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Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation

Eleventh Ministry

UNIONIST - "NATIONAL LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE PARTY"[1]
10 July 1920 to 29 December 1921

PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen

THE MINISTRY

Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Customs and Excise[2]
Hon. Rupert Wilson Wigmore 4 June 1921 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue[3]
Vacant 10 July 1920 12 July 1920
Hon. Rupert Wilson Wigmore[4] 13 July 1920 - 3 June 1921
 
Secretary of State for External Affairs[5]
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Immigration and Colonization[6]
Hon. James Alexander Calder[7] 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. John Wesley Edwards 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[8]
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of the Interior[7]
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Vacant 21 Sept. 1921 - 3 Oct. 1921
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett 4 Oct. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Labour
Hon. Gideon Decker Robertson Senator 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries[9]
Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. Hugh Guthrie 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Mines[10]
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of the Naval Service[11]
Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Postmaster General
Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin Senator 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. Louis-de-Gonzague Belley 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
President of the Privy Council
Hon. James Alexander Calder[12] 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. Louis-Philippe Normand 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Public Works
Hon. John Dowsley Reid Acting Minister 10 July 1920 - 12 July 1920
Hon. Fleming Blanchard McCurdy 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. John Dowsley Reid 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. John Alexander Stewart 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Secretary of State of Canada[13]
Rt. Hon. Arthur Lewis Sifton 10 July 1920 - 21 Jan. 1921
Vacant 22 Jan. 1921 - 23 Jan. 1921
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Acting Minister 24 Jan. 1921 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. Rodolphe Monty 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Vacant 10 July 1920 18 July 1920
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator - Acting Minister 19 July 1920 - 21 Sept. 1921
Hon. Robert James Manion 22 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Solicitor General of Canada[14]
Hon. Hugh Guthrie Acting Minister 10 July 1920 - 30 Sept. 1921
 
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Rt. Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Sir Albert Edward Kemp Senator 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
Hon. Edgar Keith Spinney 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
Hon. Edmund James Bristol 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
Hon. James Robert Wilson 26 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
NOT OF THE CABINET
Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Vacant 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
 
Solicitor General of Canada[15]
Hon. Guillaume André Fauteux 1 Oct. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921



[1] On 10 July 1920 Borden resigned as Prime Minister and Meighen and most of the Eleventh Ministry were sworn to office. Initially twelve of the ministers were from the Tenth Ministry, and ten retained their previous portfolios.

[2] The office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was abolished and the office of Minister of Customs and Excise was created by Statute 11-12 Geo. V, c. 26, and assented to on 4 June 1921.

[3] The office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was abolished and the office of Minister of Customs and Excise was created by Statute 11-12 Geo. V, c. 26, and assented to on 4 June 1921.

[4] Wigmore was appointed Minister of Customs and Excise on 4 June 1921.

[5] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs.

[6] The Department of Health was presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in Council. Until 21 Sept. 1921 the President of the Privy Council was designated to be ex officio the minister to preside over the department. On that date the Minister of Immigration and Colonization was designated to administer the department.

[7] Calder was also President of the Privy Council.

[8] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.

[9] The Minister of Marine and Fisheries was ex officio the Minister of the Naval Service.

[10] 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 Eleventh Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.

[11] The Minister of Marine and Fisheries was ex officio the Minister of the Naval Service.

[12] Calder was also Minister of Immigration and Colonization.

[13] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.

[14] See also NOT OF THE CABINET, Solicitor General of Canada.

[15] See also THE MINISTRY, Solicitor General of Canada.

 

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