¹ Edited by G. Pierre Normandin, Ottawa, 1946. Since this volume went to the press early in 1946, the data in this study is applicable to the Parliament as it existed at the close of 1945.

² Ottawa, 1946.

³ Laing, Lionel H., “The Pattern of Canadian Politics: The Elections of 1945” (American Political Science Review, vol. XL, no. 4, 08, 1946, pp. 760 ff.).CrossRefGoogle Scholar

⁴ Based upon 238 members whose ages were reported. For consistency, comparisons and percentages will be based upon the number reported in each classification.

⁵ Ross, J. F. S., Parliamentary Representation (New Haven, 1944), p. 32.Google Scholar

⁶ The subtraction is necessitated because the Canadian election took place in 1945. A better comparison would be with the 1945 British election if a comparable study were available. It would probably show a lower average in Great Britain.

⁷ Ross, , Parliamentary Representation, p. 35.Google Scholar

⁸ According to figures furnished by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

⁹ The British average is nearer 30 per cent. Ross, , Parliamentary Representation, p. 37.Google Scholar

¹⁰ Cf. also Cross, Austin F. “Legal Lights in Lead in Legislature” (Ottawa Evening Citizen, 07 13, 1946, p. 1).Google Scholar

¹¹ This is somewhat higher than in the British House of Commons. See Ross, , Parliamentary Representation, p. 52.Google Scholar

¹² A few members express no religious preferences as will be seen from the aggregate total which is 231.