10th Canadian Parliament
The 10th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 11, 1905, until September 17, 1908. The membership was set by the 1904 federal election on November 3, 1904. It was dissolved prior to the 1908 election.
10th Parliament of Canada | |||
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Majority parliament | |||
January 11, 1905 – September 17, 1908 | |||
Parliament leaders | |||
Prime Minister (cabinet) | Sir Wilfrid Laurier (8th Canadian Ministry) July 11, 1896 – October 6, 1911 | ||
Leader of the Opposition | Sir Robert Borden February 6, 1901 – October 9, 1911 | ||
Party caucuses | |||
Government | Liberal Party | ||
Opposition | Conservative Party | ||
Unrecognized | Liberal-Conservative Party | ||
House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
Speaker of the Commons | Robert Franklin Sutherland January 11, 1905 – January 19, 1909 | ||
Senate | |||
Speaker of the Senate | Raoul Dandurand January 9, 1905 – January 13, 1909 | ||
James Kirkpatrick Kerr January 14, 1909 – October 22, 1911 | |||
Sovereign | |||
Monarch | Edward VII January 22, 1901 – May 6, 1910 | ||
Governor General | Albert Henry George Grey December 10, 1904 – October 13, 1911 | ||
Sessions | |||
1st Session January 11, 1905 – July 20, 1905 | |||
2nd Session March 8, 1906 – July 13, 1906 | |||
3rd Session November 22, 1906 – April 27, 1907 | |||
4th Session November 28, 1907 – July 20, 1908 | |||
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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 Robert Franklin Sutherland. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1903-1907 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
There were four sessions of the 10th Parliament:
Session | Start | End |
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1st | January 11, 1905 | July 20, 1905 |
2nd | March 8, 1906 | July 13, 1906 |
3rd | November 22, 1906 | April 27, 1907 |
4th | November 28, 1907 | July 20, 1908 |
List of members
Following is a full list of members of the tenth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district.
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Alberta/Saskatchewan
Alberta and Saskatchewan were established as Canadian provinces on 1 September 1905 from parts of what had formerly been the Northwest Territories. The old NWT electoral districts were not formally abolished until the 1907 redistribution, which took the provincial boundary into account. In the meantime, three by-elections were held in districts which straddled the new border.
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Assiniboia West | William Erskine Knowles (by-election of 1906-02-06) | Liberal | |
Saskatchewan | George Ewan McCraney (by-election of 1906-02-06) | Liberal | |
Strathcona | Wilbert McIntyre (by-election of 1906-04-05) | Liberal | |
British Columbia
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Comox—Atlin | William Sloan | Liberal | |
Kootenay | William Alfred Galliher | Liberal | |
Nanaimo | Ralph Smith | Liberal | |
New Westminster | James Buckham Kennedy | Liberal | |
Vancouver City | Robert George Macpherson | Liberal | |
Victoria City | George Riley (resigned 6 February 1906 to allow seat for Templeman) | Liberal | |
William Templeman (by-election of 1906-03-06) | Liberal | ||
Yale—Cariboo | Duncan Ross | Liberal |
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Carleton | Frank Broadstreet Carvell | Liberal | |
Charlotte | Gilbert White Ganong | Liberal-Conservative | |
City and County of St. John | Alfred Augustus Stockton (died 15 March 1907) | Conservative | |
William Pugsley (by-election of 1907-09-18) | Liberal | ||
City of St. John | John Waterhouse Daniel | Conservative | |
Gloucester | Onésiphore Turgeon | Liberal | |
Kent | Olivier J. Leblanc | Liberal | |
King's and Albert | George William Fowler | Conservative | |
Northumberland | William Stewart Loggie | Liberal | |
Restigouche | James Reid | Liberal | |
Sunbury—Queen's | Robert Duncan Wilmot | Conservative | |
Victoria | John Costigan (until Senate appointment) | Liberal | |
Pius Michaud (by-election of 1907-03-05) | Liberal | ||
Westmorland | Henry Robert Emmerson | Liberal | |
York | Oswald Smith Crocket | Conservative |
Northwest Territories
The regions of the Northwest Territories represented in Parliament became the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 1 September 1905. Except in cases where the members resigned, NWT MP's continued to represent constituencies using the 1903 boundaries until the dissolution of the 10th Parliament.
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Alberta (Provisional District) | John Herron | Liberal-Conservative | |
Assiniboia East | John Gillanders Turriff | Liberal | |
Assiniboia West | Thomas Walter Scott | Liberal | |
Calgary | Maitland Stewart McCarthy | Conservative | |
Edmonton | Frank Oliver (until 8 April 1905 ministerial appointment) | Liberal | |
Frank Oliver (by-election of 1905-04-25) | Liberal | ||
Humboldt | Alan Joseph Adamson | Liberal | |
Mackenzie | Edward L. Cash | Liberal | |
Qu'Appelle | Richard Stuart Lake | Conservative | |
Saskatchewan (Provisional District) | John Henderson Lamont | Liberal | |
Strathcona | Peter Talbot | Liberal |
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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King's | James Joseph Hughes | Liberal | |
Prince | Alfred Alexander Lefurgey | Conservative | |
Queen's* | Alexander Martin | Conservative | |
Angus Alexander McLean | Conservative |
Quebec
Yukon
Electoral district | Name | Party | |
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Yukon | Alfred Thompson | Conservative |
By-elections
References
- Government of Canada. "8th Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 2004-08-19. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
- Government of Canada. "10th Parliament". Members of the House of Commons: 1867 to Date: By Parliament. Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2006-11-30.
- Government of Canada. "Duration of Sessions". Library of Parliament. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "General Elections". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "Key Dates for each Parliament". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "Leaders of the Opposition in the House of Commons". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "Prime Ministers of Canada". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
- Government of Canada. "Speakers". Library of Parliament. Archived from the original on 2006-09-17. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
Further reading
- Chambers, Ernest J., ed. (1908). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 266967058. Retrieved August 9, 2020.