13th Canadian Parliament

13th Parliament of Canada
Majority parliament
18 March 1918 – 4 October 1921
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
Robert Borden
10 Oct 1911 – 10 Jul 1920
Arthur Meighen
10 Jul 1920 – 29 Dec 1921
Cabinets10th Canadian Ministry
11th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Wilfrid Laurier
October 10, 1911 – February 17, 1919
Daniel Duncan McKenzie
February 17, 1919 – August 7, 1919
William Lyon Mackenzie King
August 7, 1919 – December 28, 1921
Party caucuses
GovernmentUnionist
OppositionLaurier Liberals
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
January 18, 1917 – March 5, 1922
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
Joseph Bolduc
June 3, 1916 – February 6, 1922
Government
Senate Leader
James Alexander Lougheed
October 10, 1911 – December 28, 1921
Opposition
Senate Leader
Hewitt Bostock
March 19, 1914 – January 1, 1919
January 1, 1920 – December 28, 1921
Raoul Dandurand
January 1, 1919 – December 31, 1919
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge V
May 6, 1910 – January 20, 1936
Governor
General
Victor Cavendish
November 11, 1916 – August 2, 1921
Julian Byng
August 2, 1921 – August 5, 1926
Sessions
1st session
March 18, 1918 – May 24, 1918
2nd session
February 20, 1919 – July 7, 1919
3rd session
September 1, 1919 – November 10, 1919
4th session
February 26, 1920 – July 1, 1920
5th session
February 14, 1921 – June 4, 1921
← 12th → 14th
First Session of the 13th Parliament, held in the Victoria Museum Ottawa, Ontario
Sir Robert Borden was Prime Minister during most of the 13th Canadian Parliament.

The 13th Canadian Parliament was in session from March 18, 1918, until October 4, 1921. The membership was set by the 1917 federal election on December 17, 1917, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1921 election.

It was controlled by a Unionist Party majority first under Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden and the 10th Canadian Ministry, and after July 10, 1920, by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and the 11th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Laurier Liberal Party, led first by Wilfrid Laurier, and then by Daniel McKenzie and William Lyon Mackenzie King consecutively.

The Speaker was Edgar Nelson Rhodes. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1914-1924 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were five sessions of the 13th Parliament; the third was opened by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII):

Session Start End
1st March 18, 1918 May 24, 1918
2nd February 20, 1919 July 7, 1919
3rd September 1, 1919 November 10, 1919
4th February 26, 1920 July 1, 1920
5th February 14, 1921 June 4, 1921