16th Canadian Parliament

16th Parliament of Canada
Minority parliament
9 December 1926 – 30 May 1930
Parliament leaders
Prime
Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
25 Sep 1926 – 7 Aug 1930
Cabinet14th Canadian Ministry
Leader of the
Opposition
Hugh Guthrie
11 October 1926 – 11 October 1927
Richard Bedford Bennett
12 October 1927 – 6 August 1930
Party caucuses
GovernmentLiberal Party
OppositionConservative Party
CrossbenchProgressive Party
United Farmers of Alberta
Labour
House of Commons

Seating arrangements of the House of Commons
Speaker of the
Commons
Rodolphe Lemieux
8 March 1922 – 2 June 1930
Members245 MP seats
List of members
Senate
Speaker of the
Senate
Hewitt Bostock
7 February 1922 – 12 May 1930
Arthur Charles Hardy
13 May 1930 – 2 September 1930
Government
Senate Leader
Raoul Dandurand
25 September 1926 – 6 August 1930
Opposition
Senate Leader
William Benjamin Ross
31 December 1926 – 10 January 1929
Wellington Bartley Willoughby
11 January 1929 – 7 August 1930
Sovereign
MonarchGeorge V
6 May 1910 – 20 January 1936
Governor
General
Freeman Freeman-Thomas
2 October 1926 – 4 April 1931
Sessions
1st session
9 December 1926 – 14 April 1927
2nd session
26 January 1928 – 11 June 1928
3rd session
7 February 1929 – 14 June 1929
4th session
20 February 1930 – 30 May 1930
← 15th → 17th
William Lyon Mackenzie King was Prime Minister during the 16th Canadian Parliament.

The 16th Canadian Parliament was in session from 9 December 1926, until 30 May 1930. The membership was set by the 1926 federal election on 14 September 1926, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1930 election.

It was controlled by a Liberal Party minority under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and the 14th Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Conservative Party, led briefly by Hugh Guthrie, and then by Richard Bedford Bennett.

The Speaker was Rodolphe Lemieux. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1924-1933 for a list of the ridings in this parliament.

There were four sessions of the 16th Parliament:

Session Start End
1st 9 December 1926 14 April 1927
2nd 26 January 1928 11 June 1928
3rd 7 February 1929 14 June 1929
4th 20 February 1930 30 May 1930