19th Canadian Parliament
Majority
JurisdictionCA
#19th
Statusinactive
Term-begin1940-05-16
Term-end1945-04-16
HouseimageChambre des Communes 1940.png
Members245
ScJames Allison Glen
Scterm16 May 1940 – 5 September 1945
PmWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Ministry16th Canadian Ministry
Pm-begin1935-10-23
Pm-end1948-11-15
LoRichard Hanson
Loterm14 May 1940 – 1 January 1943
Lo 2Gordon Graydon
Loterm 21 January 1943 – 10 June 1945
GhlIan Alistair Mackenzie
Ghlterm14 October 1944 – 30 April 1948
SsGeorges Parent
Ssterm9 May 1940 – 14 December 1942
Ss 2Thomas Vien
Ssterm 223 January 1943 – 23 August 1945
GslRaoul Dandurand
Gslterm23 October 1935 – 11 March 1942
Gsl 2James Horace King
Gslterm 226 May 1942 – 24 August 1945
OslArthur Meighen
Oslterm22 October 1935 – 16 January 1942
Osl 2Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
Oslterm 216 January 1942 – 11 September 1945
PartyLiberal Party
Party 2National Government (Canada)
& Conservative Party
Unrecparty 1Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Unrecparty 2Social Credit Party
Unrecparty 3Liberal-Progressive
Sessionbegin16 May 1940
Sessionend5 November 1940
Sessionbegin 27 November 1940
Sessionend 221 January 1942
Sessionbegin 322 January 1942
Sessionend 327 January 1943
Sessionbegin 428 January 1943
Sessionend 426 January 1944
Sessionbegin 527 January 1944
Sessionend 531 January 1945
Sessionbegin 619 March 1945
Sessionend 616 April 1945
MonarchGeorge VI
Monarchterm11 December 1936 – 6 February 1952
ViceroyAlexander Cambridge
Viceroyterm21 June 1940 – 12 April 1946
Lastparl18th
Nextparl20th

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.

On 30 December 1941, United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons and Senate in Centre Block in his "Some chicken! Some neck!" speech.[1]

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.

Key:

  • 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 districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AcadiaVictor QuelchSocial Credit19352nd term
AthabaskaJoseph Miville DecheneLiberal19401st term
Battle RiverRobert FairSocial Credit19352nd term
Bow RiverCharles Edward JohnstonSocial Credit19352nd term
Calgary EastGeorge Henry RossLiberal19401st term
Calgary WestManley Justin EdwardsLiberal19401st term
CamroseJames Alexander MarshallSocial Credit19352nd term
Edmonton EastFrederick Clayton Casselman (died 20 March 1941)Liberal19401st term
Cora Taylor Casselman (by-election of 1941-06-02)Liberal19411st term
Edmonton WestJames Angus MacKinnonLiberal19352nd term
Jasper—EdsonWalter Frederick KuhlNew Democracy19352nd term
LethbridgeJohn Horne BlackmoreSocial Credit19352nd term
MacleodErnest George HansellSocial Credit19352nd term
Medicine HatFrederick William GershawLiberal1925, 19404th term*
Peace RiverJohn SissonsLiberal19401st term
Red DeerFrederick Davis ShawSocial Credit19401st term
VegrevilleAnthony HlynkaSocial Credit19401st term
WetaskiwinNorman JaquesSocial Credit19352nd term

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CaribooJames Gray TurgeonLiberal19352nd term
Comox—AlberniAlan Webster NeillIndependent19216th term
Fraser ValleyGeorge CruickshankLiberal19401st term
KamloopsThomas O'NeillLiberal19352nd term
Kootenay EastGeorge MacKinnonNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Kootenay WestWilliam EslingNational Government19255th term
Progressive Conservative
NanaimoAlan ChambersLiberal19401st term
New WestminsterThomas ReidLiberal19303rd term
SkeenaOlof HansonLiberal19303rd term
Vancouver—BurrardGerry McGeerLiberal19352nd term
Vancouver CentreIan Alistair MackenzieLiberal19303rd term
Vancouver EastAngus MacInnisC.C.F.19303rd term
Vancouver NorthJames SinclairLiberal19401st term
Vancouver SouthHoward Charles GreenNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
VictoriaRobert MayhewLiberal19372nd term
YaleGrote StirlingNational Government19246th term
Progressive Conservative

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
BrandonJames Ewen MatthewsLiberal19382nd term
ChurchillThomas CrerarLiberal1917,[a] 1930,[b] 19355th term*
DauphinWilliam John WardLiberal1921, 19355th term*
LisgarHoward WinklerLiberal19352nd term
MacdonaldWilliam Gilbert WeirLiberal-Progressive19303rd term
MarquetteJames Allison Glen (†)Liberal-Progressive1926, 19353rd term*
NeepawaFrederick Donald MacKenzieLiberal19352nd term
Portage la PrairieHarry LeaderLiberal1921,[c] 19353rd term*
ProvencherRené JutrasLiberal19401st term
SelkirkJoseph Thorarinn Thorson (until 6 October 1942 emoulment appointment)Liberal1926, 19353rd term*
William Bryce (by-election of 9 August 1943)C.C.F.19431st term
SourisJ. Arthur RossNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
SpringfieldJohn Mouat TurnerLiberal19352nd term
John Mouat Turner died on 24 February 1945Vacant
St. BonifaceJohn Power HowdenLiberal19255th term
Winnipeg North CentreJ. S. Woodsworth (died 21 March 1942)C.C.F.19216th term
Stanley Knowles (by-election of 1942-11-30)C.C.F.19421st term
Winnipeg NorthCharles Stephen BoothLiberal19401st term
Winnipeg SouthLeslie MutchLiberal19352nd term
Winnipeg South CentreRalph MaybankLiberal19352nd term

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CharlotteBurton HillLiberal19352nd term
GloucesterClarence Joseph VeniotLiberal19362nd term
KentAurel LégerLiberal19401st term
NorthumberlandJoseph Leonard O'BrienNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Restigouche—MadawaskaJoseph Enoil MichaudLiberal19333rd term
RoyalAlfred Johnson BrooksNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
St. John—AlbertKing HazenNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Victoria—CarletonHeber Harold HatfieldNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
WestmorlandHenry Read EmmersonLiberal19352nd term
York—SunburyRichard HansonNational Government1921, 19406th term*
Progressive Conservative

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Antigonish—GuysboroughJ. Ralph KirkLiberal19362nd term
Cape Breton North and VictoriaMatthew MacleanLiberal19372nd term
Cape Breton SouthClarence GillisC.C.F.19401st term
Colchester—HantsGordon PurdyLiberal19352nd term
CumberlandPercy Chapman BlackNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Digby—Annapolis—KingsJ. L. IlsleyLiberal19264th term
Halifax*Gordon B. IsnorLiberal19352nd term
William Chisholm Macdonald ‡Liberal19401st term
Inverness—RichmondMoses Elijah McGarryLiberal19401st term
PictouHenry Byron McCullochLiberal19352nd term
Queens—LunenburgJohn James KinleyLiberal19352nd term
Shelburne—Yarmouth—ClareVincent PottierLiberal19352nd term

Ontario

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma EastThomas FarquharLiberal19352nd term
Algoma WestGeorge E. NixonLiberal19401st term
Brantford CityWilliam Ross MacdonaldLiberal19352nd term
BrantGeorge Ernest WoodLiberal19352nd term
BroadviewThomas Langton ChurchNational Government1921,[d] 19346th term*
Progressive Conservative
BruceWilliam Rae TomlinsonLiberal19352nd term
CarletonAlonzo Hyndman (died 9 April 1940)National Government19352nd term
George Russell Boucher (by-election of 1940-08-19)Conservative19401st term
Progressive Conservative
CochraneJoseph-Arthur BradetteLiberal19264th term
DanforthJoseph Henry HarrisConservative19216th term
Progressive Conservative
DavenportJohn Ritchie MacNicolNational Government19303rd term
Progressive Conservative
Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweNational Government19255th term
Progressive Conservative
DurhamFrank RickardLiberal19352nd term
EglintonFrederick HoblitzellLiberal19401st term
ElginWilson MillsLiberal19343rd term
Essex EastPaul Martin Sr. ‡Liberal19352nd term
Essex SouthMurray ClarkLiberal19352nd term
Essex WestNorman Alexander McLartyLiberal19352nd term
Fort WilliamDaniel McIvorLiberal19352nd term
Frontenac—AddingtonWilbert Ross AylesworthNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
GlengarryWilliam Burton MacdiarmidLiberal19401st term
GreenwoodDenton MasseyNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
Grenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanNational Government1921, 19256th term*
Progressive Conservative
Grey—BruceWalter HarrisLiberal19401st term
Grey NorthWilliam Pattison Telford, Jr. (resigned 9 December 1944 to allow Andrew McNaughton to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)Liberal1926, 19353rd term*
Wilfrid Garfield Case (by-election of 1945-02-05)Progressive Conservative19451st term
HaldimandMark SennConservative19216th term
Progressive Conservative
HaltonHughes CleaverLiberal19352nd term
Hamilton EastThomas Hambly RossLiberal19401st term
Hamilton WestColin GibsonLiberal19401st term
Hastings—PeterboroughGeorge Stanley WhiteNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Hastings SouthGeorge Henry StokesNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
High ParkAlexander James AndersonNational Government19255th term
Progressive Conservative
Huron NorthElston CardiffNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Huron—PerthWilliam Henry GoldingLiberal19323rd term
Kenora—Rainy RiverHugh McKinnonLiberal19343rd term
Hugh McKinnon died on 10 April 1944Vacant
KentEarl DesmondNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Kingston CityNorman McLeod Rogers (died 10 June 1940)Liberal19352nd term
Angus Lewis Macdonald (by-election of 1940-08-12)Liberal19401st term
Lambton—KentHugh MacKenzieLiberal-Progressive19352nd term
Lambton WestRoss GrayLiberal19294th term
LanarkBert SoperLiberal19401st term
LeedsGeorge FulfordLiberal19401st term
LincolnNorman LockhartConservative19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
LondonAllan JohnstonLiberal19401st term
Middlesex EastDuncan Graham RossLiberal19352nd term
Middlesex WestRobert McCubbinLiberal19401st term
Muskoka—OntarioStephen FurnissLiberal19352nd term
NipissingRaoul HurtubiseLiberal19303rd term
NorfolkWilliam Horace TaylorLiberal19264th term
NorthumberlandWilliam Alexander FraserLiberal19303rd term
OntarioWilliam Henry MooreLiberal19303rd term
Ottawa EastJoseph Albert PinardLiberal19362nd term
Ottawa WestGeorge McIlraithLiberal19401st term
OxfordAlmon RennieLiberal19343rd term
ParkdaleHerbert Alexander BruceNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Parry SoundArthur SlaghtLiberal19352nd term
PeelGordon GraydonNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
PerthFred SandersonLiberal19255th term
Peterborough WestGordon FraserNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Port ArthurClarence Decatur HoweLiberal19352nd term
PrescottÉlie-Oscar BertrandLiberal19294th term
Prince Edward—LennoxGeorge TustinNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
Renfrew NorthRalph WarrenLiberal19372nd term
Renfrew SouthJames Joseph McCannLiberal19352nd term
RosedaleHarry JackmanNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
RussellAlfred GouletLiberal19255th term
Simcoe EastGeorge McLeanLiberal19352nd term
Simcoe NorthDuncan Fletcher McCuaigLiberal19352nd term
SpadinaSamuel FactorLiberal19303rd term
StormontLionel Chevrier ‡Liberal19352nd term
St. Paul'sDouglas RossNational Government19352nd term
Progressive Conservative
TimiskamingWalter LittleLiberal19352nd term
TrinityArthur RoebuckLiberal19401st term
VictoriaBruce McNevinLiberal19352nd term
Waterloo NorthWilliam Daum Euler (until Senate appointment)Liberal19177th term
Louis Orville Breithaupt (by-election of 1940-08-19)Liberal19401st term
Waterloo SouthKarl Kenneth HomuthNational Government19382nd term
Progressive Conservative
WellandArthur Damude (died 15 September 1941)Liberal19352nd term
Humphrey Mitchell (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal1931,[e] 19422nd term*
Wellington NorthJohn Knox BlairLiberal19303rd term
Wellington SouthRobert GladstoneLiberal19352nd term
WentworthEllis CormanLiberal19401st term
York EastRobert Henry McGregorNational Government19264th term
Progressive Conservative
York NorthWilliam Pate MulockLiberal19343rd term
York SouthAlan Cockeram (resigned to allow Arthur Meighen to campaign for seat, albeit unsuccessfully)National Government19401st term
Joseph W. Noseworthy (by-election of 1942-02-09)C.C.F.19421st term
York WestAgar Rodney AdamsonConservative19401st term
Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sThomas Vincent GrantLiberal19352nd term
PrinceJames RalstonLiberal1926,[f] 19403rd term*
Queen's*James Lester DouglasLiberal19401st term
Cyrus Macmillan ‡Liberal19401st term

Quebec

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
ArgenteuilJames Wright McGibbonLiberal19401st term
BeauceÉdouard LacroixLiberal19255th term
Bloc populaire canadien
Édouard Lacroix resigned on 11 July 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
Beauharnois—LaprairieMaxime RaymondLiberal19255th term
Bloc populaire canadien
BellechasseLouis-Philippe PicardLiberal19401st term
Berthier—MaskinongéJ.-Émile FerronLiberal19352nd term
BonaventureAlphée PoirierLiberal19401st term
Alphée Poirier died on 19 September 1944Vacant
Brome—MissisquoiMaurice HalléLiberal19401st term
CartierPeter Bercovitch (died 26 December 1942)Liberal19382nd term
Fred Rose (by-election of 1943-08-09)Labor Progressive19431st term
Chambly—RouvilleVincent DupuisLiberal19294th term
ChamplainHervé-Edgar BrunelleLiberal19352nd term
ChapleauHector AuthierLiberal19401st term
Charlevoix—SaguenayPierre-François Casgrain (until 15 December 1941 emoulment appointment)Liberal19177th term
Frédéric Dorion (by-election of 1942-11-30)Independent19421st term
Châteauguay—HuntingdonDonald Elmer BlackLiberal19352nd term
ChicoutimiAlfred DubucLiberal19255th term
ComptonJoseph-Adéodat BlanchetteLiberal19352nd term
DorchesterLéonard TremblayLiberal19352nd term
Drummond—ArthabaskaArmand CloutierLiberal19401st term
GaspéJoseph Sasseville RoyIndependent Conservative19401st term
Independent
HochelagaRaymond EudesLiberal19401st term
HullAlphonse FournierLiberal19303rd term
Jacques CartierElphège MarierLiberal19392nd term
Joliette—l'Assomption—MontcalmCharles-Édouard FerlandLiberal19284th term
KamouraskaLouis Philippe LizotteLiberal19401st term
Louis Philippe Lizotte resigned on 24 July 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
LabelleMaurice LalondeLiberal19352nd term
Lake St-John—RobervalArmand SylvestreLiberal1925, 19354th term*
LaurierErnest BertrandLiberal19352nd term
Laval—Two MountainsLiguori LacombeIndependent Liberal1925, 19354th term*
LévisMaurice BourgetLiberal19401st term
LotbinièreHugues LapointeLiberal19401st term
Maisonneuve—RosemontSarto FournierLiberal19352nd term
Matapédia—MataneArthur-Joseph LapointeLiberal19352nd term
Mégantic—FrontenacJoseph LafontaineLiberal19401st term
MercierJoseph Jean ‡Liberal19323rd term
Montmagny—L'IsletLéo Kemner LaflammeLiberal1925, 19403rd term*
Mount RoyalFred WhitmanLiberal19401st term
Nicolet—YamaskaLucien DuboisLiberal19303rd term
OutremontThomas Vien (resigned 5 October 1942)Liberal1917, 19354th term*
Léo Richer Laflèche (by-election of 1942-11-30)Liberal19421st term
PontiacWallace McDonaldLiberal19352nd term
PortneufPierre GauthierLiberal19362nd term
Bloc populaire canadien
Québec—MontmorencyWilfrid LacroixLiberal19352nd term
Independent Liberal
Quebec EastErnest Lapointe (died 26 November 1941)Liberal190411th term
Louis St. Laurent (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal19421st term
Quebec SouthCharles Gavan PowerLiberal19177th term
Quebec West and SouthCharles ParentLiberal19352nd term
Independent Liberal
Richelieu—VerchèresArthur CardinLiberal19118th term
Independent
Richmond—WolfeJames Patrick MullinsLiberal19352nd term
RimouskiÉmmanuel d'AnjouLiberal1917, 19403rd term*
Bloc populaire canadien
St. AnnThomas HealyLiberal19401st term
St. Antoine—WestmountDouglas Abbott ‡Liberal19401st term
St. DenisAzellus DenisLiberal19352nd term
St. HenryJoseph-Arsène BonnierLiberal19382nd term
St. Hyacinthe—BagotAdélard FontaineLiberal19303rd term
Adélard Fontaine upon being named judge on 27 July 1944Vacant
St. JamesEugène DurocherLiberal19392nd term
Eugène Durocher died on 10 May 1944Vacant
St. Johns—Iberville—NapiervilleMartial RhéaumeLiberal19303rd term
St. Lawrence—St. GeorgeBrooke Claxton ‡Liberal19401st term
St. MaryHermas Deslauriers (died 28 May 1941)Liberal19177th term
Gaspard Fauteux (by-election of 1942-02-09)Liberal19421st term
St-Maurice—LaflècheJoseph-Alphida CrêteLiberal19352nd term
SheffordJoseph-Hermas LeclercLiberal19352nd term
SherbrookeMaurice GinguesLiberal19401st term
StansteadRobert Davison (until election voided 24 May 1943)Liberal19352nd term
Joseph-Armand Choquette (by-election of 1943-08-09)Bloc populaire canadien19431st term
TerrebonneLionel BertrandIndependent Liberal19401st term
Trois-RivièresRobert RyanLiberal19401st term
TémiscouataJean-François PouliotLiberal19246th term
Independent Liberal
Vaudreuil—SoulangesJoseph ThauvetteLiberal19303rd term
VerdunPaul-Émile CôtéLiberal19401st term
WrightRodolphe LeducLiberal19362nd term

Saskatchewan

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AssiniboiaJesse Pickard TrippLiberal19401st term
HumboldtHarry Raymond Fleming (died 5 November 1942)Liberal19352nd term
Joseph William Burton (by-election of 1943-08-09)C.C.F.19431st term
KindersleyCharles HendersonLiberal19401st term
Lake CentreJohn DiefenbakerNational Government19401st term
Progressive Conservative
MackenzieAlexander Malcolm NicholsonC.C.F.19401st term
Maple CreekCharles EvansLiberal19352nd term
MelfortPercy WrightC.C.F.19401st term
MelvilleJames Garfield GardinerLiberal19362nd term
Moose JawJ. Gordon RossLiberal1925, 19354th term*
North BattlefordDorise NielsenUnity19401st term
Labor-Progressive
Prince AlbertWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingLiberal1908,[g] 1919,[h] 19268th term*
Qu'AppelleErnest PerleyNational Government1930[i]3rd term
Progressive Conservative
Regina CityDonald McNivenLiberal19352nd term
Donald McNiven upon being named judge on 19 October 1944Vacant
Rosetown—BiggarM. J. ColdwellC.C.F.19352nd term
RosthernWalter TuckerLiberal19352nd term
Saskatoon CityWalter George Brown (died 1 April 1940)United Reform19392nd term
Alfred Henry Bence (by-election of 1940-08-19)Conservative19401st term
Progressive Conservative
Swift CurrentRoy Theodore GrahamLiberal19401st term
The BattlefordsJohn GregoryLiberal19401st term
WeyburnTommy DouglasC.C.F.19352nd term
Tommy Douglas resigned on 31 May 1944 to enter provincial politicsVacant
Wood MountainThomas DonnellyLiberal19255th term
YorktonGeorge Hugh CastledenC.C.F.19401st term

Yukon

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
YukonGeorge BlackNational Government1921, 19405th term
Progressive Conservative

By-elections

Notes

  1. ^ Marquette (First elected as a Unionist/Progressive)
  2. ^ Brandon
  3. ^ First elected as a Progressive
  4. ^ Toronto North/Toronto Northwest
  5. ^ Hamilton East (First elected as a Labour)
  6. ^ Shelburne—Yarmouth (Nova Scotia)
  7. ^ Waterloo North (Ontario)
  8. ^ Prince (PEI)/York North (Ontario)
  9. ^ First elected as a Liberal

References

  1. ^ James Powell. "Some Chicken! Some Neck!". Historical Society of Ottawa. Retrieved 7 October 2025.