- 18th Canadian Parliament
The 18th Canadian Parliament was in session from
February 6 ,1936 untilJanuary 25 ,1940 . The membership was set by the 1935 federal election onOctober 14 ,1935 , and it changed only somewhat due to resignations andby-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1940 election.It was controlled by a Liberal Party majority under Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King and the16th Canadian Ministry . The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led first byRichard Bedford Bennett , and later byRobert Manion .The Speaker was
Pierre-François Casgrain . See alsoList of Canadian electoral districts 1933-1947 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.The Social Credit Party led by J. H. Blackmore made their first federal appearance in this parliament. It would be an important third party until 1980. The
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation led byJ.S. Woodsworth also made their first appearance. It, and its successor party, theNew Democratic Party , would become a major source of policies that would change the fabric of Canada.There were six sessions of the 18th Parliament, though the last two were extremely short:
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