The
19th Canadian Parliament was in session from 16 May 1940, until 16 April 1945. The membership was set by the
1940 federal election on 26 March 1940, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and
by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the
1945 election.
It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the so-called "National Government" party (the name which the Conservatives ran under in the 1940 election), led in the House by Richard Hanson and Gordon Graydon consecutively as the three successive national leaders of the party, Robert Manion, Arthur Meighen and John Bracken did not have seats in the House of Commons. With the selection of Bracken as national leader in December 1942, the party became known as the Progressive Conservatives.
The Speaker was James Allison Glen. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933–1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were six sessions of the 19th Parliament:
Session
|
Start
|
End
|
1st
|
16 May 1940
|
5 November 1940
|
2nd
|
7 November 1940
|
21 January 1942
|
3rd
|
22 January 1942
|
27 January 1943
|
4th
|
28 January 1943
|
26 January 1944
|
5th
|
27 January 1944
|
31 January 1945
|
6th
|
19 March 1945
|
16 April 1945
|
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Party leaders are italicized.
Parliamentary assistants 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
|
Grey North
|
February 5, 1945
|
William Pattison Telford, Jr.
|
|
Liberal
|
W. Garfield Case
|
|
Progressive Conservative
|
Resignation to provide a seat for Andrew McNaughton
|
No
|
Cartier
|
August 9, 1943
|
Peter Bercovitch
|
|
Liberal
|
Fred Rose
|
|
Labor Progressive
|
Death
|
No
|
Stanstead
|
August 9, 1943
|
Robert Davison
|
|
Liberal
|
Joseph-Armand Choquette
|
|
Bloc populaire Canadien
|
Election declared void
|
No
|
Humboldt
|
August 9, 1943
|
Harry Raymond Fleming
|
|
Liberal
|
Joseph William Burton
|
|
C. C. F.
|
Death
|
No
|
Selkirk
|
August 9, 1943
|
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson
|
|
Liberal
|
William Bryce
|
|
C. C. F.
|
Appointed President of the Exchequer Court of Canada
|
No
|
Charlevoix—Saguenay
|
November 30, 1942
|
Pierre-François Casgrain
|
|
Liberal
|
Frédéric Dorion
|
|
Independent
|
Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec
|
No
|
Winnipeg North Centre
|
November 30, 1942
|
J. S. Woodsworth
|
|
C. C. F.
|
Stanley Knowles
|
|
C. C. F.
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Outremont
|
November 30, 1942
|
Thomas Vien
|
|
Liberal
|
Léo Richer Laflèche
|
|
Liberal
|
Called to the Senate
|
Yes
|
St. Mary
|
February 9, 1942
|
Hermas Deslauriers
|
|
Liberal
|
Gaspard Fauteux
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Welland
|
February 9, 1942
|
Arthur Damude
|
|
Liberal
|
Humphrey Mitchell
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
York South
|
February 9, 1942
|
Alan Cockeram
|
|
National Government
|
Joseph W. Noseworthy
|
|
C. C. F.
|
Resignation to provide a seat for Arthur Meighen
|
No
|
Quebec East
|
February 9, 1942
|
Ernest Lapointe
|
|
Liberal
|
Louis St. Laurent
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Edmonton East
|
June 2, 1941
|
Frederick Clayton Casselman
|
|
Liberal
|
Cora Taylor Casselman
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Saskatoon City
|
August 19, 1940
|
Walter George Brown
|
|
United Reform Movement
|
Alfred Henry Bence
|
|
Conservative
|
Death
|
No
|
Carleton
|
August 19, 1940
|
Alonzo Hyndman
|
|
National Government
|
George Russell Boucher
|
|
Conservative
|
Death
|
Yes
|
Waterloo North
|
August 19, 1940
|
William Daum Euler
|
|
Liberal
|
Louis Orville Breithaupt
|
|
Liberal
|
Called to the Senate
|
Yes
|
Kingston City
|
August 12, 1940
|
Norman McLeod Rogers
|
|
Liberal
|
Angus Lewis Macdonald
|
|
Liberal
|
Death
|
Yes
|