17th Canadian Parliament

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The initial seat distribution of the 17th Canadian Parliament

Richard Bedford Bennett was Prime Minister during the 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.

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

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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

Electoral district		Name	Party
Acadia		Robert Gardiner	United Farmers of Alberta
Athabaska		John Francis Buckley (died 27 November 1931)	Liberal
		Percy Griffith Davies (by-election of 1932-03-21)	Conservative
Battle River		Henry Elvins Spencer	United Farmers of Alberta
Bow River		Edward Joseph Garland	United Farmers of Alberta
Calgary East		George Douglas Stanley	Conservative
Calgary West		Richard Bedford Bennett (until 7 July 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Richard Bedford Bennett (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Camrose		William Thomas Lucas	United Farmers of Alberta
Edmonton East		Ambrose Upton Gledstanes Bury	Conservative
Edmonton West		Charles Stewart	Liberal
Lethbridge		John Smith Stewart	Conservative
Macleod		George Gibson Coote	United Farmers of Alberta
Medicine Hat		Frederick William Gershaw	Liberal
Peace River		Donald MacBeth Kennedy	United Farmers of Alberta
Red Deer		Alfred Speakman	United Farmers of Alberta
Vegreville		Michael Luchkovich	United Farmers of Alberta
Wetaskiwin		William Irvine	United Farmers of 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

Electoral district		Name	Party
Algoma East		George Brecken Nicholson	Conservative
Algoma West		Thomas Edward Simpson	Conservative
Brantford City		Robert Edwy Ryerson	Conservative
Brant		Franklin Smoke	Conservative
Bruce North		James Malcolm	Liberal
Bruce South		Walter Allan Hall	Liberal
Carleton		William Foster Garland	Conservative
Dufferin—Simcoe		William Earl Rowe	Conservative
Durham		Fred Wellington Bowen	Conservative
Elgin West		Mitchell Hepburn (resigned 8 June 1934)	Liberal
		Wilson Henry Mills (by-election of 1934-09-24)	Liberal
Essex East		Raymond Ducharme Morand	Conservative
Essex South		Eccles James Gott	Conservative
Essex West		Sidney Cecil Robinson	Conservative
Fort William		Robert James Manion (until 7 August 1930 ministerial appointment)	Conservative
		Robert James Manion (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Frontenac—Addington		William Spankie (died 27 May 1934)	Conservative
		Colin Alexander Campbell (by-election of 1934-09-24)	Liberal
Glengarry		Angus McGillis	Conservative
Grenville—Dundas		Arza Clair Casselman	Conservative
Grey North		Victor Clarence Porteous	Conservative
Grey Southeast		Agnes Campbell Macphail	Progressive
Haldimand		Mark Cecil Senn	Conservative
Halton		Robert King Anderson	Conservative
Hamilton East		George Septimus Rennie (died 13 October 1930)	Conservative
		Humphrey Mitchell (by-election of 1931-08-10)	Labour
Hamilton West		Charles William Bell	Conservative
Hastings—Peterborough		Alexander Thomas Embury	Conservative
Hastings South		William Ernest Tummon	Conservative
Huron North		George Spotton	Conservative
Huron South		Thomas McMillan (died 7 June 1932)	Liberal
		William Henry Golding (by-election of 1932-10-03)	Liberal
Kenora—Rainy River		Peter Heenan (resigned 10 July 1934 to take seat in Ontario Legislature)	Liberal
		Hugh Bathgate McKinnon (by-election of 1934-09-24)	Liberal
Kent		James Warren Rutherford	Liberal
Kingston City		Arthur Edward Ross	Conservative
Lambton East		John Thomas Sproule	Conservative
Lambton West		Ross Wilfred Gray	Liberal
Lanark		Thomas Alfred Thompson	Conservative
Leeds		Hugh Alexander Stewart (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Hugh Alexander Stewart (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Lincoln		James Dew Chaplin	Conservative
London		John Franklin White	Conservative
Middlesex East		Frank Boyes	Conservative
Middlesex West		John Campbell Elliott	Liberal
Muskoka—Ontario		Peter McGibbon	Conservative
Nipissing		Raoul Hurtubise	Liberal
Norfolk—Elgin		William Horace Taylor	Liberal
Northumberland		William Alexander Fraser	Liberal
Ontario		William Henry Moore	Liberal
Ottawa (City of)*		Thomas Franklin Ahearn	Liberal
		Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier	Liberal
Oxford North		Donald Matheson Sutherland (until emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Donald Matheson Sutherland (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Oxford South		Thomas Merritt Cayley (died in office)	Liberal
		Almon Secord Rennie (by-election of 1934-04-16)	Liberal
Parkdale		David Spence	Conservative
Parry Sound		James Arthurs	Conservative
Peel		Samuel Charters	Conservative
Perth North		David McKenzie Wright	Conservative
Perth South		Frederick George Sanderson	Liberal
Peterborough West		Edward Armour Peck	Conservative
Port Arthur—Thunder Bay		Donald James Cowan	Conservative
Prescott		Elie-Oscar Bertrand	Liberal
Prince Edward—Lennox		John Aaron Weese	Conservative
Renfrew North		Ira Delbert Cotnam	Conservative
Renfrew South		Martin James Maloney	Conservative
Russell		Alfred Goulet	Liberal
Simcoe East		Alfred Burke Thompson	Conservative
Simcoe North		John Thomas Simpson	Conservative
Stormont		Frank Thomas Shaver	Conservative
Timiskaming North		Joseph-Arthur Bradette	Liberal
Timiskaming South		Wesley Ashton Gordon (until ministerial appointment)	Conservative
		Wesley Ashton Gordon (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Toronto East		Edmond Baird Ryckman (until ministerial appointment)	Conservative
		Edmond Baird Ryckman (by-election of 1930-08-25, then died in office)	Conservative
		Thomas Langton Church (by-election of 1934-09-24)	Conservative
Toronto East Centre		Robert Charles Matthews	Conservative
Toronto—High Park		Alexander James Anderson	Conservative
Toronto Northeast		Richard Langton Baker	Conservative
Toronto Northwest		John Ritchie MacNicol	Conservative
Toronto—Scarborough		Joseph Henry Harris	Conservative
Toronto South		George Reginald Geary	Conservative
Toronto West Centre		Samuel Factor	Liberal
Victoria		Thomas Hubert Stinson	Conservative
Waterloo North		William Daum Euler	Liberal
Waterloo South		Alexander McKay Edwards	Conservative
Welland		George Hamilton Pettit	Conservative
Wellington North		John Knox Blair	Liberal
Wellington South		Hugh Guthrie (until ministerial appointment)	Conservative
		Hugh Guthrie (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Wentworth		Gordon Crooks Wilson	Conservative
York North		Thomas Herbert Lennox (died in office)	Conservative
		William Pate Mulock (by-election of 1934-09-24)	Liberal
York South		Robert Henry McGregor	Conservative
York West		James Earl Lawson	Conservative

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

Electoral district		Name	Party
Argenteuil		George Halsey Perley	Conservative
Bagot		Cyrille Dumaine	Liberal
Beauce		Édouard Lacroix	Liberal
Beauharnois		Maxime Raymond	Liberal
Bellechasse		Joseph Oscar Lefebre Boulanger	Liberal
Berthier—Maskinongé		Joseph Arthur Barrette	Conservative
Bonaventure		Charles Marcil	Liberal
Brome—Missisquoi		Follin Horace Pickel	Conservative
Cartier		Samuel William Jacobs	Liberal
Chambly—Verchères		Alfred Duranleau (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Alfred Duranleau (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Champlain		Jean Louis Baribeau	Conservative
Charlevoix—Saguenay		Pierre-François Casgrain	Liberal
Chicoutimi		Julien-Édouard-Alfred Dubuc	Liberal
Châteauguay—Huntingdon		John Clarke Moore	Conservative
Compton		Samuel Gobeil	Conservative
Dorchester		Onésime Gagnon	Conservative
Drummond—Arthabaska		Wilfrid Girouard	Liberal
Gaspé		Maurice Brasset	Liberal
Hochelaga		Édouard-Charles St-Père	Liberal
Hull		Alphonse Fournier	Liberal
Jacques Cartier		Joseph-Georges-Philippe Laurin	Conservative
Joliette		Charles-Édouard Ferland	Liberal
Kamouraska		Joseph Georges Bouchard	Liberal
Labelle		Joseph Henri Napoléon Bourassa	Independent
Lake St. John		Joseph Léonard Duguay	Conservative
Laprairie—Napierville		Vincent Dupuis	Liberal
L'Assomption—Montcalm		Paul-Arthur Séguin	Liberal
Laurier—Outremont		Joseph-Alexandre Mercier	Liberal
Laval—Two Mountains		Arthur Sauvé (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Arthur Sauvé (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Lévis		Émile Fortin	Conservative
L'Islet		Joseph-Fernand Fafard	Liberal
Lotbinière		Joseph-Achille Verville	Liberal
Maisonneuve		Clément Robitaille (died 16 January 1932)	Liberal
		Joseph Jean (by-election of 1932-06-27)	Liberal
Matane		Joseph-Ernest-Henri Larue	Conservative
Mégantic		Eusèbe Roberge	Liberal
Montmagny		Armand Renaud Lavergne	Conservative
Mount Royal		Robert Smeaton White	Conservative
Nicolet		Lucien Dubois	Liberal
Pontiac		Charles Bélec	Conservative
Portneuf		Jules Desrochers	Liberal
Québec—Montmorency		Charles Napoléon Dorion	Conservative
Quebec East		Ernest Lapointe	Liberal
Quebec South		Charles Gavan Power	Liberal
Quebec West		Maurice Dupré (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Maurice Dupré (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Richelieu		Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin	Liberal
Richmond—Wolfe		François-Joseph Laflèche	Conservative
Rimouski		Eugène Fiset	Liberal
St. Ann		John Alexander Sullivan	Conservative
St. Antoine		Leslie Gordon Bell	Conservative
St. Denis		Joseph-Arthur Denis	Liberal
St. Henri		Paul Mercier	Liberal
St. Hyacinthe—Rouville		Joseph-Théophile-Adélard Fontaine	Liberal
St. James		Fernand Rinfret	Liberal
St. Johns—Iberville		Pierre Auguste Martial Rhéaume	Liberal
St. Lawrence—St. George		Charles Cahan (until 7 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Charles Cahan (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
St. Mary		Hermas Deslauriers	Liberal
Shefford		J.-Eugène Tétreault	Conservative
Sherbrooke		Charles Benjamin Howard	Liberal
Stanstead		John Thomas Hackett	Conservative
Terrebonne		Louis-Étienne Parent	Liberal
Three Rivers—St. Maurice		Arthur Bettez (died 4 January 1931)	Liberal
		Charles Bourgeois (by-election of 1931-08-10)	Conservative
Témiscouata		Jean-François Pouliot	Liberal
Vaudreuil—Soulanges		Joseph Thauvette	Liberal
Wright		Fizalam-William Perras	Liberal
Yamaska		Aimé Boucher (until election voided 23 December 1932)	Liberal
		Aimé Boucher (by-election of 1933-10-23)	Liberal

Saskatchewan

Electoral district		Name	Party
Assiniboia		Robert McKenzie	Liberal
Humboldt		Albert Frederick Totzke	Liberal
Kindersley		Archibald M. Carmichael	Progressive
Last Mountain		Harry Butcher	Liberal
Long Lake		Walter Davy Cowan	Conservative
Mackenzie		Milton Neil Campbell (until 6 February 1933 emoulment appointment)	Progressive
		John Angus MacMillan (by-election of 1933-10-23)	Liberal
Maple Creek		James Beck Swanston	Conservative
Melfort		Robert Weir (until 8 August 1930 emoulment appointment)	Conservative
		Robert Weir (by-election of 1930-08-25)	Conservative
Melville		William Richard Motherwell	Liberal
Moose Jaw		William Addison Beynon	Conservative
North Battleford		Cameron Ross McIntosh	Liberal
Prince Albert		William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal
Qu'Appelle		Ernest Edward Perley	Liberal
Regina		Franklin White Turnbull	Conservative
Rosetown		William John Loucks	Liberal
Saskatoon		Frank Roland Macmillan	Conservative
South Battleford		John Vallance	Liberal
Swift Current		Charles Edward Bothwell	Liberal
Weyburn		Edward James Young	Liberal
Willow Bunch		Thomas F. Donnelly	Liberal
Yorkton		George Washington McPhee	Liberal

Yukon

Electoral district		Name	Party
Yukon		George Black	Conservative

By-elections

Main article: By-elections to the 17th Canadian Parliament

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