15th Canadian Parliament

The 15th Canadian Parliament was in session from 7 January 1926, until 2 July 1926. The membership was set by the 1925 federal election on 29 October 1925, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1926 election.

15th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
7 January 1926 – 2 July 1926
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister		William Lyon Mackenzie King
December 29, 1921 (1921-12-29) – June 28, 1926 (1926-06-28)
Arthur Meighen
June 29, 1926 (1926-06-29) – September 25, 1926 (1926-09-25)
Cabinets12th Canadian Ministry
13th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition		Arthur Meighen
December 29, 1921 (1921-12-29) – June 28, 1926 (1926-06-28)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
June 29, 1926 (1926-06-29) – September 25, 1926 (1926-09-25)
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party*
Conservative Party
OppositionConservative Party*
Liberal Party
CrossbenchProgressive Party
Labour
United Farmers of Alberta
* Conservative Party replaced the Liberal Party without an election on 29 June 1926 as a result of the King-Byng Affair.
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
Government
Senate Leader		Raoul Dandurand
29 December 1921 – 28 June 1926
William Benjamin Ross
28 June 1926 – 24 September 1926
Opposition
Senate Leader		William Benjamin Ross
1 January 1926 – 28 June 1926
Raoul Dandurand
29 June 1926 – 31 December 1926
Senators96 senator seats
List of senators
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge V
6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor
General		Viscount Byng of Vimy
11 August 1921 – 2 October 1926
Sessions
1st session
January 7, 1926 (1926-01-07) – July 2, 1926 (1926-07-02)
← 14th → 16th
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during most of the 15th Canadian Parliament.

Initially, it was controlled by a Liberal Party House minority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 12th Canadian Ministry. The Liberal caucus did not have a majority of seats in the House - it only had the second most seats - and was propped up by the Progressive Party of Canada MPs. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led by Arthur Meighen. When the Liberal government fell, Meighen's Conservatives were allowed to form government (the 13th Canadian Ministry), triggering the "King-Byng Affair". Quickly the 13th Ministry fell as well.

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

The unusual case of a new party taking control of the government between elections has only happened twice in Canadian history; the other occasion was in the 2nd Canadian parliament.

There was only one session of the 15th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 7 January 1926 2 July 1926

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the fifteenth 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
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Acadia Robert Gardiner Progressive 1921
Athabaska Charles Wilson Cross Liberal 1925
Battle River Henry Elvins Spencer Progressive 1921
Bow River Edward Joseph Garland Progressive 1921
Calgary East Fred Davis Conservative 1925
Calgary West Richard Bedford Bennett Conservative 1911,[lower-alpha 1] 1925
Camrose William Thomas Lucas United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Edmonton East Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury Conservative 1925
Edmonton West Charles Stewart Liberal 1925
Lethbridge Lincoln Henry Jelliff Progressive 1921
Macleod George Gibson Coote Progressive 1921
Medicine Hat Frederick William Gershaw Liberal 1925
Peace River Donald MacBeth Kennedy Progressive 1921
Red Deer Alfred Speakman United Farmers of Alberta 1921
Vegreville Arthur Moren Boutillier Progressive 1925
Wetaskiwin Stanley Gilbert Tobin Liberal 1925

British Columbia
Riding 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 Liberal 1922
Kootenay West William Kemble Esling Conservative 1925
Nanaimo Charles Herbert Dickie Conservative 1921
New Westminster William Garland McQuarrie Conservative 1917
Skeena Alfred Stork Liberal 1921
Vancouver—Burrard John Arthur Clark Conservative 1921
Vancouver Centre Henry Herbert Stevens Conservative 1911
Vancouver North Dugald Donaghy Liberal 1925
Vancouver South Leon Johnson Ladner Conservative 1921
Victoria Simon Fraser Tolmie Conservative 1917
Yale Grote Stirling Conservative 1924

Manitoba
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon Robert Forke Progressive 1921
Dauphin William John Ward Progressive 1921
Lisgar John Livingstone Brown Progressive 1921
Macdonald William James Lovie Progressive 1921
Marquette Henry Alfred Mullins Conservative 1925
Neepawa Thomas Gerow Murphy Conservative 1925
Nelson Thomas William Bird Progressive 1921
Portage la Prairie Arthur Meighen Conservative 1908, 1922,[lower-alpha 2] 1925
Provencher Arthur-Lucien Beaubien Progressive 1921
Selkirk Hannes Marino Hannesson Conservative 1925
Souris James Steedsman Progressive 1921
Springfield Thomas Hay Conservative 1917,[lower-alpha 3] 1925
St. Boniface John Power Howden Liberal 1925
Winnipeg North Abraham Albert Heaps Labour 1925
Winnipeg North Centre James Shaver Woodsworth Labour 1921
Winnipeg South Robert Rogers Conservative 1911, 1925
Winnipeg South Centre William Walker Kennedy Conservative 1925

New Brunswick
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Charlotte Robert Watson Grimmer Conservative 1921
Gloucester Jean George Robichaud Liberal 1922
Kent Alexandre-Joseph Doucet Conservative 1923
Northumberland Charles Elijah Fish Conservative 1925
Restigouche—Madawaska Arthur Culligan Conservative 1925
Royal George Burpee Jones Conservative 1921
St. John—Albert* Thomas Bell Conservative 1925
Murray Maclaren Conservative 1921
Victoria—Carleton James Kidd Flemming Conservative 1925
Westmorland Otto Baird Price Conservative 1925
York—Sunbury Richard Hanson Conservative 1921

Nova Scotia
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Antigonish—Guysborough Edward Mortimer Macdonald Liberal 1904,[lower-alpha 4] 1921
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 Bernard Short Conservative 1925
Halifax* William Anderson Black Conservative 1923
Felix Patrick Quinn Conservative 1925
Hants—Kings Arthur de Witt Foster Conservative 1911, 1925
Inverness Isaac Duncan MacDougall Conservative 1925
Pictou Thomas Cantley Conservative 1925
Queens—Lunenburg William Duff Liberal 1917
Richmond—West Cape Breton John Alexander MacDonald Conservative 1925
Shelburne—Yarmouth Paul Lacombe Hatfield Liberal 1921

Ontario
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East George Brecken Nicholson Conservative 1925
Algoma West Thomas Edward Simpson Conservative 1917
Brantford City Robert Edwy Ryerson Conservative 1925
Brant Franklin Smoke Conservative 1925
Bruce North James Malcolm Liberal 1921
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 Hugh Cummings McKillop Conservative 1921
Essex East Raymond Ducharme Morand Conservative 1925
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 Conservative 1908, 1925
Glengarry Archibald John Macdonald Liberal 1925
Grenville—Dundas Arza Clair Casselman Conservative 1921, 1925
Grey North Matthew Robert Duncan Conservative 1921
Grey Southeast Agnes Campbell Macphail Progressive 1921
Haldimand Mark Cecil Senn Conservative 1921
Halton Robert King Anderson Conservative 1917
Hamilton East Sydney Chilton Mewburn Conservative 1917
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 Progressive 1921
Huron South Thomas McMillan Liberal 1925
Kenora—Rainy River Peter Heenan Liberal 1925
Kent Alexander Dew Chaplin Conservative 1925
Kingston City Arthur Edward Ross Conservative 1921
Lambton East Joseph Elijah Armstrong Conservative 1904, 1925
Lambton West William Thomas Goodison Liberal 1925
Lanark Richard Franklin Preston Conservative 1922
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 8 March 1926 ministerial appointment) Liberal 1925
John Campbell Elliott (by-election of 1926-03-29) Liberal
Muskoka—Ontario Peter McGibbon Conservative 1925
Nipissing Edmond Lapierre Liberal 1921
Norfolk—Elgin John Lawrence Stansell Conservative 1921
Northumberland Milton Edgar Maybee Conservative 1921
Ontario Thomas Erlin Kaiser Conservative 1925
Ottawa (City of)* John Léo Chabot Conservative 1911, 1925
Stewart McClenaghan Conservative 1925
Oxford North Donald Matheson Sutherland Conservative 1925
Oxford South Donald Sutherland Conservative 1911
Parkdale David Spence Conservative 1921
Parry Sound James Arthurs Conservative 1908
Peel Samuel Charters Conservative 1917
Perth North David McKenzie Wright Conservative 1925
Perth South Frederick George Sanderson Liberal 1925
Peterborough West Edward Armour Peck Conservative 1925
Port Arthur—Thunder Bay William Fitzgerald Langworthy Conservative 1925
Prescott Gustave Evanturel Liberal 1925
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 Charles James Hamilton Conservative 1925
Timiskaming North John Raymond O'Neill Conservative 1925
Timiskaming South Ernest Frederick Armstrong Conservative 1925
Toronto East Edmond Baird Ryckman Conservative 1921
Toronto East Centre Edmund James Bristol Conservative 1905
Toronto—High Park Alexander James Anderson Conservative 1925
Toronto Northeast Richard Langton Baker Conservative 1925
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 Liberal 1917
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 William Findlay Maclean Independent Conservative 1892
York West Henry Lumley Drayton Conservative 1919

Prince Edward Island
Riding 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 Albert Messervy Conservative 1925

Quebec
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil George Halsey Perley Conservative 1904, 1925
Bagot Joseph Edmond Marcile (died in office) Liberal 1898
Georges Dorèze Morin (by-election of 1925-12-07) Liberal 1925
Beauce Édouard Lacroix Liberal 1925
Beauharnois Maxime Raymond Liberal 1925
Bellechasse Charles Alphonse Fournier Liberal 1917
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
Châteauguay—Huntingdon James Alexander Robb Liberal 1908
Chicoutimi Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc Independent Liberal 1917
Compton Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just Liberal 1925
Dorchester Lucien Cannon Liberal 1917
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 Liberal 1917
Kamouraska Joseph Georges Bouchard Liberal 1922
Labelle Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa Independent 1896,[lower-alpha 5] 1925
Lake St. John Armand Sylvestre Liberal 1925
Laprairie—Napierville Roch Lanctôt Liberal 1904
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 Léo Kemner Laflamme Liberal 1925
Mount Royal Robert Smeaton White Conservative 1888,[lower-alpha 6] 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 Liberal 1904
Quebec South Charles Gavan Power Liberal 1917
Quebec West Georges Parent Liberal 1904,[lower-alpha 7] 1917
Richelieu Arthur Cardin Liberal 1911
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 Liberal 1920
St. Johns—Iberville Aldéric-Joseph Benoit Liberal 1922
St. Lawrence—St. George Charles Cahan Conservative 1925
St. Mary Hermas Deslauriers Liberal 1917
Shefford Georges Henri Boivin Liberal 1911
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 Liberal 1925
Wright Fizalam-William Perras Liberal 1925
Yamaska Aimé Boucher Liberal 1921

Saskatchewan
Riding 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 Progressive 1917[lower-alpha 8]
Liberal
Mackenzie Milton Neil Campbell Progressive 1921
Maple Creek George Spence Liberal 1925
Melfort Malcolm McLean Liberal 1925
Melville William Richard Motherwell Liberal 1921
Moose Jaw John Gordon Ross Liberal 1925
North Battleford Cameron Ross McIntosh Liberal 1925
Prince Albert Charles McDonald (until 15 January 1926 resignation to allow seat for Mackenzie King) Liberal 1925
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 1926-02-15) Liberal 1908,[lower-alpha 9] 1919,[lower-alpha 10] 1921,[lower-alpha 11] 1926
Qu'Appelle John Millar Progressive 1921
Regina Francis Nicholson Darke (resigned 20 February 1926 to allow seat for Dunning) Liberal 1925
Charles Avery Dunning (by-election of 1926-03-16) Liberal 1926
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
Riding Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon George Black Conservative 1921

By-elections
By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Middlesex West March 29, 1926 John Campbell Elliott      Liberal John Campbell Elliott      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Labour Yes
Regina March 16, 1926 Francis Nicholson Darke      Liberal Charles Avery Dunning      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Dunning Yes
Prince Albert February 15, 1926 Charles McDonald      Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Mackenzie King Yes
Bagot December 7, 1925 Joseph Edmond Marcile      Liberal Georges Dorèze Morin      Liberal Death Yes

Notes
  1. Calgary
  2. Grenville (Ontario)
  3. Selkirk
  4. Pictou
  5. elected as a Liberal
  6. Cardwell (Ontario)
  7. Montmorency
  8. elected as a Unionist
  9. Waterloo North (Ontario)
  10. Prince (Prince Edward Island)
  11. York North (Ontario)

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