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Sixteenth Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King[2]
THE MINISTRY
Minister of Agriculture | |
Vacant | 23 Oct. 1935 - 24 Oct. 1935 |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar Acting Minister | 25 Oct. 1935 - 3 Nov. 1935 |
Rt. Hon. James Garfield Gardiner[3] | 4 Nov. 1935 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Secretary of State for External Affairs[4] | |
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 Oct. 1935 - 3 Sept. 1946 |
Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent[5] | 4 Sept. 1946 - 9 Sept. 1948 |
Hon. Lester Bowles Pearson | 10 Sept. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning | 23 Oct. 1935 - 5 Sept. 1939 |
Hon. James Layton Ralston[6] | 6 Sept. 1939 - 4 July 1940 |
Vacant | 5 July 1940 - 7 July 1940 |
Rt. Hon. James Lorimer Ilsley[7] | 8 July 1940 - 9 Dec. 1946 |
Hon. Douglas Charles Abbott | 10 Dec. 1946 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Fisheries | |
Hon. Joseph-Enoil Michaud[8] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 5 Oct. 1942 |
Vacant | 6 Oct. 1942 |
Hon. Ernest Bertrand[9] | 7 Oct. 1942 - 28 Aug. 1945 |
Vacant | 29 Aug. 1945 |
Hon. Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges | 30 Aug. 1945 - 10 Aug. 1947 |
Vacant | 11 Aug. 1947 - 13 Aug. 1947 |
Hon. Ernest Bertrand Acting Minister | 14 Aug. 1947 - 1 Sept. 1947 |
Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg[10] | 2 Sept. 1947 - 18 Jan. 1948 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon[11] | 19 Jan. 1948 - 10 June 1948 |
Hon. Robert Wellington Mayhew | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Immigration and Colonization | |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar[12] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 30 Nov. 1936 |
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Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[13] | |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar | 23 Oct. 1935 - 30 Nov. 1936 |
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Minister of the Interior[14] | |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar[15] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 30 Nov. 1936 |
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Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe | 23 Oct. 1935 - 26 Nov. 1941 |
Hon. Joseph-Enoil Michaud Acting Minister | 27 Nov. 1941 - 9 Dec. 1941 |
Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent[16] | 10 Dec. 1941 - 9 Dec. 1946 |
Rt. Hon. James Lorimer Ilsley | 10 Dec. 1946 - 30 June 1948 |
Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent Acting Minister | 1 July 1948 - 9 Sept. 1948 |
Rt. Hon. Louis Stephen St-Laurent | 10 Sept. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Labour | |
Hon. Norman McLeod Rogers[17] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 18 Sept. 1939 |
Hon. Norman Alexander McLarty[18] | 19 Sept. 1939 - 14 Dec. 1941 |
Hon. Humphrey Mitchell | 15 Dec. 1941 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Marine | |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[19] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 1 Nov. 1936 |
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Minister of Mines[20] | |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar | 23 Oct. 1935 - 30 Nov. 1936 |
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Minister of Mines and Resources[21] | |
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar | 1 Dec. 1936 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. James Allison Glen | 18 Apr. 1945 - 10 June 1948 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Munitions and Supply[22] | |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[23] | 9 Apr. 1940 - 31 Dec. 1945 |
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Minister of National Defence | |
Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie[24] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 18 Sept. 1939 |
Hon. Norman McLeod Rogers | 19 Sept. 1939 - 10 June 1940 |
Hon. Charles Gavan Power Acting Minister | 11 June 1940 - 4 July 1940 |
Hon. James Layton Ralston | 5 July 1940 - 1 Nov. 1944 |
Hon. Andrew George Latta McNaughton | 2 Nov. 1944 - 20 Aug. 1945 |
Hon. Douglas Charles Abbott[25] | 21 Aug. 1945 - 11 Dec. 1946 |
Hon. Brooke Claxton | 12 Dec.. 1946 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Associate Minister of National Defence[26] | |
Hon. Charles Gavan Power[27] | 12 July 1940 - 26 Nov. 1944 |
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Minister of National Defence for Air[28] | |
Vacant | 22 May 1940 |
Hon. Charles Gavan Power[29] | 23 May 1940 - 26 Nov. 1944 |
Vacant | 27 Nov. 1944 - 29 Nov. 1944 |
Hon. Angus Lewis Macdonald Acting Minister | 30 Nov. 1944 - 10 Jan. 1945 |
Hon. Colin William George Gibson Acting Minister | 11 Jan. 1945 - 7 Mar. 1945 |
Hon. Colin William George Gibson[30] | 8 Mar. 1945 - 11 Dec. 1946 |
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Minister of National Defence for Naval Services[31] | |
Hon. Angus Lewis Macdonald | 12 July 1940 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. Douglas Charles Abbott[32] | 18 Apr. 1945 - 11 Dec. 1946 |
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Minister of National Health and Welfare | |
Hon. Brooke Claxton[33] | 18 Oct. 1944 - 11 Dec. 1946 |
Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin | 12 Dec. 1946 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of National Revenue | |
Hon. James Lorimer Ilsley[34] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 7 July 1940 |
Hon. Colin William George Gibson[35] | 8 July 1940 - 7 Mar. 1945 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon Acting Minister | 8 Mar. 1945 - 18 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. David Laurence MacLaren | 19 Apr.. 1945 - 29 July 1945 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon Acting Minister | 30 July 1945 - 28 Aug. 1945 |
Hon. James Joseph McCann[36] | 29 Aug. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of National War Services[37] | |
Hon. James Garfield Gardiner[38] | 12 July 1940 - 10 June 1941 |
Hon. Joseph Thorarinn Thorson | 11 June 1941 - 5 Oct. 1942 |
Vacant | 6 Oct. 1942 |
Hon. Léo Richer Laflèche | 7 Oct. 1942 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. James Joseph McCann[39] | 18 Apr. 1945 - 18 Jan. 1948 |
Vacant | 19 Jan. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Pensions and National Health[40] | |
Hon. Charles Gavan Power[41] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 18 Sept. 1939 |
Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie[42] | 19 Sept. 1939 - 17 Oct. 1944 |
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Postmaster General | |
Hon. John Campbell Elliott | 23 Oct. 1935 - 22 Jan. 1939 |
Hon. Norman Alexander McLarty[43] | 23 Jan. 1939 - 18 Sept. 1939 |
Hon. Charles Gavan Power[44] | 19 Sept. 1939 - 22 May 1940 |
Hon. James Lorimer Ilsley Acting Minister | 23 May 1940 - 7 July 1940 |
Hon. William Pate Mulock | 8 July 1940 - 8 June 1945 |
Vacant | 9 June 1945 - 28 Aug. 1945 |
Hon. Ernest Bertrand | 29 Aug. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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President of the Privy Council | |
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 Oct. 1935 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Public Works | |
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin[45] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 12 May 1942 |
Hon. Joseph-Enoil Michaud Acting Minister | 13 May 1942 - 6 Oct. 1942 |
Hon. Alphonse Fournier | 7 Oct. 1942 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Railways and Canals[46] | |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[47] | 23 Oct. 1935 - 1 Nov. 1936 |
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Minister of Reconstruction[48] | |
Vacant | 30 June 1944 - 12 Oct. 1944 |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[49] | 13 Oct. 1944 - 31 Dec. 1945 |
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Minister of Reconstruction and Supply[50] | |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[51] | |
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Secretary of State of Canada[52] | |
Hon. Fernand Rinfret | 23 Oct. 1935 - 12 July 1939 |
Vacant | 13 July 1939 - 25 July 1939 |
Rt. Hon. Ernest Lapointe Acting Minister | 26 July 1939 - 8 May 1940 |
Hon. Pierre-François Casgrain | 9 May 1940 - 14 Dec. 1941 |
Hon. Norman Alexander McLarty | 15 Dec. 1941 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin[53] | 18 Apr. 1945 - 11 Dec. 1946 |
Hon. Colin William George Gibson | 12 Dec. 1946 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Solicitor General of Canada | |
Vacant | 23 Oct. 1935 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. Joseph Jean | 18 Apr. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
Hon. William Daum Euler | 23 Oct. 1935 - 8 May 1940 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon[54] | 9 May 1940 - 18 Jan. 1948 |
Rt. Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[55] | 19 Jan. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Transport[46] | |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe[56] | 2 Nov. 1936 - 7 July 1940 |
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin[57] | 8 July 1940 - 12 May 1942 |
Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe Acting Minister | 13 May 1942 - 5 Oct. 1942 |
Hon. Joseph-Enoil Michaud | 6 Oct. 1942 - 17 Apr. 1945 |
Hon. Lionel Chevrier | 18 Apr. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister of Veterans Affairs[58] | |
Rt. Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 18 Oct. 1944 - 18 Jan. 1948 |
Hon. Milton Fowler Gregg | 19 Jan. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Minister without Portfolio | |
Rt. Hon. Raoul Dandurand Senator | 23 Oct. 1935 - 11 Mar. 1942 |
Hon. James Angus MacKinnon[59] | 23 Jan. 1939 - 8 May 1940 |
Hon. James Horace King Senator | 26 May 1942 - 23 Aug. 1945 |
Hon. Wishart McLea Robertson Senator | 4 Sept. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS[60] | |
NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
Agriculture | |
Robert McCubbin | 30 Oct. 1947 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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External Affairs | |
Walter Edward Harris | 30 Oct. 1947 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Finance | |
Douglas Charles Abbott | 1 Apr. 1943 - 7 Mar. 1945 |
Robert Wellington Mayhew | 25 Sept. 1945 - 10 June 1948 |
Gleason Belzile | 30 Oct. 1947 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Fisheries | |
Thomas Reid | 22 Apr. 1948 - 10 June 1948 |
John Watson MacNaught | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Justice | |
Joseph Jean | 6 May 1943 - 30 Nov. 1944 |
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Labour | |
Paul Joseph James Martin | 7 May 1943 - 16 Apr. 1945 |
Paul-Émile Côté | 30 Oct. 1947 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Munitions and Supply | |
Lionel Chevrier | 1 Apr. 1943 - 16 Apr. 1945 |
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National Defence | |
William Chisholm Macdonald | 1 Apr. 1943 - 14 Nov. 1944 |
Douglas Charles Abbott | 8 Mar. 1945 - 16 Apr. 1945 |
Hugues Lapointe | 25 Sept. 1945 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
William Chisholm Macdonald | 25 Sept. 1945 - 19 Nov. 1946 |
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National Defence for Air | |
Hon. Cyrus Macmillan | 1 Apr. 1943 - 6 June 1946 |
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National Health and Welfare | |
Ralph Maybank | 30 Oct. 1947 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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National Revenue | |
Robert Henry Winters | 30 Oct. 1947 - 10 June 1948 |
Thomas Reid | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Privy Council | |
Brooke Claxton | 6 May 1943 - 12 Oct. 1944 |
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Reconstruction | |
George James McIlraith | 28 Sept. 1945 - 31 Dec. 1945 |
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Reconstruction and Supply | |
George James Mcllraith | 1 Jan. 1946 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Trade and Commerce | |
George James Mcllraith | 3 Feb. 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Transport | |
Robert Henry Winters | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
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Veterans Affairs | |
Walter Adam Tucker | 27 Sept. 1945 - 21 Apr. 1948 |
Leslie Alexander Mutch | 11 June 1948 - 15 Nov. 1948 |
[1] The Government having been defeated in the general election of 14 Oct. 1935, Bennett formally tendered his resignation to the Governor General on 23 Oct. 1935. The Sixteenth Ministry assumed office the same day. It was returned to office in the general elections of both 1940 and 1945 but on the latter the Prime Minister failed to be re-elected. He was subsequently elected in a by-election on 6 Aug. 1945.
[2] King was also Secretary of State for External Affairs and President of the Privy Council.
[3] Gardiner was also Minister of National War Services.
[4] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs until 28 May 1946. Statute 10 Geo. VI, c, 6, assented to on 28 May 1946, terminated this ex officio relationship.
[5] St-Laurent was also Minister of Justice and Attorney General to 9 Dec. 1946. He was reappointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 10 Sept. 1948.
[6] Ralston was appointed Minister of National Defence on 5 July 1940.
[7] Ilsley was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 10 Dec. 1946.
[8] Michaud was appointed Minister of Transport on 6 Oct. 1942.
[9] Bertrand was appointed Postmaster General on 29 Aug. 1945.
[10] Gregg was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs on 19 Jan. 1948.
[11] MacKinnon was appointed Minister of Mines and Resources on 11 June 1948.
[12] Crerar was also Minister of the Interior. He was appointed Minister of Mines and Resources on 1 Dec. 1936.
[13] See Minister of the Interior and Minister of Mines and Resources.
[14] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. See Minister of Mines and Resources.
[15] Crerar was also Minister of Immigration and Colonization. He was appointed Minister of Mines and Resources on 1 Dec. 1936.
[16] St-Laurent was also Secretary of State for External Affairs.
[17] Rogers was appointed Minister of National Defence on 19 Sept. 1939.
[18] McLarty was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 15 Dec. 1941.
[19] Howe was also Minister of Railways and Canals. He was appointed Minister of Transport on 2 Nov. 1936.
[20] The Department of Mines was to be 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 Sixteenth Ministry Crerar, who was both Minister of Immigration and Colonization and Minister of the Interior, was named Minister of Mines. See Minister of Mines and Resources.
[21] The offices of Minister of immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created by Statute 1 Edw. VIII, c. 33, assented to on 23 June 1936 and proclaimed in force on 1 Dec. 1936.
[22] The office of Minister of Munitions and Supply was created by Statute 3 Geo. VI, c. 3, assented to on 13 Sept. 1939 and proclaimed in force on 9 Apr. 1940. See Minister of Reconstruction and Supply.
[23] Howe was also Minister of Transport and Minister of Reconstruction. He was appointed Minister of Reconstruction and Supply on 1 Jan. 1946.
[24] Mackenzie was appointed Minister of Pensions and National Health on 19 Sept. 1939.
[25] Abbott was also Minister of National Defence for Naval Service. He was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 10 Dec. 1946.
[26] The office of Associate Minister of National Defence was created by Statute 4 Geo. VI, c. 21, and assented to on 12 July 1940. By this Act an Associate Minister of National Defence, a Minister of National Defence for Naval Services and a Minister of National Defence for Air could be appointed on the issuance by the Sovereign or the Governor in Council, pursuant to the War Measures Act, of a proclamation declaring the existence of war, invasion or insurrection, real or apprehended. Appointments to these three offices could be made until six months after the issuance of a further proclamation declaring that the war, invasion or insurrection no longer existed.
Proclamations declaring the existence of wars were issued on both 1 Sept. and 10 Sept. 1939. Active hostilities generally ceased in 1945. However, unlike after World War I, no proclamation was issued declaring an end to the state of war, though in 1947 the remaining Orders in Council approved pursuant to the War Measures Act were rescinded, thus in effect recognizing the termination of the state of war. Moreover, on, 10 July 1951 a proclamation was issued proclaiming an end to the formal state of war between Canada and Germany, and in 1952 a Treaty of Peace with Japan was proclaimed in force. Consequently, it is difficult to determine when appointments to these offices could not have any longer been made. Nevertheless, on 15 Feb. 1952, pursuant to the National Defence Act of 1950 (14 Geo. VI, c. 43), a proclamation was issued repealing the relevant sections of the Act creating these offices and, indeed, they had in effect been superseded by sections of the National Defence Act of 1950 which had been proclaimed in force on 1 Aug. 1950.
[27] Power was also Minister of National Defence for Air.
[28] The office of Minister of National Defence for Air was created by Statute 4 Geo. VI, c. 1, assented to on 22 May 1940, abolished and re-created by Statute 4 Geo. VI, c. 21, and assented to on 12 July 1940. See Associate Minister of National Defence.
[29] Power was also Associate Minister of National Defence.
[30] Gibson was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 12 Dec. 1946.
[31] The office of Minister of National Defence for Naval Services was created by Statute 4 Geo.. VI, c. 21, and assented to on 12 July 1940. See Associate Minister of National Defence.
[32] Abbott was also Minister of National Defence, and was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 10 Dec. 1946.
[33] Claxton was appointed Minister of National Defence on 12 Dec. 1946.
[34] Ilsley was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 8 July 1940.
[35] Gibson was appointed Minister of National Defence for Air on 8 Mar. 1945.
[36] McCann was also Minister of National War Services.
[37] The office of Minister of National War Services was created by Statute 4 Geo. VI. c. 22, and assented to on 12 July 1940. The Act was not included in the 1952 Revised Statutes of Canada. as it was considered spent.
[38] Gardiner was also Minister of Agriculture.
[39] McCann was also Minister of National Revenue.
[40] The office of Minister of Pensions and National Health was abolished and the offices of Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of National Health and Welfare created by Statute 8 Geo VI, c. 19, assented to on 30 June 1944, and Statute 8 Geo. VI, c. 22, assented to on 24 July 1944, respectively. Both Acts were proclaimed in force on 18 Oct. 1944.
[41] Power was appointed Postmaster General on 19 Sept. 19129.
[42] Mackenzie was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs on 18 Oct. 1944.
[43] McLarty was appointed Minister of Labour on 19 Sept. 1939.
[44] Power was appointed Minister of National Defence for Air on 23 May 1940.
[45] Cardin was also Minister of Transport.
[46] The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport created by Statute 1 Edw. VIII, c. 34, assented to on 23 June 1936 and proclaimed in force on 2 Nov. 1936.
[47] Howe was also Minister of Marine. He was appointed Minister of Transport on 2 Nov. 1936.
[48] The office of Minister of Reconstruction was created by Statute 8 Geo. VI, c. 18, and assented to on 30 June 1944. See Minister of Reconstruction and Supply.
[49] Howe was also Minister of Munitions and Supply. He was appointed Minister of Reconstruction and Supply on 1 Jan. 1946.
[50] The offices of Minister of Munitions and Supply and Minister of Reconstruction were abolished and the office of Minister of Reconstruction and Supply created by Statute 9-10 Geo. VI, c. 16, and assented to on 18 Dec. 1945. The section of the Act creating the office was proclaimed in force on 1 Jan. 1946.
[51] Howe was also Minister of Trade and Commerce.
[52] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[53] Martin was appointed Minister of National Health and Welfare on 12 Dec. 1946.
[54] MacKinnon was appointed Minister of Fisheries on 19 Jan. 1948.
[55] Howe was also Minister of Reconstruction and Supply.
[56] Howe was also Minister of Munitions and Supply.
[57] Cardin was also Minister of Public Works.
[58] See Note 40.
[59] MacKinnon was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce on 9 May 1940.
[60] Statutory provision was not made for the office of Parliamentary Assistant. Appointment was by Order in Council and salaries were provided by an annual vote in the House of Commons Estimates.
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