List of Canadian minor party and independent politicians elected

List of Canadian minor party and independent politicians elected
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This is a list of members of the House of Commons of Canada who were elected as an independent or as a member of a minor political party. Excluded are MPs who were elected from a major party but then defected during a parliamentary term.

Federal elections

1867–1916

Election	Member of Parliament	Constituency	Party/description
1868 (b)	John Pickard	York		Independent Liberal
1870 (b)	Georges Isidore Barthe	Richelieu		Independent Conservative
1871 (b)	Donald Alexander Smith	Selkirk		Independent Conservative
1872	William Gibson	Dundas		Independent Liberal
	Peter Mitchell	Northumberland		Independent
	Ulysse-Janvier Robillard	Beauharnois		Independent Conservative
	John Pickard	York		Independent Liberal
	Donald A. Smith	Selkirk		Independent Conservative
1873 (b)	Louis Riel	Provencher		Independent
1874	Georges Isidore Barthe	Richelieu		Independent Conservative
	James Lyons Biggar	Northumberland East		Independent Liberal
	William Gibson	Dundas		Independent Liberal
	Alfred Gilpin Jones	Halifax		Independent
	George McLeod	Kent		Independent
	Peter Mitchell	Northumberland		Independent
	John Pickard	York		Independent Liberal
	Patrick Power	Halifax		Independent Liberal
	Louis Riel	Provencher		Independent
	Ulysse-Janvier Robillard	Beauharnois		Independent Conservative
	Francis James Roscoe	Victoria		Independent Liberal
	Donald A. Smith	Selkirk		Independent Conservative
1874 (b)	Louis Riel	Provencher		Independent
1874 (b)	James Lyons Biggar	Northumberland East		Independent Liberal
1875 (b)	Samuel Platt	Toronto East		Independent
1875 (b)	Thomas Greenway	Huron South		Independent
1875 (b)	Charles Auguste Maximilien Globensky	Two Mountains		Independent
1877 (b)	Jacques Malouin	Quebec-Centre		Independent
1877 (b)	François Xavier Ovide Méthot	Nicolet		Independent Conservative
1878 (b)	George Haddow	Restigouche		Independent
1878 (b)	Alfred Gilpin Jones	Halifax		Independent
1878 (b)	Peter Mitchell	Northumberland		Independent
1878 (b)	Thomas Robert McInnes	New Westminster		Independent
1878	George Heber Connell	Carleton		Independent
	George Haddow	Restigouche		Independent
	Frédéric Houde	Maskinongé		Nationalist Conservative
	Jacques Malouin	Quebec-Centre		Independent
	Thomas Robert McInnes	New Westminster		Independent
	François Xavier Ovide Méthot	Nicolet		Independent Conservative
	John Pickard	York		Independent Liberal
	Samuel Platt	Toronto East		Independent
1881 (b)	Darius Crouter	Northumberland East		Independent Liberal
1882	Michel Auger	Shefford		Independent Liberal
	Frédéric Houde	Maskinongé		Nationalist Conservative
	François Xavier Ovide Méthot	Nicolet		Independent Conservative
	Peter Mitchell	Northumberland		Independent
	John Pickard	York		Independent Liberal
1882 (b)	Édouard Guilbault	Joliette		Independent Conservative
1884 (b)	Athanase Gaudet	Nicolet		Nationalist Conservative
1887	Guillaume Amyot	Bellechasse		Nationalist
	Joseph Gédéon Horace Bergeron	Beauharnois		Independent Conservative
	Paul Couture	Chicoutimi—Saguenay		Independent
	Alphonse Desjardins	Hochelaga		Independent Conservative
	Cyrille Doyon	Laprairie		Independent Liberal
	Henri Jules Juchereau Duchesnay	Dorchester		Nationalist
	Joseph Godbout	Beauce		Independent Liberal
	John Lang	Peterborough East		Independent Liberal
	Peter Mitchell	Northumberland		Independent
	Donald Alexander Smith	Montreal West		Independent Liberal
	William Welsh	Queen's County		Independent Liberal
1887 (b)	John Ferguson	Renfrew South		Independent
1888 (b)	Fabien Boisvert	Nicolet		Independent Conservative
1888 (b)	Alphonse-Télesphore Lépine	Montreal East		Independent Conservative
1889 (b)	Hilaire Neveu	Joliette		Nationalist
1891	Guillaume Amyot	Bellechasse		Nationalist Conservative
	Thomas Dixon Craig	Durham East		Independent Conservative
	Alphonse Télesphore Lépine	Montreal East		Independent Conservative
	Dalton McCarthy	Simcoe North		Independent
	Joseph Octave Mousseau	Soulanges		Independent
	Donald Alexander Smith	Montreal West		Independent Liberal
	Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt	Dorchester		Nationalist
	William Welsh	Queen's County		Independent Liberal
1892 (b)	William Findlay Maclean	York East		Independent Conservative
1892 (b)	Hiram Augustus Calvin	Frontenac		Independent Conservative
1893 (b)	Joseph-Israël Tarte	L'Islet		Independent
1895 (b)	William Stubbs	Cardwell		McCarthyite [1]
1896	Thomas Dixon Craig	Durham East		Independent Conservative
	John Ferguson	Renfrew South		Independent Conservative
	Duncan Graham	Ontario North		Independent Liberal
	John Lang	Peterborough East		Independent Liberal
	William James Lewis	Albert		Independent
	Dalton McCarthy	Brandon		Independent
	Dalton McCarthy	Simcoe North		Independent
	William Varney Pettet	Prince Edward		Patrons of Industry
	John Ross Robertson	Toronto East		Independent Conservative
	David Dickson Rogers	Frontenac		Patrons of Industry
	William Stubbs	Cardwell		Independent Conservative
1897 (b)	Duncan Graham	Ontario North		Independent Liberal
1898 (b)	Leighton McCarthy	Simcoe North		Independent (McCarthyite)
1900 (b)	Henri Bourassa	Labelle		Independent
1900 (b)	Arthur Puttee	Winnipeg		Labour
1900	John Lang	Peterborough East		Independent Liberal
	William Findlay Maclean	York East		Independent Conservative
	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	Simcoe North		Independent
	Arthur Puttee	Winnipeg		Labour
	Robert Lorne Richardson	Lisgar		Independent
	Jabel Robinson	Elgin West		Independent
1904	William Findlay Maclean	York South		Independent Conservative
	Leighton Goldie McCarthy	Simcoe North		Independent
1906 (b)	Alphonse Verville	Maisonneuve		Labour
1906 (b)	Lorenzo Robitaille	Quebec County		Independent Liberal
1908	William Findlay Maclean	York South		Independent Conservative
	Joseph Russell	Toronto East		Independent
	Alphonse Verville	Maisonneuve		Labour
1909 (b)	David Arthur Lafortune	Montcalm		Independent Liberal
1910 (b)	Arthur Gilbert	Drummond—Arthabaska		Nationalist
1911	Adélard Bellemare	Maskinongé		Independent Conservative
	Joseph Girard	Chicoutimi—Saguenay		Independent Conservative
	William Findlay Maclean	York South		Independent Conservative
	Alphonse Verville	Maisonneuve		Labour

1917–1962

Election	Member of Parliament	Constituency	Party/description
1919 (b)	Thomas Wakem Caldwell	Victoria—Carleton		United Farmers
1919 (b)	Oliver Robert Gould	Assiniboia		United Farmers
1919 (b)	John Wilfred Kennedy	Glengarry and Stormont		United Farmers of Ontario
1919 (b)	Robert Henry Halbert	Ontario North		Independent
1920 (b)	Angus McDonald	Timiskaming		Independent
1920 (b)	Sydney Smith McDermand	Elgin East		United Farmers of Ontario
1921	Robert Henry Halbert	Ontario North		United Farmers of Ontario
	William Irvine	East Calgary		Labour
	William Findlay Maclean	York South		Independent Conservative
	Angus McDonald	Timiskaming		Independent
	Joseph Tweed Shaw	Calgary West		Labour
	John Jabez Thurston	Victoria		Independent
	James Shaver Woodsworth	Winnipeg Centre		Labour
1925	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa	Labelle		Independent Liberal
	Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc	Chicoutimi		Independent
	Abraham Albert Heaps	Winnipeg North		Labour
	William Thomas Lucas	Camrose		United Farmers of Alberta
	William Findlay Maclean	York South		Independent Conservative
	Alan Webster Neill	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Alfred Speakman	Red Deer		United Farmers of Alberta
	James Shaver Woodsworth	Winnipeg North Centre		Labour
1926	Herbert Bealey Adshead	Calgary East		Labour
	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa	Labelle		Independent
	Beniah Bowman	Algoma East		United Farmers of Ontario
	George Gibson Coote	Macleod		United Farmers of Alberta
	Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc	Chicoutimi		Independent Liberal
	Robert Gardiner	Acadia		United Farmers of Alberta
	Edward Joseph Garland	Bow River		United Farmers of Alberta
	Abraham Albert Heaps	Winnipeg North		Labour
	Lincoln Henry Jelliff	Lethbridge		United Farmers of Alberta
	William Irvine	Wetaskiwin		United Farmers of Alberta
	Donald Ferdinand Kellner	Athabaska		United Farmers of Alberta
	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	Peace River		United Farmers of Alberta
	William Thomas Lucas	Camrose		United Farmers of Alberta
	Michael Luchkovich	Vegreville		United Farmers of Alberta
	Alan Webster Neill	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Alfred Speakman	Red Deer		United Farmers of Alberta
	Henry Elvins Spencer	Battle River		United Farmers of Alberta
	James Shaver Woodsworth	Winnipeg North Centre		Labour
1929 (b)	William Samuel Murphy	Lanark		Independent Conservative
1930	Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa	Labelle		Independent
	George Gibson Coote	Macleod		United Farmers of Alberta
	Robert Gardiner	Acadia		United Farmers of Alberta
	Edward Joseph Garland	Bow River		United Farmers of Alberta
	Abraham Albert Heaps	Winnipeg North		Labour
	William Irvine	Wetaskiwin		United Farmers of Alberta
	Donald MacBeth Kennedy	Peace River		United Farmers of Alberta
	William Thomas Lucas	Camrose		United Farmers of Alberta
	Michael Luchkovich	Vegreville		United Farmers of Alberta
	Angus MacInnis	Vancouver South		Independent Labour
	Alan Webster Neill	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Alfred Speakman	Red Deer		United Farmers of Alberta
	Henry Elvins Spencer	Battle River		United Farmers of Alberta
	James Shaver Woodsworth	Winnipeg North Centre		Labour
1931 (b)	Humphrey Mitchell	Hamilton East		Labour
1935	Martha Black	Yukon		Independent Conservative
	François Blais	Chapleau		Independent Liberal
	Agnes Macphail	Grey—Bruce		United Farmers of Ontario-Labour
	Alan Webster Neill	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Henry Herbert Stevens	Kootenay East		Reconstruction
1938 (b)	Georges Héon	Argenteuil		Independent Conservative
1939 (b)	Walter George Brown	Saskatoon City		United Reform
1940	Lionel Bertrand	Terrebonne		Independent Liberal
	Walter George Brown	Saskatoon City		United Reform
	Walter Frederick Kuhl	Jasper—Edson		New Democracy
	Liguori Lacombe	Laval—Two Mountains		Independent Liberal
	Alan Webster Neill	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Dorise Nielsen	North Battleford		Unity
	Joseph Sasseville Roy	Gaspé		Independent Conservative
1942 (b)	Frédéric Dorion	Charlevoix—Saguenay		Independent
1943 (b)	Joseph-Armand Choquette	Stanstead		Bloc populaire canadien
1943 (b)	Fred Rose	Cartier		Labor-Progressive
1945	Bona Arsenault	Bonaventure		Independent
	Maurice Bourget	Lévis		Independent Liberal
	Arthur Cardin	Richelieu—Verchères		Independent
	Philéas Côté	Matapédia—Matane		Independent Liberal
	Joseph-Alfred Dion	Lake St-John—Roberval		Independent Liberal
	Frédéric Dorion	Charlevoix—Saguenay		Independent
	Lucien Dubois	Nicolet—Yamaska		Independent Liberal
	Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Chicoutimi		Independent
	Wilfrid Gariépy	Trois-Rivières		Independent
	John Lambert Gibson	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	René Hamel	St-Maurice—Laflèche		Bloc populaire canadien
	Georges Héon	Argenteuil		Independent Progressive Conservative
	Herbert Wilfred Herridge	Kootenay West		Independent CCF
	Liguori Lacombe	Laval—Two Mountains		Independent
	Wilfrid Lacroix	Québec—Montmorency		Independent Liberal
	Charles Parent	Quebec West and South		Independent Liberal
	Jean-François Pouliot	Témiscouata		Independent Liberal
	Maxime Raymond	Beauharnois—Laprairie		Bloc populaire canadien
	Fred Rose	Cartier		Labor-Progressive
1949	Raymond Bruneau	Prescott		Independent Liberal
	Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Chicoutimi		Independent
	John Lambert Gibson	Comox—Alberni		Independent
	Camillien Houde	Papineau		Independent
	Raoul Poulin	Raoul Poulin		Independent
	Jean-François Pouliot	Témiscouata		Independent Liberal
1949 (b)	Edgar Leduc	Jacques Cartier		Independent
1949 (b)	Paul-Léon Dubé	Restigouche—Madawaska		Independent Liberal
1949 (b)	Arthur Massé	Kamouraska		Independent Liberal
1950 (b)	Joseph-Hervé Rousseau	Rimouski		Independent Liberal
1953	Paul-Edmond Gagnon	Chicoutimi		Independent
	Fernand Girard	Lapointe		Independent
	Arthur Massé	Kamouraska		Independent Liberal
	Adrien Meunier	Papineau		Independent Liberal
	Raoul Poulin	Beauce		Independent
1957	Samuel Boulanger	Drummond—Arthabaska		Independent Liberal
	Benoît Chabot	Kamouraska		Independent
	Henri Courtemanche	Labelle		Independent Progressive Conservative
	Gérard Loiselle	St. Ann		Independent Liberal
	Raoul Poulin	Beauce		Independent

1963–1992

Election	Member of Parliament	Constituency	Party/description
1965	Maurice Allard	Sherbrooke		Independent Progressive Conservative
	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	Trois-Rivières		Independent
1968	Lucien Lamoureux	Stormont—Dundas		No affiliation (speaker)
1972	Lucien Lamoureux	Stormont—Dundas		No affiliation (speaker)
	Roch LaSalle	Joliette		Independent
1974	Leonard C. Jones	Moncton		Independent
1984	Tony Roman	York North		Independent
1990 (b)	Gilles Duceppe	Laurier—Sainte-Marie		Independent

1993–present

Election	Member of Parliament	Constituency	Party/description
1993	Gilles Bernier	Beauce		Independent
1997	John Nunziata	York South—Weston		Independent
2004	Chuck Cadman	Surrey North		Independent
2006	André Arthur	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier		Independent
2008	André Arthur	Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier		Independent
	Bill Casey	Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley		Independent
2011	Elizabeth May	Saanich—Gulf Islands		Green
2015	Elizabeth May	Saanich—Gulf Islands		Green
2019 (b)	Paul Manly	Nanaimo—Ladysmith		Green
2019	Jenica Atwin	Fredericton		Green
	Paul Manly	Nanaimo—Ladysmith		Green
	Elizabeth May	Saanich—Gulf Islands		Green
	Jody Wilson-Raybould	Vancouver Granville		Independent
2021	Elizabeth May	Saanich—Gulf Islands		Green
	Mike Morrice	Kitchener Centre		Green

See also

• List of UK minor party and independent MPs elected
• Lists of members of the Canadian House of Commons

References

1. "Stubbs Gets In". Montreal Gazette. December 25, 1895. Retrieved 2023-06-02.