11th Canadian Parliament

11th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
20 January 1909 – 29 July 1911
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
Rt. Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier
11 Jul 1896 – 6 Oct 1911
Cabinet8th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Hon. Robert Borden
February 6, 1901 – October 9, 1911
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionConservative Party
& Liberal-Conservative
CrossbenchLabour
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Hon. Charles Marcil
January 20, 1909 – November 14, 1911
Members221 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
Hon. James Kerr
January 14, 1909 – October 22, 1911
Government
Senate Leader
Sir Richard John Cartwright
1909 – October 6, 1911
Opposition
Senate Leader
Sir James Alexander Lougheed
April 1, 1906 – October 6, 1911
Sovereign
MonarchEdward VII
22 January 1901 – 6 May 1910
George V
6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor
General
The Earl Grey
Dec. 10, 1904 – Oct. 13, 1911
Sessions
1st session
January 20, 1909 – May 19, 1909
2nd session
November 11, 1909 – May 4, 1910
3rd session
November 17, 1910 – July 29, 1911
← 10th → 12th
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Prime Minister during the 11th Canadian Parliament.

The 11th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 20, 1909, until July 29, 1911. The membership was set by the 1908 federal election on October 26, 1908, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1911 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the 8th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative/Liberal-Conservative, led by Robert Borden.

The Speaker was Charles Marcil. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1907-1914 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

List of members

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Following is a full list of members of the eleventh Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. 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.

Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Calgary Maitland Stewart McCarthy Conservative 1904
Edmonton Frank Oliver Liberal 1896
Macleod John Herron Liberal-Conservative 1904
Medicine Hat Charles Alexander Magrath Conservative 1908
Red Deer Michael Clark Liberal 1908
Strathcona Wilbert McIntyre (died 21 July 1909) Liberal 1906
James McCrie Douglas (by-election of 1909-10-20) Liberal 1909
Victoria William Henry White Liberal 1908
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Comox—Atlin William Sloan (resigned 21 January 1909 to allow seat for Templeman) Liberal 1904
William Templeman (by-election of 1909-02-08) Liberal 1906,[a] 1909
Kootenay Arthur Samuel Goodeve Conservative 1908
Nanaimo Ralph Smith Liberal 1900
New Westminster James Davis Taylor Conservative 1908
Vancouver City George Henry Cowan Conservative 1908
Victoria City George Henry Barnard Conservative 1908
Yale—Cariboo Martin Burrell Conservative 1908
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Brandon Clifford Sifton Liberal 1896
Dauphin Glenlyon Campbell Conservative 1908
Lisgar William Henry Sharpe Conservative 1908
Macdonald William D. Staples Conservative 1904
Marquette William James Roche Conservative 1896
Portage la Prairie Arthur Meighen Conservative 1908
Provencher John Patrick Molloy Liberal 1908
Selkirk George Henry Bradbury Conservative 1908
Souris Frederick Laurence Schaffner Conservative 1904
Winnipeg Alexander Haggart Conservative 1908
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Carleton Frank Broadstreet Carvell Liberal 1904
Charlotte William Frederick Todd Liberal 1908
City and County of St. John William Pugsley Liberal 1907
City of St. John John Waterhouse Daniel Conservative 1904
Gloucester Onésiphore Turgeon Liberal 1900
Kent Olivier J. Leblanc Liberal 1900
King's and Albert Duncan Hamilton McAlister Liberal 1908
Northumberland William Stewart Loggie Liberal 1904
Restigouche James Reid Liberal 1900
Sunbury—Queen's Hugh Havelock McLean Liberal 1908
Victoria Pius Michaud Liberal 1907
Westmorland Henry Emmerson Liberal 1900
York Oswald Smith Crocket Conservative 1904
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Annapolis Samuel Walter Willet Pickup Liberal 1904
Antigonish William Chisholm Liberal 1905
Cape Breton South James William Maddin Liberal-Conservative 1908
Colchester John Stanfield Conservative 1907
Cumberland Edgar Nelson Rhodes Conservative 1908
Digby Clarence Jameson Conservative 1908
Guysborough John Howard Sinclair Liberal 1904
Halifax* Robert Laird Borden Conservative 1896, 1905,[b] 1908
Adam Brown Crosby Conservative 1908
Hants Judson Burpee Black Liberal 1904
Inverness Alexander William Chisholm Liberal 1908
Kings Frederick William Borden Liberal 1874, 1887
Lunenburg Alexander Kenneth Maclean (resigned 23 October 1909) Liberal 1904
John Drew Sperry (by-election of 1909-12-22) Liberal 1909
North Cape Breton and Victoria Daniel Duncan McKenzie Liberal 1904, 1908
Pictou Edward Mortimer Macdonald Liberal 1904
Richmond George William Kyte Liberal 1908
Shelburne and Queen's William Stevens Fielding Liberal 1896
Yarmouth Bowman Brown Law Liberal 1902
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Algoma East William Ross Smyth Conservative 1908
Algoma West Arthur Cyril Boyce Conservative 1904
Brantford Lloyd Harris Liberal 1908
Brant William Paterson Liberal 1872
Brockville George Perry Graham Liberal 1907
Bruce North John Tolmie Liberal 1906
Bruce South James J. Donnelly Conservative 1904, 1908
Carleton Robert Laird Borden (resigned to maintain seat in Halifax) Conservative 1896,[c] 1905
Edward Kidd (by-election of 1909-02-22) Conservative 1909
Dufferin John Barr (died 19 November 1909) Conservative 1904
John Best (by-election of 1909-12-22) Conservative 1909
Dundas Andrew Broder Conservative 1896
Durham Charles Jonas Thornton Conservative 1900, 1908
Elgin East David Marshall Conservative 1906
Elgin West Thomas Wilson Crothers Conservative 1908
Essex North Robert Franklin Sutherland (until 21 October 1909 judicial appointment) Liberal 1908
Oliver James Wilcox (by-election of 1909-11-10) Conservative 1909
Essex South Alfred Henry Clarke Liberal 1904
Frontenac John Wesley Edwards Conservative 1908
Glengarry John Angus McMillan Liberal 1908
Grenville John Dowsley Reid Conservative 1896
Grey East Thomas Simpson Sproule Conservative 1878
Grey North William Sora Middlebro Conservative 1908
Grey South Henry Horton Miller Liberal 1904
Haldimand Francis Ramsey Lalor Conservative 1904
Halton David Henderson Conservative 1887, 1888
Hamilton East Samuel Barker Conservative 1900
Hamilton West Thomas Joseph Stewart Conservative 1908
Hastings East William Barton Northrup Conservative 1892, 1900
Hastings West Edward Guss Porter Conservative 1902
Huron East Thomas Chisholm Conservative 1904
Huron South Murdo Young McLean Liberal 1908
Huron West Edward Norman Lewis Conservative 1904
Kent East David Alexander Gordon Liberal 1904
Kent West Archibald Blake McCoig Liberal 1908
Kingston William Harty Liberal 1902
Lambton East Joseph Elijah Armstrong Conservative 1904
Lambton West Frederick Forsyth Pardee Liberal 1905
Lanark North William Thoburn Conservative 1908
Lanark South John Graham Haggart Conservative 1872
Leeds George Taylor Conservative 1882
Lennox and Addington Uriah Wilson Conservative 1892
Lincoln Edward Arthur Lancaster Conservative 1900
London Thomas Beattie Conservative 1891, 1900
Middlesex East Peter Elson Conservative 1904
Middlesex North Alexander Wilson Smith Liberal 1908
Middlesex West William Samuel Calvert (until 21 October 1909 railway appointment) Liberal 1896
Duncan Campbell Ross (by-election of 1909-11-10) Liberal 1909
Muskoka William Wright Conservative 1904
Nipissing George Gordon Conservative 1908
Norfolk Alexander McCall Conservative 1908
Northumberland East Charles Lewis Owen Conservative 1907
Northumberland West John B. McColl Liberal 1900
Ontario North Samuel Simpson Sharpe Conservative 1908
Ontario South Frederick Luther Fowke Liberal 1908
Ottawa (City of)* Wilfrid Laurier (until resignation) Liberal 1874, 1877
Harold Buchanan McGiverin Liberal 1908
Albert Allard (by-election of 1910-01-29, replaces Laurier) Liberal 1910
Oxford North Edward Walter Nesbitt Liberal 1908
Oxford South Malcolm Smith Schell Liberal 1904
Parry Sound James Arthurs Conservative 1908
Peel Richard Blain Conservative 1900
Perth North James Palmer Rankin Liberal 1908
Perth South Gilbert Howard McIntyre Liberal 1904
Peterborough East John Albert Sexsmith Conservative 1908
Peterborough West James Robert Stratton Liberal 1908
Prescott Edmond Proulx Liberal 1904
Prince Edward Morley Currie Liberal 1908
Renfrew North Gerald Verner White Conservative 1906
Renfrew South Thomas Andrew Low Liberal 1908
Russell Charles Murphy Liberal 1904
Simcoe East Thomas Edward Manley Chew Liberal 1908
Simcoe North John Allister Currie Conservative 1908
Simcoe South Haughton Lennox Conservative 1900
Stormont Robert Smith Liberal 1908
Thunder Bay and Rainy River James Conmee Liberal 1904
Toronto Centre Edmund James Bristol Conservative 1905
Toronto East Joseph Russell Independent 1908
Toronto North George Eulas Foster Conservative 1882,[d] 1904
Toronto South Angus Claude Macdonell Conservative 1904
Toronto West Edmund Boyd Osler Conservative 1896
Victoria Sam Hughes Liberal-Conservative 1892
Waterloo North William Lyon Mackenzie King (until ministerial appointment) Liberal 1908
William Lyon Mackenzie King (by-election of 1909-06-21) Liberal
Waterloo South George Adam Clare Conservative 1900
Welland William Manly German Liberal 1891, 1900
Wellington North Alexander Munro Martin Liberal 1907
Wellington South Hugh Guthrie Liberal 1900
Wentworth William Oscar Sealey Liberal 1908
York Centre Thomas George Wallace Conservative 1908
York North Allen Bristol Aylesworth Liberal 1905
York South William Findlay Maclean Independent Conservative 1892
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
King's Austin Levi Fraser Conservative 1908
Prince James William Richards Liberal 1908
Queen's* Lemuel Ezra Prowse Liberal 1908
Alexander Bannerman Warburton Liberal 1908
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Argenteuil George Halsey Perley Conservative 1904
Bagot Joseph Edmond Marcile Liberal 1898
Beauce Henri Sévérin Béland Liberal 1902
Beauharnois Louis-Joseph Papineau Liberal 1908
Bellechasse Onésiphore Ernest Talbot Liberal 1896
Berthier Arthur Ecrément Liberal 1908
Bonaventure Charles Marcil (†) Liberal 1900
Brome Sydney Arthur Fisher Liberal 1896
Chambly—Verchères Victor Geoffrion Liberal 1900
Champlain Pierre Édouard Blondin Conservative 1908
Charlevoix Joseph David Rodolphe Forget Conservative 1904
Chicoutimi—Saguenay Joseph Girard Conservative 1900
Châteauguay James Pollock Brown Liberal 1891
Compton Aylmer Byron Hunt Liberal 1904
Dorchester Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy Liberal 1908
Drummond—Arthabaska Louis Lavergne (until Senate appointment) Liberal 1897
Arthur Gilbert (by-election of 1910-11-03) Nationaliste 1910
Gaspé Rodolphe Lemieux Liberal 1896
Hochelaga Louis Alfred Adhémar Rivet Liberal 1904
Huntingdon James Alexander Robb Liberal 1908
Jacques Cartier Frederick Debartzch Monk Conservative 1896
Joliette Joseph Adélard Dubeau Liberal 1904
Kamouraska Ernest Lapointe Liberal 1904
Labelle Charles Beautrom Major Liberal 1907
Laprairie—Napierville Roch Lanctôt Liberal 1904
L'Assomption Paul-Arthur Séguin Liberal 1908
Laval Charles Avila Wilson Liberal 1908
Lévis Louis Auguste Carrier Liberal 1905
L'Islet Eugène Paquet Conservative 1904
Lotbinière Edmond Fortier (until election voided 29 September 1909) Liberal 1900
Edmond Fortier (by-election of 1909-10-26) Liberal
Maisonneuve Alphonse Verville Labour 1906
Maskinongé Hormidas Mayrand Liberal 1903
Mégantic François Théodore Savoie Liberal 1904
Missisquoi Daniel Bishop Meigs Liberal 1888, 1896
Montcalm François Octave Dugas (until 6 September 1909 judicial appointment) Liberal 1900
David Arthur Lafortune (by-election of 1909-09-25) Independent Liberal 1909
Montmagny Cyrias Roy Liberal 1908
Montmorency Georges Parent Liberal 1904
Nicolet Gustave Adolphe Turcotte Liberal 1907
Pontiac George Frederick Hodgins Liberal 1908
Portneuf Michel-Siméon Delisle Liberal 1900
Quebec-Centre Arthur Lachance Liberal 1905
Quebec County Joseph Pierre Turcotte Liberal 1908
Quebec East Wilfrid Laurier Liberal 1874
Quebec West William Price Conservative 1908
Richelieu Adélard Lanctôt Liberal 1907
Richmond—Wolfe Edmund William Tobin Liberal 1900
Rimouski Jean Auguste Ross Liberal 1897
Rouville Louis Philippe Brodeur Liberal 1904
Shefford Henry Edgarton Allen Liberal 1908
Town of Sherbrooke Arthur Norreys Worthington Conservative 1904
Soulanges Joseph Arthur Lortie Conservative 1896
St. Anne Charles Joseph Doherty Conservative 1908
Stanstead Charles Henry Lovell Liberal 1907
St. Antoine Herbert Brown Ames Conservative 1904
St. Hyacinthe Aimé Majorique Beauparlant Liberal 1904
St. James Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais Liberal 1904
St. Johns—Iberville Marie Joseph Demers Liberal 1906
St. Lawrence Robert Bickerdike Liberal 1900
St. Mary Médéric Martin Liberal 1908
Terrebonne Wilfrid Bruno Nantel Conservative 1908
Three Rivers and St. Maurice Jacques Bureau Liberal 1900
Témiscouata Charles Arthur Gauvreau Liberal 1897
Two Mountains Joseph Arthur Calixte Éthier Liberal 1896
Vaudreuil Gustave Benjamin Boyer Liberal 1904
Wright Emmanuel Berchmans Devlin Liberal 1904
Yamaska Oscar Gladu Liberal 1904
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Assiniboia John Gillanders Turriff Liberal 1904
Battleford Albert Champagne Liberal 1908
Humboldt David Bradley Neely Liberal 1908
Mackenzie Edward L. Cash Liberal 1904
Moose Jaw William Erskine Knowles Liberal 1908
Prince Albert William Windfield Rutan Liberal 1908
Qu'Appelle Richard Stuart Lake Conservative 1904
Regina William Melville Martin Liberal 1908
Saltcoats Thomas MacNutt Liberal 1908
Saskatoon George Ewan McCraney Liberal 1908
Electoral district Name Party First elected/previously elected
Yukon Frederick Tennyson Congdon Liberal 1908

By-elections

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By-election Date Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause Retained
Drummond—Arthabaska November 3, 1910 Louis Lavergne      Liberal Arthur Gilbert      Nationalist Called to the Senate No
City of Ottawa January 29, 1910 Sir Wilfrid Laurier      Liberal Albert Allard      Liberal Chose to sit for Quebec East. Yes
Dufferin December 22, 1909 John Barr      Conservative John Best      Conservative Death Yes
Lunenburg December 22, 1909 Alexander Kenneth Maclean      Liberal John Drew Sperry      Liberal Resignation Yes
Middlesex West November 20, 1909 William Samuel Calvert      Liberal Duncan Campbell Ross      Liberal Appointed to the National Transcontinental Railway Commission Yes
Essex North November 20, 1909 Robert Franklin Sutherland      Liberal Oliver James Wilcox      Conservative Appointed a judge No
Lotbinière October 26, 1909 Edmond Fortier      Liberal Edmond Fortier      Liberal Election declared void Yes
Strathcona October 20, 1909 Wilbert McIntyre      Liberal James McCrie Douglas      Liberal Death Yes
Montcalm September 25, 1909 François Octave Dugas      Liberal David Arthur Lafortune      Independent Liberal Appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec No
Waterloo North June 21, 1909 William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King      Liberal Recontested upon appointment as Minister of Labour. Yes
Carleton February 22, 1909 Robert Borden      Conservative Edward Kidd      Conservative Chose to sit for Halifax Yes
Comox—Atlin February 8, 1909 William Sloan      Liberal William Templeman      Liberal Resignation to provide a seat for Templeman Yes


Notes

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  1. ^ Victoria City
  2. ^ Carleton (Ontario)
  3. ^ Halifax (Nova Scotia)
  4. ^ King's/York (New Brunswick)

References

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Succession

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