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Thirteenth Ministry |
CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen[2]
THE MINISTRY
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs[3] | |
| Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen | 29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| Hon. Hugh Guthrie Acting Minister | 29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926 |
| Hon. Hugh Guthrie | 13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister | 29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926 |
| Hon. Robert James Manion | 13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen | 29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada | |
| Vacant | 29 June 1926 - 22 Aug. 1926 |
| Hon. Guillaume André Fauteux | 23 Aug. 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
[2] Meighen was also President of the Privy Council.
[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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