12th Canadian Parliament
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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:
| Session | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 15 November 1911 | 1 April 1912 |
| 2nd | 21 November 1912 | 6 June 1913 |
| 3rd | 15 January 1914 | 12 June 1914 |
| 4th | 18 August 1914 | 22 August 1914 |
| 5th | 4 February 1915 | 15 April 1915 |
| 6th | 12 January 1916 | 18 May 1916 |
| 7th | 18 January 1917 | 20 September 1917 |
List of members
Template:CanHOC Following is a full list of members of the twelfth Parliament listed first by province, then by electoral district. Party leaders are italicized. Parliamentary secretaries is indicated by "Template:Double dagger". Cabinet ministers are in boldface. The Prime Minister is both. The Speaker is indicated by "(Template:Dagger)".
Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members.
Alberta
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calgary | Template:Canadian party colour| | Richard Bedford Bennett | Conservative | 1911 |
| Edmonton | Template:Canadian party colour| | Frank Oliver | Liberal | 1896 |
| Macleod | Template:Canadian party colour| | David Warnock | Liberal | 1911 |
| Medicine Hat | Template:Canadian party colour| | William Ashbury Buchanan | Liberal | 1911 |
| Red Deer | Template:Canadian party colour| | Michael Clark | Liberal | 1908 |
| Strathcona | Template:Canadian party colour| | James McCrie Douglas | Liberal | 1909 |
| Victoria | Template:Canadian party colour| | William Henry White | Liberal | 1908 |
British Columbia
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comox—Atlin | Template:Canadian party colour| | Herbert Sylvester Clements | Conservative | 1904,Template:Efn 1911 |
| Kootenay | Template:Canadian party colour| | Arthur Samuel Goodeve (until 4 May 1912 railway appointment) | Conservative | 1908 |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Robert Francis Green (by-election of 30 May 1912) | Conservative | 1912 | |
| Nanaimo | Template:Canadian party colour| | Francis Henry Shepherd | Conservative | 1911 |
| New Westminster | Template:Canadian party colour| | James Davis Taylor | Conservative | 1908 |
| Vancouver City | Template:Canadian party colour| | Henry Herbert Stevens | Conservative | 1911 |
| Victoria City | Template:Canadian party colour| | George Henry Barnard | Conservative | 1908 |
| Yale—Cariboo | Template:Canadian party colour| | Martin Burrell (until 10 October 1911 ministerial appointment) | Conservative | 1908 |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Martin Burrell (by-election of 4 November 1911) | Conservative | ||
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| King's | Template:Canadian party colour| | James Joseph Hughes | Liberal | 1900, 1911 |
| Prince | Template:Canadian party colour| | James William Richards | Liberal | 1908 |
| Queen's* | Template:Canadian party colour| | Angus Alexander McLean | Conservative | 1904, 1911 |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Donald Nicholson | Conservative | 1911 | |
Quebec
Saskatchewan
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assiniboia | Template:Canadian party colour| | John Gillanders Turriff | Liberal | 1904 |
| Battleford | Template:Canadian party colour| | Albert Champagne | Liberal | 1908 |
| Humboldt | Template:Canadian party colour| | David Bradley Neely | Liberal | 1908 |
| Mackenzie | Template:Canadian party colour| | Edward L. Cash | Liberal | 1904 |
| Moose Jaw | Template:Canadian party colour| | William Erskine Knowles | Liberal | 1908 |
| Prince Albert | Template:Canadian party colour| | James McKay (until 16 December 1914 judicial appointment) | Conservative | 1911 |
| Template:Canadian party colour| | Samuel James Donaldson (by-election of 1 February 1915) | Conservative | 1915 | |
| Qu'Appelle | Template:Canadian party colour| | Levi Thomson | Liberal | 1911 |
| Regina | Template:Canadian party colour| | William Melville Martin | Liberal | 1908 |
| Saltcoats | Template:Canadian party colour| | Thomas MacNutt | Liberal | 1908 |
| Saskatoon | Template:Canadian party colour| | George Ewan McCraney | Liberal | 1908 |
Yukon
| Electoral district | Name | Party | First elected/previously elected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon | Template:Canadian party colour| | Alfred Thompson | Conservative | 1904, 1911 |
By-elections
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Notes
Succession
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