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.

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: SessionStartEnd 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.

Key: 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

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAcadiaRobert GardinerProgressive19213rd termAthabaskaCharles Wilson CrossLiberal19251st termBattle RiverHenry Elvins SpencerProgressive19212nd termBow RiverEdward Joseph GarlandProgressive19212nd termCalgary EastFred DavisConservative19251st termCalgary WestRichard Bedford BennettConservative1911, 19252nd term*CamroseWilliam Thomas LucasUnited Farmers of Alberta19212nd termEdmonton EastAmbrose Upton Gledstanes BuryConservative19251st termEdmonton WestCharles StewartLiberal19251st termLethbridgeLincoln Henry JelliffProgressive19212nd termMacleodGeorge Gibson CooteProgressive19212nd termMedicine HatFrederick William GershawLiberal19251st termPeace RiverDonald MacBeth KennedyProgressive19212nd termRed DeerAlfred SpeakmanUnited Farmers of Alberta19212nd termVegrevilleArthur Moren BoutillierProgressive19251st termWetaskiwinStanley Gilbert TobinLiberal19251st term

British Columbia

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsCaribooJohn Anderson FraserConservative19251st termComox—AlberniAlan Webster NeillIndependent19212nd termFraser ValleyHarry James BarberConservative19251st termKootenay EastJames Horace KingLiberal19222nd termKootenay WestWilliam Kemble EslingConservative19251st termNanaimoCharles Herbert DickieConservative19212nd termNew WestminsterWilliam Garland McQuarrieConservative19173rd termSkeenaAlfred StorkLiberal19212nd termVancouver—BurrardJohn Arthur ClarkConservative19212nd termVancouver CentreHenry Herbert StevensConservative19114th termVancouver NorthDugald DonaghyLiberal19251st termVancouver SouthLeon Johnson LadnerConservative19212nd termVictoriaSimon Fraser TolmieConservative19173rd termYaleGrote StirlingConservative19242nd term

Manitoba

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsBrandonRobert ForkeProgressive19212nd termDauphinWilliam John WardProgressive19212nd termLisgarJohn Livingstone BrownProgressive19212nd termMacdonaldWilliam James LovieProgressive19212nd termMarquetteHenry Alfred MullinsConservative19251st termNeepawaThomas Gerow MurphyConservative19251st termNelsonThomas William BirdProgressive19212nd termPortage la PrairieArthur MeighenConservative1908, 19225th term*ProvencherArthur-Lucien BeaubienProgressive19212nd termSelkirkHannes Marino HannessonConservative19251st termSourisJames SteedsmanProgressive19212nd termSpringfieldThomas HayConservative1917, 19252nd term*St. BonifaceJohn Power HowdenLiberal19251st termWinnipeg NorthAbraham Albert HeapsLabour19251st termWinnipeg North CentreJames Shaver WoodsworthLabour19212nd termWinnipeg SouthRobert RogersConservative1911, 19252nd term*Winnipeg South CentreWilliam Walker KennedyConservative19251st term

New Brunswick

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsCharlotteRobert Watson GrimmerConservative19212nd termGloucesterJean George RobichaudLiberal19222nd termKentAlexandre-Joseph DoucetConservative19232nd termNorthumberlandCharles Elijah FishConservative19251st termRestigouche—MadawaskaArthur CulliganConservative19251st termRoyalGeorge Burpee JonesConservative19212nd termSt. John—Albert*Thomas BellConservative19251st termMurray MaclarenConservative19212nd termVictoria—CarletonJames Kidd FlemmingConservative19251st termWestmorlandOtto Baird PriceConservative19251st termYork—SunburyRichard HansonConservative19213rd term

Nova Scotia

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAntigonish—GuysboroughEdward Mortimer MacdonaldLiberal1904, 19215th term*Cape Breton North—VictoriaLewis Wilkieson JohnstoneConservative19251st termCape Breton SouthFinlay MacDonaldConservative19251st termColchesterGeorge Taylor MacnuttConservative19251st termCumberlandRobert Knowlton SmithConservative19251st termDigby—AnnapolisHarry Bernard ShortConservative19251st termHalifax*William Anderson BlackConservative19232nd termFelix Patrick QuinnConservative19251st termHants—KingsArthur de Witt FosterConservative1911, 19252nd term*InvernessIsaac Duncan MacDougallConservative19251st termPictouThomas CantleyConservative19251st termQueens—LunenburgWilliam DuffLiberal19173rd termRichmond—West Cape BretonJohn Alexander MacDonaldConservative19251st termShelburne—YarmouthPaul Lacombe HatfieldLiberal19212nd term

Ontario

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsAlgoma EastGeorge Brecken NicholsonConservative19251st termAlgoma WestThomas Edward SimpsonConservative19173rd termBrantford CityRobert Edwy RyersonConservative19251st termBrantFranklin SmokeConservative19251st termBruce NorthJames MalcolmLiberal19212nd termBruce SouthWalter Allan HallLiberal19251st termCarletonWilliam Foster GarlandConservative1912, 19213rd term*Dufferin—SimcoeWilliam Earl RoweConservative19251st termDurhamFred Wellington BowenConservative19212nd termElgin WestHugh Cummings McKillopConservative19212nd termEssex EastRaymond Ducharme MorandConservative19251st termEssex SouthEccles James GottConservative19251st termEssex WestSidney Cecil RobinsonConservative19251st termFort WilliamRobert James ManionConservative19173rd termFrontenac—AddingtonJohn Wesley EdwardsConservative1908, 19254th term*GlengarryArchibald John MacdonaldLiberal19251st termGrenville—DundasArza Clair CasselmanConservative1921, 19252nd term*Grey NorthMatthew Robert DuncanConservative19212nd termGrey SoutheastAgnes Campbell MacphailProgressive19212nd termHaldimandMark Cecil SennConservative19212nd termHaltonRobert King AndersonConservative19173rd termHamilton EastSydney Chilton MewburnConservative19173rd termHamilton WestCharles William BellConservative19251st termHastings—PeterboroughAlexander Thomas EmburyConservative19251st termHastings SouthWilliam Ernest TummonConservative19251st termHuron NorthJohn Warwick KingProgressive19212nd termHuron SouthThomas McMillanLiberal19251st termKenora—Rainy RiverPeter HeenanLiberal19251st termKentAlexander Dew ChaplinConservative19251st termKingston CityArthur Edward RossConservative19212nd termLambton EastJoseph Elijah ArmstrongConservative1904, 19256th term*Lambton WestWilliam Thomas GoodisonLiberal19251st termLanarkRichard Franklin PrestonConservative19222nd termLeedsHugh Alexander StewartConservative19212nd termLincolnJames Dew ChaplinConservative19173rd termLondonJohn Franklin WhiteConservative19212nd termMiddlesex EastAdam King HodginsConservative19251st termMiddlesex WestJohn Campbell Elliott (until 8 March 1926 ministerial appointment)Liberal19251st termJohn Campbell Elliott (by-election of 1926-03-29)LiberalMuskoka—OntarioPeter McGibbonConservative19251st termNipissingEdmond LapierreLiberal19212nd termNorfolk—ElginJohn Lawrence StansellConservative19212nd termNorthumberlandMilton Edgar MaybeeConservative19212nd termOntarioThomas Erlin KaiserConservative19251st termOttawa (City of)*John Léo ChabotConservative1911, 19253rd term*Stewart McClenaghanConservative19251st termOxford NorthDonald Matheson SutherlandConservative19251st termOxford SouthDonald SutherlandConservative19114th termParkdaleDavid SpenceConservative19212nd termParry SoundJames ArthursConservative19085th termPeelSamuel ChartersConservative19173rd termPerth NorthDavid McKenzie WrightConservative19251st termPerth SouthFrederick George SandersonLiberal19251st termPeterborough WestEdward Armour PeckConservative19251st termPort Arthur—Thunder BayWilliam Fitzgerald LangworthyConservative19251st termPrescottGustave EvanturelLiberal19251st termPrince Edward—LennoxJohn HubbsConservative19212nd termRenfrew NorthIra Delbert CotnamConservative19251st termRenfrew SouthMartin James MaloneyConservative19251st termRussellAlfred GouletLiberal19251st termSimcoe EastAlfred Burke ThompsonConservative19251st termSimcoe NorthWilliam Alves BoysConservative19212nd termStormontCharles James HamiltonConservative19251st termTimiskaming NorthJohn Raymond O'NeillConservative19251st termTimiskaming SouthErnest Frederick ArmstrongConservative19251st termToronto EastEdmond Baird RyckmanConservative19212nd termToronto East CentreEdmund James BristolConservative19056th termToronto—High ParkAlexander James AndersonConservative19251st termToronto NortheastRichard Langton BakerConservative19251st termToronto NorthwestThomas Langton ChurchConservative19212nd termToronto—ScarboroughJoseph Henry HarrisConservative19212nd termToronto SouthGeorge Reginald GearyConservative19251st termToronto West CentreHoratio Clarence HockenConservative19173rd termVictoriaThomas Hubert StinsonConservative19251st termWaterloo NorthWilliam Daum EulerLiberal19173rd termWaterloo SouthAlexander McKay EdwardsConservative19251st termWellandGeorge Hamilton PettitConservative19251st termWellington NorthDuncan SinclairConservative19251st termWellington SouthHugh GuthrieConservative19007th termWentworthGordon Crooks WilsonConservative19114th termYork NorthThomas Herbert LennoxConservative19251st termYork SouthWilliam Findlay MacleanIndependent Conservative18929th termYork WestHenry Lumley DraytonConservative19193rd term

Prince Edward Island

RidingNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of termsKing'sJohn Alexander MacdonaldConservative19251st termPrinceAlfred Edgar MacLeanLiberal19212nd termQueen's*Robert Harold JenkinsLiberal19251st termJohn Albert MesservyConservative19251st term

Quebec