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Seventeenth Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Louis Stephen St-Laurent[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Rt. Hon. James Garfield Gardiner | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
| Hon. Walter Edward Harris[3] | 18 Jan. 1950 - 30 June 1954 |
| Hon. John Whitney Pickersgill | 1 July 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Defence Production[4] | |
| Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[5] | 1 Apr. 1951 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
| Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. Douglas Charles Abbott | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 June 1954 |
| Hon. Walter Edward Harris | 1 July 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Fisheries | |
| Hon. Robert Wellington Mayhew | 15 Nov. 1948 - 14 Oct. 1952 |
| Hon. James Sinclair | 15 Oct. 1952 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General[6] | |
| Hon. Stuart Sinclair Garson | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Hon. Humphrey Mitchell | 15 Nov. 1948 - 2 Aug. 1950 |
| Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin Acting Minister | 3 Aug. 1950 - 6 Aug. 1950 |
| Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg | 7 Aug. 1950 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Mines and Resources[7] | |
| Hon. James Angus MacKinnon[8] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 31 Mar. 1949 |
| Hon. Colin William George Gibson | 1 Apr. 1949 - 17 Jan. 1950 |
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| Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys[9] | |
| Hon. James Joseph McCann[10] | 18 Jan. 1950 - 12 Dec. 1950 |
| Hon. George Prudham | 13 Dec. 1950 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| Hon. Brooke Claxton | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 June 1954 |
| Hon. Ralph Osborne Campney | 1 July 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Associate Minister of National Defence[11] | |
| Vacant | 11 Feb 1953 |
| Hon. Ralph Osborne Campney[12] | 12 Feb. 1953 - 30 June 1954 |
| Vacant | 1 July 1954 - 25 Apr. 1957 |
| Hon. Paul Theodore Hellyer | 26 Apr. 1957 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of National Health and Welfare | |
| Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of National Revenue | |
| Hon. James Joseph McCann[13] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources[14] | |
| Hon. Jean Lesage | 16 Dec. 1953 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Ernest Bertrand | 15 Nov. 1948 - 23 Aug. 1949 |
| Vacant | 24 Aug. 1949 |
| Hon. Gabriel Édouard Rinfret | 25 Aug. 1949 - 12 Feb. 1952 |
| Hon. Alcide Côté | 13 Feb. 1952 - 7 Aug. 1955 |
| Vacant | 8 Aug. 1955 - 15 Aug. 1955 |
| Hon. Roch Pinard Acting Minister | 16 Aug. 1955 - 2 Nov. 1955 |
| Hon. Hugues Lapointe[15] | 3 Nov. 1955 - 21 June 1957 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent | 15 Nov. 1948 - 24 Apr. 1957 |
| Hon. Lionel Chevrier | 25 Apr. 1957 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Alphonse Fournier | 15 Nov. 1948 - 11 June 1953 |
| Hon. Walter Edward Harris Acting Minister | 12 June 1953 - 16 Sept. 1953 |
| Hon. Robert Henry Winters | 17 Sept. 1953 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Reconstruction and Supply[16] | |
| Hon. Robert Henry Winters[17] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 17 Jan. 1950 |
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| Minister of Resources and Development[18] | |
| Hon. Robert Henry Winters[19] | 18 Jan. 1950 - 16 Sept. 1953 |
| Hon. Jean Lesage[20] | 17 Sept. 1953 - 15 Dec. 1953 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[21] | |
| Hon. Colin William George Gibson[22] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 31 Mar. 1949 |
| Hon. Frederick Gordon Bradley | 1 Apr. 1949 - 11 June 1953 |
| Hon. John Whitney Pickersgill[23] | 12 June 1953 - 30 June 1954 |
| Hon. Roch Pinard | 1 July 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada[24] | |
| Hon. Joseph Jean | 15 Nov. 1948 - 23 Aug. 1949 |
| Vacant | 24 Aug. 1949 |
| Hon. Hugues Lapointe[25] | 25 Aug. 1949 - 6 Aug. 1950 |
| Hon. Stuart Sinclair Garson | 7 Aug. 1950 - 14 Oct. 1952 |
| Hon. Ralph Osborne Campney[26] | 15 Oct. 1952 - 11 Jan. 1954 |
| Hon. William Ross Macdonald | 12 Jan. 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[27] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| Hon. Lionel Chevrier[28] | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 June 1954 |
| Hon. George Carlyle Marler | 1 July 1954 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg[29] | 5 Nov. 1948 - 6 Aug. 1950 |
| Hon. Hugues Lapointe[30] | 7 Aug. 1950 - 21 June 1957 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. Wishart McLea Robertson Senator | 15 Nov. 1948 - 13 Oct. 1953 |
| Hon. James Angus MacKinnon Senator | 1 Apr. 1949 - 13 Dec. 1950 |
| Hon. William Ross Macdonald[31] Senator | 14 Oct. 1953 - 11 Jan. 1954 |
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| PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS | |
| NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
| Agriculture | |
| Robert McCubbin | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 15 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
| 26 Aug. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 | |
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| Defence Production | |
| George James Mcllraith | 1 Apr. 1951 - 4 Feb. 1952 |
| 12 Feb. 1952 - 13 June 1953 | |
| John Horace Dickey | 27 Aug. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| External Affairs | |
| Hugues Lapointe | 19 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 12 July 1949 - 23 Aug. 1949 | |
| Jean Lesage | 24 Jan. 1951 - 31 Dec. 1952 |
| Roch Pinard | 14 Oct. 1953 - 30 June 1954 |
| Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin | 9 Feb. 1956 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Finance | |
| Gleason Belzile | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 25 July 1950 | |
| James Sinclair | 19 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 14 Oct. 1952 | |
| Jean Lesage | 1 Jan. 1953 - 13 June 1953 |
| 24 Aug. 1953 - 16 Sept. 1953 | |
| William Moore Benidickson | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Fisheries | |
| John Watson MacNaught | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
| 24 Aug. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 | |
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| Labour | |
| Paul-Émile Côté | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
| 24 Aug. 1953 - 31 Dec. 1953 | |
| Joseph Adéodat Blanchette | 9 Feb. 1956 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Mines and Resources | |
| Ralph Maybank | 25 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 17 Jan. 1950 | |
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| Mines and Technical Surveys | |
| Ralph Maybank | 18 Jan. 1950 - 23 Jan. 1951 |
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| National Defence | |
| Hugues Lapointe | 15 Nov. 1948 - 18 Jan. 1949 |
| Loran Ellis Baker | 19 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| Joseph Adéodat Blanchette | 19 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
| 24 Aug. 1953 - 8 Feb. 1956 | |
| Ralph Osborne Campney | 24 Jan. 1951 - 14 Oct. 1952 |
| Paul Theodore Hellyer | 9 Feb. 1956 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| National Health and Welfare | |
| Ralph Maybank | 15 Nov. 1948 - 24 Jan. 1949 |
| Thomas Reid | 25 Jan. 1949 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 13 July 1949 - 6 Sept. 1949 | |
| Emmet Andrew McCusker | 24 Jan. 1951 - 13 June 1953 |
| Frederick Greystock Robertson | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| National Revenue | |
| Thomas Reid | 15 Nov. 1948 - 24 Jan. 1949 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Léopold Langlois | 24 Jan. 1951 - 13 June 1953 |
| 1 Sept. 1953 - 13 Oct. 1953 | |
| Thomas Andrew Murray Kirk | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Walter Edward Harris | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 18 July 1949 - 17 Jan. 1950 | |
| William Gilbert Weir | 25 Aug. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Public Works | |
| Maurice Bourget | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Resources and Development | |
| George Prudham | 1 Feb. 1950 - 12 Dec. 1950 |
| Ralph Maybank | 24 Jan. 1951 - 30 July 1951 |
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| Trade and Commerce | |
| George James McIlraith | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
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| Transport | |
| William Moore Benidickson | 24 Jan. 1951 - 13 June 1953 |
| 31 Aug. 1953 - 13 Sept. 1953 | |
| Léopold Langlois | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
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| Veterans Affairs | |
| Leslie Alexander Mutch | 15 Nov. 1948 - 30 Apr. 1949 |
| 11 July 1949 - 13 June 1953 | |
| Colin Emerson Bennett | 14 Oct. 1953 - 12 Apr. 1957 |
[1] On 15 Nov. 1948 King resigned as Prime Minister and President of the Privy Council. On the same day the Seventeenth Ministry assumed office. It included eighteen ministers from the Sixteenth Ministry, seventeen of whom retained their previous portfolios. Howe dropped one of his: Reconstruction and Supply.
[2] St-Laurent was also President of the Privy Council.
[3] Harris was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 1 July 1954.
[4] The office of Minister of Defence Production was created by Statute 15 Geo. VI, c. 4, assented to on 21 Mar. 1951 and proclaimed in force on 1 Apr. 1951.
[5] Howe was also Minister of Trade and Commerce.
[6] By Order in Council dated 7 Aug. 1950, pursuant to the Public Service Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Solicitor General of Canada were transferred to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and were exercised by him until 14 Oct. 1952.
[7] The offices of Minister of Mines and Resources and Minister of Reconstruction and Supply were abolished by Statute 13 Geo. VI, c. 18, and the offices of the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys and Minister of Resources and Development created by Statues 13 Geo. VI, c. 16, 17 and 18 respectively, each assented to on 10 Dec. 1949 and proclaimed in force on 18 Jan. 1950.
[8] MacKinnon was appointed Minister without Portfolio on 1 Apr. 1949.
[9] See Note 7.
[10] McCann was also Minister of National Revenue.
[11] Statute 1-2 Eliz. II, c. 6, assented to on 11 Feb. 1953, amended the National Defence Act to provide for the appointment at any time of an Associate Minister of National Defence. Previously the Act had provided for the appointment of three additional Ministers of National Defence and three Associate Ministers of National Defence only during an emergency.
[12] Campney was also Solicitor General of Canada. He was appointed Minister of National Defence on 1 July 1954.
[13] McCann was also Minister of Mines; and Technical Surveys.
[14] The office of Minister of Resources and Development was abolished and the office of Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources created by Statute 2-3 Eliz. II, c. 4, and assented to on 16 Dec. 1953.
[15] Lapointe was also Minister of Veterans Affairs.
[16] See Note 7.
[17] Winters was appointed Minister of Resources and Development on 18 Jan. 1950.
[18] See Note 7.
[19] Winters was appointed Minister of Public Works on 17 Sept. 1953.
[20] Lesage was appointed Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources on 16 Dec. 1953.
[21] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[22] Gibson was appointed Minister of Mines and Resources on 1 Apr. 1949.
[23] Pickersgill was appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on 1 July 1954.
[24] See Note 6. The National Defence Act of 1950 (Statute 14 Geo. VI, c. 43) provided for the designation by the Governor in Council of any other person in addition to the Minister of National Defence to exercise any power or perform any duty or function vested in the Minister of National Defence. By Order in Council dated 24 Nov. 1952 the Solicitor General of Canada was so designated and exercised that function until 12 Feb. 1953. See Associate Minister of National Defence.
[25] Lapointe was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs on 7 Aug. 1950.
[26] Campney was also Associate Minister of National Defence.
[27] Howe was also Minister of Defence Production.
[28] Chevrier rejoined the Ministry as President of the Privy Council on 25 Apr. 1957.
[29] Gregg was appointed Minister of Labour on 7 Aug. 1950.
[30] Lapointe was also Postmaster General.
[31] Macdonald was appointed Solicitor General of Canada on 12 Jan. 1954.
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