Publications

Minister of Agriculture
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Customs and Excise
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Secretary of State for External Affairs^[3]
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs^[4]
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of the Interior^[5]
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Hugh Guthrie Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Labour
Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. George Burpee Jones	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Hon. William Anderson Black Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Mines^[6]
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of National Defence
Hon. Hugh Guthrie Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Hugh Guthrie	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Postmaster General
Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Robert James Manion	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen	29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Public Works
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Edmond Baird Ryckman	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. William Anderson Black	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Secretary of State of Canada^[7]
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment^[8]
Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Raymond Ducharme Morand Acting Minister	13 July 1926 - 22 Aug. 1926
Hon. Eugène Paquet	23 Aug. 1926 - 25 Sept.1926

Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett^[9]	7 July 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
Hon. Raymond Ducharme Morand	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
Hon. John Alexander Macdonald	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
Hon. Donald Sutherland	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Solicitor General of Canada
Vacant	29 June 1926 - 22 Aug. 1926
Hon. Guillaume André Fauteux	23 Aug. 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. James Dew Chaplin	13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926

NOT OF THE CABINET
Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Vacant	29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926

[1] On 28 June 1926, with the refusal of the Governor General to accept the Prime Minister's recommendation for the dissolution of Parliament, King informed the House of Commons that the Government had resigned. The Governor General invited Meighen, the Leader of the Opposition, to form a Government, and on 29 June a statement was made in the House of Commons announcing the appointment of a "temporary ministry composed of seven ministers" of which all but Meighen were Acting Ministers of departments. In accordance with Canadian customs and precedent the six Acting Ministers of departments were not sworn to office, but for all intents and purposes they could exercise the full powers of ministers. The Government was defeated in the House on 1 July and the next day Meighen asked for and was granted a dissolution. On 13 July the composition of the re-organized ministry was announced, the ministers having been appointed and sworn that day in the usual manner.

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

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

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

[6] 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 Thirteenth Ministry each successive Minister of the Interior was named Acting Minister of Mines.

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

[8] 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 Thirteenth Ministry each successive Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment was designated to preside over the department.

[9] Bennett was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 13 July 1926.



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