13th Canadian Parliament
The initial seat distribution of the 13th Canadian Parliament
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.
Arthur Meighen was Prime Minister during end 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
Following is a full list of members of the thirteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
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 |
Joseph Ernest 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 |
References
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