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Twelfth Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. William Richard Motherwell | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Customs and Excise | |
| Hon. Jacques Bureau | 29 Dec. 1921 - 4 Sept. 1925 |
| Hon. Georges-Henri Boivin | 5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs[3] | |
| Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Rt. Hon. William Stevens Fielding | 29 Dec. 1921 - 4 Sept. 1925 |
| Hon. James Alexander Robb | 5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Immigration and Colonization | |
| Vacant | 29 Dec. 1921 - 2 Jan. 1922 |
| Hon. Hewitt Bostock Senator - Acting Minister | 3 Jan. 1922 - 2 Feb. 1922 |
| Vacant | 3 Feb. 1922 - 19 Feb. 1922 |
| Hon. Charles Stewart Acting Minister | 20 Feb. 1922 - 16 Aug. 1923 |
| Hon. James Alexander Robb[4] | 17 Aug. 1923 - 4 Sept. 1925 |
| Vacant | 5 Sept. 1925 - 6 Sept. 1925 |
| Hon. George Newcombe Gordon | 7 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925 |
| Hon. Charles Stewart Acting Minister | 13 Nov. 1925 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[5] | |
| Hon. Charles Stewart | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of the Interior[6] | |
| Hon. Charles Stewart | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Sir Jean Lomer Gouin | 29 Dec 1921 - 3 Jan. 1924 |
| Hon. Ernest Lapointe Acting Minister | 4 Jan. 1924 - 29 Jan. 1924 |
| Hon. Ernest Lapointe[7] | 30 Jan. 1924 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Hon. James Murdock | 29 Dec. 1921 - 12 Nov. 1925 |
| Hon. James Horace King Acting Minister | 13 Nov. 1925 - 7 Mar. 1926 |
| Hon. John Campbell Elliott[8] | 8 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Marine and Fisheries | |
| Hon. Ernest Lapointe[9] | 29 Dec. 1921 - 29 Jan. 1924 |
| Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 30 Jan. 1924 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Militia and Defence[10] | |
| Hon. George Perry Graham[11] | 29 Dec. 1921 - 31 Dec. 1922 |
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| Minister of Mines[12] | |
| Hon. Charles Stewart | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of National Defence[13] | |
| Hon. George Perry Graham[14] | 1 Jan. 1923 - 27 Apr. 1923 |
| Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald Acting Minister | 28 Apr. 1923 - 16 Aug. 1923 |
| Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald | 17 Aug. 1923 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of the Naval Service[15] | |
| Hon. George Perry Graham | 29 Dec. 1921 - 31 Dec. 1922 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Charles Murphy Senator | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Hewitt Bostock Senator | 29 Dec. 1921 - 2 Feb. 1922 |
| Hon. James Horace King | 3 Feb. 1922 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Railways and Canals | |
| Hon. William Costello Kennedy | 29 Dec. 1921 - 18 Jan. 1923 |
| Vacant | 19 Jan. 1923 - 27 Apr. 1923 |
| Hon. George Perry Graham[16] | 28 Apr. 1923 - 19 Feb. 1926 |
| Vacant | 20 Feb. 1926 - 28 Feb. 1926 |
| Hon. Charles Avery Dunning | 1 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment[17] | |
| Hon. Henri Sévérin Béland Senator | 29 Dec. 1921 - 14 Apr. 1926 |
| Hon. John Campbell Elliott[18] | 15 Apr. 1926 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[19] | |
| Hon. Arthur Bliss Copp | 29 Dec. 1921 - 24 Sept. 1925 |
| Vacant | 25 Sept. 1925 |
| Hon. Walter Edward Foster | 26 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925 |
| Hon. Charles Murphy Senator - Acting Minister | 13 Nov. 1925 - 23 Mar. 1926 |
| Hon. Ernest Lapointe[20] | 24 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada[21] | |
| Hon. Daniel Duncan McKenzie | 29 Dec. 1921 - 10 Apr. 1923 |
| Vacant | 11 Apr. 1923 - 13 Nov. 1923 |
| Hon. Edward James McMurray | 14 Nov. 1923 - 22 May 1925 |
| Vacant | 23 May 1925 - 4 Sept. 1925 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Hon. James Alexander Robb[22] | 29 Dec. 1921 - 16 Aug. 1923 |
| Hon. Thomas Andrew Low | 17 Aug. 1923 - 12 Nov. 1925 |
| Hon. James Alexander Robb Acting Minister | 13 Nov. 1925 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Raoul Dandurand Senator | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
| Hon. Thomas Andrew Low[23] | 29 Dec. 1921 - 16 Aug. 1923 |
| Hon. John Ewen Sinclair | 30 Dec. 1921 - 29 Oct. 1925 |
| Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald[24] | 12 Apr. 1923 - 16 Aug. 1923 |
| Hon. Harold Buchanan McGiverin | 20 Sept. 1924 - 29 Oct. 1925 |
| Hon. Herbert Meredith Marler | 9 Sept. 1925 - 6 Jan. 1926 |
| Hon. Charles Vincent Massey | 16 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925 |
| Hon. George Perry Graham | 20 Feb. 1926 - 6 Apr. 1926 |
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| NOT OF THE CABINET | |
| Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment | |
| Vacant | 29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada[25] | |
| Hon. Lucien Cannon | 5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926 |
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| NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
| Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs[26] | |
| Lucien-Turcotte Pacaud | 29 Dec. 1921 - 26 Oct. 1922 |
[1] With the defeat of the Government in the general election of 6 Dec. 1921, Meighen resigned from office. His resignation was accepted and the Twelfth Ministry was sworn to office on 29 Dec. 1921. In the general election of 29 Oct. 1925 the ministry was returned to office, but King himself was defeated. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on 15 Feb. 1926.
[2] King was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
[4] Robb was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 5 Sept. 1925.
[5] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[7] Lapointe was also Secretary of State of Canada.
[8] Elliott was also Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment.
[9] Lapointe was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 30 Jan. 1924.
[10] On the formation of the Twelfth Ministry, Graham was appointed both Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the Naval Service. On 10 Feb. 1922, by Order in Council pursuant to the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of the Naval Service were transferred from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to the Minister of Militia and Defence. See Minister of National Defence.
[11] Graham was appointed Minister of National Defence on 1 Jan. 1923.
[12] 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". During the Twelfth Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.
[13] The offices of Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the Naval Service were abolished and the office of Minister of National Defence was created by Statute 12-13 Geo, V, c. 34, assented to on 28 June 1922 and proclaimed in force on 1 Jan. 1923.
[14] Graham was appointed Minister of Railways and Canals on 28 April 1923.
[15] On the formation of the Twelfth Ministry, Graham was appointed both Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the Naval Service. On 10 Feb. 1922, by Order in Council pursuant to the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Minister of the Naval Service were transferred from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to the Minister of Militia and Defence. See Minister of National Defence.
[16] Graham was appointed Minister without Portfolio on 20 Feb. 1926.
[17] The Department of Health was presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in Council. During the Twelfth Ministry each successive Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment was designated to preside over the department.
[18] Elliott was also Minister of Labour.
[19] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[20] Lapointe was also Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
[21] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Solicitor General of Canada.
[22] Robb was appointed Minister of Immigration and Colonization on 17 Aug. 1923.
[23] Low was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce on 17 Aug. 1923.
[24] Macdonald was appointed Minister of National Defence on 17 Aug. 1923.
[25] See also THE MINISTRY, Solicitor General of Canada.
[26] In an effort to develop a system whereby ministers would adopt the practice of having parliamentary secretaries. King appointed Lucien-Turcotte Pacaud, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs. The appointment was an informal one and no provision was made in Parliament for payment for services.
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