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Conservative[1]
10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917
Prime Minister
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden[2]
The Ministry
Minister of Agriculture
Vacant
10 Oct. 1911 - 15 Oct.. 1911
Hon. Martin Burrell
16 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Customs
Hon. John Dowsley Reid
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Secretary of State for External Affairs[3]
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden
1 Apr. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. Sir William Thomas White
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[4]
Hon. Robert Rogers
10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912
Hon. William James Roche
29 Oct. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Inland Revenue
Hon. Wilfrid Bruno Nantel
10 Oct. 1911 - 19 Oct. 1914
Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin
[5]20 Oct. 1914 - 5 Oct. 1915
Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude
[6]6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan 1917
Hon. Albert Sévigny
8 Jan. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of the Interior[7]
10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912
Hon. William James Roche
[9]9 Oct.. 1912 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Labour
Hon. Thomas Wilson Crothers
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Marine and Fisheries[10]
Hon. John Douglas Hazen
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Militia and Defence
Hon. Sir Samuel Hughes
10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1916
Vacant
13 Oct. 1916 - 22 Nov. 1916
Hon. Sir Albert Edward Kemp
23 Nov. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
Hon. Wilfrid Bruno Nantel
10 Oct. 1911 - 29 Mar. 1912
Hon. Robert Rogers
30 Mar. 1912 - 28 Oct. 1912
Hon. William James Roche
29 Oct. 1912 - 9 Feb. 1913
Hon. Louis Coderre
10 Feb. 1913 - 5 Oct. 1915
Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin
6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan. 1917
Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude
8 Jan. 1917 - 12 June 1917
Hon. Albert Sévigny Acting Minister
13 June 1917 - 24 Aug. 1917
Hon. Arthur Meighen
25 Aug. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of the Naval Service[12]
Hon. John Douglas Hazen
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of the Overseas Military Forces[13]
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley
31 Oct. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
Postmaster General
Hon. Louis-Philippe Pelletier
10 Oct. 1911 - 19 Oct. 1914
Hon. Thomas Chase Casgrain
20 Oct. 1914 - 29 Dec. 1916
Vacant
30 Dec. 1916 - 7 Jan. 1917
Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin
8 Jan. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden
10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Public Works
Hon. Frederick Debartzch Monk
10 Oct. 1911 - 28 Oct. 1912
Hon. Robert Rogers
29 Oct. 1912 - 22 Aug. 1917
Vacant
23 Aug.. 1917 - 2 Oct. 1917
Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
3 Oct. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. Francis Cochrane
10 Oct.1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Secretary of State of Canada[14]
Hon. William James Roche
[15]10 Oct.1911 - 28 Oct. 1912
Hon. Louis Coderre
29 Oct. 1912 - 5 Oct. 1915
Hon. Pierre Édouard Blondin
[16]6 Oct. 1915 - 7 Jan.1917
Hon. Esioff Léon Patenaude
8 Jan. 1917 - 12 June 1917
Hon. Albert Sévigny Acting Minister
13 June 1917 - 24 Aug. 1917
Hon. Arthur Meighen
25 Aug. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
Solicitor General of Canada[17]
2 Oct. 1915 - 24 Aug. 1917
Vacant
25 Aug. 1917 - 30 Aug. 1917
Hon. Arthur Meighen Acting Minister
31 Aug. 1917 - 3 Oct. 1917
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Rt. Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct. 1917
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Sir George Halsey Perley
[19]10 Oct 1911 - 30 Oct. 1916
Hon. Albert Edward Kemp
[20]10 Oct. 1911 - 22 Nov. 1916
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator
10 Oct. 1911 - 12 Oct.1917
Not of the cabinet
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
for External Affairs[21]
Vacant
15 July 1916 - 20 Oct. 1916
Hugh Clark
21 Oct. 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and
Defence
Vacant
15 July 1916 - 18 July 1916
Fleming Blanchard McCurdy
19 July 1916 - 12 Oct. 1917
Solicitor General of Canada[22]
Vacant
10 Oct. 1911 - 25 June 1913
Hon. Arthur Meighen
26 June 1913 - 1 Oct. 1915
Hon. Hugh Guthrie
4 Oct. 1917 - 12 Oct. 1917
[1] Defeated in the general election of 21
Sept. 1911, Laurier resigned on 6 Oct. 1911. The following day the Governor General
requested Borden to form a Government and three days later, on 10 Oct., the Ninth Ministry
assumed office.
[2] Borden was also President of the Privy
Council.
[3] Prior to 1 April 1912, the Secretary
of State of Canada presided over the Department of External Affairs. The office of
Secretary of State for External Affairs was created by Statute 2 Geo. V, c. 22, and
assented to on 1 April 1912. By this Act the Prime Minister was to hold the office ex
officio.
[4] See Minister of the Interior.
[5] Blondin was appointed Secretary of
State of Canada on 6 Oct. 1915.
[6] Patenaude was appointed Secretary of
State of Canada on 8 Jan. 1917.
[7] The Minister of the Interior was ex
officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. See Minister of Mines.
[8] Rogers was appointed Minister of
Public Works on 29 Oct. 1912.
[9] Roche was also Minister of Mines and
Secretary of State.
[10] The Minister of Marine and
Fisheries was ex officio the Minister of the Naval Service.
[11] 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". The Minister of Inland
Revenue, the Minister of the Interior and the Secretary of State of Canada were designated
to be ex officio the Minister of Mines on 10 Oct. 1911, 30 Mar. 1912 and 10 Feb.
1913 respectively.
[12] See Minister of Marine and
Fisheries.
[13] The office of Minister of the
Overseas Military Forces was created by Order in Council dated 31 Oct. 1916, pursuant to
the War Measures Act. The minister was to reside in London, administer the affairs of
Canadian military forces in the United Kingdom and Europe, and submit recommendations to
the Governor in Council through the President of the Privy Council. Statutory provision
for this office and those of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs
and Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence was made by Statute 7-8 Geo. V, c. 35,
and assented to on 20 Sept. 1917. This Statute also provided for its own termination at
the end of the parliamentary session in which the war, which had been declared on 4 Aug.
1914, ended.
[14] The Secretary of State of Canada
was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada and until 1 April 1912 also
presided ex officio over the Department of External Affairs. See Minister of
Mines.
[15] Roche was appointed Minister of the
Interior on 29 Oct. 1912.
[16] Blondin was appointed Postmaster
General on 8 Jan. 1917.
[17] See also not of the cabinet,
Solicitor General of Canada.
[18] Meighen was appointed Secretary of
State of Canada on 25 Aug. 1917.
[19] From 4 Aug. 1914 to 12 Oct. 1917
Perley exercised the functions of High Commissioner in London although he was not
officially appointed to that office. He was appointed Minister of the Overseas Military
Forces on 31 Oct. 1916.
[20] Kemp was appointed Minister of
Militia and Defence on 23 Nov. 1916.
[21] The offices of Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence
were created by Orders in Council dated 15 July 1916.
[22] See also The ministry Solicitor
General of Canada.
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