arthur Laing | Liberal | |
| Victoria | Robert Mayhew | Liberal | |
| Yale | Owen Lewis Jones | C.C.F. | |
Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | James Ewen Matthews (died 24 November 1950) | Liberal | |
| Walter Dinsdale (by-election of 1951-06-25) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Churchill | George Dyer Weaver | Liberal | |
| Dauphin | William John Ward | Liberal | |
| Lisgar | Howard Winkler | Liberal | |
| Marquette | Stuart Garson | Liberal | |
| Norquay | Robert James Wood | Liberal | |
| Portage—Neepawa | William Gilbert Weir | Liberal-Progressive | |
| Provencher | René Jutras | Liberal | |
| Selkirk | William 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 (resigned 30 April 1951) | Liberal | |
| Gordon Churchill (by-election of 1951-06-25) | Progressive Conservative | ||
New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Andrew Wesley Stuart | Liberal | |
| Gloucester | Clovis-Thomas Richard (until 5 March 1952 emoulment appointment) | Liberal | |
| Albany M. Robichaud (by-election of 1952-05-26) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Kent | Aurel D. Léger | Liberal | |
| Northumberland | George Roy McWilliam | Liberal | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Benoît Michaud | Liberal | |
| Paul-Léon Dubé (by-election of 1949-10-24) | Independent Liberal | ||
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative | |
| St. John—Albert | Daniel Aloysius Riley | Liberal | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Heber Harold Hatfield | Progressive Conservative | |
| Gage Montgomery (by-election of 26 May 1952) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Westmorland | Edmund William George | Liberal | |
| York—Sunbury | Milton Fowler Gregg | Liberal | |
Newfoundland
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | Frederick Gordon Bradley | Liberal | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley William Carter | Liberal | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay | Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne | Liberal | |
| Humber—St. George's | William Richard Kent | Liberal | |
| St. John's East | Gordon Higgins | Progressive Conservative | |
| St. John's West | William Joseph Browne | Progressive Conservative | |
| Trinity—Conception | Leonard Stick | Liberal | |
Northwest Territories
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon—Mackenzie River | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal | |
Nova Scotia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annapolis—Kings | Angus Alexander Elderkin (until election voided 6 March 1950) | Liberal | |
| George Nowlan (by-election of 1950-06-19) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 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—Yarmouth | Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | Liberal | |
| Halifax* | John Horace Dickey (until 2 May 1950 Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
| Gordon Benjamin Isnor | Liberal | ||
| Samuel Rosborough Balcom (by-election of 1950-06-19, replaces Dickey) | Liberal | ||
| Inverness—Richmond | William F. Carroll | Liberal | |
| Lunenburg | Robert Winters | Liberal | |
| Pictou | Henry Byron McCulloch | Liberal | |
| Queens—Shelburne | Donald Smith | Liberal | |
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's | Thomas Joseph Kickham | Liberal | |
| Prince | John Watson Macnaught | Liberal | |
| Queen's* | James Lester Douglas (died 30 September 1950) | Liberal | |
| Winfield Chester Scott McLure | Progressive Conservative | ||
| John Angus Maclean (by-election of 1951-06-25, replaces Douglas) | Progressive Conservative | ||
Quebec
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes | Philippe Valois | Liberal | |
| Beauce | Raoul Poulin | Independent | |
| Beauharnois | Robert Cauchon | Liberal | |
| Bellechasse | Louis-Philippe Picard | Liberal | |
| Berthier—Maskinongé | Joseph Langlois | Liberal | |
| Bonaventure | Bona Arsenault | Liberal | |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Henri A. Gosselin (died 27 January 1952) | Liberal | |
| Joseph-Léon Deslières (by-election of 26 May 1952) | Liberal | ||
| Cartier | Maurice Hartt (died 15 March 1950) | Liberal | |
| Leon David Crestohl (by-election of 19 June 1950) | Liberal | ||
| Chambly—Rouville | Roch Pinard | Liberal | |
| Champlain | Joseph Irenée Rochefort | Liberal | |
| Chapleau | David Gourd | Liberal | |
| Charlevoix | Auguste Maltais | Liberal | |
| Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie | Donald Elmer Black | Liberal | |
| Chicoutimi | Paul-Edmond Gagnon | Independent | |
| Compton—Frontenac | Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette | Liberal | |
| Dorchester | Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay | Liberal | |
| Drummond—Arthabaska | Armand Cloutier | Liberal | |
| Gaspé | J. G. Léopold Langlois | Liberal | |
| Gatineau | Léon Raymond (appointed House of Commons Clerk on 5 August 1949) | Liberal | |
| Joseph-Célestin Nadon (by-election of 24 October 1949) | Liberal | ||
| Hochelaga | Raymond Eudes | Liberal | |
| Hull | Alphonse Fournier | Liberal | |
| Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon | Liberal | |
| Jacques Cartier | Elphège Marier (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment) | Liberal | |
| Edgar Leduc (by-election of 4 October 1949) | Independent | ||
| Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm | Georges-Émile Lapalme (resigned 23 June 1950) | Liberal | |
| Maurice Breton (by-election of 3 October 1950) | Liberal | ||
| Kamouraska | Eugène Marquis (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment) | Liberal | |
| Arthur Massé (by-election of 24 October 1949) | Independent Liberal | ||
| Labelle | Henri Courtemanche | Progressive Conservative | |
| Lac-Saint-Jean | André Gauthier | Liberal | |
| Lafontaine | J.-Georges Ratelle | Liberal | |
| Lapointe | Jules Gauthier | Liberal | |
| Laurier | Ernest Bertrand (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment) | Liberal | |
| J.-Eugène Lefrançois (by-election of 24 October 1949) | Liberal | ||
| Laval | Léopold Demers | Liberal | |
| Lévis | Maurice Bourget | Liberal | |
| Lotbinière | Hugues Lapointe | Liberal | |
| Maisonneuve—Rosemont | Sarto Fournier | Liberal | |
| Matapédia—Matane | Antoine-Philéas Côté | Liberal | |
| Mégantic | Joseph Lafontaine | Liberal | |
| Mercier | Joseph Jean (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment) | Liberal | |
| Marcel Monette (by-election of 24 October 1949) | Liberal | ||
| Montmagny—L'Islet | Jean Lesage | Liberal | |
| Mount Royal | Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton | Liberal | |
| Nicolet—Yamaska | Maurice Boisvert | Liberal | |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Frederick Primrose Whitman | Liberal | |
| Outremont—St-Jean | Édouard Rinfret | Liberal | |
| Romuald Bourque (by-election of 6 October 1952) | Liberal | ||
| Papineau | Camillien Houde | Independent | |
| Pontiac—Témiscamingue | John Hugh Proudfoot | Liberal | |
| Portneuf | Pierre Gauthier | Liberal | |
| Québec—Montmorency | Wilfrid Lacroix | Liberal | |
| Quebec East | Louis St. Laurent | Liberal | |
| Quebec South | Charles Gavan Power | Liberal | |
| Quebec West | Charles Eugène Parent | Liberal | |
| Richelieu—Verchères | Gérard Cournoyer (resigned 5 July 1952) | Liberal | |
| Lucien Cardin (by-election of 6 October 1952) | Liberal | ||
| Richmond—Wolfe | Ernest-Omer Gingras | Liberal | |
| Rimouski | Gleason Belzile (died 25 July 1950) | Liberal | |
| Joseph Hervé Rousseau (by-election of 16 October 1950) | Independent Liberal | ||
| Roberval | Joseph-Alfred Dion (until 8 April 1952 emoulment appointment) | Liberal | |
| Paul-Henri Spence (by-election of 26 May 1952) | Progressive Conservative | ||
| Saguenay | Lomer Brisson | Liberal | |
| St. Ann | Thomas Patrick Healy | Liberal | |
| St. Antoine—Westmount | Douglas Abbott | Liberal | |
| St-Denis | Azellus Denis | Liberal | |
| St-Henri | Joseph-Arsène Bonnier | Liberal | |
| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Joseph Louis Rosario Fontaine | Liberal | |
| St. James | Roland Beaudry | Liberal | |
| Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville | Alcide Côté | Liberal | |
| St. Lawrence—St. George | Brooke Claxton | Liberal | |
| St. Mary | Gaspard Fauteux (resigned 18 August 1950) | Liberal | |
| Hector Dupuis (by-election of 16 October 1950) | Liberal | ||
| Saint-Maurice—Laflèche | Joseph-Adolphe Richard | Liberal | |
| Shefford | Marcel Boivin | Liberal | |
| Sherbrooke | Maurice Gingues | Liberal | |
| Stanstead | Louis-Édouard Roberge | Liberal | |
| Témiscouata | Jean-François Pouliot | Independent Liberal | |
| Liberal | |||
| Terrebonne | Lionel Bertrand | Liberal | |
| Trois-Rivières | Léon Balcer | Progressive Conservative | |
| Vaudreuil—Soulanges | Louis-René Beaudoin | Liberal | |
| Verdun—La Salle | Paul-Émile Côté | Liberal | |
| Villeneuve | Armand Dumas | Liberal | |
Saskatchewan
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | Hazen Argue | C.C.F. | |
| Humboldt | Joseph Ingolph Hetland | Liberal | |
| Kindersley | Frederick Hugo Larson | Liberal | |
| Lake Centre | John Diefenbaker | Progressive Conservative | |
| Mackenzie | Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie | Liberal | |
| Maple Creek | Irvin William Studer | Liberal | |
| Meadow Lake | John Hornby Harrison | Liberal | |
| Melfort | Percy Ellis Wright | C.C.F. | |
| Melville | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | |
| Moose Jaw | Ross Thatcher | C.C.F. | |
| Moose Mountain | John James Smith | Liberal | |
| Prince Albert | Francis Heselton Helme | Liberal | |
| Qu'Appelle | Austin Edwin Dewar | Liberal | |
| Regina City | Emmett Andrew McCusker | Liberal | |
| Rosetown—Biggar | Major James Coldwell | C.C.F. | |
| Rosthern | William Albert Boucher | Liberal | |
| Saskatoon | Robert Ross (Roy) Knight | C.C.F. | |
| Swift Current | Harry B. Whiteside | Liberal | |
| The Battlefords | Arthur James Bater | Liberal | |
| Yorkton | Alan Carl Stewart | Liberal | |
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outremont—St-Jean | October 6, 1952 | Édouard-G. Rinfret | Liberal | Romuald Bourque | Liberal | Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec | Yes | ||
| Richelieu—Verchères | October 6, 1952 | Gérard Cournoyer | Liberal | Lucien Cardin | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Ontario | May 26, 1952 | Walter Cunningham Thomson | Liberal | Michael Starr | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | No | ||
| Gloucester | May 26, 1952 | Clovis-Thomas Richard | Liberal | Albany M. Robichaud | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | No | ||
| Victoria—Carleton | May 26, 1952 | Heber Harold Hatfield | Progressive Conservative | Gage W. Montgomery | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Brome—Missisquoi | May 26, 1952 | Henri A. Gosselin | Liberal | Joseph-Léon Deslières | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Roberval | May 26, 1952 | Joseph-Alfred Dion | Liberal | Paul-Henri Spence | Progressive Conservative | Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec | No | ||
| Waterloo North | May 26, 1952 | Louis Orville Breithaupt | Liberal | Norman C. Schneider | Liberal | Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario | Yes | ||
| Calgary West | December 10, 1951 | Arthur LeRoy Smith | Progressive Conservative | Carl Olof Nickle | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Brandon | June 25, 1951 | James Ewen Matthews | Liberal | Walter Dinsdale | Progressive Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Queen's | June 25, 1951 | J. Lester Douglas | Liberal | J. Angus MacLean | Progressive Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Waterloo South | June 25, 1951 | Karl Homuth | Progressive Conservative | Howie Meeker | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Winnipeg South Centre | June 25, 1951 | Ralph Maybank | Liberal | Gordon Churchill | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | No | ||
| Rimouski | October 16, 1950 | Gleason Belzile | Liberal | Joseph-Hervé Rousseau | Independent Liberal | Death | No | ||
| St. Mary | October 16, 1950 | Gaspard Fauteux | Liberal | Hector Dupuis | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Welland | October 16, 1950 | Humphrey Mitchell | Liberal | William H. McMillan | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm | October 3, 1950 | Georges-Émile Lapalme | Liberal | Maurice Breton | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Annapolis—Kings | June 19, 1950 | Angus Alexander Elderkin | Liberal | George Clyde Nowlan | Progressive Conservative | Election declared void | No | ||
| Cartier | June 19, 1950 | Maurice Hartt | Liberal | Leon David Crestohl | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Halifax | June 19, 1950 | Gordon B. Isnor | Liberal | Sam Balcom | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
| Broadview | May 15, 1950 | Thomas Langton Church | Progressive Conservative | George Hees | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Hamilton West | May 15, 1950 | Colin W. G. Gibson | Liberal | Ellen Fairclough | Progressive Conservative | Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario | No | ||
| Gatineau | October 24, 1949 | Léon-Joseph Raymond | Liberal | Joseph-Célestin Nadon | Liberal | Appointed Clerk of the House of Commons | Yes | ||
| Kamouraska | October 24, 1949 | Eugène Marquis | Liberal | Arthur Massé[1] | Independent Liberal | Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec | No | ||
| Laurier | October 24, 1949 | Ernest Bertrand | Liberal | J.-Eugène Lefrancois | Liberal | Appointed a Judge of the Court of King's Bench of Quebec | Yes | ||
| Mercier | October 24, 1949 | Joseph Jean | Liberal | Marcel Monette | Liberal | Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Montreal | Yes | ||
| Greenwood | October 24, 1949 | J. Ernest McMillin | Progressive Conservative | James Macdonnell | Progressive Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| New Westminster | October 24, 1949 | Tom Reid | Liberal | William Malcolm Mott | Liberal | Called to the Senate | Yes | ||
| Restigouche—Madawaska | October 24, 1949 | Benoît Michaud | Liberal | Paul-Léon Dubé | Independent Liberal | Death | No | ||
| Jacques Cartier | October 4, 1949 | Elphège Marier | Liberal | Edgar Leduc | Independent | Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec | No | ||
Notes
- ^ Massé defeated the official Liberal candidate.
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