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Sixteenth
16
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
:
1926.12.09 - 1930.05.30
Duration:
1268 days (3 years, 5 months, 21 days)
Government Type:
Majority Government
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Number of Sessions:
4
Date of General Election:
1926.09.14
Prime Minister:
King, William Lyon Mackenzie
(1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06)
Leader of the Official Opposition:
Bennett, Richard Bedford
(1927.10.12 - 1930.08.06)
Guthrie, Hugh
(Acting)
(1926.10.11 - 1927.10.11)
Senators
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At Dissolution
Conservative (1867-1942) (43)
Liberal Party of Canada (42)
Vacant Seats (7)
Independent (1)
Liberal Progressive (1)
Liberal-Conservative (1)
Unionist (Liberal) (1)
Conservative (1867-1942) (43)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
Barnard, George Henry
British Columbia
1917.10.23
Beaubien, Charles-Philippe
Quebec
1915.12.03
Bénard, Aimé
Manitoba
1917.09.03
Black, Frank Bunting
New Brunswick
1921.11.25
Blondin, Pierre Édouard
Quebec
1918.07.20
Bourque, Thomas-Jean
New Brunswick
1917.01.20
Calder, James Alexander
Saskatchewan
1921.09.22
Chapais, Joseph Amable Thomas
Quebec
1919.12.31
Curry, Nathaniel
Nova Scotia
1912.11.20
Daniel, John Waterhouse
New Brunswick
1912.03.18
Donnelly, James J.
Ontario
1913.05.26
Fisher, John Henry
Ontario
1917.07.26
Foster, George Eulas
Ontario
1921.09.22
Foster, George Green
Quebec
1917.07.27
Gillis, Archibald Beaton
Saskatchewan
1921.10.17
Girroir, Edward Lavin
Nova Scotia
1912.11.20
Gordon, George
Ontario
1912.10.17
Green, Robert Francis
British Columbia
1921.10.03
Griesbach, William Antrobus
Alberta
1921.09.15
Laird, Henry Willoughby
Saskatchewan
1917.01.31
L'Espérance, David Ovide
Quebec
1917.07.26
Lynch-Staunton, George
Ontario
1917.01.20
Macdonell, Archibald Hayes
Ontario
1921.11.07
Martin, Peter Francis
Nova Scotia
1921.12.05
McCormick, John
Nova Scotia
1921.09.21
McLean, John
Prince Edward Island
1915.12.03
McLennan, John Stewart
Nova Scotia
1916.02.10
McMeans, Lendrum
Manitoba
1917.07.26
Michener, Edward
Alberta
1918.02.05
Planta, Albert
British Columbia
1917.06.26
Pope, Rufus Henry
Quebec
1911.11.14
Robertson, Gideon Decker
Ontario
1917.01.20
Schaffner, Frederick Laurence
Manitoba
1917.10.23
Sharpe, William Henry
Manitoba
1916.02.10
Smith, Ernest D'Israeli
Ontario
1913.05.26
Stanfield, John
Nova Scotia
1921.02.17
Tanner, Charles Elliott
Nova Scotia
1917.01.20
Taylor, James Davis
British Columbia
1917.10.23
Todd, Irving Randall
New Brunswick
1918.03.07
Webster, Lorne Campbell
Quebec
1920.01.10
White, Gerald Verner
Ontario
1919.11.06
White, Richard Smeaton
Quebec
1917.07.30
Willoughby, Wellington Bartley
Saskatchewan
1917.10.23
Liberal Party of Canada (42)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
Aylesworth, Allen Bristol
Ontario
1923.01.11
Béique, Frédéric Liguori
Quebec
1902.02.07
Béland, Henri Sévérin
Quebec
1925.09.05
Belcourt, Napoléon Antoine
Ontario
1907.11.22
Buchanan, William Ashbury
Alberta
1925.09.05
Bureau, Jacques
Quebec
1925.09.05
Casgrain, Joseph Philippe Baby
Quebec
1900.01.29
Copp, Arthur Bliss
New Brunswick
1925.09.25
Dandurand, Raoul
Quebec
1898.01.22
Farrell, Edward Matthew
Nova Scotia
1910.01.12
Foster, Walter Edward
New Brunswick
1928.12.06
Graham, George Perry
Ontario
1926.12.20
Hardy, Arthur Charles
Ontario
1922.02.10
Harmer, William James
Alberta
1918.02.05
Hatfield, Paul Lacombe
Nova Scotia
1926.10.07
Haydon, Andrew
Ontario
1924.03.10
Horsey, Henry Herbert
Ontario
1928.12.14
Hughes, James Joseph
Prince Edward Island
1925.09.05
Lacasse, Joseph-Henri-Gustave
Ontario
1928.01.10
Legris, Joseph Hormisdas
Quebec
1903.02.10
Lessard, Prosper-Edmond
Alberta
1925.09.05
Lewis, John
Ontario
1925.09.05
Little, Edgar Sydney
Ontario
1928.01.10
Logan, Hance James
Nova Scotia
1929.02.05
MacArthur, Creelman
Prince Edward Island
1925.09.05
McDougald, Wilfrid Laurier
Quebec
1926.06.25
McGuire, William Henry
Ontario
1926.12.20
Molloy, John Patrick
Manitoba
1925.10.06
Murdock, James
Ontario
1930.03.20
Murphy, Charles
Ontario
1925.09.05
Paradis, Philippe-Jacques
Quebec
1927.12.14
Rankin, James Palmer
Ontario
1925.09.09
Raymond, Donat
Quebec
1926.12.20
Riley, Daniel Edward
Alberta
1926.06.25
Robinson, Clifford William
New Brunswick
1924.05.05
Ross, James Hamilton
Northwest Territories
1904.09.30
Spence, James Houston
Ontario
1928.01.10
Tessier, Jules
Quebec
1903.03.12
Turgeon, Onésiphore
New Brunswick
1922.10.27
Turriff, John Gillanders
Saskatchewan
1918.09.23
Wilson, Cairine Reay
First woman Senator in Canadian history. First woman appointed Chair of a Senate Standing Committee (Immigration and Labour).
Ontario
1930.02.15
Wilson, Joseph-Marcellin
Quebec
1911.05.03
Vacant Seats (7)
Independent (1)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
McDonald, John Anthony
New Brunswick
1921.02.17
Liberal Progressive (1)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
Forke, Robert
Manitoba
1929.12.30
Liberal-Conservative (1)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
Poirier, Pascal
First Acadian appointed to the Senate. (Source: Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples)
New Brunswick
1885.03.09
Unionist (Liberal) (1)
Name
Province
Date of Appointment
Crowe, Sanford Johnston
British Columbia
1921.12.01
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