21st Canadian Parliament explained

Jurisdiction:CA
#:21st
Type:Majority
Houseimage:Chambre des Communes 1949.png
Status:inactive
Term-Begin:1949-09-15
Term-End:1953-05-14
Pm:Louis St. Laurent
Ministry:17th Canadian Ministry
Pm-Begin:1948-11-15
Pm-End:1957-06-21
Lo:George A. Drew
Party:Liberal Party
Party2:Progressive Conservative Party
Party3:Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Party4:Social Credit Party
Unrecparty1:Liberal-Labour
Unrecparty2:Liberal-Progressive
Sc:William Ross Macdonald
Sessionbegin:1949-09-15
Sessionend:1949-12-10
Sessionbegin2:1950-02-16
Sessionend2:1950-06-30
Sessionbegin3:1950-08-29
Sessionend3:1951-01-29
Sessionbegin4:1951-01-30
Sessionend4:1951-10-09
Sessionbegin5:1951-10-09
Sessionend5:1951-12-29
Sessionbegin6:1952-02-28
Sessionend6:1952-11-20
Sessionbegin7:1952-11-20
Sessionend7:1953-05-14
Monarchterm:6 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Monarchterm2:6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022
Members:262
Senators:102
Lastparl:20th
Nextparl:22nd

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

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% AcadiaVictor QuelchSocial Credit
AthabaskaJoseph Miville DecheneLiberal
Battle RiverRobert FairSocial Credit
Bow RiverCharles Edward JohnstonSocial Credit
Calgary EastDouglas HarknessProgressive Conservative
Calgary WestArthur LeRoy Smith (resigned 5 July 1951)Progressive Conservative
Carl Olof Nickle (by-election of 1951-12-10)Progressive Conservative
CamroseHilliard BeyersteinSocial Credit
Edmonton EastAlbert Frederick MacdonaldLiberal
Edmonton WestGeorge PrudhamLiberal
Jasper—EdsonJohn William WelbournLiberal
LethbridgeJohn Horne BlackmoreSocial Credit
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit
Medicine HatWilliam Duncan WylieSocial Credit
Peace RiverSolon Earl LowSocial Credit
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit
VegrevilleJohn DecoreLiberal
WetaskiwinRay ThomasSocial Credit

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Burnaby—RichmondTom GoodeLiberal
CaribooGeorge Matheson MurrayLiberal
Coast—CapilanoJames SinclairLiberal
Comox—AlberniJohn Lambert GibsonIndependent
Fraser ValleyGeorge CruickshankLiberal
KamloopsEdmund Davie FultonProgressive Conservative
Kootenay EastJim ByrneLiberal
Kootenay WestHerbert Wilfred HerridgeC.C.F.
NanaimoGeorge Randolph PearkesProgressive Conservative
New WestminsterThomas Reid (until 7 September 1949 Senate appointment)Liberal
William Mott (by-election of 1949-10-24)Liberal
SkeenaEdward ApplewhaiteLiberal
Vancouver—BurrardJohn Lorne MacdougallLiberal
Vancouver CentreRalph CampneyLiberal
Vancouver EastAngus MacinnisC.C.F.
Vancouver QuadraHoward Charles GreenProgressive Conservative
Vancouver SouthArthur LaingLiberal
VictoriaRobert MayhewLiberal
YaleOwen Lewis JonesC.C.F.

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% rowspan=2BrandonJames Ewen Matthews (died 24 November 1950)Liberal
Walter Dinsdale (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative
ChurchillGeorge Dyer WeaverLiberal
DauphinWilliam John WardLiberal
LisgarHoward WinklerLiberal
MarquetteStuart GarsonLiberal
NorquayRobert James WoodLiberal
Portage—NeepawaWilliam Gilbert WeirLiberal-Progressive
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal
SelkirkWilliam BryceC.C.F.
SourisJames Arthur RossProgressive Conservative
SpringfieldJohn Sylvester Aloysius SinnottLiberal
St. BonifaceFernand ViauLiberal
Winnipeg NorthAlistair McLeod StewartC.C.F.
Winnipeg North CentreStanley KnowlesC.C.F.
Winnipeg SouthLeslie Alexander MutchLiberal
Winnipeg South CentreRalph Maybank (resigned 30 April 1951)Liberal
Gordon Churchill (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% CharlotteAndrew Wesley StuartLiberal
GloucesterClovis-Thomas Richard (until 5 March 1952 emoulment appointment)Liberal
Albany M. Robichaud (by-election of 1952-05-26)Progressive Conservative
KentAurel D. LégerLiberal
NorthumberlandGeorge Roy McWilliamLiberal
Restigouche—MadawaskaBenoît MichaudLiberal
Paul-Léon Dubé (by-election of 1949-10-24)Independent Liberal
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksProgressive Conservative
St. John—AlbertDaniel Aloysius RileyLiberal
Victoria—CarletonHeber Harold HatfieldProgressive Conservative
Gage Montgomery (by-election of 26 May 1952)Progressive Conservative
WestmorlandEdmund William GeorgeLiberal
York—SunburyMilton Fowler GreggLiberal

Newfoundland

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Bonavista—TwillingateFrederick Gordon BradleyLiberal
Burin—BurgeoChesley William CarterLiberal
Grand Falls—White BayThomas Gordon William AshbourneLiberal
Humber—St. George'sWilliam Richard KentLiberal
St. John's EastGordon HigginsProgressive Conservative
St. John's WestWilliam Joseph BrowneProgressive Conservative
Trinity—ConceptionLeonard StickLiberal

Northwest Territories

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Yukon—Mackenzie RiverJames Aubrey SimmonsLiberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% rowspan=2Annapolis—KingsAngus Alexander Elderkin (until election voided 6 March 1950)Liberal
George Nowlan (by-election of 1950-06-19)Progressive Conservative
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal
Cape Breton North and VictoriaMatthew MacLeanLiberal
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisC.C.F.
Colchester—HantsFrank Thomas StanfieldProgressive Conservative
CumberlandPercy Chapman BlackProgressive Conservative
Digby—YarmouthThomas Andrew Murray KirkLiberal
HalifaxJohn Horace Dickey (until 2 May 1950 Senate appointment)Liberal
Gordon Benjamin IsnorLiberal
Samuel Rosborough Balcom (by-election of 1950-06-19, replaces Dickey)Liberal
Inverness—RichmondWilliam F. CarrollLiberal
LunenburgRobert WintersLiberal
PictouHenry Byron McCullochLiberal
Queens—ShelburneDonald SmithLiberal

Ontario

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Algoma EastLester B. PearsonLiberal
Algoma WestGeorge Ewart NixonLiberal
BrantfordWilliam Ross MacdonaldLiberal
Brant—WentworthJohn Alpheus CharltonProgressive Conservative
BroadviewThomas Langton Church (died 7 February 1950)Progressive Conservative
George Hees (by-election of 1950-05-15)Progressive Conservative
BruceDonald Buchanan BlueLiberal
CarletonGeorge DrewProgressive Conservative
CochraneJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal
DanforthJoseph Henry HarrisProgressive Conservative
DavenportPaul HellyerLiberal
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweProgressive Conservative
DurhamJohn Mason JamesLiberal
EglintonDonald FlemingProgressive Conservative
ElginCharles Delmer CoyleProgressive Conservative
Essex EastPaul Martin Sr.Liberal
Essex SouthStuart Murray ClarkLiberal
Essex WestDonald Ferguson BrownLiberal
Fort WilliamDaniel McIvorLiberal
Frontenac—AddingtonWilbert Ross AylesworthProgressive Conservative
GlengarryWilliam Joseph MajorLiberal
GreenwoodJohn Ernest McMillin (died 20 August 1949)Progressive Conservative
James MacKerras Macdonnell (by-election of 1949-10-24)Progressive Conservative
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanProgressive Conservative
Grey—BruceWalter HarrisLiberal
Grey NorthColin Emerson BennettLiberal
HaldimandA. Earl CatherwoodProgressive Conservative
HaltonHughes CleaverLiberal
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal
Hamilton WestColin Gibson (until 18 January 1950 judicial appointment)Liberal
Ellen Fairclough (by-election of 1950-05-15)Progressive Conservative
Hastings—PeterboroughGeorge Stanley WhiteProgressive Conservative
Hastings SouthFrank Sidney FollwellLiberal
High ParkPat CameronLiberal
Huron NorthLewis Elston CardiffProgressive Conservative
Huron—PerthAndrew Young McLeanLiberal
Kenora—Rainy RiverWilliam Moore BenidicksonLiberal-Labour
KentEdward Blake HuffmanLiberal
Kingston CityWilliam James HendersonLiberal
Lambton—KentHugh Alexander MackenzieLiberal
Lambton WestJoseph Warner MurphyProgressive Conservative
LanarkWilliam Gourlay BlairProgressive Conservative
LeedsGeorge Taylor FulfordLiberal
LincolnHarry Peter CaversLiberal
LondonAlex JefferyLiberal
Middlesex EastHarry Oliver WhiteProgressive Conservative
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbinLiberal
NipissingJack GarlandLiberal
NorfolkRaymond Elmer AndersonLiberal
NorthumberlandFrederick Greystock RobertsonLiberal
OntarioWalter Thomson (until resignation)Liberal
Michael Starr (by-election of 1952-05-26)Progressive Conservative
Ottawa EastJean-Thomas RichardLiberal
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraithLiberal
OxfordAlexander Clark MurrayLiberal
ParkdaleJohn William Gordon HunterLiberal
Parry Sound—MuskokaWilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonaldLiberal
PeelGordon GraydonProgressive Conservative
PerthJames Neilson CorryLiberal
Peterborough WestGordon Knapman FraserProgressive Conservative
Port ArthurClarence Decatur HoweLiberal
PrescottRaymond BruneauIndependent Liberal
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge James TustinProgressive Conservative
Renfrew NorthRalph Melville WarrenLiberal
Renfrew SouthJames Joseph McCannLiberal
RosedaleCharles HenryLiberal
RussellJoseph-Omer GourLiberal
St. Paul'sJames RooneyLiberal
Simcoe EastWilliam Alfred RobinsonLiberal
Simcoe NorthJulian Harcourt FergusonProgressive Conservative
SpadinaDavid CrollLiberal
StormontLionel ChevrierLiberal
SudburyLéo GauthierLiberal
TimiskamingWalter LittleLiberal
TimminsKarl EyreLiberal
TrinityLionel ConacherLiberal
VictoriaClayton Wesley HodgsonProgressive Conservative
Waterloo NorthLouis Orville Breithaupt (until resignation to become Ontario Lieutenant-Governor)Liberal
Norman Schneider (by-election of 1952-05-26)Liberal
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth Homuth (died in office)Progressive Conservative
Howie Meeker (by-election of 1951-06-25)Progressive Conservative
WellandHumphrey Mitchell (died 1 August 1950)Liberal
William Hector McMillan (by-election of 1950-10-16)Liberal
Wellington NorthArnold DarrochLiberal
Wellington SouthHenry Alfred HoskingLiberal
WentworthFrank Exton LennardProgressive Conservative
York EastRobert Henry McGregorProgressive Conservative
York NorthJohn Eachern (Jack) SmithLiberal
York SouthJoseph William NoseworthyC.C.F.
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonProgressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% King'sThomas Joseph KickhamLiberal
PrinceJohn Watson MacnaughtLiberal
Queen'sJames Lester Douglas (died 30 September 1950)Liberal
Winfield Chester Scott McLureProgressive Conservative
John Angus Maclean (by-election of 1951-06-25, replaces Douglas)Progressive Conservative

Quebec

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% Argenteuil—Deux-MontagnesPhilippe ValoisLiberal
BeauceRaoul PoulinIndependent
BeauharnoisRobert CauchonLiberal
BellechasseLouis-Philippe PicardLiberal
Berthier—MaskinongéJoseph LangloisLiberal
BonaventureBona ArsenaultLiberal
Brome—MissisquoiHenri A. Gosselin (died 27 January 1952)Liberal
Joseph-Léon Deslières (by-election of 26 May 1952)Liberal
CartierMaurice Hartt (died 15 March 1950)Liberal
Leon David Crestohl (by-election of 19 June 1950)Liberal
Chambly—RouvilleRoch PinardLiberal
ChamplainJoseph Irenée RochefortLiberal
ChapleauDavid GourdLiberal
CharlevoixAuguste MaltaisLiberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—LaprairieDonald Elmer BlackLiberal
ChicoutimiPaul-Edmond GagnonIndependent
Compton—FrontenacJoseph-Adéodat BlanchetteLiberal
DorchesterLéonard-David Sweezey TremblayLiberal
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal
GaspéJ. G. Léopold LangloisLiberal
GatineauLéon Raymond (appointed House of Commons Clerk on 5 August 1949)Liberal
Joseph-Célestin Nadon (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal
HullAlphonse FournierLiberal
Îles-de-la-MadeleineCharles-Arthur Dumoulin CannonLiberal
Jacques CartierElphège Marier (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)Liberal
Edgar Leduc (by-election of 4 October 1949)Independent
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmGeorges-Émile Lapalme (resigned 23 June 1950)Liberal
Maurice Breton (by-election of 3 October 1950)Liberal
KamouraskaEugène Marquis (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)Liberal
Arthur Massé (by-election of 24 October 1949)Independent Liberal
LabelleHenri CourtemancheProgressive Conservative
Lac-Saint-JeanAndré GauthierLiberal
LafontaineJ.-Georges RatelleLiberal
LapointeJules GauthierLiberal
LaurierErnest Bertrand (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)Liberal
J.-Eugène Lefrançois (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal
LavalLéopold DemersLiberal
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal
LotbinièreHugues LapointeLiberal
Maisonneuve—RosemontSarto FournierLiberal
Matapédia—MataneAntoine-Philéas CôtéLiberal
MéganticJoseph LafontaineLiberal
MercierJoseph Jean (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)Liberal
Marcel Monette (by-election of 24 October 1949)Liberal
Montmagny—L'IsletJean LesageLiberal
Mount RoyalAlan Aylesworth MacnaughtonLiberal
Nicolet—YamaskaMaurice BoisvertLiberal
Notre-Dame-de-GrâceFrederick Primrose WhitmanLiberal
Outremont—St-JeanÉdouard RinfretLiberal
Romuald Bourque (by-election of 6 October 1952)Liberal
PapineauCamillien HoudeIndependent
Pontiac—TémiscamingueJohn Hugh ProudfootLiberal
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixLiberal
Quebec EastLouis St. LaurentLiberal
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan PowerLiberal
Quebec WestCharles Eugène ParentLiberal
Richelieu—VerchèresGérard Cournoyer (resigned 5 July 1952)Liberal
Lucien Cardin (by-election of 6 October 1952)Liberal
Richmond—WolfeErnest-Omer GingrasLiberal
RimouskiGleason Belzile (died 25 July 1950)Liberal
Joseph Hervé Rousseau (by-election of 16 October 1950)Independent Liberal
RobervalJoseph-Alfred Dion (until 8 April 1952 emoulment appointment)Liberal
Paul-Henri Spence (by-election of 26 May 1952)Progressive Conservative
SaguenayLomer BrissonLiberal
St. AnnThomas Patrick HealyLiberal
St. Antoine—WestmountDouglas AbbottLiberal
St-DenisAzellus DenisLiberal
St-HenriJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotJoseph Louis Rosario FontaineLiberal
St. JamesRoland BeaudryLiberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—NapiervilleAlcide CôtéLiberal
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeBrooke ClaxtonLiberal
St. MaryGaspard Fauteux (resigned 18 August 1950)Liberal
Hector Dupuis (by-election of 16 October 1950)Liberal
Saint-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Adolphe RichardLiberal
SheffordMarcel BoivinLiberal
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal
StansteadLouis-Édouard RobergeLiberal
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotIndependent Liberal
Liberal
TerrebonneLionel BertrandLiberal
Trois-RivièresLéon BalcerProgressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—SoulangesLouis-René BeaudoinLiberal
Verdun—La SallePaul-Émile CôtéLiberal
VilleneuveArmand DumasLiberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral districtNamewidth=20%Party
width=24% AssiniboiaHazen ArgueC.C.F.
HumboldtJoseph Ingolph HetlandLiberal
KindersleyFrederick Hugo LarsonLiberal
Lake CentreJohn DiefenbakerProgressive Conservative
MackenzieGladstone Mansfield FerrieLiberal
Maple CreekIrvin William StuderLiberal
Meadow LakeJohn Hornby HarrisonLiberal
MelfortPercy Ellis WrightC.C.F.
MelvilleJames Garfield GardinerLiberal
Moose JawRoss ThatcherC.C.F.
Moose MountainJohn James SmithLiberal
Prince AlbertFrancis Heselton HelmeLiberal
Qu'AppelleAustin Edwin DewarLiberal
Regina CityEmmett Andrew McCuskerLiberal
Rosetown—BiggarMajor James ColdwellC.C.F.
RosthernWilliam Albert BoucherLiberal
SaskatoonRobert Ross (Roy) KnightC.C.F.
Swift CurrentHarry B. WhitesideLiberal
The BattlefordsArthur James BaterLiberal
YorktonAlan Carl StewartLiberal

By-elections

See main article: By-elections to the 21st Canadian Parliament.

References