13th Canadian Parliament

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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
Cabinets	10th 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
Government	Unionist
Opposition	Laurier 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
Monarch	George 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

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):