11th Canadian Parliament

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11th Canadian Parliament
Majority parliament
Jan. 20, 1909 – Jul. 29, 1911
Arms of Canada 1907.svg
Parliament leaders
Prime
minister 		Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Jul. 11, 1896 – Oct. 6, 1911
Cabinet 8th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition 		Hon. Robert Borden
February 6, 1901 – October 9, 1911
Party caucuses
Government Liberal Party
Opposition Conservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
Crossbench Labour
House of Commons
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Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons 		Hon. Charles Marcil
January 20, 1909 – November 14, 1911
Members221 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate 		Hon. James Kerr
January 14, 1909 – October 22, 1911
Government
Senate leader 		Sir Richard John Cartwright
1909 – October 6, 1911
Opposition
Senate leader 		Sir James Alexander Lougheed
April 1, 1906 – October 6, 1911
Sovereign
Monarch Edward VII
22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
George V
6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor
general 		The Earl Grey
Dec. 10, 1904 – Oct. 13, 1911
Sessions
1st session
January 20, 1909 – May 19, 1909
2nd session
November 11, 1909 – May 4, 1910
3rd session
November 17, 1910 – July 29, 1911
←  10th →  12th
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 11th Canadian Parliament. The Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier Photo C (HS85-10-16873).jpg
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 11th Canadian Parliament.

The 11th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 20, 1909, until July 29, 1911 (2 years and 191 days). The membership was set by the 1908 federal election on October 26, 1908, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1911 election.

Contents

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Robert Borden.

The Speaker was Charles Marcil. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1907-1914 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

List of members

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

Key:

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

Alberta

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Calgary Maitland Stewart McCarthy Conservative 19042nd term
Edmonton Frank Oliver Liberal 18964th term
Macleod John Herron Liberal-Conservative 19042nd term
Medicine Hat Charles Alexander Magrath Conservative 19081st term
Red Deer Michael Clark Liberal 19081st term
Strathcona Wilbert McIntyre (died 21 July 1909) Liberal 19062nd term
James McCrie Douglas (by-election of 1909-10-20) Liberal 19091st term
Victoria William Henry White Liberal 19081st term

British Columbia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Comox—Atlin William Sloan (resigned 21 January 1909 to allow seat for Templeman) Liberal 19042nd term
William Templeman (by-election of 1909-02-08) Liberal 1906, [a] 19092nd term*
Kootenay Arthur Samuel Goodeve Conservative 19081st term
Nanaimo Ralph Smith Liberal 19003rd term
New Westminster James Davis Taylor Conservative 19081st term
Vancouver City George Henry Cowan Conservative 19081st term
Victoria City George Henry Barnard Conservative 19081st term
Yale—Cariboo Martin Burrell Conservative 19081st term

Manitoba

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Brandon Clifford Sifton Liberal 18964th term
Dauphin Glenlyon Campbell Conservative 19081st term
Lisgar William Henry Sharpe Conservative 19081st term
Macdonald William D. Staples Conservative 19042nd term
Marquette William James Roche Conservative 18964th term
Portage la Prairie Arthur Meighen Conservative 19081st term
Provencher John Patrick Molloy Liberal 19081st term
Selkirk George Henry Bradbury Conservative 19081st term
Souris Frederick Laurence Schaffner Conservative 19042nd term
Winnipeg Alexander Haggart Conservative 19081st term

New Brunswick

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Carleton Frank Broadstreet Carvell Liberal 19042nd term
Charlotte William Frederick Todd Liberal 19081st term
City and County of St. John William Pugsley Liberal 19072nd term
City of St. John John Waterhouse Daniel Conservative 19043rd term
Gloucester Onésiphore Turgeon Liberal 19003rd term
Kent Olivier J. Leblanc Liberal 19003rd term
King's and Albert Duncan Hamilton McAlister Liberal 19081st term
Northumberland William Stewart Loggie Liberal 19042nd term
Restigouche James Reid Liberal 19003rd term
Sunbury—Queen's Hugh Havelock McLean Liberal 19081st term
Victoria Pius Michaud Liberal 19072nd term
Westmorland Henry Emmerson Liberal 19003rd term
York Oswald Smith Crocket Conservative 19042nd term

Nova Scotia

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Annapolis Samuel Walter Willet Pickup Liberal 19042nd term
Antigonish William Chisholm Liberal 19052nd term
Cape Breton South James William Maddin Liberal-Conservative 19081st term
Colchester John Stanfield Conservative 19072nd term
Cumberland Edgar Nelson Rhodes Conservative 19081st term
Digby Clarence Jameson Conservative 19081st term
Guysborough John Howard Sinclair Liberal 19043rd term
Halifax* Robert Laird Borden Conservative 1896, 19054th term*
Adam Brown Crosby Conservative 19081st term
Hants Judson Burpee Black Liberal 19042nd term
Inverness Alexander William Chisholm Liberal 19081st term
Kings Frederick William Borden Liberal 1874, 18878th term*
Lunenburg Alexander Kenneth Maclean (resigned 23 October 1909) Liberal 19042nd term
John Drew Sperry (by-election of 1909-12-22) Liberal 19091st term
North Cape Breton and Victoria Daniel Duncan McKenzie Liberal 1904, 19082nd term*
Pictou Edward Mortimer Macdonald Liberal 19042nd term
Richmond George William Kyte Liberal 19081st term
Shelburne and Queen's William Stevens Fielding Liberal 18964th term
Yarmouth Bowman Brown Law Liberal 19023rd term

Ontario

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma East William Ross Smyth Conservative 19081st term
Algoma West Arthur Cyril Boyce Conservative 19042nd term
Brantford Lloyd Harris Liberal 19081st term
Brant William Paterson Liberal 187210th term
Brockville George Perry Graham Liberal 19072nd term
Bruce North John Tolmie Liberal 19062nd term
Bruce South James J. Donnelly Conservative 1904, 19082nd term*
Carleton Robert Laird Borden (resigned to maintain seat in Halifax) Conservative 1896, [b] 19054th term*
Edward Kidd (by-election of 1909-02-22) Conservative 19091st term
Dufferin John Barr (died 19 November 1909) Conservative 19042nd term
John Best (by-election of 1909-12-22) Conservative 19091st term
Dundas Andrew Broder Conservative 18964th term
Durham Charles Jonas Thornton Conservative 1900, 19082nd term*
Elgin East David Marshall Conservative 19062nd term
Elgin West Thomas Wilson Crothers Conservative 19081st term
Essex North Robert Franklin Sutherland (until 21 October 1909 judicial appointment) Liberal 19081st term
Oliver James Wilcox (by-election of 1909-11-10) Conservative 19091st term
Essex South Alfred Henry Clarke Liberal 19042nd term
Frontenac John Wesley Edwards Conservative 19081st term
Glengarry John Angus McMillan Liberal 19081st term
Grenville John Dowsley Reid Conservative 18964th term
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 18788th term
Grey North William Sora Middlebro Conservative 19081st term
Grey South Henry Horton Miller Liberal 19042nd term
Haldimand Francis Ramsey Lalor Conservative 19042nd term
Halton David Henderson Conservative 1887, 18887th term*
Hamilton East Samuel Barker Conservative 19003rd term
Hamilton West Thomas Joseph Stewart Conservative 19081st term
Hastings East William Barton Northrup Conservative 1892, 19004th term*
Hastings West Edward Guss Porter Conservative 19023rd term
Huron East Thomas Chisholm Conservative 19042nd term
Huron South Murdo Young McLean Liberal 19082nd term
Huron West Edward Norman Lewis Conservative 19042nd term
Kent East David Alexander Gordon Liberal 19042nd term
Kent West Archibald Blake McCoig Liberal 19081st term
Kingston William Harty Liberal 19023rd term
Lambton East Joseph Elijah Armstrong Conservative 19043rd term
Lambton West Frederick Forsyth Pardee Liberal 19052nd term
Lanark North William Thoburn Conservative 19081st term
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 187210th term
Leeds George Taylor Conservative 18827th term
Lennox and Addington Uriah Wilson Conservative 18925th term
Lincoln Edward Arthur Lancaster Conservative 19003rd term
London Thomas Beattie Conservative 1891, 19004th term*
Middlesex East Peter Elson Conservative 19042nd term
Middlesex North Alexander Wilson Smith Liberal 19081st term
Middlesex West William Samuel Calvert (until 21 October 1909 railway appointment) Liberal 18964th term
Duncan Campbell Ross (by-election of 1909-11-10) Liberal 19091st term
Muskoka William Wright Conservative 19042nd term
Nipissing George Gordon Conservative 19081st term
Norfolk Alexander McCall Conservative 19081st term
Northumberland East Charles Lewis Owen Conservative 19072nd term
Northumberland West John B. McColl Liberal 19003rd term
Ontario North Samuel Simpson Sharpe Conservative 19081st term
Ontario South Frederick Luther Fowke Liberal 19081st term
Ottawa (City of)* Wilfrid Laurier (until resignation) Liberal 18749th term
Harold Buchanan McGiverin Liberal 19081st term
Albert Allard (by-election of 1910-01-29, replaces Laurier) Liberal 19101st term
Oxford North Edward Walter Nesbitt Liberal 19081st term
Oxford South Malcolm Smith Schell Liberal 19042nd term
Parry Sound James Arthurs Conservative 19081st term
Peel Richard Blain Conservative 19003rd term
Perth North James Palmer Rankin Liberal 19081st term
Perth South Gilbert Howard McIntyre Liberal 19042nd term
Peterborough East John Albert Sexsmith Conservative 19081st term
Peterborough West James Robert Stratton Liberal 19081st term
Prescott Edmond Proulx Liberal 19042nd term
Prince Edward Morley Currie Liberal 19081st term
Renfrew North Gerald Verner White Conservative 19062nd term
Renfrew South Thomas Andrew Low Liberal 19081st term
Russell Charles Murphy Liberal 19042nd term
Simcoe East Thomas Edward Manley Chew Liberal 19081st term
Simcoe North John Allister Currie Conservative 19081st term
Simcoe South Haughton Lennox Conservative 19003rd term
Stormont Robert Smith Liberal 19081st term
Thunder Bay and Rainy River James Conmee Liberal 19042nd term
Toronto Centre Edmund James Bristol Conservative 19052nd term
Toronto East Joseph Russell Independent19081st term
Toronto North George Eulas Foster Conservative 1882, [c] 19046th term*
Toronto South Angus Claude Macdonell Conservative 19042nd term
Toronto West Edmund Boyd Osler Conservative 18964th term
Victoria Sam Hughes Liberal-Conservative 18925th term
Waterloo North William Lyon Mackenzie King (until ministerial appointment) Liberal 19081st term
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 1909-06-21) Liberal
Waterloo South George Adam Clare Conservative 19003rd term
Welland William Manly German Liberal 1891, 19004th term*
Wellington North Alexander Munro Martin Liberal 19072nd term
Wellington South Hugh Guthrie Liberal 19003rd term
Wentworth William Oscar Sealey Liberal 19081st term
York Centre Thomas George Wallace Conservative 19081st term
York North Allen Bristol Aylesworth Liberal 19052nd term
York South William Findlay Maclean Independent Conservative 18925th term

Prince Edward Island

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King's Austin Levi Fraser Conservative 19081st term
Prince James William Richards Liberal 19081st term
Queen's* Lemuel Ezra Prowse Liberal 19081st term
Alexander Bannerman Warburton Liberal 19081st term

Quebec

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Argenteuil George Halsey Perley Conservative 19042nd term
Bagot Joseph Edmond Marcile Liberal 18984th term
Beauce Henri Sévérin Béland Liberal 19023rd term
Beauharnois Louis-Joseph Papineau Liberal 19081st term
Bellechasse Onésiphore Ernest Talbot Liberal 18964th term
Berthier Arthur Ecrément Liberal 19081st term
Bonaventure Charles Marcil (†) Liberal 19003rd term
Brome Sydney Arthur Fisher Liberal 18964th term
Chambly—Verchères Victor Geoffrion Liberal 19004th term
Champlain Pierre Édouard Blondin Conservative 19081st term
Charlevoix Joseph David Rodolphe Forget Conservative 19042nd term
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Joseph Girard Conservative 19003rd term
Châteauguay James Pollock Brown Liberal 18915th term
Compton Aylmer Byron Hunt Liberal 19042nd term
Dorchester Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy Liberal 19081st term
Drummond—Arthabaska Louis Lavergne (until Senate appointment) Liberal 18974th term
Arthur Gilbert (by-election of 1910-11-03) Nationaliste 19101st term
Gaspé Rodolphe Lemieux Liberal 18964th term
Hochelaga Louis Alfred Adhémar Rivet Liberal 19043rd term
Huntingdon James Alexander Robb Liberal 19081st term
Jacques Cartier Frederick Debartzch Monk Conservative 18964th term
Joliette Joseph Adélard Dubeau Liberal 19042nd term
Kamouraska Ernest Lapointe Liberal 19043rd term
Labelle Charles Beautrom Major Liberal 19072nd term
Laprairie—Napierville Roch Lanctôt Liberal 19042nd term
L'Assomption Paul-Arthur Séguin Liberal 19081st term
Laval Charles Avila Wilson Liberal 19081st term
Lévis Louis Auguste Carrier Liberal 19052nd term
L'Islet Eugène Paquet Conservative 19042nd term
Lotbinière Edmond Fortier (until election voided 29 September 1909) Liberal 19004th term
Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1909-10-26) Liberal
Maisonneuve Alphonse Verville Labour 19062nd term
Maskinongé Hormidas Mayrand Liberal 19033rd term
Mégantic François Théodore Savoie Liberal 19042nd term
Missisquoi Daniel Bishop Meigs Liberal 1888, 18965th term*
Montcalm François Octave Dugas (until 6 September 1909 judicial appointment) Liberal 19003rd term
David Arthur Lafortune (by-election of 1909-09-25)Independent Liberal 19091st term
Montmagny Cyrias Roy Liberal 19081st term
Montmorency Georges Parent Liberal 19042nd term
Nicolet Gustave Adolphe Turcotte Liberal 19072nd term
Pontiac George Frederick Hodgins Liberal 19081st term
Portneuf Michel-Siméon Delisle Liberal 19003rd term
Quebec-Centre Arthur Lachance Liberal 19052nd term
Quebec County Joseph Pierre Turcotte Liberal 19081st term
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 18749th term
Quebec West William Price Conservative 19081st term
Richelieu Adélard Lanctôt Liberal 19072nd term
Richmond—Wolfe Edmund William Tobin Liberal 19003rd term
Rimouski Jean Auguste Ross Liberal 18974th term
Rouville Louis Philippe Brodeur Liberal 19042nd term
Shefford Henry Edgarton Allen Liberal 19081st term
Town of Sherbrooke Arthur Norreys Worthington Conservative 19042nd term
Soulanges Joseph Arthur Lortie Conservative 18964th term
St. Anne Charles Joseph Doherty Conservative 19081st term
Stanstead Charles Henry Lovell Liberal 19072nd term
St. Antoine Herbert Brown Ames Conservative 19042nd term
St. Hyacinthe Aimé Majorique Beauparlant Liberal 19042nd term
St. James Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais Liberal 19042nd term
St. Johns—Iberville Marie Joseph Demers Liberal 19062nd term
St. Lawrence Robert Bickerdike Liberal 19003rd term
St. Mary Médéric Martin Liberal 19081st term
Terrebonne Wilfrid Bruno Nantel Conservative 19081st term
Three Rivers and St. Maurice Jacques Bureau Liberal 19003rd term
Témiscouata Charles Arthur Gauvreau Liberal 18974th term
Two Mountains Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier Liberal 18964th term
Vaudreuil Gustave Benjamin Boyer Liberal 19042nd term
Wright Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin Liberal 19042nd term
Yamaska Oscar Gladu Liberal 19042nd term

Saskatchewan

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Assiniboia John Gillanders Turriff Liberal 19042nd term
Battleford Albert Champagne Liberal 19081st term
Humboldt David Bradley Neely Liberal 19081st term
Mackenzie Edward L. Cash Liberal 19042nd term
Moose Jaw William Erskine Knowles Liberal 19081st term
Prince Albert William Windfield Rutan Liberal 19081st term
Qu'Appelle Richard Stuart Lake Conservative 19042nd term
Regina William Melville Martin Liberal 19081st term
Saltcoats Thomas MacNutt Liberal 19081st term
Saskatoon George Ewan McCraney Liberal 19081st term

Yukon

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Yukon Frederick Tennyson Congdon Liberal 19081st term

By-elections

By-electionDateIncumbentPartyWinnerPartyCauseRetained
Drummond—Arthabaska November 3, 1910 Louis Lavergne      Liberal Arthur Gilbert     NationalistCalled to the SenateNo
City of Ottawa January 29, 1910 Sir Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Albert Allard      Liberal Chose to sit for Quebec East.Yes
Dufferin December 22, 1909 John Barr      Conservative John Best      Conservative DeathYes
Lunenburg December 22, 1909 Alexander Kenneth Maclean      Liberal John Drew Sperry      Liberal ResignationYes
Middlesex West November 20, 1909 William Samuel Calvert      Liberal Duncan Campbell Ross      Liberal Appointed to the National Transcontinental Railway CommissionYes
Essex North November 20, 1909 Robert Franklin Sutherland      Liberal Oliver James Wilcox      Conservative Appointed a judgeNo
Lotbinière October 26, 1909 Edmond Fortier      Liberal Edmond Fortier      Liberal Election declared voidYes
Strathcona October 20, 1909 Wilbert McIntyre      Liberal James McCrie Douglas      Liberal DeathYes
Montcalm September 25, 1909 François Octave Dugas      Liberal David Arthur Lafortune      Independent Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec No
Waterloo North June 21, 1909 William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Labour.Yes
Carleton February 22, 1909 Robert Borden      Conservative Edward Kidd      Conservative Chose to sit for Halifax Yes
Comox—Atlin February 8, 1909 William Sloan      Liberal William Templeman      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for TemplemanYes

Notes

  1. ↑ Victoria City
  2. ↑ Halifax (Nova Scotia)
  3. ↑ King's/York (New Brunswick)

References

Succession

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