| 21st Canadian Parliament | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| Sep. 15, 1949 – May. 14, 1953 | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime minister | Louis St. Laurent Nov. 15, 1948 – Jun. 21, 1957 | ||
| Cabinet | 17th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | George A. Drew October 2, 1948 – November 1, 1954 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
| Social Credit Party | |||
| Liberal-Labour | |||
| Liberal-Progressive | |||
| House of Commons | |||
| Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | William Ross Macdonald September 15, 1949 – June 11, 1953 | ||
| Opposition House leader | Alphonse Fournier May 1, 1948 – May 8, 1953 | ||
| Members | 262 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Élie Beauregard August 3, 1949 – October 13, 1953 | ||
| Government Senate leader | Wishart McLea Robertson August 24, 1945 – October 14, 1953 | ||
| Opposition Senate leader | John Thomas Haig September 12, 1945 – June 20, 1957 | ||
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | George VI December 6, 1936 – February 6, 1952 | ||
| Elizabeth II February 6, 1952 – September 8, 2022 | |||
| Governor general | Harold Alexander 12 April 1946 – 28 January 1952 | ||
| Vincent Massey 28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session September 15, 1949 – December 10, 1949 | |||
| 2nd session February 16, 1950 – June 30, 1950 | |||
| 3rd session August 29, 1950 – January 29, 1951 | |||
| 4th session January 30, 1951 – October 9, 1951 | |||
| 5th session October 9, 1951 – December 29, 1951 | |||
| 6th session February 28, 1952 – November 20, 1952 | |||
| 7th session November 20, 1952 – May 14, 1953 | |||
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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.
Following is a full list of members of the twenty-first Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | A. Wesley Stuart | Liberal | 1945 | 2nd term | |
| Gloucester | Clovis-Thomas Richard (until 5 March 1952 emoulment appointment) | Liberal | 1945 | 2nd term | |
| Albany Robichaud (by-election of 1952-05-26) | Progressive Conservative | 1952 | 1st term | ||
| Kent | Aurel Léger | Liberal | 1940 | 3rd term | |
| Northumberland | George Roy McWilliam | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Benoît Michaud | Liberal | 1945 | 2nd term | |
| Paul Dubé (by-election of 1949-10-24) | Independent Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | ||
| Royal | Alfred Johnson Brooks | Progressive Conservative | 1935 | 4th term | |
| St. John—Albert | Daniel Aloysius Riley | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Victoria—Carleton | Heber Harold Hatfield | Progressive Conservative | 1940 | 3rd term | |
| Gage Montgomery (by-election of 26 May 1952) | Progressive Conservative | 1952 | 1st term | ||
| Westmorland | Edmund William George | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| York—Sunbury | Milton Fowler Gregg | Liberal | 1947 | 2nd term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonavista—Twillingate | F. Gordon Bradley | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Burin—Burgeo | Chesley W. Carter | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Grand Falls—White Bay | Thomas G. W. Ashbourne | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Humber—St. George's | William Richard Kent | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| St. John's East | Gordon Higgins | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | 1st term | |
| St. John's West | William J. Browne | Progressive Conservative | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Trinity—Conception | Leonard Stick | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon—Mackenzie River | James Aubrey Simmons | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term |
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | No. of terms | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | Thomas Joseph Kickham | Liberal | 1949 | 1st term | |
| Prince | John Watson Macnaught ‡ | Liberal | 1945 | 2nd term | |
| Queen's* | James Lester Douglas (died 30 September 1950) | Liberal | 1940 | 3rd term | |
| Chester McLure | Progressive Conservative | 1930, 1945 | 3rd term* | ||
| Angus MacLean (by-election of 1951-06-25, replaces Douglas) | Progressive Conservative | 1951 | 1st term |