13th Parliament of Canada Prime Minister Robert Borden 10 Oct 1911 – 10 Jul 1920Arthur Meighen 10 Jul 1920 – 29 Dec 1921Cabinets 10th Canadian Ministry 11th Canadian Ministry Leader of the Opposition Wilfrid Laurier October 10, 1911 – February 17, 1919Daniel Duncan McKenzie February 17, 1919 – August 7, 1919William Lyon Mackenzie King August 7, 1919 – December 28, 1921Government Unionist Opposition Laurier Liberals Seating arrangements of the House of CommonsSpeaker of the Commons Edgar Nelson Rhodes January 18, 1917 – March 5, 1922Speaker of the Senate Joseph Bolduc June 3, 1916 – February 6, 1922 Government Senate Leader James Alexander Lougheed October 10, 1911 – December 28, 1921Opposition Senate Leader Hewitt Bostock March 19, 1914 – January 1, 1919 January 1, 1920 – December 28, 1921Raoul Dandurand January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1919Monarch George V May 6, 1910 – January 20, 1936Governor General Victor Cavendish November 11, 1916 – August 2, 1921Julian Byng August 2, 1921 – August 5, 19261st session March 18, 1918 – May 24, 19182nd session February 20, 1919 – July 7, 19193rd session September 1, 1919 – November 10, 19194th session February 26, 1920 – July 1, 19205th session February 14, 1921 – June 4, 1921
First Session of the 13th Parliament, held in the Victoria Museum Ottawa, Ontario
Sir Robert Borden was Prime Minister during most of the 13th Canadian Parliament.
The 13th Canadian Parliament was in session from March 18, 1918, until October 4, 1921. The membership was set by the 1917 federal election on December 17, 1917, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1921 election .
It was controlled by a Unionist Party majority first under Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and the 10th Canadian Ministry , and after July 10, 1920, by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and the 11th Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Laurier Liberal Party , led first by Wilfrid Laurier , and then by Daniel McKenzie and William Lyon Mackenzie King consecutively.
The Speaker was Edgar Nelson Rhodes . See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1914-1924 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were five sessions of the 13th Parliament; the third was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII ):
Session
Start
End
1st
March 18, 1918
May 24, 1918
2nd
February 20, 1919
July 7, 1919
3rd
September 1, 1919
November 10, 1919
4th
February 26, 1920
July 1, 1920
5th
February 14, 1921
June 4, 1921
List of members
The following is a full list of members of the thirteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Party leaders are italicized .
Parliamentary secretaries is indicated by "‡".
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.
By-elections
By-election
Date
Incumbent
Party
Winner
Party
Cause
Retained
Medicine Hat
June 27, 1921
Arthur Lewis Sifton
Unionist
Robert Gardiner
Progressive
Death
No
Yamaska
May 28, 1921
Oscar Gladu
Laurier Liberal
Aimé Boucher
Liberal
Death
Yes
York—Sunbury
May 28, 1921
Harry Fulton McLeod
Unionist
Richard Hanson
Conservative
Death
Yes
Peterborough West
February 7, 1921
John Hampden Burnham
Unionist
George Newcombe Gordon
Liberal
Resignation
No
Yale
November 22, 1920
Martin Burrell
Unionist
John Armstrong MacKelvie
Conservative
Appointed Librarian of Parliament
Yes
Elgin East
November 22, 1920
David Marshall
Unionist
Sydney Smith McDermand
United Farmers
Death
No
St. John—Albert
September 20, 1920
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Unionist
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Conservative
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
Yes
Colchester
September 20, 1920
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
Unionist
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
Nationalist Liberal
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works
Yes
Timiskaming
April 7, 1920
Francis Cochrane
Unionist
Angus McDonald
Independent
Death
No
St. James
April 7, 1920
Louis Audet Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Fernand Rinfret
Liberal
Death
Yes
Kamouraska
March 31, 1920
Ernest Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Charles Adolphe Stein
Liberal
Resignation to contest Quebec East by-election
Yes
Ontario North
December 9, 1919
Samuel Simpson Sharpe
Conservative
Robert Henry Halbert
Independent
Death
No
Quebec East
October 27, 1919
Wilfrid Laurier
Laurier Liberal
Ernest Lapointe
Laurier Liberal
Death
Yes
Glengarry and Stormont
October 27, 1919
John McMartin
Unionist
John Wilfred Kennedy
United Farmers
Death
No
Assiniboia
October 27, 1919
John Gillanders Turriff
Unionist
Oliver Robert Gould
United Farmers
Called to the Senate
No
Victoria City
October 27, 1919
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Unionist
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Unionist
Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture.
Yes
Prince
October 20, 1919
Joseph Read
Liberal
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Death
Yes
Kingston
October 20, 1919
William Folger Nickle
Conservative
Henry Lumley Drayton
Unionist
Resignation
Yes
Victoria—Carleton
October 17, 1919
Frank Carvell
Unionist
Thomas Wakem Caldwell
United Farmers
Appointed Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners
No
Lanark
May 2, 1918
Adelbert Edward Hanna
Unionist
John Alexander Stewart
Unionist
Death
Yes
Notes
References
Government of Canada. "10th Ministry" . Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation . Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "11th Ministry" . Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation . Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved November 9, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "13th Parliament" . Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on December 20, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "Duration of Sessions" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on November 14, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "General Elections" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on May 4, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "Key Dates for each Parliament" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on September 14, 2005. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
Government of Canada. "Speakers" . Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on September 17, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2006 .
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