21st Canadian Parliament

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The initial seat distribution of the 21st Canadian Parliament

Louis St. Laurent was Prime Minister during the 21st Canadian Parliament.

The 21st Canadian Parliament was in session from September 15, 1949, until June 13, 1953. The membership was set by the 1949 federal election on June 27, 1949, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1953 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew.

The Speaker was William Ross Macdonald. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1947-1952 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were seven sessions of the 21st Parliament:

Session	Start	End
1st	September 15, 1949	December 10, 1949
2nd	February 16, 1950	June 30, 1950
3rd	August 29, 1950	January 29, 1951
4th	January 30, 1951	October 9, 1951
5th	October 9, 1951	December 29, 1951
6th	February 28, 1952	November 20, 1952
7th	November 20, 1952	May 14, 1953

List of members

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

Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.

Alberta

Electoral district		Name	Party
Acadia		Victor Quelch	Social Credit
Athabaska		Joseph Miville Dechene	Liberal
Battle River		Robert Fair	Social Credit
Bow River		Charles Edward Johnston	Social Credit
Calgary East		Douglas Harkness	Progressive Conservative
Calgary West		Arthur LeRoy Smith (resigned 5 July 1951)	Progressive Conservative
		Carl Olof Nickle (by-election of 1951-12-10)	Progressive Conservative
Camrose		Hilliard Beyerstein	Social Credit
Edmonton East		Albert Frederick Macdonald	Liberal
Edmonton West		George Prudham	Liberal
Jasper—Edson		John William Welbourn	Liberal
Lethbridge		John Horne Blackmore	Social Credit
Macleod		Ernest George Hansell	Social Credit
Medicine Hat		William Duncan Wylie	Social Credit
Peace River		Solon Earl Low	Social Credit
Red Deer		Frederick Davis Shaw	Social Credit
Vegreville		John Decore	Liberal
Wetaskiwin		Ray Thomas	Social Credit

British Columbia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Burnaby—Richmond		Tom Goode	Liberal
Cariboo		George Matheson Murray	Liberal
Coast—Capilano		James Sinclair	Liberal
Comox—Alberni		John Lambert Gibson	Independent
Fraser Valley		George Cruickshank	Liberal
Kamloops		Edmund Davie Fulton	Progressive Conservative
Kootenay East		Jim Byrne	Liberal
Kootenay West		Herbert Wilfred Herridge	C.C.F.
Nanaimo		George Randolph Pearkes	Progressive Conservative
New Westminster		Thomas Reid (until 7 September 1949 Senate appointment)	Liberal
		William Mott (by-election of 1949-10-24)	Liberal
Skeena		Edward Applewhaite	Liberal
Vancouver—Burrard		John Lorne Macdougall	Liberal
Vancouver Centre		Ralph Campney	Liberal
Vancouver East		Angus Macinnis	C.C.F.
Vancouver Quadra		Howard Charles Green	Progressive Conservative
Vancouver South		Arthur Laing	Liberal
Victoria		Robert Mayhew	Liberal
Yale		Owen Lewis Jones	C.C.F.

Manitoba

Electoral district		Name	Party
Brandon		James Ewen Matthews (died 24 November 1950)	Liberal
		Walter Dinsdale (by-election of 1951-06-25)	Progressive Conservative
Churchill		George Dyer Weaver	Liberal
Dauphin		William John Ward	Liberal
Lisgar		Howard Waldemar Winkler	Liberal
Marquette		Stuart Garson	Liberal
Norquay		Robert James Wood	Liberal
Portage—Neepawa		William Gilbert Weir	Liberal-Progressive
Provencher		René Jutras	Liberal
Selkirk		William Bryce	C.C.F.
Souris		James Arthur Ross	Progressive Conservative
Springfield		John Sylvester Aloysius Sinnott	Liberal
St. Boniface		Fernand Viau	Liberal
Winnipeg North		Alistair McLeod Stewart	C.C.F.
Winnipeg North Centre		Stanley Knowles	C.C.F.
Winnipeg South		Leslie Alexander Mutch	Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre		Ralph Maybank (resigned 30 April 1951)	Liberal
		Gordon Churchill (by-election of 1951-06-25)	Progressive Conservative

New Brunswick

Electoral district		Name	Party
Charlotte		Andrew Wesley Stuart	Liberal
Gloucester		Clovis-Thomas Richard (until 5 March 1952 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
		Albany M. Robichaud (by-election of 1952-05-26)	Progressive Conservative
Kent		Aurel D. Léger	Liberal
Northumberland		George Roy McWilliam	Liberal
Restigouche—Madawaska		Benoît Michaud	Liberal
		Paul-Léon Dubé (by-election of 1949-10-24)	Independent Liberal
Royal		Alfred Johnson Brooks	Progressive Conservative
St. John—Albert		Daniel Aloysius Riley	Liberal
Victoria—Carleton		Heber Harold Hatfield	Progressive Conservative
		Gage Montgomery (by-election of 26 May 1952)	Progressive Conservative
Westmorland		Edmund William George	Liberal
York—Sunbury		Milton Fowler Gregg	Liberal

Newfoundland

Electoral district		Name	Party
Bonavista—Twillingate		Frederick Gordon Bradley	Liberal
Burin—Burgeo		Chesley William Carter	Liberal
Grand Falls—White Bay		Thomas Gordon William Ashbourne	Liberal
Humber—St. George's		William Richard Kent	Liberal
St. John's East		Gordon Higgins	Progressive Conservative
St. John's West		William Joseph Browne	Progressive Conservative
Trinity—Conception		Leonard Stick	Liberal

Northwest Territories

Electoral district		Name	Party
Yukon—Mackenzie River		James Aubrey Simmons	Liberal

Nova Scotia

Electoral district		Name	Party
Annapolis—Kings		Angus Alexander Elderkin (until election voided 6 March 1950)	Liberal
		George Nowlan (by-election of 1950-06-19)	Progressive Conservative
Antigonish—Guysborough		James Ralph Kirk	Liberal
Cape Breton North and Victoria		Matthew MacLean	Liberal
Cape Breton South		Clarence Gillis	C.C.F.
Colchester—Hants		Frank Thomas Stanfield	Progressive Conservative
Cumberland		Percy Chapman Black	Progressive Conservative
Digby—Yarmouth		Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk	Liberal
Halifax*		John Horace Dickey (until 2 May 1950 Senate appointment)	Liberal
		Gordon Benjamin Isnor	Liberal
		Samuel Rosborough Balcom (by-election of 1950-06-19, replaces Dickey)	Liberal
Inverness—Richmond		William F. Carroll	Liberal
Lunenburg		Robert Winters	Liberal
Pictou		Henry Byron McCulloch	Liberal
Queens—Shelburne		Donald Smith	Liberal

Ontario

Electoral district		Name	Party
Algoma East		Lester B. Pearson	Liberal
Algoma West		George Ewart Nixon	Liberal
Brantford		William Ross Macdonald	Liberal
Brant—Wentworth		John Alpheus Charlton	Progressive Conservative
Broadview		Thomas Langton Church (died 7 February 1950)	Progressive Conservative
		George Hees (by-election of 1950-05-15)	Progressive Conservative
Bruce		Donald Buchanan Blue	Liberal
Carleton		George Drew	Progressive Conservative
Cochrane		Joseph-Arthur Bradette	Liberal
Danforth		Joseph Henry Harris	Progressive Conservative
Davenport		Paul Hellyer	Liberal
Dufferin—Simcoe		William Earl Rowe	Progressive Conservative
Durham		John Mason James	Liberal
Eglinton		Donald Fleming	Progressive Conservative
Elgin		Charles Delmer Coyle	Progressive Conservative
Essex East		Paul Joseph James Martin	Liberal
Essex South		Stuart Murray Clark	Liberal
Essex West		Donald Ferguson Brown	Liberal
Fort William		Daniel McIvor	Liberal
Frontenac—Addington		Wilbert Ross Aylesworth	Progressive Conservative
Glengarry		William Joseph Major	Liberal
Greenwood		John Ernest McMillin (died 20 August 1949)	Progressive Conservative
		James MacKerras Macdonnell (by-election of 1949-10-24)	Progressive Conservative
Grenville—Dundas		Arza Clair Casselman	Progressive Conservative
Grey—Bruce		Walter Harris	Liberal
Grey North		Colin Emerson Bennett	Liberal
Haldimand		A. Earl Catherwood	Progressive Conservative
Halton		Hughes Cleaver	Liberal
Hamilton East		Thomas Hambly Ross	Liberal
Hamilton West		Colin Gibson (until 18 January 1950 judicial appointment)	Liberal
		Ellen Fairclough (by-election of 1950-05-15)	Progressive Conservative
Hastings—Peterborough		George Stanley White	Progressive Conservative
Hastings South		Frank Sidney Follwell	Liberal
High Park		Pat Cameron	Liberal
Huron North		Lewis Elston Cardiff	Progressive Conservative
Huron—Perth		Andrew Young McLean	Liberal
Kenora—Rainy River		William Moore Benidickson	Liberal-Labour
Kent		Edward Blake Huffman	Liberal
Kingston City		William James Henderson	Liberal
Lambton—Kent		Hugh Alexander Mackenzie	Liberal
Lambton West		Joseph Warner Murphy	Progressive Conservative
Lanark		William Gourlay Blair	Progressive Conservative
Leeds		George Taylor Fulford	Liberal
Lincoln		Harry Peter Cavers	Liberal
London		Alex Jeffery	Liberal
Middlesex East		Harry Oliver White	Progressive Conservative
Middlesex West		Robert McCubbin	Liberal
Nipissing		Jack Garland	Liberal
Norfolk		Raymond Elmer Anderson	Liberal
Northumberland		Frederick Greystock Robertson	Liberal
Ontario		Walter Thomson (until resignation)	Liberal
		Michael Starr (by-election of 1952-05-26)	Progressive Conservative
Ottawa East		Jean-Thomas Richard	Liberal
Ottawa West		George McIlraith	Liberal
Oxford		Alexander Clark Murray	Liberal
Parkdale		John William Gordon Hunter	Liberal
Parry Sound—Muskoka		Wilfred Kennedy "Bucko" McDonald	Liberal
Peel		Gordon Graydon	Progressive Conservative
Perth		James Neilson Corry	Liberal
Peterborough West		Gordon Knapman Fraser	Progressive Conservative
Port Arthur		Clarence Decatur Howe	Liberal
Prescott		Raymond Bruneau	Independent Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox		George James Tustin	Progressive Conservative
Renfrew North		Ralph Melville Warren	Liberal
Renfrew South		James Joseph McCann	Liberal
Rosedale		Charles Henry	Liberal
Russell		Joseph-Omer Gour	Liberal
St. Paul's		James Rooney	Liberal
Simcoe East		William Alfred Robinson	Liberal
Simcoe North		Julian Harcourt Ferguson	Progressive Conservative
Spadina		David Croll	Liberal
Stormont		Lionel Chevrier	Liberal
Sudbury		Léoda Gauthier	Liberal
Timiskaming		Walter Little	Liberal
Timmins		Karl Eyre	Liberal
Trinity		Lionel Conacher	Liberal
Victoria		Clayton Wesley Hodgson	Progressive Conservative
Waterloo North		Louis Orville Breithaupt (until resignation to become Ontario Lieutenant-Governor)	Liberal
		Norman Schneider (by-election of 1952-05-26)	Liberal
Waterloo South		Karl Kenneth Homuth (died in office)	Progressive Conservative
		Howie Meeker (by-election of 1951-06-25)	Progressive Conservative
Welland		Humphrey Mitchell (died 1 August 1950)	Liberal
		William Hector McMillan (by-election of 1950-10-16)	Liberal
Wellington North		Arnold Darroch	Liberal
Wellington South		Henry Alfred Hosking	Liberal
Wentworth		Frank Exton Lennard	Progressive Conservative
York East		Robert Henry McGregor	Progressive Conservative
York North		John Eachern (Jack) Smith	Liberal
York South		Joseph William Noseworthy	C.C.F.
York West		Agar Rodney Adamson	Progressive Conservative

Prince Edward Island

Electoral district		Name	Party
King's		Thomas Joseph Kickham	Liberal
Prince		John Watson Macnaught	Liberal
Queen's*		James Lester Douglas (died 30 September 1950)	Liberal
		Winfield Chester Scott McLure	Progressive Conservative
		John Angus Maclean (by-election of 1951-06-25, replaces Douglas)	Progressive Conservative

Quebec

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil—Deux-Montagnes		Philippe Valois	Liberal
Beauce		Raoul Poulin	Independent
Beauharnois		Robert Cauchon	Liberal
Bellechasse		Louis-Philippe Picard	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé		Joseph Langlois	Liberal
Bonaventure		Bona Arsenault	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi		Henri A. Gosselin (died 27 January 1952)	Liberal
		Joseph-Léon Deslières (by-election of 26 May 1952)	Liberal
Cartier		Maurice Hartt (died 15 March 1950)	Liberal
		Leon David Crestohl (by-election of 19 June 1950)	Liberal
Chambly—Rouville		Roch Pinard	Liberal
Champlain		Joseph Irenée Rochefort	Liberal
Chapleau		David Gourd	Liberal
Charlevoix		Auguste Maltais	Liberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon—Laprairie		Donald Elmer Black	Liberal
Chicoutimi		Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Independent
Compton—Frontenac		Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette	Liberal
Dorchester		Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay	Liberal
Drummond—Arthabaska		Armand Cloutier	Liberal
Gaspé		J. G. Léopold Langlois	Liberal
Gatineau		Léon Raymond (appointed House of Commons Clerk on 5 August 1949)	Liberal
		Joseph-Célestin Nadon (by-election of 24 October 1949)	Liberal
Hochelaga		Raymond Eudes	Liberal
Hull		Alphonse Fournier	Liberal
Îles-de-la-Madeleine		Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon	Liberal
Jacques Cartier		Elphège Marier (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)	Liberal
		Edgar Leduc (by-election of 4 October 1949)	Independent
Joliette—l'Assomption—Montcalm		Georges-Émile Lapalme (resigned 23 June 1950)	Liberal
		Maurice Breton (by-election of 3 October 1950)	Liberal
Kamouraska		Eugène Marquis (until 24 August 1949 judicial appointment)	Liberal
		Arthur Massé (by-election of 24 October 1949)	Independent Liberal
Labelle		Henri Courtemanche	Progressive Conservative
Lac-Saint-Jean		André Gauthier	Liberal
Lafontaine		J.-Georges Ratelle	Liberal
Lapointe		Jules Gauthier	Liberal
Laurier		Ernest Bertrand (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
		J.-Eugène Lefrançois (by-election of 24 October 1949)	Liberal
Laval		Léopold Demers	Liberal
Lévis		Maurice Bourget	Liberal
Lotbinière		Hugues Lapointe	Liberal
Maisonneuve—Rosemont		Sarto Fournier	Liberal
Matapédia—Matane		Antoine-Philéas Côté	Liberal
Mégantic		Joseph Lafontaine	Liberal
Mercier		Joseph Jean (until 24 August 1949 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
		Marcel Monette (by-election of 24 October 1949)	Liberal
Montmagny—L'Islet		Jean Lesage	Liberal
Mount Royal		Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton	Liberal
Nicolet—Yamaska		Maurice Boisvert	Liberal
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce		Frederick Primrose Whitman	Liberal
Outremont—St-Jean		Édouard Rinfret	Liberal
		Romuald Bourque (by-election of 6 October 1952)	Liberal
Papineau		Camillien Houde	Independent
Pontiac—Témiscamingue		John Hugh Proudfoot	Liberal
Portneuf		Pierre Gauthier	Liberal
Québec—Montmorency		Wilfrid Lacroix	Liberal
Quebec East		Louis St. Laurent	Liberal
Quebec South		Charles Gavan Power	Liberal
Quebec West		Charles Eugène Parent	Liberal
Richelieu—Verchères		Gérard Cournoyer (resigned 5 July 1952)	Liberal
		Lucien Cardin (by-election of 6 October 1952)	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe		Ernest-Omer Gingras	Liberal
Rimouski		Gleason Belzile (died 25 July 1950)	Liberal
		Joseph Hervé Rousseau (by-election of 16 October 1950)	Independent Liberal
Roberval		Joseph-Alfred Dion (until 8 April 1952 emoulment appointment)	Liberal
		Paul-Henri Spence (by-election of 26 May 1952)	Progressive Conservative
Saguenay		Lomer Brisson	Liberal
St. Ann		Thomas Patrick Healy	Liberal
St. Antoine—Westmount		Douglas Abbott	Liberal
St-Denis		Azellus Denis	Liberal
St-Henri		Joseph-Arsène Bonnier	Liberal
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot		Joseph Louis Rosario Fontaine	Liberal
St. James		Roland Beaudry	Liberal
Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville		Alcide Côté	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George		Brooke Claxton	Liberal
St. Mary		Gaspard Fauteux (resigned 18 August 1950)	Liberal
		Hector Dupuis (by-election of 16 October 1950)	Liberal
Saint-Maurice—Laflèche		Joseph-Adolphe Richard	Liberal
Shefford		Marcel Boivin	Liberal
Sherbrooke		Maurice Gingues	Liberal
Stanstead		Louis-Édouard Roberge	Liberal
Témiscouata		Jean-François Pouliot	Liberal
Terrebonne		Lionel Bertrand	Liberal
Trois-Rivières		Léon Balcer	Progressive Conservative
Vaudreuil—Soulanges		Louis-René Beaudoin	Liberal
Verdun—La Salle		Paul-Émile Côté	Liberal
Villeneuve		Armand Dumas	Liberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral district		Name	Party
Assiniboia		Hazen Argue	C.C.F.
Humboldt		Joseph Ingolph Hetland	Liberal
Kindersley		Frederick Hugo Larson	Liberal
Lake Centre		John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
Mackenzie		Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie	Liberal
Maple Creek		Irvin William Studer	Liberal
Meadow Lake		John Hornby Harrison	Liberal
Melfort		Percy Ellis Wright	C.C.F.
Melville		James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
Moose Jaw		Wilbert Ross Thatcher	C.C.F.
Moose Mountain		John James Smith	Liberal
Prince Albert		Francis Heselton Helme	Liberal
Qu'Appelle		Austin Edwin Dewar	Liberal
Regina City		Emmett Andrew McCusker	Liberal
Rosetown—Biggar		Major James Coldwell	C.C.F.
Rosthern		William Albert Boucher	Liberal
Saskatoon		Robert Ross (Roy) Knight	C.C.F.
Swift Current		Harry B. Whiteside	Liberal
The Battlefords		Arthur James Bater	Liberal
Yorkton		Alan Carl Stewart	Liberal

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 21st Canadian Parliament

By-election	Date	Incumbent	Party		Winner	Party		Cause	Retained
Outremont—St-Jean	October 6, 1952	Édouard-G. Rinfret		Liberal	Romuald Bourque		Liberal	Appointed a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec	Yes
Richelieu—Verchères	October 6, 1952	Gérard Cournoyer		Liberal	Lucien Cardin		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Ontario	May 26, 1952	Walter Cunningham Thomson		Liberal	Michael Starr		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	No
Gloucester	May 26, 1952	Clovis-Thomas Richard		Liberal	Albany M. Robichaud		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	No
Victoria—Carleton	May 26, 1952	Heber Harold Hatfield		Progressive Conservative	Gage W. Montgomery		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Brome—Missisquoi	May 26, 1952	Henri A. Gosselin		Liberal	Joseph-Léon Deslières		Liberal	Death	Yes
Roberval	May 26, 1952	Joseph-Alfred Dion		Liberal	Paul-Henri Spence		Progressive Conservative	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	No
Waterloo North	May 26, 1952	Louis Orville Breithaupt		Liberal	Norman C. Schneider		Liberal	Appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario	Yes
Calgary West	December 10, 1951	Arthur LeRoy Smith		Progressive Conservative	Carl Olof Nickle		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	Yes
Brandon	June 25, 1951	James Ewen Matthews		Liberal	Walter Dinsdale		Progressive Conservative	Death	No
Queen's	June 25, 1951	J. Lester Douglas		Liberal	J. Angus MacLean		Progressive Conservative	Death	No
Waterloo South	June 25, 1951	Karl Homuth		Progressive Conservative	Howie Meeker		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Winnipeg South Centre	June 25, 1951	Ralph Maybank		Liberal	Gordon Churchill		Progressive Conservative	Resignation	No
Rimouski	October 16, 1950	Gleason Belzile		Liberal	Joseph-Hervé Rousseau		Independent Liberal	Death	No
St. Mary	October 16, 1950	Gaspard Fauteux		Liberal	Hector Dupuis		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Welland	October 16, 1950	Humphrey Mitchell		Liberal	William H. McMillan		Liberal	Death	Yes
Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm	October 3, 1950	Georges-Émile Lapalme		Liberal	Maurice Breton		Liberal	Resignation	Yes
Annapolis—Kings	June 19, 1950	Angus Alexander Elderkin		Liberal	George Clyde Nowlan		Progressive Conservative	Election declared void	No
Cartier	June 19, 1950	Maurice Hartt		Liberal	Leon David Crestohl		Liberal	Death	Yes
Halifax	June 19, 1950	Gordon B. Isnor		Liberal	Sam Balcom		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Broadview	May 15, 1950	Thomas Langton Church		Progressive Conservative	George Hees		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
Hamilton West	May 15, 1950	Colin W. G. Gibson		Liberal	Ellen Fairclough		Progressive Conservative	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario	No
Gatineau	October 24, 1949	Léon-Joseph Raymond		Liberal	Joseph-Célestin Nadon		Liberal	Appointed Clerk of the House of Commons	Yes
Kamouraska	October 24, 1949	Eugène Marquis		Liberal	Arthur Massé		Independent Liberal	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	No
Laurier	October 24, 1949	Ernest Bertrand		Liberal	J.-Eugène Lefrancois		Liberal	Appointed a Judge of the Court of King's Bench of Quebec	Yes
Mercier	October 24, 1949	Joseph Jean		Liberal	Marcel Monette		Liberal	Appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the District of Montreal	Yes
Greenwood	October 24, 1949	J. Ernest McMillin		Progressive Conservative	James Macdonnell		Progressive Conservative	Death	Yes
New Westminster	October 24, 1949	Tom Reid		Liberal	William Malcolm Mott		Liberal	Called to the Senate	Yes
Restigouche—Madawaska	October 24, 1949	Benoît Michaud		Liberal	Paul-Léon Dubé		Independent Liberal	Death	No
Jacques Cartier	October 4, 1949	Elphège Marier		Liberal	Edgar Leduc		Independent	Appointed a Superior Court Judge of Quebec	No