- 15th Canadian Parliament
The 15th Canadian Parliament was in session from
January 7 ,1926 untilJuly 2 ,1926 . The membership was set by the 1925 federal election onOctober 29 ,1925 , and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1926 election.Initially, it was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King and the12th Canadian Ministry , which only had the second most seats and was proped up by theProgressive Party of Canada . The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led byArthur Meighen , but following the "King-Byng Affair ", Meighen's Conservatives took power with the13th Canadian Ministry . The disorder following this quickly led to an early election.The Speaker was
Rodolphe Lemieux . See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.The unusual case of a new party taking control of the government between elections has only happened twice in Canadian history; the other occasion was in the
2nd Canadian parliament .There was only one session of the 15th Parliament:
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