17th Canadian Parliament
The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 8, 1930, until August 14, 1935. The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on July 28, 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.
The initial seat distribution of the 17th Canadian Parliament
Richard Bedford Bennett was Prime Minister during the 17th Canadian Parliament.
It was controlled by a Conservative Party majority under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and the 15th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King.
The Speaker was first George Black, and later James Langstaff Bowman. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
It was the third longest parliament in Canadian history.
There were six sessions of the 17th Parliament:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 8, 1930 | September 22, 1930 |
| 2nd | March 12, 1931 | August 3, 1931 |
| 3rd | February 4, 1932 | May 26, 1932 |
| 4th | October 6, 1932 | May 27, 1933 |
| 5th | January 25, 1934 | July 3, 1934 |
| 6th | January 17, 1935 | July 5, 1935 |
parliament of Canada 1930 seating plan
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the seventeenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Alberta
British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cariboo | John Anderson Fraser | Conservative | |
| Comox—Alberni | Alan Webster Neill | Independent | |
| Fraser Valley | Harry James Barber | Conservative | |
| Kootenay East | Michael Dalton McLean (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment) | Conservative | |
| Henry Herbert Stevens (by-election of 1930-08-25) | Conservative | ||
| Kootenay West | William Kemble Esling | Conservative | |
| Nanaimo | Charles Herbert Dickie | Conservative | |
| New Westminster | Thomas Reid | Liberal | |
| Skeena | Olof Hanson | Liberal | |
| Vancouver—Burrard | Wilfred Hanbury | Liberal | |
| Vancouver Centre | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | Liberal | |
| Vancouver North | Albert Edward Munn | Liberal | |
| Vancouver South | Angus MacInnis | Independent Labour | |
| Victoria | D'Arcy Britton Plunkett | Conservative | |
| Yale | Grote Stirling | Conservative | |
Manitoba
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | David Wilson Beaubier | Conservative | |
| Dauphin | James Langstaff Bowman | Conservative | |
| Lisgar | John Livingstone Brown | Liberal-Progressive | |
| Macdonald | William Gilbert Weir | Liberal-Progressive | |
| Marquette | Henry Alfred Mullins | Conservative | |
| Neepawa | Thomas Gerow Murphy (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment) | Conservative | |
| Thomas Gerow Murphy (by-election of 1930-08-25) | Conservative | ||
| Nelson | Bernard Munroe Stitt | Conservative | |
| Portage la Prairie | William Herbert Burns | Conservative | |
| Provencher | Arthur-Lucien Beaubien | Liberal-Progressive | |
| Selkirk | James Herbert Stitt | Conservative | |
| Souris | Errick French Willis | Progressive Conservative | |
| Springfield | Thomas Hay | Conservative | |
| St. Boniface | John Power Howden | Liberal | |
| Winnipeg North | Abraham Albert Heaps | Labour | |
| Winnipeg North Centre | James Shaver Woodsworth | Labour | |
| Winnipeg South | Robert Rogers | Conservative | |
| Winnipeg South Centre | William Walker Kennedy | Conservative | |
New Brunswick
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Arthur D. Ganong | Conservative | |
| Gloucester | Peter John Veniot | Liberal | |
| Kent | Telesphore Arsenault | Conservative | |
| Northumberland | George Manning McDade | Conservative | |
| Restigouche—Madawaska | Maxime Cormier | Conservative | |
| Joseph-Enoil Michaud (by-election of 1933-10-23) | Liberal | ||
| Royal | George Burpee Jones | Conservative | |
| George Burpee Jones (by-election of 1932-06-27) | Conservative | ||
| St. John—Albert* | Thomas Bell | Conservative | |
| Murray Maclaren | Conservative | ||
| Murray Maclaren (by-election of 1930-08-25) | Conservative | ||
| Victoria—Carleton | Benjamin Franklin Smith | Conservative | |
| Westmorland | Otto Baird Price | Conservative | |
| York—Sunbury | Richard Hanson | Conservative | |
Nova Scotia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigonish—Guysborough | William Duff | Liberal | |
| Cape Breton North—Victoria | Lewis Wilkieson Johnstone | Conservative | |
| Cape Breton South | Finlay MacDonald | Conservative | |
| Colchester | Martin Luther Urquhart | Liberal | |
| Cumberland | Robert Knowlton Smith | Conservative | |
| Digby—Annapolis | Harry Bernard Short | Conservative | |
| Halifax* | William Anderson Black | Conservative | |
| Felix Patrick Quinn | Conservative | ||
| Hants—Kings | James Lorimer Ilsley | Liberal | |
| Inverness | Isaac Duncan MacDougall | Conservative | |
| Pictou | Thomas Cantley | Conservative | |
| Queens—Lunenburg | William Gordon Ernst | Conservative | |
| Richmond—West Cape Breton | John Alexander Macdonald (until 22 August 1930 emoulment appointment) | Conservative | |
| Edgar Nelson Rhodes (by-election of 1930-09-02) | Conservative | ||
| Shelburne—Yarmouth | James Layton Ralston | Liberal | |
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's | John Alexander Macdonald | Conservative | |
| Prince | Alfred Edgar MacLean | Liberal | |
| Queen's* | Winfield Chester Scott McLure | Conservative | |
| John Howard Myers | Conservative | ||
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | George Black | Conservative | |
By-elections
| By-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frontenac—Addington | September 24, 1934 | William Spankie | Conservative | Colin Campbell | Liberal | Death | No | ||
| Toronto East | September 24, 1934 | Edmond Baird Ryckman | Conservative | Thomas Langton Church | Conservative | Death | Yes | ||
| Kenora—Rainy River | September 24, 1934 | Peter Heenan | Liberal | Hugh McKinnon | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Elgin West | September 24, 1934 | Mitchell Hepburn | Liberal | Wilson Mills | Liberal | Resignation | Yes | ||
| York North | September 24, 1934 | Thomas Herbert Lennox | Conservative | William Pate Mulock | Liberal | Death | No | ||
| Oxford South | April 16, 1934 | Thomas Merritt Cayley | Liberal | Almon Rennie | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Yamaska | October 23, 1933 | Aimé Boucher | Liberal | Aimé Boucher | Liberal | Election declared void | Yes | ||
| Mackenzie | October 23, 1933 | Milton Neil Campbell | Progressive | John Angus MacMillan | Liberal | Appointed vice-president of the Tariff Board | No | ||
| Restigouche—Madawaska | October 23, 1933 | Maxime Cormier | Conservative | Joseph Michaud | Liberal | Death | No | ||
| Huron South | October 3, 1932 | Thomas McMillan | Liberal | William Henry Golding | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Maisonneuve | June 27, 1932 | Clément Robitaille | Liberal | Joseph Jean | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
| Royal | June 27, 1932 | George Burpee Jones | Conservative | George Burpee Jones | Conservative | Resignation | Yes | ||
| Athabaska | March 21, 1932 | John Francis Buckley | Liberal | Percy Griffith Davies | Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Three Rivers—St. Maurice | August 10, 1931 | Arthur Bettez | Liberal | Charles Bourgeois | Conservative | Death | No | ||
| Hamilton East | August 10, 1931 | George Septimus Rennie | Conservative | Humphrey Mitchell | Labour | Death | No | ||
| Richmond—West Cape Breton | September 2, 1930 | John Alexander Macdonald | Conservative | Edgar Nelson Rhodes | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Rhodes | Yes | ||
| Melfort | August 25, 1930 | Robert Weir | Conservative | Robert Weir | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture. | Yes | ||
| Oxford North | August 25, 1930 | Donald Matheson Sutherland | Conservative | Donald Matheson Sutherland | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of National Defence. | Yes | ||
| Leeds | August 25, 1930 | Hugh Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Hugh Alexander Stewart | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Public Works. | Yes | ||
| Kootenay East | August 25, 1930 | Michael Dalton McLean | Conservative | Henry Herbert Stevens | Conservative | Resignation to provide a seat for Stevens | Yes | ||
| Laval—Two Mountains | August 25, 1930 | Arthur Sauvé | Conservative | Arthur Sauvé | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Postmaster General. | Yes | ||
| Toronto East | August 25, 1930 | Edmond Baird Ryckman | Conservative | Edmond Baird Ryckman | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of National Revenue. | Yes | ||
| Neepawa | August 25, 1930 | Thomas Gerow Murphy | Conservative | Thomas Gerow Murphy | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of the Interior. | Yes | ||
| Fort William | August 25, 1930 | Robert James Manion | Conservative | Robert James Manion | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Railways and Canals. | Yes | ||
| St. John—Albert | August 25, 1930 | Murray MacLaren | Conservative | Murray MacLaren | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Pensions and National Health. | Yes | ||
| Wellington South | August 25, 1930 | Hugh Guthrie | Conservative | Hugh Guthrie | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Justice. | Yes | ||
| Timiskaming South | August 25, 1930 | Wesley Gordon | Conservative | Wesley Gordon | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Immigration and Colonization and Minister of Mines. | Yes | ||
| Chambly—Verchères | August 25, 1930 | Alfred Duranleau | Conservative | Alfred Duranleau | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Marine. | Yes | ||
| Quebec West | August 25, 1930 | Maurice Dupré | Conservative | Maurice Dupré | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Solicitor General. | Yes | ||
| St. Lawrence—St. George | August 25, 1930 | Charles Cahan | Conservative | Charles Cahan | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Secretary of State of Canada. | Yes | ||
| Calgary West | August 25, 1930 | R. B. Bennett | Conservative | R. B. Bennett | Conservative | Recontested upon appointment as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. | Yes | ||
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