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20th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
6 September 1945 – 30 April 1949
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		William Lyon Mackenzie King
23 Oct 1935 – 15 Nov 1948
Louis St. Laurent
15 Nov 1948 – 21 Jun 1957
Cabinets16th Canadian Ministry
17th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		John Bracken
11 June 1945 – 20 July 1948
George A. Drew
2 October 1948 – 1 November 1954
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionProgressive Conservative Party
CrossbenchCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party
Bloc populaire
Labor-Progressive Party
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons		Gaspard Fauteux
6 September 1945 – 14 September 1949
Government
House Leader		Ian Alistair Mackenzie
14 October 1944 – 30 April 1948
Alphonse Fournier
1 May 1948 – 9 May 1953
Members245 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate		James Horace King
24 August 1945 – 2 August 1949
Government
Senate Leader		Wishart McLea Robertson
24 August 1945 – 14 October 1953
Opposition
Senate Leader		Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
16 January 1942 – 11 September 1945
John Thomas Haig
12 September 1945 – 20 June 1957
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge VI
11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
Governor
General		Alexander Cambridge
21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946
Harold Alexander
12 April 1946 – 28 January 1952
Sessions
1st session
6 September 1945 – 18 December 1945
2nd session
14 March 1946 – 31 August 1946
3rd session
30 January 1947 – 17 July 1947
4th session
5 December 1947 – 30 June 1948
5th session
29 January 1949 – 30 April 1949
← 19th → 21st
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the first three years of the 20th Canadian Parliament.
Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister during the final year of the 20th Canadian Parliament.

The 20th Canadian Parliament was in session from 6 September 1945, until 30 April 1949. The membership was set by the 1945 federal election on 11 June 1945, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1949 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority first under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 16th Canadian Ministry, and later a majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the newly named Progressive Conservative Party, led first by John Bracken and later by George Drew.

The Speaker was Gaspard Fauteux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1933-1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

In this parliament, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, led by M. J. Coldwell, overtook the Social Credit as third largest party.

There were five sessions of the 20th Parliament.

List of members

Lists of past and present members of the House of Commons of Canada
Parliament
Surname

Following is a full list of members of the twentieth 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.

Alberta

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Victor Quelch Social Credit 1935
Athabaska Joseph Miville Dechene Liberal 1940
Battle River Robert Fair Social Credit 1935
Bow River Charles Edward Johnston Social Credit 1935
Calgary East Douglas Harkness Progressive Conservative 1945
Calgary West Arthur LeRoy Smith Progressive Conservative 1945
Camrose James Alexander Marshall Social Credit 1935
Edmonton East Patrick Harvey Ashby Social Credit 1945
Edmonton West James Angus MacKinnon Liberal 1935
Jasper—Edson Walter Frederick Kuhl Social Credit 1935
Lethbridge John Horne Blackmore Social Credit 1935
Macleod Ernest George Hansell Social Credit 1935
Medicine Hat William Duncan Wylie Social Credit 1945
Peace River Solon Earl Low Social Credit 1945
Red Deer Frederick Davis Shaw Social Credit 1940
Vegreville Anthony Hlynka Social Credit 1940
Wetaskiwin Norman Jaques Social Credit 1935

British Columbia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Cariboo William Irvine CCF 1921, 1926, 1945
Comox—Alberni John Lambert Gibson Independent Liberal 1945
Fraser Valley George Cruickshank Liberal 1940
Kamloops Davie Fulton Progressive Conservative 1945
Kootenay East James Herbert Matthews CCF 1945
Kootenay West Herbert Wilfred Herridge Independent CCF 1945
Nanaimo George Pearkes Progressive Conservative 1945
New Westminster Thomas Reid ‡ Liberal 1930
Skeena Harry Archibald CCF 1945
Vancouver—Burrard Charles Merritt Progressive Conservative 1945
Vancouver Centre Ian Alistair Mackenzie (until 19 January 1948 Senate appointment) Liberal 1930
Rodney Young (by-election of 8 June 1948) CCF 1948
Vancouver East Angus MacInnis CCF 1930
Vancouver North James Sinclair ‡ Liberal 1940
Vancouver South Howard Charles Green Progressive Conservative 1935
Victoria Robert Mayhew ‡ Liberal 1937
Yale Grote Stirling (resigned 21 October 1947) Progressive Conservative 1924
Owen Jones (by-election of 31 May 1948) CCF 1948

Manitoba

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon James Ewen Matthews Liberal 1938
Churchill Ronald Stewart Moore CCF 1945
Dauphin Fred Zaplitny CCF 1945
Lisgar Howard Winkler Liberal 1935
Macdonald William Gilbert Weir Liberal-Progressive 1930
Marquette James Allison Glen (resigned 4 November 1948) Liberal 1926, 1935
Stuart Garson (by-election of 20 December 1948) Liberal 1948
Neepawa John Bracken Progressive Conservative 1945
Portage la Prairie Harry Leader (died 9 May 1946) Liberal 1921, 1935
Calvert Charlton Miller (by-election of 21 October 1946) Progressive Conservative 1946
Provencher René Jutras Liberal 1940
Selkirk William Bryce CCF 1943
Souris J. Arthur Ross Progressive Conservative 1940
Springfield John Sinnott Liberal 1945
St. Boniface Fernand Viau Liberal 1945
Winnipeg North Alistair Stewart CCF 1940
Winnipeg North Centre Stanley Knowles CCF 1942
Winnipeg South Leslie Mutch ‡ Liberal 1935
Winnipeg South Centre Ralph Maybank ‡ Liberal 1935

New Brunswick

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte A. Wesley Stuart Liberal 1945
Gloucester Clovis-Thomas Richard Liberal 1945
Kent Aurel Léger Liberal 1940
Northumberland John William Maloney Liberal 1945
Restigouche—Madawaska Benoît Michaud Liberal 1945
Royal Alfred Johnson Brooks Progressive Conservative 1935
St. John—Albert King Hazen Progressive Conservative 1940
Victoria—Carleton Heber Harold Hatfield Progressive Conservative 1940
Westmorland Henry Read Emmerson Liberal 1935
York—Sunbury Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges (died in office) Liberal 1945
Milton Fowler Gregg (by-election of 20 October 1947) Liberal 1947

Nova Scotia

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough J. Ralph Kirk Liberal 1936
Cape Breton North and Victoria Matthew MacLean Liberal 1937
Cape Breton South Clarence Gillis CCF 1940
Colchester—Hants Frank Thomas Stanfield Progressive Conservative 1945
Cumberland Percy Chapman Black Progressive Conservative 1940
Digby—Annapolis—Kings James Lorimer Ilsley (resigned 27 October 1948) Liberal 1926
George Nowlan (by-election of 13 December 1948) Progressive Conservative 1948
Halifax* Gordon Benjamin Isnor Liberal 1935
William Chisholm Macdonald ‡ (died 19 November 1946) Liberal 1940
John Dickey (by-election of 14 July 1947, replaces Macdonald) Liberal 1947
Inverness—Richmond Moses Elijah McGarry Liberal 1940
Pictou Henry Byron McCulloch Liberal 1935
Queens—Lunenburg Robert Winters ‡ Liberal 1945
Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare Loran Ellis Baker ‡ Liberal 1945

Ontario

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East Thomas Farquhar (until 10 September 1948 Senate appointment) Liberal 1935
Lester B. Pearson (by-election of 25 October 1948) Liberal 1948
Algoma West George E. Nixon Liberal 1940
Brantford City William Ross Macdonald Liberal 1935
Brant John A. Charlton Progressive Conservative 1945
Broadview Thomas Langton Church Progressive Conservative 1933
Bruce Andrew Ernest Robinson Progressive Conservative 1945
Carleton George Russell Boucher (resigned 1 November 1948) Progressive Conservative 1940
George Drew (by-election of 20 December 1948) Progressive Conservative 1948
Cochrane Joseph-Arthur Bradette Liberal 1926
Danforth Joseph Henry Harris Progressive Conservative 1921
Davenport John Ritchie MacNicol Progressive Conservative 1930
Dufferin—Simcoe William Earl Rowe Progressive Conservative 1925
Durham Charles Elwood Stephenson Progressive Conservative 1945
Eglinton Donald Fleming Progressive Conservative 1945
Elgin Charles Delmer Coyle Progressive Conservative 1945
Essex East Paul Martin Sr. Liberal 1935
Essex South Murray Clark Liberal 1935
Essex West Donald Ferguson Brown Liberal 1945
Fort William Dan McIvor Liberal 1935
Frontenac—Addington Wilbert Ross Aylesworth Progressive Conservative 1940
Glengarry William MacDiarmid (resigned 22 June 1945) Liberal 1940
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 6 August 1945) Liberal 1908, 1919, 1921, 1926, 1945
Greenwood Denton Massey Progressive Conservative 1935
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Progressive Conservative 1921, 1925
Grey—Bruce Walter Harris Liberal 1940
Grey North W. Garfield Case Progressive Conservative 1945
Haldimand Mark Senn Progressive Conservative 1921
Halton Hughes Cleaver Liberal 1935
Hamilton East Thomas Hambly Ross Liberal 1940
Hamilton West Colin Gibson Liberal 1940
Hastings—Peterborough George Stanley White Progressive Conservative 1940
Hastings South George Henry Stokes Progressive Conservative 1940
High Park William Alexander McMaster Progressive Conservative 1945
Huron North Elston Cardiff Progressive Conservative 1940
Huron—Perth William Henry Golding Liberal 1932
Kenora—Rainy River William Moore Benidickson Liberal 1945
Kent Earl Desmond Progressive Conservative 1940
Kingston City Thomas Kidd Progressive Conservative 1945
Lambton—Kent Robert James Henderson Progressive Conservative 1945
Lambton West Joseph Warner Murphy Progressive Conservative 1945
Lanark William Gourlay Blair Progressive Conservative 1945
Leeds George Webb Progressive Conservative 1945
Lincoln Norman Lockhart Progressive Conservative 1935
London Park Manross Progressive Conservative 1945
Middlesex East Harry Oliver White Progressive Conservative 1945
Middlesex West Robert McCubbin ‡ Liberal 1940
Muskoka—Ontario James Macdonnell Progressive Conservative 1945
Nipissing Léo Gauthier Liberal 1945
Norfolk Theobald Butler Barrett Progressive Conservative 1945
Northumberland Earle Drope Progressive Conservative 1945
Ontario W. E. N. Sinclair (died in office) Liberal 1945
Arthur Henry Williams (by-election of 8 June 1948) CCF 1948
Ottawa East Jean-Thomas Richard Liberal 1945
Ottawa West George McIlraith ‡ Liberal 1940
Oxford Kenneth Daniel Progressive Conservative 1945
Parkdale Herbert Alexander Bruce (until resignation) Progressive Conservative 1940
Harold Timmins (by-election of 21 October 1946) Progressive Conservative 1946
Parry Sound Wilfred McDonald Liberal 1945
Peel Gordon Graydon Progressive Conservative 1935
Perth Albert Bradshaw Progressive Conservative 1945
Peterborough West Gordon Fraser Progressive Conservative 1940
Port Arthur Clarence Decatur Howe Liberal 1935
Prescott Élie-Oscar Bertrand Liberal 1929
Prince Edward—Lennox George Tustin Progressive Conservative 1935
Renfrew North Ralph Warren Liberal 1937
Renfrew South James Joseph McCann Liberal 1935
Rosedale Harry Jackman Progressive Conservative 1940
Russell Joseph-Omer Gour Liberal 1945
St. Paul's Douglas Ross Progressive Conservative 1935
Simcoe East William Alfred Robinson Liberal 1945
Simcoe North Julian Ferguson Progressive Conservative 1945
Spadina David Croll Liberal 1945
Stormont Lionel Chevrier Liberal 1935
Timiskaming Walter Little Liberal 1935
Trinity Larry Skey Progressive Conservative 1945
Victoria Clayton Hodgson Progressive Conservative 1945
Waterloo North Louis Orville Breithaupt Liberal 1940
Waterloo South Karl Kenneth Homuth Progressive Conservative 1938
Welland Humphrey Mitchell Liberal 1931, 1942
Wellington North Lewis Menary Progressive Conservative 1945
Wellington South Robert Gladstone Liberal 1935
Wentworth Frank Lennard Progressive Conservative 1935, 1945
York East Robert Henry McGregor Progressive Conservative 1926
York North Jack Smith Liberal 1945
York South Alan Cockeram Progressive Conservative 1940, 1945
York West Agar Rodney Adamson Progressive Conservative 1940

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's Thomas Vincent Grant Liberal 1935
Prince John Watson MacNaught ‡ Liberal 1945
Queen's* James Lester Douglas Liberal 1940
Chester McLure Progressive Conservative 1930, 1945

Quebec

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil Georges Héon Independent Progressive Conservative 1938, 1945
Beauce Ludger Dionne Liberal 1945
Beauharnois—Laprairie Maxime Raymond Bloc populaire canadien 1925
Bellechasse Louis-Philippe Picard Liberal 1940
Berthier—Maskinongé Aldéric Laurendeau Liberal 1945
Bonaventure Bona Arsenault Independent 1945
Brome—Missisquoi Maurice Hallé Liberal 1940
Cartier Fred Rose (seat declared vacant 30 January 1947, by House of Commons) Labor-Progressive 1943
Maurice Hartt (by-election of 31 March 1947) Liberal 1947
Chambly—Rouville Roch Pinard Liberal 1945
Champlain Hervé-Edgar Brunelle Liberal 1935
Chapleau David Gourd Liberal 1945
Charlevoix—Saguenay Frédéric Dorion Independent 1942
Châteauguay—Huntingdon Donald Elmer Black Liberal 1935
Chicoutimi Paul-Edmond Gagnon Independent 1945
Compton Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette ‡ Liberal 1935
Dorchester Léonard Tremblay Liberal 1935
Drummond—Arthabaska Armand Cloutier Liberal 1940
Gaspé Léopold Langlois Liberal 1945
Hochelaga Raymond Eudes Liberal 1940
Hull Alphonse Fournier Liberal 1930
Jacques Cartier Elphège Marier Liberal 1939
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm Georges-Émile Lapalme Liberal 1945
Kamouraska Eugène Marquis Liberal 1945
Labelle Maurice Lalonde Liberal 1935
Lake St-John—Roberval Joseph-Alfred Dion Independent Liberal 1945
Laurier Ernest Bertrand Liberal 1935
Laval—Two Mountains Liguori Lacombe (resigned 12 July 1948) Independent 1925, 1935
Léopold Demers (by-election of 20 December 1948) Liberal 1948
Lévis Maurice Bourget Independent Liberal 1940
Lotbinière Hugues Lapointe ‡ Liberal 1940
Maisonneuve—Rosemont Sarto Fournier Liberal 1935
Matapédia—Matane Philéas Côté Independent Liberal 1945
Mégantic—Frontenac Joseph Lafontaine Liberal 1940
Mercier Joseph Jean Liberal 1932
Montmagny—L'Islet Jean Lesage Liberal 1945
Mount Royal Fred Whitman Liberal 1940
Nicolet—Yamaska Lucien Dubois (died 8 November 1948) Independent Liberal 1930
Renaud Chapdelaine (by-election of 7 February 1949) Progressive Conservative 1949
Outremont Édouard Rinfret Liberal 1945
Pontiac Wallace McDonald (died 2 May 1946) Liberal 1935
Réal Caouette (by-election of 16 September 1946) Social Credit 1946
Portneuf Pierre Gauthier Liberal 1936
Québec—Montmorency Wilfrid Lacroix Independent Liberal 1935
Quebec East Louis St. Laurent Liberal 1942
Quebec South Charles Gavan Power Liberal 1917
Quebec West and South Charles Parent Independent Liberal 1935
Richelieu—Verchères Arthur Cardin (died 21 October 1946) Independent 1911
Gérard Cournoyer (by-election of 23 December 1946) Liberal 1946
Richmond—Wolfe James Patrick Mullins Liberal 1935
Rimouski Gleason Belzile ‡ Liberal 1945
St. Ann Thomas Healy Liberal 1940
St. Antoine—Westmount Douglas Abbott Liberal 1940
St. Denis Azellus Denis Liberal 1935
St. Henry Joseph-Arsène Bonnier Liberal 1938
St. Hyacinthe—Bagot Joseph Fontaine Liberal 1945
St. James Roland Beaudry Liberal 1945
St. Johns—Iberville—Napierville Alcide Côté Liberal 1945
St. Lawrence—St. George Brooke Claxton Liberal 1940
St. Mary Gaspard Fauteux (†) Liberal 1942
St-Maurice—Laflèche René Hamel Bloc populaire canadien 1945
Shefford Marcel Boivin Liberal 1945
Sherbrooke Maurice Gingues Liberal 1940
Stanstead John Thomas Hackett Progressive Conservative 1930, 1945
Témiscouata Jean-François Pouliot Independent Liberal 1924
Liberal
Terrebonne Lionel Bertrand Liberal 1940
Trois-Rivières Wilfrid Gariépy Independent 1935, 1945
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Louis-René Beaudoin Liberal 1945
Verdun Paul-Émile Côté ‡ Liberal 1940
Wright Léon Raymond Liberal 1945

Saskatchewan

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia Edward McCullough CCF 1945
Humboldt Joseph William Burton CCF 1935
Kindersley Frank Jaenicke CCF 1945
Lake Centre John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative 1940
Mackenzie Alexander Malcolm Nicholson CCF 1940
Maple Creek Duncan John McCuaig CCF 1945
Melfort Percy Wright CCF 1940
Melville James Garfield Gardiner Liberal 1936
Moose Jaw Ross Thatcher CCF 1945
North Battleford Frederick Townley-Smith CCF 1945
Prince Albert Edward LeRoy Bowerman CCF 1945
Qu'Appelle Gladys Strum CCF 1945
Regina City John Probe CCF 1945
Rosetown—Biggar Major James Coldwell CCF 1935
Rosthern Walter Tucker ‡ (resigned 8 June 1948) Liberal 1935
William Albert Boucher (by-election of 25 October 1948) Liberal 1948
Saskatoon City Roy Knight CCF 1945
Swift Current Thomas John Bentley CCF 1945
The Battlefords Max Campbell CCF 1945
Weyburn Eric McKay CCF 1945
Wood Mountain Hazen Argue CCF 1945
Yorkton George Hugh Castleden CCF 1940

Yukon

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon George Black Progressive Conservative 1921, 1940

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 20th Canadian Parliament
By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Nicolet—Yamaska February 7, 1949 Lucien Dubois      Independent Liberal Renaud Chapdelaine      Progressive Conservative Death No
Carleton December 20, 1948 George Russell Boucher      Progressive Conservative George A. Drew      Progressive Conservative Resignation to provide a seat for Drew Yes
Laval—Two Mountains December 20, 1948 Liguori Lacombe      Independent Léopold Demers      Liberal Resignation No
Marquette December 20, 1948 James Allison Glen      Liberal Stuart Sinclair Garson      Liberal Resignation Yes
Digby—Annapolis—Kings December 13, 1948 James Lorimer Ilsley      Liberal George Clyde Nowlan      Progressive Conservative Resignation No
Algoma East October 25, 1948 Thomas Farquhar      Liberal Lester B. Pearson      Liberal Called to the Senate Yes
Rosthern October 25, 1948 Walter Adam Tucker      Liberal William Albert Boucher      Liberal Resignation Yes
Ontario June 8, 1948 W. E. N. Sinclair      Liberal Arthur Henry Williams      CCF Death No
Vancouver Centre June 8, 1948 Ian Alistair Mackenzie      Liberal Rodney Young      CCF Called to the Senate No
Yale May 31, 1948 Grote Stirling      Progressive Conservative Owen Lewis Jones      CCF Resignation No
York—Sunbury October 20, 1947 H. Francis G. Bridges      Liberal Milton Gregg      Liberal Death Yes
Halifax July 14, 1947 William Chisholm Macdonald      Liberal John Dickey      Liberal Death Yes
Cartier March 31, 1947 Fred Rose      Labor-Progressive Maurice Hartt      Liberal Seat declared vacant by resolution of the House of Commons No
Richelieu—Verchères December 23, 1946 Arthur Cardin      Independent Gérard Cournoyer      Liberal Death No
Parkdale October 21, 1946 Herbert A. Bruce      Progressive Conservative Harold Timmins      Progressive Conservative Resignation Yes
Portage la Prairie October 21, 1946 Harry Leader      Liberal Calvert Charlton Miller      Progressive Conservative Death No
Pontiac September 16, 1946 Wallace McDonald      Liberal Réal Caouette      Social Credit Death No
Glengarry August 6, 1945 William B. MacDiarmid      Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Mackenzie King Yes


Notes

  1. East Calgary (Alberta) elected as a Labour
  2. Wetaskiwin (Alberta) elected as United Farmers
  3. elected as a Liberal-Progressive
  4. elected as a Progressive
  5. Waterloo North
  6. Prince (Prince Edward Island)
  7. York North
  8. Prince Albert (Saskatchewan)
  9. Hamilton East (elected as a Labour)
  10. elected as a Liberal
  11. elected as a Liberal

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