19th Canadian Parliament


The 19th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1940, until April 16, 1945. The membership was set by the 1940 federal election on March 26, 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, 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:
SessionStartEnd
1stMay 16, 1940November 5, 1940
2ndNovember 7, 1940January 21, 1942
3rdJanuary 22, 1942January 27, 1943
4thJanuary 28, 1943January 26, 1944
5thJanuary 27, 1944January 31, 1945
6thMarch 19, 1945April 16, 1945

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the nineteenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk indicates that district was represented by two members.

[Alberta]

[British Columbia]

[Manitoba]

[New Brunswick]

[Nova Scotia]

[Ontario]

[Prince Edward Island]

[Quebec]

[Saskatchewan]

[Yukon]

By-elections