16th Canadian Parliament

Summary

The 16th Canadian Parliament was in session from 9 December 1926, until 30 May 1930. The membership was set by the 1926 federal election on 14 September 1926, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1930 election.

16th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
9 December 1926 – 30 May 1930
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
25 September 1926 – 7 August 1930
Cabinet14th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Hugh Guthrie
11 October 1926 – 11 October 1927
Richard Bedford Bennett
12 October 1927 – 6 August 1930
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionConservative Party
CrossbenchProgressive Party
United Farmers of Alberta
Labour
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Rodolphe Lemieux
8 March 1922 – 2 June 1930
Members245 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
Hewitt Bostock
7 February 1922 – 12 May 1930
Arthur Charles Hardy
13 May 1930 – 2 September 1930
Government
Senate Leader
Raoul Dandurand
25 September 1926 – 6 August 1930
Opposition
Senate Leader
William Benjamin Ross
31 December 1926 – 10 January 1929
Wellington Bartley Willoughby
11 January 1929 – 7 August 1930
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge V
6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor
General
Freeman Freeman-Thomas
2 October 1926 – 4 April 1931
Sessions
1st session
9 December 1926 – 14 April 1927
2nd session
26 January 1928 – 11 June 1928
3rd session
7 February 1929 – 14 June 1929
4th session
20 February 1930 – 30 May 1930
← 15th → 17th
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the 16th Canadian Parliament.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 14th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led briefly by Hugh Guthrie, and then by Richard Bedford Bennett.

The Speaker was Rodolphe Lemieux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 16th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 9 December 1926 14 April 1927
2nd 26 January 1928 11 June 1928
3rd 7 February 1929 14 June 1929
4th 20 February 1930 30 May 1930

List of members edit

Following is a full list of members of the sixteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. 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 edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Robert Gardiner United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Athabaska Donald Ferdinand Kellner United Farmers of Alberta 1921, 1926
Battle River Henry Elvins Spencer United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Bow River Edward Joseph Garland United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Calgary East Herbert Bealey Adshead Labour 1926
Calgary West Richard Bedford Bennett Conservative 1911,[a] 1925
Camrose William Thomas Lucas United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Edmonton East Kenneth Alexander Blatchford Liberal 1926
Edmonton West Charles Stewart Liberal 1925
Charles Stewart (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Lethbridge Lincoln Henry Jelliff United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Macleod George Gibson Coote United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Medicine Hat Frederick William Gershaw Liberal 1925
Peace River Donald MacBeth Kennedy United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Red Deer Alfred Speakman United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Vegreville Michael Luchkovich United Farmers of Alberta 1926
Wetaskiwin William Irvine United Farmers of Alberta 1921,[b] 1926

British Columbia edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Cariboo John Anderson Fraser Conservative 1925
Comox—Alberni Alan Webster Neill Independent 1921
Fraser Valley Harry James Barber Conservative 1925
Kootenay East James Horace King (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1922
James Horace King (by-election of 9 November 1926) Liberal
Kootenay West William Esling Conservative 1925
Nanaimo Charles Dickie Conservative 1921
New Westminster William Garland McQuarrie Conservative 1917
Skeena James Charles Brady Conservative 1926
Vancouver—Burrard John Arthur Clark Conservative 1921
Vancouver Centre Henry Herbert Stevens Conservative 1911
Vancouver North Alexander Duncan McRae Conservative 1926
Vancouver South Leon Johnson Ladner Conservative 1921
Victoria Simon Fraser Tolmie (resigned 5 June 1928) Conservative 1917
D'Arcy Plunkett (by-election of 6 December 1928) Conservative 1928
Yale Grote Stirling Conservative 1924

Manitoba edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon Robert Forke (until 5 October 1926 ministerial appointment) Liberal-Progressive 1921
Robert Forke (by-election of 2 November 1926, until 30 December 1929 Senate appointment) Liberal-Progressive
Thomas Crerar (by-election of 5 February 1930) Liberal 1917,[c] 1930
Dauphin William John Ward Liberal-Progressive 1921
Lisgar John Livingstone Brown Liberal-Progressive 1921
Macdonald William James Lovie Progressive 1921
Marquette James Allison Glen Liberal-Progressive 1926
Neepawa Robert Milne Progressive 1921, 1926
Nelson Thomas William Bird Progressive 1921
Portage la Prairie Ewan McPherson Liberal 1926
Provencher Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Liberal-Progressive 1921
Selkirk Leland Payson Bancroft Liberal-Progressive 1921, 1926
Souris James Steedsman Progressive 1921
Springfield Edgar Douglas Richmond Bissett Liberal-Progressive 1926
St. Boniface John Power Howden Liberal 1925
Winnipeg North Abraham Albert Heaps Labour 1925
Winnipeg North Centre James Shaver Woodsworth Labour 1921
Winnipeg South John Stewart McDiarmid Liberal 1926
Winnipeg South Centre Joseph Thorarinn Thorson Liberal 1926

New Brunswick edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte Robert Watson Grimmer Conservative 1921
Gloucester Peter Veniot (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1926
Peter Veniot (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Kent Alfred Edmond Bourgeois Liberal 1926
Northumberland Charles Joseph Morrissy Liberal 1926
Restigouche—Madawaska Stanislas Blanchard Liberal 1926
Royal George Burpee Jones Conservative 1921
St. John—Albert* Thomas Bell Conservative 1925
Murray MacLaren Conservative 1921
Victoria—Carleton James Kidd Flemming Conservative 1925
Albion Roudolph Foster (by-election of 16 June 1927) Liberal 1927
Westmorland Otto Baird Price Conservative 1925
York—Sunbury Richard Hanson Conservative 1921

Nova Scotia edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough John Carey Douglas Conservative 1917,[d] 1926
William Duff (by-election of 18 January 1927) Liberal 1917,[e] 1927
Cape Breton North—Victoria Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone Conservative 1925
Cape Breton South Finlay MacDonald Conservative 1925
Colchester George Taylor MacNutt Conservative 1925
Cumberland Robert Knowlton Smith Conservative 1925
Digby—Annapolis Harry Short Conservative 1925
Halifax* William Anderson Black Conservative 1923
Felix Patrick Quinn Conservative 1925
Hants—Kings James Lorimer Ilsley Liberal 1926
Inverness Isaac Duncan MacDougall Conservative 1925
Pictou Thomas Cantley Conservative 1925
Queens—Lunenburg William Gordon Ernst Conservative 1926
Richmond—West Cape Breton John Alexander MacDonald Conservative 1925
Shelburne—Yarmouth Paul Hatfield (until 6 October 1926) Liberal 1921
James Ralston (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal 1926

Ontario edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East Beniah Bowman United Farmers of Ontario 1926
Algoma West Thomas Edward Simpson Conservative 1917
Brantford City Robert Edwy Ryerson Conservative 1925
Brant Franklin Smoke Conservative 1925
Bruce North James Malcolm (until 22 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1921
James Malcolm (by-election of 9 November 1926) Liberal
Bruce South Walter Allan Hall Liberal 1925
Carleton William Foster Garland Conservative 1912, 1921
Dufferin—Simcoe William Earl Rowe Conservative 1925
Durham Fred Wellington Bowen Conservative 1921
Elgin West Mitchell Hepburn Liberal 1926
Essex East Edmond George Odette Liberal 1926
Essex South Eccles James Gott Conservative 1925
Essex West Sidney Cecil Robinson Conservative 1925
Fort William Robert James Manion Conservative 1917
Frontenac—Addington John Wesley Edwards (died 18 April 1929) Conservative 1908, 1925
William Spankie (by-election of 22 July 1929) Conservative 1929
Glengarry Archibald John Macdonald Liberal 1925
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Conservative 1921, 1925
Grey North William Pattison Telford Liberal 1926
Grey Southeast Agnes Campbell Macphail Progressive 1921
Haldimand Mark Cecil Senn Conservative 1921
Halton Robert King Anderson Conservative 1917
Hamilton East George Septimus Rennie Conservative 1926
Hamilton West Charles William Bell Conservative 1925
Hastings—Peterborough Alexander Thomas Embury Conservative 1925
Hastings South William Ernest Tummon Conservative 1925
Huron North John Warwick King (died 14 January 1927) Progressive 1921
George Spotton (by-election of 12 September 1927) Conservative 1927
Huron South Thomas McMillan Liberal 1925
Kenora—Rainy River Peter Heenan (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1925
Peter Heenan (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Kent James Warren Rutherford Liberal 1926
Kingston City Arthur Edward Ross Conservative 1921
Lambton East Burt Wendell Fansher Progressive 1921, 1926
Lambton West William Thomas Goodison (died 3 December 1928) Liberal 1925
Ross Wilfred Gray (by-election of 14 January 1929) Liberal 1929
Lanark Richard Franklin Preston (died 8 February 1929) Conservative 1922
William Samuel Murphy (by-election of 29 July 1929) Independent Conservative 1929
Leeds Hugh Alexander Stewart Conservative 1921
Lincoln James Dew Chaplin Conservative 1917
London John Franklin White Conservative 1921
Middlesex East Adam King Hodgins Conservative 1925
Middlesex West John Campbell Elliott (until 25 October 1926 ministerial appointment) Liberal 1925
John Campbell Elliott (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Muskoka—Ontario Peter McGibbon Conservative 1925
Nipissing Edmond Lapierre Liberal 1921
Norfolk—Elgin William Horace Taylor Liberal 1926
Northumberland Milton Edgar Maybee Conservative 1921
Ontario Thomas Erlin Kaiser Conservative 1925
Ottawa (City of)* Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier Liberal 1921, 1926
Gordon Cameron Edwards Liberal 1926
Oxford North Hugh Allan Liberal 1926
Oxford South Thomas Merritt Cayley Liberal 1926
Parkdale David Spence Conservative 1921
Parry Sound James Arthurs Conservative 1908
Peel Samuel Charters Conservative 1917
Perth North Francis Wellington Hay Liberal 1926
Perth South Frederick George Sanderson Liberal 1925
Peterborough West Edward Armour Peck Conservative 1925
Port Arthur—Thunder Bay Donald James Cowan Conservative 1926
Prescott Louis Mathias Auger (until resignation) Liberal 1926
Elie-Oscar Bertrand (by-election of 29 July 1929) Liberal 1929
Prince Edward—Lennox John Hubbs Conservative 1921
Renfrew North Ira Delbert Cotnam Conservative 1925
Renfrew South Martin James Maloney Conservative 1925
Russell Alfred Goulet Liberal 1925
Simcoe East Alfred Burke Thompson Conservative 1925
Simcoe North William Alves Boys Conservative 1921
Stormont Arnold Neilson Smith Liberal 1925
Timiskaming North Joseph-Arthur Bradette Liberal 1926
Timiskaming South Malcolm Lang Labour 1926
Toronto East Edmond Baird Ryckman Conservative 1921
Toronto East Centre Robert Charles Matthews Conservative 1926
Toronto—High Park Alexander James Anderson Conservative 1925
Toronto Northeast Newton Manly Young Conservative 1926
Toronto Northwest Thomas Langton Church Conservative 1921
Toronto—Scarborough Joseph Henry Harris Conservative 1921
Toronto South George Reginald Geary Conservative 1925
Toronto West Centre Horatio Clarence Hocken Conservative 1917
Victoria Thomas Hubert Stinson Conservative 1925
Waterloo North William Daum Euler (until ministerial appointment) Liberal 1917
William Daum Euler (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Waterloo South Alexander McKay Edwards Conservative 1925
Welland George Hamilton Pettit Conservative 1925
Wellington North Duncan Sinclair Conservative 1925
Wellington South Hugh Guthrie Conservative 1900
Wentworth Gordon Crooks Wilson Conservative 1911
York North Thomas Herbert Lennox Conservative 1925
York South Robert Henry McGregor Conservative 1926
York West Henry Lumley Drayton Conservative 1919
Earl Lawson (by-election of 29 October 1928) Conservative 1928

Prince Edward Island edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's John Alexander Macdonald Conservative 1925
Prince Alfred Edgar MacLean Liberal 1921
Queen's* Robert Harold Jenkins Liberal 1925
John Ewen Sinclair Liberal 1917, 1926

Quebec edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil George Halsey Perley Conservative 1904, 1925
Bagot Georges Dorèze Morin (died in office) Liberal 1925
Cyrille Dumaine (by-election of 27 January 1930) Liberal 1930
Beauce Édouard Lacroix Liberal 1925
Beauharnois Maxime Raymond Liberal 1925
Bellechasse Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger Liberal 1926
Berthier—Maskinongé Joseph-Charles-Théodore Gervais Liberal 1917
Bonaventure Charles Marcil Liberal 1900
Brome—Missisquoi William Frederic Kay Liberal 1911
Cartier Samuel William Jacobs Liberal 1917
Chambly—Verchères Aimé Langlois Liberal 1925
Champlain Arthur Lesieur Desaulniers Liberal 1917
Charlevoix—Saguenay Pierre-François Casgrain Liberal 1917
Chicoutimi Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc Independent Liberal 1917
Châteauguay—Huntingdon James Alexander Robb (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1908
James Alexander Robb (by-election of 2 November 1926, died 11 November 1929) Liberal
Dennis James O'Connor (by-election of 27 January 1930) Liberal 1930
Compton Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just Liberal 1925
Dorchester Lucien Cannon (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1917
Lucien Cannon (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Drummond—Arthabaska Wilfrid Girouard Liberal 1925
Gaspé Rodolphe Lemieux (†) Liberal 1896
Hochelaga Édouard-Charles St-Père Liberal 1921
Hull Joseph-Éloi Fontaine Liberal 1917
Jacques Cartier Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume Liberal 1922
Joliette Jean-Joseph Denis (until 3 November 1928 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1917
Charles-Édouard Ferland (by-election of 17 December 1928) Liberal 1928
Kamouraska Joseph Georges Bouchard Liberal 1922
Labelle Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa Independent 1896,[f] 1925
Lake St. John Armand Sylvestre Liberal 1925
Laprairie—Napierville Roch Lanctôt (died 30 May 1929) Liberal 1904
Vincent Dupuis (by-election of 22 July 1929) Liberal 1929
L'Assomption—Montcalm Paul-Arthur Séguin Liberal 1908
Laurier—Outremont Joseph-Alexandre Mercier Liberal 1925
Laval—Two Mountains Liguori Lacombe Liberal 1925
Lévis Joseph-Étienne Dussault Liberal 1925
L'Islet Joseph-Fernand Fafard Liberal 1917
Lotbinière Joseph-Achille Verville Liberal 1925
Maisonneuve Clément Robitaille Liberal 1921
Matane Georges-Léonidas Dionne Liberal 1925
Mégantic Eusèbe Roberge Liberal 1922
Montmagny Leo Kemner Laflamme Liberal 1925
Mount Royal Robert Smeaton White Conservative 1888,[g] 1925
Nicolet Joseph-Félix Descoteaux Liberal 1923
Pontiac Frank S. Cahill Liberal 1917
Portneuf Michel-Siméon Delisle Liberal 1900
Québec—Montmorency Henri-Edgar Lavigueur Liberal 1917
Quebec East Ernest Lapointe (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1904
Ernest Lapointe (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Quebec South Charles Gavan Power Liberal 1917
Quebec West Georges Parent Liberal 1904,[h] 1917
Richelieu Arthur Cardin (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1911
Arthur Cardin (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe Edmund William Tobin Liberal 1900
Rimouski Eugène Fiset Liberal 1924
St. Ann James John Edmund Guérin Liberal 1925
St. Antoine Leslie Gordon Bell Conservative 1925
St. Denis Joseph-Arthur Denis Liberal 1921
St. Henri Paul Mercier Liberal 1921
St. Hyacinthe—Rouville René Morin Liberal 1921
St. James Fernand Rinfret (until 5 October 1926 Secretary of State appointment) Liberal 1920
Fernand Rinfret (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
St. Johns—Iberville Aldéric-Joseph Benoit Liberal 1922
St. Lawrence—St. George Charles Cahan Conservative 1925
St. Mary Hermas Deslauriers Liberal 1917
Shefford Pierre-Ernest Boivin Liberal 1926
Sherbrooke Charles Benjamin Howard Liberal 1925
Stanstead Willis Keith Baldwin Liberal 1917
Témiscouata Jean-François Pouliot Liberal 1924
Terrebonne Jules-Édouard Prévost Liberal 1917
Three Rivers—St. Maurice Arthur Bettez Liberal 1925
Vaudreuil—Soulanges Lawrence Alexander Wilson (resigned 1 February 1929) Liberal 1925
Lawrence Alexander Wilson (by-election of 29 July 1929) Liberal
Wright Fizalam-William Perras Liberal 1925
Yamaska Aimé Boucher Liberal 1921

Saskatchewan edit

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia Robert McKenzie Liberal 1925
Humboldt Albert Frederick Totzke Liberal 1925
Kindersley Archibald M. Carmichael Progressive 1921
Last Mountain William Russell Fansher Progressive 1925
Long Lake John Frederick Johnston Liberal 1917[i]
Mackenzie Milton Neil Campbell Progressive 1921
Maple Creek George Spence (resigned 14 October 1927) Liberal 1925
William George Bock (by-election of 25 November 1927) Liberal 1927
Melfort Malcolm McLean Liberal 1925
Melville William Richard Motherwell (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1921
William Richard Motherwell (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Moose Jaw John Gordon Ross Liberal 1925
North Battleford Cameron Ross McIntosh Liberal 1925
Prince Albert William Lyon Mackenzie King (until 11 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1908,[j] 1919,[k] 1921,[l] 1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Qu'Appelle John Millar Liberal-Progressive 1921
Regina Charles Avery Dunning (until 5 October 1926 emoulment appointment) Liberal 1926
Charles Avery Dunning (by-election of 2 November 1926) Liberal
Rosetown John Evans Progressive 1921
Saskatoon Alexander MacGillivray Young Liberal 1925
South Battleford John Vallance Liberal 1925
Swift Current Charles Edward Bothwell Liberal 1925
Weyburn Edward James Young Liberal 1925
Willow Bunch Thomas F. Donnelly Liberal 1925
Yorkton George Washington McPhee Liberal 1925

Yukon edit

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

By-elections edit

By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Brandon February 5, 1930 Robert Forke      Liberal-Progressive Thomas Alexander Crerar      Liberal Called to the Senate No
Bagot January 27, 1930 Georges Dorèze Morin      Liberal Cyrille Dumaine      Liberal Death Yes
Châteauguay—Huntingdon January 27, 1930 James Alexander Robb      Liberal Dennis James O'Connor      Liberal Death Yes
Prescott July 29, 1929 Louis-Mathias Auger      Independent Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand      Liberal Resignation following criminal charge No
Lanark July 29, 1929 Richard Franklin Preston      Conservative William Samuel Murphy      Independent Conservative Death No
Vaudreuil-Soulanges July 29, 1929 Lawrence Alexander Wilson      Liberal Lawrence Alexander Wilson      Liberal Resigned, intending to retire, but persuaded to run again Yes
Laprairie—Napierville July 22, 1929 Roch Lanctôt      Liberal Vincent Dupuis      Liberal Death Yes
Frontenac—Addington July 22, 1929 John Wesley Edwards      Conservative William Spankie      Conservative Death Yes
Lambton West January 14, 1929 William Goodison      Liberal Ross Gray      Liberal Death Yes
Joliette December 17, 1928 Jean-Joseph Denis      Liberal Charles-Édouard Ferland      Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec. Yes
Victoria December 6, 1928 Simon Fraser Tolmie      Conservative D'Arcy Plunkett      Conservative Resignation to become Premier of British Columbia. Yes
York West October 29, 1928 Henry Lumley Drayton      Conservative Earl Lawson      Conservative Appointed Chairman of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Yes
Maple Creek November 25, 1927 George Spence      Liberal William George Bock      Liberal Resignation to enter provincial politics in Saskatchewan Yes
Huron North September 12, 1927 John Warwick King      Progressive George Spotton      Liberal Death No
Victoria—Carleton June 16, 1927 James Kidd Flemming      Conservative Albion Roudolph Foster      Liberal Death No
Antigonish—Guysborough January 18, 1927 John Carey Douglas      Conservative William Duff      Liberal Death No
Kootenay East November 9, 1926 James Horace King      Liberal James Horace King      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment Yes
Bruce North November 9, 1926 James Malcolm      Liberal James Malcolm      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Trade and Commerce Yes
Dorchester November 2, 1926 Lucien Cannon      Liberal Lucien Cannon      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General Yes
Richelieu November 2, 1926 Arthur Cardin      Liberal Arthur Cardin      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine and Fisheries Yes
Regina November 2, 1926 Charles Avery Dunning      Liberal Charles Avery Dunning      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Railways and Canals. Yes
Middlesex West November 2, 1926 John Campbell Elliott      Liberal John Campbell Elliott      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. Yes
Waterloo North November 2, 1926 William Daum Euler      Liberal William Daum Euler      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Customs and Excise. Yes
Brandon November 2, 1926 Robert Forke      Liberal-Progressive Robert Forke      Liberal-Progressive Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Immigration and Colonization Yes
Kenora—Rainy River November 2, 1926 Peter Heenan      Liberal Peter Heenan      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Labour Yes
Prince Albert November 2, 1926 William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister. Yes
Quebec East November 2, 1926 Ernest Lapointe      Liberal Ernest Lapointe      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice. Yes
Melville November 2, 1926 William Richard Motherwell      Liberal William Richard Motherwell      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. Yes
Shelburne—Yarmouth November 2, 1926 Paul Lacombe Hatfield      Liberal James Ralston      Liberal Called to the Senate to provide a seat for Ralston Yes
St. James November 2, 1926 Fernand Rinfret      Liberal Fernand Rinfret      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State of Canada. Yes
Châteauguay—Huntingdon November 2, 1926 James Robb      Liberal James Robb      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Finance. Yes
Edmonton West November 2, 1926 Charles Stewart      Liberal Charles Stewart      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior and Mines. Yes
Gloucester November 2, 1926 Peter Veniot      Liberal Peter Veniot      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster General. Yes


Notes edit

  1. ^ Calgary
  2. ^ East Calgary (Alberta) elected as a Labour
  3. ^ Marquette (elected as a Unionist/Progressive)
  4. ^ Cape Breton South and Richmond
  5. ^ Lunenburg/Queens—Lunenburg
  6. ^ elected as a Liberal
  7. ^ Cardwell (Ontario)
  8. ^ Montmorency
  9. ^ elected as a Unionist
  10. ^ Waterloo North (Ontario)
  11. ^ Prince (Prince Edward Island)
  12. ^ York North (Ontario)

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Succession edit