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Ninth Ministry |
CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Vacant | 10 Oct. 1911 - 15 Oct.. 1911 |
| Hon. Martin Burrell | 16 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Customs | |
| Hon. John Dowsley Reid | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs[3] | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden | 1 Apr. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. Sir William Thomas White | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4] | |
| Hon. Robert Rogers | 10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912 |
| Hon. William James Roche | 29 Oct. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Inland Revenue | |
| Hon. Wilfrid Bruno Nantel | 10 Oct. 1911 - 19 Oct. 1914 |
| Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin[5] | 20 Oct. 1914 - 5 Oct. 1915 |
| Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude[6] | 6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan 1917 |
| Hon. Albert Sévigny | 8 Jan. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of the Interior[7] | |
| Hon. Robert Rogers[8] | 10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912 |
| Hon. William James Roche[9] | 9 Oct.. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Hon. Thomas Wilson Crothers | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Marine and Fisheries[10] | |
| Hon. John Douglas Hazen | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Militia and Defence | |
| Hon. Sir Samuel Hughes | 10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1916 |
| Vacant | 13 Oct. 1916 - 22 Nov. 1916 |
| Hon. Sir Albert Edward Kemp | 23 Nov. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Mines[11] | |
| Hon. Wilfrid Bruno Nantel | 10 Oct. 1911 - 29 Mar. 1912 |
| Hon. Robert Rogers | 30 Mar. 1912 - 28 Oct. 1912 |
| Hon. William James Roche | 29 Oct. 1912 - 9 Feb. 1913 |
| Hon. Louis Coderre | 10 Feb. 1913 - 5 Oct. 1915 |
| Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin | 6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan. 1917 |
| Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude | 8 Jan. 1917 - 12 June 1917 |
| Hon. Albert Sévigny Acting Minister | 13 June 1917 - 24 Aug. 1917 |
| Hon. Arthur Meighen | 25 Aug. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of the Naval Service[12] | |
| Hon. John Douglas Hazen | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of the Overseas Military Forces[13] | |
| Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley | 31 Oct. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Louis-Philippe Pelletier | 10 Oct. 1911 - 19 Oct. 1914 |
| Hon. Thomas Chase Casgrain | 20 Oct. 1914 - 29 Dec. 1916 |
| Vacant | 30 Dec. 1916 - 7 Jan. 1917 |
| Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin | 8 Jan. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden | 10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Frederick Debartzch Monk | 10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912 |
| Hon. Robert Rogers | 29 Oct. 1912 - 22 Aug. 1917 |
| Vacant | 23 Aug.. 1917 - 2 Oct. 1917 |
| Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne | 3 Oct. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Railways and Canals | |
| Hon. Francis Cochrane | 10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[14] | |
| Hon. William James Roche[15] | 10 Oct.1911 - 28 Oct. 1912 |
| Hon. Louis Coderre | 29 Oct. 1912 - 5 Oct. 1915 |
| Hon. Pierre Édouard Blondin[16] | 6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan.1917 |
| Hon. Esioff Léon Patenaude | 8 Jan. 1917 - 12 June 1917 |
| Hon. Albert Sévigny Acting Minister | 13 June 1917 - 24 Aug. 1917 |
| Hon. Arthur Meighen | 25 Aug. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada[17] | |
| Hon. Arthur Meighen[18] | 2 Oct. 1915 - 24 Aug. 1917 |
| Vacant | 25 Aug. 1917 - 30 Aug. 1917 |
| Hon. Arthur Meighen Acting Minister | 31 Aug. 1917 - 3 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Rt. Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley[19] | 10 Oct 1911 - 30 Oct. 1916 |
| Hon. Albert Edward Kemp[20] | 10 Oct. 1911 - 22 Nov. 1916 |
| Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator | 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct.1917 |
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| NOT OF THE CABINET | |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs[21] | |
| Vacant | 15 July 1916 - 20 Oct. 1916 |
| Hugh Clark | 21 Oct. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence | |
| Vacant | 15 July 1916 - 18 July 1916 |
| Fleming Blanchard McCurdy | 19 July 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada[22] | |
| Vacant | 10 Oct. 1911 - 25 June 1913 |
| Hon. Arthur Meighen | 26 June 1913 - 1 Oct. 1915 |
| Hon. Hugh Guthrie | 4 Oct. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917 |
[1] Defeated in the general election of 21 Sept. 1911, Laurier resigned on 6 Oct. 1911. The following day the Governor General requested Borden to form a Government and three days later, on 10 Oct., the Ninth Ministry assumed office.
[2] Borden was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] Prior to 1 April 1912, the Secretary of State of Canada presided over the Department of External Affairs. The office of Secretary of State for External Affairs was created by Statute 2 Geo. V, c. 22, and assented to on 1 April 1912. By this Act the Prime Minister was to hold the office ex officio.
[4] See Minister of the Interior.
[5] Blondin was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 6 Oct. 1915.
[6] Patenaude was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 8 Jan. 1917.
[7] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. See Minister of Mines.
[8] Rogers was appointed Minister of Public Works on 29 Oct. 1912.
[9] Roche was also Minister of Mines and Secretary of State.
[10] The Minister of Marine and Fisheries was ex officio the Minister of the Naval Service.
[11] The Department of Mines was presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in Council and who was to be called "The Minister of Mines". The Minister of Inland Revenue, the Minister of the Interior and the Secretary of State of Canada were designated to be ex officio the Minister of Mines on 10 Oct. 1911, 30 Mar. 1912 and 10 Feb. 1913 respectively.
[12] See Minister of Marine and Fisheries.
[13] The office of Minister of the Overseas Military Forces was created by Order in Council dated 31 Oct. 1916, pursuant to the War Measures Act. The minister was to reside in London, administer the affairs of Canadian military forces in the United Kingdom and Europe, and submit recommendations to the Governor in Council through the President of the Privy Council. Statutory provision for this office and those of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence was made by Statute 7-8 Geo. V, c. 35, and assented to on 20 Sept. 1917. This Statute also provided for its own termination at the end of the parliamentary session in which the war, which had been declared on 4 Aug. 1914, ended.
[14] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada and until 1 April 1912 also presided ex officio over the Department of External Affairs. See Minister of Mines.
[15] Roche was appointed Minister of the Interior on 29 Oct. 1912.
[16] Blondin was appointed Postmaster General on 8 Jan. 1917.
[17] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Solicitor General of Canada.
[18] Meighen was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 25 Aug. 1917.
[19] From 4 Aug. 1914 to 12 Oct. 1917 Perley exercised the functions of High Commissioner in London although he was not officially appointed to that office. He was appointed Minister of the Overseas Military Forces on 31 Oct. 1916.
[20] Kemp was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence on 23 Nov. 1916.
[21] The offices of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence were created by Orders in Council dated 15 July 1916.
[22] See also THE MINISTRY Solicitor General of Canada.
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