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Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation

Ninth Ministry

CONSERVATIVE[1]
10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917

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
 
Minister of Customs
Hon. John Dowsley Reid 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
Secretary of State for External Affairs[3]
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden 1 Apr. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. Sir William Thomas White 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
Minister of Labour
Hon. Thomas Wilson Crothers 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries[10]
Hon. John Douglas Hazen 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
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
 
Minister of the Naval Service[12]
Hon. John Douglas Hazen 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
Minister of the Overseas Military Forces[13]
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley 31 Oct. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden 10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. Francis Cochrane 10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
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
 
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Rt. Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster 10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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
 
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
 
Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence
Vacant 15 July 1916 - 18 July 1916
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy 19 July 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
 
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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