21st Canadian Parliament
The 21st Canadian Parliament was in session from September 15, 1949, until June 13, 1953. The membership was set by the 1949 federal election on June 27, 1949, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1953 election.
| 21st Parliament of Canada | |||
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| Majority parliament | |||
| 15 September 1949 – 14 May 1953 | |||
| Parliament leaders | |||
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent November 15, 1948 – June 21, 1957 | ||
| Cabinet | 17th Canadian Ministry | ||
| Leader of the Opposition | George A. Drew October 2, 1948 – August 1, 1956 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | Liberal Party | ||
| Opposition | Progressive Conservative Party | ||
| Crossbench | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | ||
| Social Credit Party | |||
| Liberal-Labour | |||
| Liberal-Progressive | |||
| House of Commons | |||
Seating arrangements of the House of Commons | |||
| Speaker of the Commons | William Ross Macdonald September 15, 1949 – June 11, 1953 | ||
| Government House Leader | Alphonse Fournier May 1, 1948 – May 8, 1953 | ||
| Members | 262 MP seats List of members | ||
| Senate | |||
| Speaker of the Senate | Élie Beauregard August 3, 1949 – October 13, 1953 | ||
| Government Senate Leader | Wishart McLea Robertson August 24, 1945 – October 14, 1953 | ||
| Opposition Senate Leader | John Thomas Haig September 12, 1945 – June 20, 1957 | ||
| Senators | 102 senator seats List of senators | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | George VI 6 December 1936 – 6 February 1952 | ||
| Elizabeth II 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 | |||
| Governor General | Harold Alexander 12 April 1946 – 28 January 1952 | ||
| Vincent Massey 28 February 1952 – 15 September 1959 | |||
| Sessions | |||
| 1st session 1949-09-15 – 1949-12-10 | |||
| 2nd session 1950-02-16 – 1950-06-30 | |||
| 3rd session 1950-08-29 – 1951-01-29 | |||
| 4th session 1951-01-30 – 1951-10-09 | |||
| 5th session 1951-10-09 – 1951-12-29 | |||
| 6th session 1952-02-28 – 1952-11-20 | |||
| 7th session 1952-11-20 – 1953-05-14 | |||
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It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent and the 17th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew.
The Speaker was William Ross Macdonald. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1947-1952 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.
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