List of Canadian minor party and independent politicians elected explained

Seats1 Title:House of Commons

This is a list of members of the House of Commons of Canada who were elected as an independent or as a member of a minor political party. Excluded are MPs who were elected from a major party but then defected during a parliamentary term.

Federal elections

1867–1916

ElectionMember of ParliamentConstituencyParty/description
1868 (b)John PickardYork Independent Liberal
1870 (b)Georges Isidore BartheRichelieu Independent Conservative
1871 (b)Donald Alexander SmithSelkirk Independent Conservative
1872William GibsonDundas Independent Liberal
Peter MitchellNorthumberland Independent
Ulysse-Janvier RobillardBeauharnois Independent Conservative
John PickardYork Independent Liberal
Donald A. SmithSelkirk Independent Conservative
1873 (b)Louis RielProvencher Independent
1874Georges Isidore BartheRichelieu Independent Conservative
James Lyons BiggarNorthumberland East Independent Liberal
William GibsonDundas Independent Liberal
Alfred Gilpin JonesHalifax Independent
George McLeodKent Independent
Peter MitchellNorthumberland Independent
John PickardYork Independent Liberal
Patrick PowerHalifax Independent Liberal
Louis RielProvencher Independent
Ulysse-Janvier RobillardBeauharnois Independent Conservative
Francis James RoscoeVictoria Independent Liberal
Donald A. SmithSelkirk Independent Conservative
1874 (b)Louis RielProvencher Independent
1874 (b)James Lyons BiggarNorthumberland East Independent Liberal
1875 (b)Samuel PlattToronto East Independent
1875 (b)Thomas GreenwayHuron South Independent
1875 (b)Charles Auguste Maximilien GlobenskyTwo Mountains Independent
1877 (b)Jacques MalouinQuebec-Centre Independent
1877 (b)François Xavier Ovide MéthotNicolet Independent Conservative
1878 (b)George HaddowRestigouche Independent
1878 (b)Alfred Gilpin JonesHalifax Independent
1878 (b)Peter MitchellNorthumberland Independent
1878 (b)Thomas Robert McInnesNew Westminster Independent
1878George Heber ConnellCarleton Independent
George HaddowRestigouche Independent
Frédéric HoudeMaskinongé Nationalist Conservative
Jacques MalouinQuebec-Centre Independent
Thomas Robert McInnesNew Westminster Independent
François Xavier Ovide MéthotNicolet Independent Conservative
John PickardYork Independent Liberal
Samuel PlattToronto East Independent
1881 (b)Darius CrouterNorthumberland East Independent Liberal
1882Michel AugerShefford Independent Liberal
Frédéric HoudeMaskinongé Nationalist Conservative
François Xavier Ovide MéthotNicolet Independent Conservative
Peter MitchellNorthumberland Independent
John PickardYork Independent Liberal
1882 (b)Édouard GuilbaultJoliette Independent Conservative
1884 (b)Athanase GaudetNicolet Nationalist Conservative
1887Guillaume AmyotBellechasse Nationalist
Joseph Gédéon Horace BergeronBeauharnois Independent Conservative
Paul CoutureChicoutimi—Saguenay Independent
Alphonse DesjardinsHochelaga Independent Conservative
Cyrille DoyonLaprairie Independent Liberal
Henri Jules Juchereau DuchesnayDorchester Nationalist
Joseph GodboutBeauce Independent Liberal
John LangPeterborough East Independent Liberal
Peter MitchellNorthumberland Independent
Donald Alexander SmithMontreal West Independent Liberal
William WelshQueen's County Independent Liberal
1887 (b)John FergusonRenfrew South Independent
1888 (b)Fabien BoisvertNicolet Independent Conservative
1888 (b)Alphonse-Télesphore LépineMontreal East Independent Conservative
1889 (b)Hilaire NeveuJoliette Nationalist
1891Guillaume AmyotBellechasse Nationalist Conservative
Thomas Dixon CraigDurham East Independent Conservative
Alphonse Télesphore LépineMontreal East Independent Conservative
Dalton McCarthySimcoe North Independent
Joseph Octave MousseauSoulanges Independent
Donald Alexander SmithMontreal West Independent Liberal
Cyrille Émile VaillancourtDorchester Nationalist
William WelshQueen's County Independent Liberal
1892 (b)William Findlay MacleanYork East Independent Conservative
1892 (b)Hiram Augustus CalvinFrontenac Independent Conservative
1893 (b)Joseph-Israël TarteL'Islet Independent
1895 (b)William StubbsCardwell McCarthyite[1]
1896Thomas Dixon CraigDurham East Independent Conservative
John FergusonRenfrew South Independent Conservative
Duncan GrahamOntario North Independent Liberal
John LangPeterborough East Independent Liberal
William James LewisAlbert Independent
Dalton McCarthyBrandon Independent
Dalton McCarthySimcoe North Independent
William Varney PettetPrince Edward Patrons of Industry
John Ross RobertsonToronto East Independent Conservative
David Dickson RogersFrontenac Patrons of Industry
William StubbsCardwell Independent Conservative
1897 (b)Duncan GrahamOntario North Independent Liberal
1898 (b)Leighton McCarthySimcoe North Independent (McCarthyite)
1900 (b)Henri BourassaLabelle Independent
1900 (b)Arthur PutteeWinnipeg Labour
1900John LangPeterborough East Independent Liberal
William Findlay MacleanYork East Independent Conservative
Leighton Goldie McCarthySimcoe North Independent
Arthur PutteeWinnipeg Labour
Robert Lorne RichardsonLisgar Independent
Jabel RobinsonElgin West Independent
1904William Findlay MacleanYork South Independent Conservative
Leighton Goldie McCarthySimcoe North Independent
1906 (b)Alphonse VervilleMaisonneuve Labour
1906 (b)Lorenzo RobitailleQuebec County Independent Liberal
1908William Findlay MacleanYork South Independent Conservative
Joseph RussellToronto East Independent
Alphonse VervilleMaisonneuve Labour
1909 (b)David Arthur LafortuneMontcalm Independent Liberal
1910 (b)Arthur GilbertDrummond—Arthabaska Nationalist
1911Adélard BellemareMaskinongé Independent Conservative
Joseph GirardChicoutimi—Saguenay Independent Conservative
William Findlay MacleanYork South Independent Conservative
Alphonse VervilleMaisonneuve Labour

1917–1962

ElectionMember of ParliamentConstituencyParty/description
1919 (b)Thomas Wakem CaldwellVictoria—Carleton United Farmers
1919 (b)Oliver Robert GouldAssiniboia United Farmers
1919 (b)John Wilfred KennedyGlengarry and Stormont United Farmers of Ontario
1919 (b)Robert Henry HalbertOntario North Independent
1920 (b)Angus McDonaldTimiskaming Independent
1920 (b)Sydney Smith McDermandElgin East United Farmers of Ontario
1921Robert Henry HalbertOntario North United Farmers of Ontario
William IrvineEast Calgary Labour
William Findlay MacleanYork South Independent Conservative
Angus McDonaldTimiskaming Independent
Joseph Tweed ShawCalgary West Labour
John Jabez ThurstonVictoria Independent
James Shaver WoodsworthWinnipeg Centre Labour
1925Joseph Henri Napoléon BourassaLabelle Independent Liberal
Julien-Édouard-Alfred DubucChicoutimi Independent
Abraham Albert HeapsWinnipeg North Labour
William Thomas LucasCamrose United Farmers of Alberta
William Findlay MacleanYork South Independent Conservative
Alan Webster NeillComox—Alberni Independent
Alfred SpeakmanRed Deer United Farmers of Alberta
James Shaver WoodsworthWinnipeg North Centre Labour
1926Herbert Bealey AdsheadCalgary East Labour
Joseph Henri Napoléon BourassaLabelle Independent
Beniah BowmanAlgoma East United Farmers of Ontario
George Gibson CooteMacleod United Farmers of Alberta
Julien-Édouard-Alfred DubucChicoutimi Independent Liberal
Robert GardinerAcadia United Farmers of Alberta
Edward Joseph GarlandBow River United Farmers of Alberta
Abraham Albert HeapsWinnipeg North Labour
Lincoln Henry JelliffLethbridge United Farmers of Alberta
William IrvineWetaskiwin United Farmers of Alberta
Donald Ferdinand KellnerAthabaska United Farmers of Alberta
Donald MacBeth KennedyPeace River United Farmers of Alberta
William Thomas LucasCamrose United Farmers of Alberta
Michael LuchkovichVegreville United Farmers of Alberta
Alan Webster NeillComox—Alberni Independent
Alfred SpeakmanRed Deer United Farmers of Alberta
Henry Elvins SpencerBattle River United Farmers of Alberta
James Shaver WoodsworthWinnipeg North Centre Labour
1929 (b)William Samuel MurphyLanark Independent Conservative
1930Joseph Henri Napoléon BourassaLabelle Independent
George Gibson CooteMacleod United Farmers of Alberta
Robert GardinerAcadia United Farmers of Alberta
Edward Joseph GarlandBow River United Farmers of Alberta
Abraham Albert HeapsWinnipeg North Labour
William IrvineWetaskiwin United Farmers of Alberta
Donald MacBeth KennedyPeace River United Farmers of Alberta
William Thomas LucasCamrose United Farmers of Alberta
Michael LuchkovichVegreville United Farmers of Alberta
Angus MacInnisVancouver South Independent Labour
Alan Webster NeillComox—Alberni Independent
Alfred SpeakmanRed Deer United Farmers of Alberta
Henry Elvins SpencerBattle River United Farmers of Alberta
James Shaver WoodsworthWinnipeg North Centre Labour
1931 (b)Humphrey MitchellHamilton East Labour
1935Martha BlackYukon Independent Conservative
François BlaisChapleau Independent Liberal
Agnes MacphailGrey—Bruce United Farmers of Ontario-Labour
Alan Webster NeillComox—Alberni Independent
Henry Herbert StevensKootenay East Reconstruction
1938 (b)Georges HéonArgenteuil Independent Conservative
1939 (b)Walter George BrownSaskatoon City United Reform
1940Lionel BertrandTerrebonne Independent Liberal
Walter George BrownSaskatoon City United Reform
Walter Frederick KuhlJasper—Edson New Democracy
Liguori LacombeLaval—Two Mountains Independent Liberal
Alan Webster NeillComox—Alberni Independent
Dorise NielsenNorth Battleford Unity
Joseph Sasseville RoyGaspé Independent Conservative
1942 (b)Frédéric DorionCharlevoix—Saguenay Independent
1943 (b)Joseph-Armand ChoquetteStanstead Bloc populaire canadien
1943 (b)Fred RoseCartier Labor-Progressive
1945Bona ArsenaultBonaventure Independent
Maurice BourgetLévis Independent Liberal
Arthur CardinRichelieu—Verchères Independent
Philéas CôtéMatapédia—Matane Independent Liberal
Joseph-Alfred DionLake St-John—Roberval Independent Liberal
Frédéric DorionCharlevoix—Saguenay Independent
Lucien DuboisNicolet—Yamaska Independent Liberal
Paul-Edmond GagnonChicoutimi Independent
Wilfrid GariépyTrois-Rivières Independent
John Lambert GibsonComox—Alberni Independent
René HamelSt-Maurice—Laflèche Bloc populaire canadien
Georges HéonArgenteuil Independent Progressive Conservative
Herbert Wilfred HerridgeKootenay West Independent CCF
Liguori LacombeLaval—Two Mountains Independent
Wilfrid LacroixQuébec—Montmorency Independent Liberal
Charles ParentQuebec West and South Independent Liberal
Jean-François PouliotTémiscouata Independent Liberal
Maxime RaymondBeauharnois—Laprairie Bloc populaire canadien
Fred RoseCartier Labor-Progressive
1949Raymond BruneauPrescott Independent Liberal
Paul-Edmond GagnonChicoutimi Independent
John Lambert GibsonComox—Alberni Independent
Camillien HoudePapineau Independent
Raoul PoulinRaoul Poulin Independent
Jean-François PouliotTémiscouata Independent Liberal
1949 (b)Edgar LeducJacques Cartier Independent
1949 (b)Paul-Léon DubéRestigouche—Madawaska Independent Liberal
1949 (b)Arthur MasséKamouraska Independent Liberal
1950 (b)Joseph-Hervé RousseauRimouski Independent Liberal
1953Paul-Edmond GagnonChicoutimi Independent
Fernand GirardLapointe Independent
Arthur MasséKamouraska Independent Liberal
Adrien MeunierPapineau Independent Liberal
Raoul PoulinBeauce Independent
1957Samuel BoulangerDrummond—Arthabaska Independent Liberal
Benoît ChabotKamouraska Independent
Henri CourtemancheLabelle Independent Progressive Conservative
Gérard LoiselleSt. Ann Independent Liberal
Raoul PoulinBeauce Independent

1963–1992

Party/description
1965Maurice AllardSherbrooke Independent Progressive Conservative
Joseph-Alfred MongrainTrois-Rivières Independent
1968Lucien LamoureuxStormont—Dundas No affiliation (speaker)
1972Lucien LamoureuxStormont—Dundas No affiliation (speaker)
Roch LaSalleJoliette Independent
1974Leonard C. JonesMoncton Independent
1984Tony RomanYork North Independent
1990 (b)Gilles DuceppeLaurier—Sainte-Marie Independent

1993–present

Party/description
1993Gilles BernierBeauce Independent
1997John NunziataYork South—Weston Independent
2004Chuck CadmanSurrey North Independent
2006André ArthurPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier Independent
2008André ArthurPortneuf—Jacques-Cartier Independent
Bill CaseyCumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Independent
2011Elizabeth MaySaanich—Gulf Islands Green
2015Elizabeth MaySaanich—Gulf Islands Green
2019 (b)Paul ManlyNanaimo—Ladysmith Green
2019Jenica AtwinFredericton Green
Paul ManlyNanaimo—Ladysmith Green
Elizabeth MaySaanich—Gulf Islands Green
Jody Wilson-RaybouldVancouver Granville Independent
2021Elizabeth MaySaanich—Gulf Islands Green
Mike MorriceKitchener Centre Green

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Stubbs Gets In. 2023-06-02. Montreal Gazette. December 25, 1895.