12th Canadian Parliament


The 12th Canadian Parliament was in session from 15 November 1911 until 6 October 1917. The membership was set by the 1911 federal election on 21 September 1911, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1917 election. At 5 years, 10 months and 22 days, it was the longest parliament in Canadian history. The parliament was extended beyond the normal limit of five years by the British North America Act, 1916 as a result of World War I.
It was controlled by a Conservative/Liberal-Conservative majority under Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and the 9th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid Laurier. The last year of the wartime parliament was dominated by the Conscription Crisis of 1917. At the end of the parliament, a new ministry, the Union Government, was formed by Borden as a wartime coalition government including Liberals. Laurier refused to join and those Liberals who supported Borden took the name Liberal-Unionists. The Union Government went on to win the 1917 federal election.
The Speaker was first Thomas Simpson Sproule, and later Albert Sévigny. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1907-1914 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were seven sessions of the 12th Parliament:
SessionStartEnd
1st15 November 19111 April 1912
2nd21 November 19126 June 1913
3rd15 January 191412 June 1914
4th18 August 191422 August 1914
5th4 February 191515 April 1915
6th12 January 191618 May 1916
7th18 January 191720 September 1917

List of members

Following is a full list of members of the twelfth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Key:
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk indicates that district was represented by two members.

[Alberta]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CalgaryRichard Bedford BennettConservative19111st term
EdmontonFrank OliverLiberal18965th term
MacleodDavid WarnockLiberal19111st term
Medicine HatWilliam Ashbury BuchananLiberal19111st term
Red DeerMichael ClarkLiberal19082nd term
StrathconaJames McCrie DouglasLiberal19092nd term
VictoriaWilliam Henry WhiteLiberal19082nd term

[British Columbia]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Comox—AtlinHerbert Sylvester ClementsConservative1904, 19112nd term*
KootenayArthur Samuel Goodeve Conservative19082nd term
KootenayRobert Francis Green Conservative19121st term
NanaimoFrancis Henry ShepherdConservative19111st term
New WestminsterJames Davis TaylorConservative19082nd term
Vancouver CityHenry Herbert StevensConservative19111st term
Victoria CityGeorge Henry BarnardConservative19082nd term
Yale—CaribooMartin Burrell Conservative19082nd term
Yale—CaribooMartin Burrell Conservative19082nd term

[Manitoba]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
BrandonJames Albert Manning AikinsConservative19111st term
DauphinRobert CruiseLiberal19111st term
LisgarWilliam Henry SharpeConservative19082nd term
MacdonaldWilliam D. Staples Conservative19043rd term
MacdonaldAlexander Morrison Conservative19121st term
MacdonaldAlexander Morrison Conservative19121st term
MarquetteWilliam James Roche Conservative18965th term
MarquetteWilliam James Roche Conservative18965th term
Portage la PrairieArthur Meighen Conservative19082nd term
Portage la PrairieArthur Meighen Conservative19082nd term
ProvencherJohn Patrick MolloyLiberal19082nd term
SelkirkGeorge Henry BradburyConservative19082nd term
SourisFrederick Laurence SchaffnerConservative19043rd term
WinnipegAlexander Haggart Conservative19082nd term
WinnipegRobert Rogers Conservative19111st term

[New Brunswick]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
CarletonFrank Broadstreet CarvellLiberal19043rd term
CharlotteThomas Aaron HarttConservative19111st term
City and County of St. JohnJohn Waterhouse Daniel Conservative19044th term
City and County of St. JohnJohn Douglas Hazen Conservative1891, 19112nd term*
City of St. JohnWilliam PugsleyLiberal19043rd term
GloucesterOnésiphore TurgeonLiberal19004th term
KentFerdinand-Joseph RobidouxConservative19111st term
King's and AlbertGeorge William FowlerConservative1900, 19113rd term*
NorthumberlandWilliam Stewart LoggieLiberal19043rd term
RestigoucheJames ReidLiberal19004th term
Sunbury—Queen'sHugh Havelock McLeanLiberal19082nd term
VictoriaPius MichaudLiberal19073rd term
WestmorlandHenry Emmerson Liberal19004th term
WestmorlandArthur Bliss Copp Liberal19151st term
YorkOswald Smith Crocket Conservative19043rd term
YorkHarry Fulton McLeod Conservative19131st term

[Ontario]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
Algoma EastWilliam Ross SmythConservative19082nd term
Algoma WestArthur Cyril BoyceConservative19043rd term
BrantfordWilliam Foster CockshuttConservative1904, 19112nd term*
BrantJohn Henry FisherConservative19111st term
BrockvilleJohn WebsterConservative19111st term
Bruce NorthHugh Clark Conservative19111st term
Bruce SouthJames J. Donnelly Conservative1904, 19083rd term*
Bruce SouthReuben Eldridge Truax Liberal19131st term
CarletonEdward Kidd Conservative19092nd term
CarletonWilliam Foster Garland Conservative19121st term
DufferinJohn BestConservative19092nd term
DundasAndrew BroderConservative18965th term
DurhamCharles Jonas ThorntonConservative1900, 19083rd term*
Elgin EastDavid MarshallConservative19063rd term
Elgin WestThomas Wilson Crothers Conservative19082nd term
Elgin WestThomas Wilson Crothers Conservative19082nd term
Essex NorthOliver James WilcoxConservative19092nd term
Essex SouthAlfred Henry ClarkeLiberal19043rd term
FrontenacJohn Wesley EdwardsConservative19082nd term
GlengarryJohn Angus McMillanLiberal19082nd term
GrenvilleJohn Dowsley Reid Conservative18965th term
GrenvilleJohn Dowsley Reid Conservative18965th term
Grey EastThomas Simpson Sproule Conservative18789th term
Grey NorthWilliam Sora MiddlebroConservative19082nd term
Grey SouthRobert James BallConservative19111st term
HaldimandFrancis Ramsey LalorConservative19043rd term
HaltonDavid HendersonConservative1887, 18888th term*
Hamilton EastSamuel BarkerConservative19004th term
Hamilton WestThomas Joseph StewartConservative19082nd term
Hastings EastWilliam Barton NorthrupConservative1892, 19005th term*
Hastings WestEdward Guss PorterConservative19024th term
Huron EastJames BowmanConservative19111st term
Huron SouthJonathan Joseph MernerConservative19111st term
Huron WestEdward Norman LewisConservative19043rd term
Kent EastDavid Alexander GordonLiberal19043rd term
Kent WestArchibald Blake McCoigLiberal19082nd term
KingstonWilliam Folger NickleConservative19111st term
Lambton EastJoseph Elijah ArmstrongConservative19044th term
Lambton WestFrederick Forsyth PardeeLiberal19053rd term
Lanark NorthWilliam ThoburnConservative19082nd term
Lanark SouthJohn Graham Haggart Conservative187211th term
Lanark SouthAdelbert Edward Hanna Conservative19131st term
LeedsGeorge Taylor Conservative18828th term
LeedsWilliam Thomas White Conservative19111st term
Lennox and AddingtonWilliam James PaulConservative19111st term
LincolnEdward Arthur LancasterConservative19004th term
LondonThomas Beattie Conservative1891, 19005th term*
LondonWilliam Gray Conservative19151st term
Middlesex EastPeter Elson Conservative19043rd term
Middlesex EastSamuel Francis Glass Conservative19131st term
Middlesex NorthGeorge Adam ElliottConservative19111st term
Middlesex WestDuncan Campbell RossLiberal19092nd term
MuskokaWilliam WrightConservative19043rd term
NipissingGeorge Gordon Conservative19082nd term
NipissingFrancis Cochrane Conservative19111st term
NorfolkWilliam Andrew CharltonLiberal19111st term
Northumberland EastHenry Joseph WalkerConservative19111st term
Northumberland WestCharles Arthur MunsonConservative19111st term
Ontario NorthSamuel Simpson SharpeConservative19082nd term
Ontario SouthWilliam SmithConservative1887, 1892, 19113rd term*
Ottawa (City of)*John Léo ChabotConservative19111st term
Ottawa (City of)*Alfred Ernest FrippConservative19111st term
Oxford NorthEdward Walter NesbittLiberal19082nd term
Oxford SouthDonald SutherlandConservative19111st term
Parry SoundJames ArthursConservative19082nd term
PeelRichard BlainConservative19004th term
Perth NorthHugh Boulton MorphyConservative19111st term
Perth SouthMichael SteeleConservative19111st term
Peterborough EastJohn Albert SexsmithConservative19082nd term
Peterborough WestJohn Hampden BurnhamConservative19111st term
PrescottEdmond ProulxLiberal19043rd term
Prince EdwardBernard Rickart HepburnConservative19111st term
Renfrew NorthGerald Verner WhiteConservative19063rd term
Renfrew SouthThomas Andrew Low Liberal19082nd term
Renfrew SouthGeorge Perry Graham Liberal1907, 19123rd term*
RussellCharles MurphyLiberal19043rd term
Simcoe EastWilliam Humphrey BennettConservative1892, 19116th term*
Simcoe NorthJohn Allister CurrieConservative19082nd term
Simcoe SouthHaughton Lennox Conservative19004th term
Simcoe SouthWilliam Alves Boys Conservative19121st term
StormontDuncan Orestes AlguireConservative19111st term
Thunder Bay and Rainy RiverJohn James CarrickConservative19111st term
Toronto CentreEdmund James BristolConservative19053rd term
Toronto EastAlbert Edward Kemp Conservative1900, 19113rd term*
Toronto EastAlbert Edward Kemp Conservative1900, 19113rd term*
Toronto NorthGeorge Eulas Foster Conservative1882, 19047th term*
Toronto NorthGeorge Eulas Foster Conservative1882, 1904-
Toronto SouthAngus Claude MacdonellConservative19043rd term
Toronto WestEdmund Boyd OslerConservative18965th term
VictoriaSam Hughes Liberal-Conservative18926th term
VictoriaSam Hughes Liberal-Conservative18926th term
Waterloo NorthWilliam George WeichelConservative19111st term
Waterloo SouthGeorge Adam Clare Conservative19004th term
Waterloo SouthFrank Stewart Scott Conservative19151st term
WellandWilliam Manly GermanLiberal1891, 19005th term*
Wellington NorthWilliam Aurelius ClarkeConservative19111st term
Wellington SouthHugh GuthrieLiberal19004th term
WentworthGordon Crooks WilsonConservative19111st term
York CentreThomas George WallaceConservative19082nd term
York NorthJohn Alexander Macdonald ArmstrongConservative19111st term
York SouthWilliam Findlay MacleanIndependent Conservative18926th term

[Prince Edward Island]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
King'sJames Joseph HughesLiberal1900, 19112nd term*
PrinceJames William RichardsLiberal19082nd term
Queen's*Angus Alexander McLeanConservative1904, 19112nd term*
Queen's*Donald NicholsonConservative19111st term

[Quebec]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
ArgenteuilGeorge Halsey PerleyConservative19043rd term
BagotJoseph Edmond MarcileLiberal18985th term
BeauceHenri Sévérin BélandLiberal19024th term
BeauharnoisLouis-Joseph PapineauConservative19082nd term
BellechasseJoseph Octave LavalléeConservative19111st term
BerthierJoseph Arthur BarretteConservative19111st term
BonaventureCharles MarcilLiberal19004th term
BromeGeorge Harold BakerConservative19111st term
Chambly—VerchèresJoseph Hormisdas RainvilleConservative19111st term
ChamplainPierre Édouard Blondin Conservative19082nd term
ChamplainPierre Édouard Blondin Conservative19082nd term
CharlevoixJoseph David Rodolphe ForgetConservative19043rd term
Chicoutimi—SaguenayJoseph GirardIndependent Conservative19004th term
ChâteauguayJames Pollock Brown Liberal18916th term
ChâteauguayJames Morris Conservative19131st term
ComptonFrederick Robert CromwellConservative19111st term
DorchesterAlbert Sévigny Conservative19111st term
DorchesterAlbert Sévigny Conservative19111st term
Drummond—ArthabaskaJoseph Ovide BrouillardLiberal19111st term
GaspéLouis-Philippe GauthierConservative19111st term
HochelagaLouis Coderre Conservative19111st term
HochelagaLouis Coderre Conservative19111st term
HochelagaEsioff-Léon Patenaude Conservative19151st term
HuntingdonJames Alexander RobbLiberal19082nd term
Jacques CartierFrederick Debartzch Monk Conservative18965th term
Jacques CartierFrederick Debartzch Monk Conservative18965th term
Jacques CartierJoseph Adélard Descarries Conservative19151st term
JolietteJoseph Pierre Octave GuilbaultConservative19111st term
KamouraskaErnest LapointeLiberal19044th term
LabelleHonoré AchimConservative19111st term
LabelleHonoré AchimLiberal19111st term
Laprairie—NapiervilleRoch LanctôtLiberal19043rd term
L'AssomptionPaul-Arthur SéguinLiberal19082nd term
LavalCharles Avila WilsonLiberal19082nd term
LévisJoseph Boutin BourassaLiberal19111st term
L'IsletEugène PaquetConservative19043rd term
LotbinièreEdmond FortierLiberal19005th term
MaisonneuveAlphonse VervilleLabour19063rd term
MaskinongéAdélard BellemareIndependent Conservative19111st term
MéganticLucien Turcotte PacaudLiberal19111st term
MissisquoiWilliam Frederic KayLiberal19111st term
MontcalmDavid Arthur LafortuneLiberal19092nd term
MontmagnyDavid Ovide L'EspéranceConservative19111st term
MontmorencyJoseph David Rodolphe ForgetConservative19043rd term
NicoletPaul-Émile LamarcheConservative19111st term
PontiacGerald Hugh BrabazonConservative1904, 19112nd term*
PortneufMichel-Siméon DelisleLiberal19004th term
Quebec-CentreArthur LachanceLiberal19053rd term
Quebec CountyLouis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative19111st term
Quebec CountyLouis-Philippe Pelletier Conservative19111st term
Quebec CountyThomas Chase Casgrain Conservative19141st term
Quebec EastWilfrid LaurierLiberal187410th term
Quebec WestWilliam PowerLiberal1902, 19113rd term*
RichelieuArthur Cardin Liberal19111st term
RichelieuArthur Cardin Liberal19111st term
Richmond—WolfeEdmund William TobinLiberal19004th term
RimouskiHerménégilde BoulayConservative19111st term
RouvilleRodolphe LemieuxLiberal18965th term
St. AnneCharles Joseph Doherty Conservative19082nd term
St. AnneCharles Joseph Doherty Conservative19082nd term
St. AntoineHerbert Brown AmesConservative19043rd term
St. HyacintheLouis Joseph GauthierLiberal19111st term
St. JamesLouis Audet LapointeLiberal19111st term
St. Johns—IbervilleMarie Joseph DemersLiberal19063rd term
St. LawrenceRobert BickerdikeLiberal19004th term
St. MaryMédéric MartinLiberal19082nd term
SheffordGeorges Henri BoivinLiberal19111st term
Town of SherbrookeFrancis N. McCreaLiberal19111st term
SoulangesWilfrid LaurierLiberal187410th term
StansteadCharles Henry LovellLiberal19073rd term
TémiscouataCharles Arthur GauvreauLiberal18975th term
TerrebonneWilfrid Bruno Nantel Conservative19082nd term
TerrebonneWilfrid Bruno Nantel Conservative19082nd term
TerrebonneGédéon Rochon Conservative19151st term
Three Rivers and St. MauriceJacques BureauLiberal19004th term
Two MountainsJoseph Arthur Calixte ÉthierLiberal18965th term
VaudreuilGustave Benjamin BoyerLiberal19043rd term
WrightEmmanuel Berchmans DevlinLiberal19043rd term
YamaskaAlbéric Archie MondouConservative19111st term

[Saskatchewan]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
AssiniboiaJohn Gillanders TurriffLiberal19043rd term
BattlefordAlbert ChampagneLiberal19082nd term
HumboldtDavid Bradley NeelyLiberal19082nd term
MackenzieEdward L. CashLiberal19043rd term
Moose JawWilliam Erskine KnowlesLiberal19082nd term
Prince AlbertJames McKay Conservative19111st term
Prince AlbertSamuel James Donaldson Conservative19151st term
Qu'AppelleLevi ThomsonLiberal19111st term
ReginaWilliam Melville MartinLiberal19082nd term
SaltcoatsThomas MacNuttLiberal19082nd term
SaskatoonGeorge Ewan McCraneyLiberal19082nd term

[Yukon]

Electoral districtNamePartyFirst elected/previously electedNo. of terms
YukonAlfred ThompsonConservative1904, 19112nd term*