16th Canadian Parliament explained

Jurisdiction:CA
#:16th
Type:Minority
Houseimage:Chambre des Communes 1926.png
Status:inactive
Term-Begin:1926-12-09
Term-End:1930-05-30
Pm:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ministry:14th Canadian Ministry
Pm-Begin:1926-09-25
Pm-End:1930-08-07
Lo:Hugh Guthrie
Loterm:11 October 1926  - 11 October 1927
Lo2:Richard Bedford Bennett
Loterm2:12 October 1927  - 6 August 1930
Party:Liberal Party
Party2:Conservative Party
Unrecparty1:Progressive Party
Unrecparty2:United Farmers of Alberta
Unrecparty3:Labour
Sc:Rodolphe Lemieux
Scterm:8 March 1922 – 2 June 1930
Ss:Hewitt Bostock
Ssterm:7 February 1922 – 12 May 1930
Ss2:Arthur Charles Hardy
Ssterm2:13 May 1930 – 2 September 1930
Gsl:Raoul Dandurand
Gslterm:25 September 1926 – 6 August 1930
Osl:William Benjamin Ross
Oslterm:31 December 1926 – 10 January 1929
Osl2:Wellington Bartley Willoughby
Oslterm2:11 January 1929 – 7 August 1930
Sessionbegin:9 December 1926
Sessionend:14 April 1927
Sessionbegin2:26 January 1928
Sessionend2:11 June 1928
Sessionbegin3:7 February 1929
Sessionend3:14 June 1929
Sessionbegin4:20 February 1930
Sessionend4:30 May 1930
Monarchterm:6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Viceroy:Freeman Freeman-Thomas
Viceroyterm:2 October 1926 – 4 April 1931
Members:245
Lastparl:15th
Nextparl:17th

The 16th Canadian Parliament was in session from 9 December 1926, until 30 May 1930. The membership was set by the 1926 federal election on 14 September 1926, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1930 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 14th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led briefly by Hugh Guthrie, and then by Richard Bedford Bennett.

The Speaker was Rodolphe Lemieux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 16th Parliament:

SessionStartEnd
1st9 December 192614 April 1927
2nd26 January 192811 June 1928
3rd7 February 192914 June 1929
4th20 February 193030 May 1930

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the sixteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.Party leaders are italicized.Cabinet ministers are in boldface.The Prime Minister is both.The Speaker is indicated by "".

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

Alberta

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% AcadiaRobert GardinerUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
AthabaskaDonald Ferdinand KellnerUnited Farmers of Alberta1921, 1926
Battle RiverHenry Elvins SpencerUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
Bow RiverEdward Joseph GarlandUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
Calgary EastHerbert Bealey AdsheadLabour1926
Calgary WestRichard Bedford BennettConservative1911, 1925
CamroseWilliam Thomas LucasUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
Edmonton EastKenneth Alexander BlatchfordLiberal1926
Edmonton WestCharles StewartLiberal1925
Charles Stewart (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
LethbridgeLincoln Henry JelliffUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
MacleodGeorge Gibson CooteUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
Medicine HatFrederick William GershawLiberal1925
Peace RiverDonald MacBeth KennedyUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
Red DeerAlfred SpeakmanUnited Farmers of Alberta1921
VegrevilleMichael LuchkovichUnited Farmers of Alberta1926
WetaskiwinWilliam IrvineUnited Farmers of Alberta1921, 1926

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% CaribooJohn Anderson FraserConservative1925
Comox—AlberniAlan Webster NeillIndependent1921
Fraser ValleyHarry James BarberConservative1925
Kootenay EastJames Horace King (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1922
James Horace King (by-election of 9 November 1926)Liberal
Kootenay WestWilliam EslingConservative1925
NanaimoCharles DickieConservative1921
New WestminsterWilliam Garland McQuarrieConservative1917
SkeenaJames Charles BradyConservative1926
Vancouver—BurrardJohn Arthur ClarkConservative1921
Vancouver CentreHenry Herbert StevensConservative1911
Vancouver NorthAlexander Duncan McRaeConservative1926
Vancouver SouthLeon Johnson LadnerConservative1921
VictoriaSimon Fraser Tolmie (resigned 5 June 1928)Conservative1917
D'Arcy Plunkett (by-election of 6 December 1928)Conservative1928
YaleGrote StirlingConservative1924

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% rowspan=3BrandonRobert Forke (until 5 October 1926 ministerial appointment)Liberal-Progressive1921
Robert Forke (by-election of 2 November 1926, until 30 December 1929 Senate appointment)Liberal-Progressive
Thomas Crerar (by-election of 5 February 1930)Liberal1917, 1930
DauphinWilliam John WardLiberal-Progressive1921
LisgarJohn Livingstone BrownLiberal-Progressive1921
MacdonaldWilliam James LovieProgressive1921
MarquetteJames Allison GlenLiberal-Progressive1926
NeepawaRobert MilneProgressive1921, 1926
NelsonThomas William BirdProgressive1921
Portage la PrairieEwan McPhersonLiberal1926
ProvencherArthur-Lucien BeaubienLiberal-Progressive1921
SelkirkLeland Payson BancroftLiberal-Progressive1921, 1926
SourisJames SteedsmanProgressive1921
SpringfieldEdgar Douglas Richmond BissettLiberal-Progressive1926
St. BonifaceJohn Power HowdenLiberal1925
Winnipeg NorthAbraham Albert HeapsLabour1925
Winnipeg North CentreJames Shaver WoodsworthLabour1921
Winnipeg SouthJohn Stewart McDiarmidLiberal1926
Winnipeg South CentreJoseph Thorarinn ThorsonLiberal1926

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% CharlotteRobert Watson GrimmerConservative1921
GloucesterPeter Veniot (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1926
Peter Veniot (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
KentAlfred Edmond BourgeoisLiberal1926
NorthumberlandCharles Joseph MorrissyLiberal1926
Restigouche—MadawaskaStanislas BlanchardLiberal1926
RoyalGeorge Burpee JonesConservative1921
St. John—AlbertThomas BellConservative1925
Murray MacLarenConservative1921
Victoria—CarletonJames Kidd FlemmingConservative1925
Albion Roudolph Foster (by-election of 16 June 1927)Liberal1927
WestmorlandOtto Baird PriceConservative1925
York—SunburyRichard HansonConservative1921

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% rowspan=2Antigonish—GuysboroughJohn Carey DouglasConservative1917, 1926
William Duff (by-election of 18 January 1927)Liberal1917, 1927
Cape Breton North—VictoriaLewis Wilkieson JohnstoneConservative1925
Cape Breton SouthFinlay MacDonaldConservative1925
ColchesterGeorge Taylor MacNuttConservative1925
CumberlandRobert Knowlton SmithConservative1925
Digby—AnnapolisHarry ShortConservative1925
HalifaxWilliam Anderson BlackConservative1923
Felix Patrick QuinnConservative1925
Hants—KingsJames Lorimer IlsleyLiberal1926
InvernessIsaac Duncan MacDougallConservative1925
PictouThomas CantleyConservative1925
Queens—LunenburgWilliam Gordon ErnstConservative1926
Richmond—West Cape BretonJohn Alexander MacDonaldConservative1925
Shelburne—YarmouthPaul Hatfield (until 6 October 1926)Liberal1921
James Ralston (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal1926

Ontario

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% Algoma EastBeniah BowmanUnited Farmers of Ontario1926
Algoma WestThomas Edward SimpsonConservative1917
Brantford CityRobert Edwy RyersonConservative1925
BrantFranklin SmokeConservative1925
Bruce NorthJames Malcolm (until 22 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1921
James Malcolm (by-election of 9 November 1926)Liberal
Bruce SouthWalter Allan HallLiberal1925
CarletonWilliam Foster GarlandConservative1912, 1921
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweConservative1925
DurhamFred Wellington BowenConservative1921
Elgin WestMitchell HepburnLiberal1926
Essex EastEdmond George OdetteLiberal1926
Essex SouthEccles James GottConservative1925
Essex WestSidney Cecil RobinsonConservative1925
Fort WilliamRobert James ManionConservative1917
Frontenac—AddingtonJohn Wesley Edwards (died 18 April 1929)Conservative1908, 1925
William Spankie (by-election of 22 July 1929)Conservative1929
GlengarryArchibald John MacdonaldLiberal1925
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanConservative1921, 1925
Grey NorthWilliam Pattison TelfordLiberal1926
Grey SoutheastAgnes Campbell MacphailProgressive1921
HaldimandMark Cecil SennConservative1921
HaltonRobert King AndersonConservative1917
Hamilton EastGeorge Septimus RennieConservative1926
Hamilton WestCharles William BellConservative1925
Hastings—PeterboroughAlexander Thomas EmburyConservative1925
Hastings SouthWilliam Ernest TummonConservative1925
Huron NorthJohn Warwick King (died 14 January 1927)Progressive1921
George Spotton (by-election of 12 September 1927)Conservative1927
Huron SouthThomas McMillanLiberal1925
Kenora—Rainy RiverPeter Heenan (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1925
Peter Heenan (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
KentJames Warren RutherfordLiberal1926
Kingston CityArthur Edward RossConservative1921
Lambton EastBurt Wendell FansherProgressive1921, 1926
Lambton WestWilliam Thomas Goodison (died 3 December 1928)Liberal1925
Ross Wilfred Gray (by-election of 14 January 1929)Liberal1929
LanarkRichard Franklin Preston (died 8 February 1929)Conservative1922
William Samuel Murphy (by-election of 29 July 1929)Independent Conservative1929
LeedsHugh Alexander StewartConservative1921
LincolnJames Dew ChaplinConservative1917
LondonJohn Franklin WhiteConservative1921
Middlesex EastAdam King HodginsConservative1925
Middlesex WestJohn Campbell Elliott (until 25 October 1926 ministerial appointment)Liberal1925
John Campbell Elliott (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Muskoka—OntarioPeter McGibbonConservative1925
NipissingEdmond LapierreLiberal1921
Norfolk—ElginWilliam Horace TaylorLiberal1926
NorthumberlandMilton Edgar MaybeeConservative1921
OntarioThomas Erlin KaiserConservative1925
Ottawa (City of)Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène ChevrierLiberal1921, 1926
Gordon Cameron EdwardsLiberal1926
Oxford NorthHugh AllanLiberal1926
Oxford SouthThomas Merritt CayleyLiberal1926
ParkdaleDavid SpenceConservative1921
Parry SoundJames ArthursConservative1908
PeelSamuel ChartersConservative1917
Perth NorthFrancis Wellington HayLiberal1926
Perth SouthFrederick George SandersonLiberal1925
Peterborough WestEdward Armour PeckConservative1925
Port Arthur—Thunder BayDonald James CowanConservative1926
PrescottLouis Mathias Auger (until resignation)Liberal1926
Elie-Oscar Bertrand (by-election of 29 July 1929)Liberal1929
Prince Edward—LennoxJohn HubbsConservative1921
Renfrew NorthIra Delbert CotnamConservative1925
Renfrew SouthMartin James MaloneyConservative1925
RussellAlfred GouletLiberal1925
Simcoe EastAlfred Burke ThompsonConservative1925
Simcoe NorthWilliam Alves BoysConservative1921
StormontArnold Neilson SmithLiberal1925
Timiskaming NorthJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal1926
Timiskaming SouthMalcolm LangLabour1926
Toronto EastEdmond Baird RyckmanConservative1921
Toronto East CentreRobert Charles MatthewsConservative1926
Toronto—High ParkAlexander James AndersonConservative1925
Toronto NortheastNewton Manly YoungConservative1926
Toronto NorthwestThomas Langton ChurchConservative1921
Toronto—ScarboroughJoseph Henry HarrisConservative1921
Toronto SouthGeorge Reginald GearyConservative1925
Toronto West CentreHoratio Clarence HockenConservative1917
VictoriaThomas Hubert StinsonConservative1925
Waterloo NorthWilliam Daum Euler (until ministerial appointment)Liberal1917
William Daum Euler (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Waterloo SouthAlexander McKay EdwardsConservative1925
WellandGeorge Hamilton PettitConservative1925
Wellington NorthDuncan SinclairConservative1925
Wellington SouthHugh GuthrieConservative1900
WentworthGordon Crooks WilsonConservative1911
York NorthThomas Herbert LennoxConservative1925
York SouthRobert Henry McGregorConservative1926
York WestHenry Lumley DraytonConservative1919
Earl Lawson (by-election of 29 October 1928)Conservative1928

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% King'sJohn Alexander MacdonaldConservative1925
PrinceAlfred Edgar MacLeanLiberal1921
Queen'sRobert Harold JenkinsLiberal1925
John Ewen SinclairLiberal1917, 1926

Quebec

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% ArgenteuilGeorge Halsey PerleyConservative1904, 1925
BagotGeorges Dorèze Morin (died in office)Liberal1925
Cyrille Dumaine (by-election of 27 January 1930)Liberal1930
BeauceÉdouard LacroixLiberal1925
BeauharnoisMaxime RaymondLiberal1925
BellechasseJoseph Oscar Lefebre BoulangerLiberal1926
Berthier—MaskinongéJoseph-Charles-Théodore GervaisLiberal1917
BonaventureCharles MarcilLiberal1900
Brome—MissisquoiWilliam Frederic KayLiberal1911
CartierSamuel William JacobsLiberal1917
Chambly—VerchèresAimé LangloisLiberal1925
ChamplainArthur Lesieur DesaulniersLiberal1917
Charlevoix—SaguenayPierre-François CasgrainLiberal1917
ChicoutimiJulien-Édouard-Alfred DubucIndependent Liberal1917
Châteauguay—HuntingdonJames Alexander Robb (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1908
James Alexander Robb (by-election of 2 November 1926, died 11 November 1929)Liberal
Dennis James O'Connor (by-election of 27 January 1930)Liberal1930
ComptonJoseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-JustLiberal1925
DorchesterLucien Cannon (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1917
Lucien Cannon (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Drummond—ArthabaskaWilfrid GirouardLiberal1925
GaspéLiberal1896
HochelagaÉdouard-Charles St-PèreLiberal1921
HullJoseph-Éloi FontaineLiberal1917
Jacques CartierJoseph-Théodule RhéaumeLiberal1922
JolietteJean-Joseph Denis (until 3 November 1928 emoulment appointment)Liberal1917
Charles-Édouard Ferland (by-election of 17 December 1928)Liberal1928
KamouraskaJoseph Georges BouchardLiberal1922
LabelleJoseph Henri Napoléon BourassaIndependent1896, 1925
Lake St. JohnArmand SylvestreLiberal1925
Laprairie—NapiervilleRoch Lanctôt (died 30 May 1929)Liberal1904
Vincent Dupuis (by-election of 22 July 1929)Liberal1929
L'Assomption—MontcalmPaul-Arthur SéguinLiberal1908
Laurier—OutremontJoseph-Alexandre MercierLiberal1925
Laval—Two MountainsLiguori LacombeLiberal1925
LévisJoseph-Étienne DussaultLiberal1925
L'IsletJoseph-Fernand FafardLiberal1917
LotbinièreJoseph-Achille VervilleLiberal1925
MaisonneuveClément RobitailleLiberal1921
MataneGeorges-Léonidas DionneLiberal1925
MéganticEusèbe RobergeLiberal1922
MontmagnyLeo Kemner LaflammeLiberal1925
Mount RoyalRobert Smeaton WhiteConservative1888, 1925
NicoletJoseph-Félix DescoteauxLiberal1923
PontiacFrank S. CahillLiberal1917
PortneufMichel-Siméon DelisleLiberal1900
Québec—MontmorencyHenri-Edgar LavigueurLiberal1917
Quebec EastErnest Lapointe (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1904
Ernest Lapointe (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan PowerLiberal1917
Quebec WestGeorges ParentLiberal1904, 1917
RichelieuArthur Cardin (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1911
Arthur Cardin (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Richmond—WolfeEdmund William TobinLiberal1900
RimouskiEugène FisetLiberal1924
St. AnnJames John Edmund GuérinLiberal1925
St. AntoineLeslie Gordon BellConservative1925
St. DenisJoseph-Arthur DenisLiberal1921
St. HenriPaul MercierLiberal1921
St. Hyacinthe—RouvilleRené MorinLiberal1921
St. JamesFernand Rinfret (until 5 October 1926 Secretary of State appointment)Liberal1920
Fernand Rinfret (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
St. Johns—IbervilleAldéric-Joseph BenoitLiberal1922
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeCharles CahanConservative1925
St. MaryHermas DeslauriersLiberal1917
SheffordPierre-Ernest BoivinLiberal1926
SherbrookeCharles Benjamin HowardLiberal1925
StansteadWillis Keith BaldwinLiberal1917
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotLiberal1924
TerrebonneJules-Édouard PrévostLiberal1917
Three Rivers—St. MauriceArthur BettezLiberal1925
Vaudreuil—SoulangesLawrence Alexander Wilson (resigned 1 February 1929)Liberal1925
Lawrence Alexander Wilson (by-election of 29 July 1929)Liberal
WrightFizalam-William PerrasLiberal1925
YamaskaAimé BoucherLiberal1921

Saskatchewan

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% AssiniboiaRobert McKenzieLiberal1925
HumboldtAlbert Frederick TotzkeLiberal1925
KindersleyArchibald M. CarmichaelProgressive1921
Last MountainWilliam Russell FansherProgressive1925
Long LakeJohn Frederick JohnstonLiberal1917
MackenzieMilton Neil CampbellProgressive1921
Maple CreekGeorge Spence (resigned 14 October 1927)Liberal1925
William George Bock (by-election of 25 November 1927)Liberal1927
MelfortMalcolm McLeanLiberal1925
MelvilleWilliam Richard Motherwell (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1921
William Richard Motherwell (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Moose JawJohn Gordon RossLiberal1925
North BattlefordCameron Ross McIntoshLiberal1925
Prince AlbertWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1908, 1919, 1921, 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
Qu'AppelleJohn MillarLiberal-Progressive1921
ReginaCharles Avery Dunning (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment)Liberal1926
Charles Avery Dunning (by-election of 2 November 1926)Liberal
RosetownJohn EvansProgressive1921
SaskatoonAlexander MacGillivray YoungLiberal1925
South BattlefordJohn VallanceLiberal1925
Swift CurrentCharles Edward BothwellLiberal1925
WeyburnEdward James YoungLiberal1925
Willow BunchThomas F. DonnellyLiberal1925
YorktonGeorge Washington McPheeLiberal1925

Yukon

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%PartyFirst elected/previously elected
width=24% YukonGeorge BlackConservative1921

By-elections

See main article: By-elections to the 16th Canadian Parliament.

References