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Twelfth Ministry
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Liberal[1]
29 December 1921 to 28 June 1926
Prime Minister
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King[2]
The Ministry
Minister of Agriculture
Hon. William Richard Motherwell
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Customs and Excise
Hon. Jacques Bureau
29 Dec. 1921 - 4 Sept. 1925
Hon. Georges-Henri Boivin
5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926
Secretary of State for External Affairs[3]
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Rt. Hon. William Stevens Fielding
29 Dec. 1921 - 4 Sept. 1925
Hon. James Alexander Robb
5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Vacant
29 Dec. 1921 - 2 Jan. 1922
Hon. Hewitt Bostock Senator - Acting Minister
3 Jan. 1922 - 2 Feb. 1922
Vacant
3 Feb. 1922 - 19 Feb. 1922
Hon. Charles Stewart Acting Minister
20 Feb. 1922 - 16 Aug. 1923
Hon. James Alexander Robb
[4]
17 Aug. 1923 - 4 Sept. 1925
Vacant
5 Sept. 1925 - 6 Sept. 1925
Hon. George Newcombe Gordon
7 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925
Hon. Charles Stewart Acting Minister
13 Nov. 1925 - 28 June 1926
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[5]
Hon. Charles Stewart
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of the Interior[6]
Hon. Charles Stewart
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Sir Jean Lomer Gouin
29 Dec 1921 - 3 Jan. 1924
Hon. Ernest Lapointe Acting Minister
4 Jan. 1924 - 29 Jan. 1924
30 Jan. 1924 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Labour
Hon. James Murdock
29 Dec. 1921 - 12 Nov. 1925
Hon. James Horace King Acting Minister
13 Nov. 1925 - 7 Mar. 1926
Hon. John Campbell Elliott
[8]
8 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
29 Dec. 1921 - 29 Jan. 1924
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin
30 Jan. 1924 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Militia and Defence[10]
Hon. George Perry Graham
[11]
29 Dec. 1921 - 31 Dec. 1922
Hon. Charles Stewart
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of National Defence[13]
Hon. George Perry Graham
[14]
1 Jan. 1923 - 27 Apr. 1923
Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald Acting Minister
28 Apr. 1923 - 16 Aug. 1923
Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald
17 Aug. 1923 - 28 June 1926
Minister of the Naval Service[15]
Hon. George Perry Graham
29 Dec. 1921 - 31 Dec. 1922
Postmaster General
Hon. Charles Murphy Senator
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Public Works
Hon. Hewitt Bostock Senator
29 Dec. 1921 - 2 Feb. 1922
Hon. James Horace King
3 Feb. 1922 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. William Costello Kennedy
29 Dec. 1921 - 18 Jan. 1923
Vacant
19 Jan. 1923 - 27 Apr. 1923
Hon. George Perry Graham
[16]
28 Apr. 1923 - 19 Feb. 1926
Vacant
20 Feb. 1926 - 28 Feb. 1926
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning
1 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926
Minister of Soldiers' Civil
Re-establishment[17]
Hon. Henri Sévérin Béland Senator
29 Dec. 1921 - 14 Apr. 1926
Hon. John Campbell Elliott
[18]
15 Apr. 1926 - 28 June 1926
Secretary of State of Canada[19]
Hon. Arthur Bliss Copp
29 Dec. 1921 - 24 Sept. 1925
Vacant
25 Sept. 1925
Hon. Walter Edward Foster
26 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925
Hon. Charles Murphy Senator - Acting Minister
13 Nov. 1925 - 23 Mar. 1926
24 Mar. 1926 - 28 June 1926
Solicitor General of Canada[21]
Hon. Daniel Duncan McKenzie
29 Dec. 1921 - 10 Apr. 1923
Vacant
11 Apr. 1923 - 13 Nov. 1923
Hon. Edward James McMurray
14 Nov. 1923 - 22 May 1925
Vacant
23 May 1925 - 4 Sept. 1925
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. James Alexander Robb
[22]
29 Dec. 1921 - 16 Aug. 1923
Hon. Thomas Andrew Low
17 Aug. 1923 - 12 Nov. 1925
Hon. James Alexander Robb Acting Minister
13 Nov. 1925 - 28 June 1926
Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Raoul Dandurand Senator
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Hon. Thomas Andrew Low
[23]
29 Dec. 1921 - 16 Aug. 1923
Hon. John Ewen Sinclair
30 Dec. 1921 - 29 Oct. 1925
Hon. Edward Mortimer Macdonald
[24]
12 Apr. 1923 - 16 Aug. 1923
Hon. Harold Buchanan McGiverin
20 Sept. 1924 - 29 Oct. 1925
Hon. Herbert Meredith Marler
9 Sept. 1925 - 6 Jan. 1926
Hon. Charles Vincent Massey
16 Sept. 1925 - 12 Nov. 1925
Hon. George Perry Graham
20 Feb. 1926 - 6 Apr. 1926
Not of the Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers'
Civil Re-establishment
Vacant
29 Dec. 1921 - 28 June 1926
Solicitor General of Canada[25]
Hon. Lucien Cannon
5 Sept. 1925 - 28 June 1926
Not of the Ministry
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
for External Affairs[26]
Lucien-Turcotte Pacaud
29 Dec. 1921 - 26 Oct. 1922
[1] With the defeat of the Government in
the general election of 6 Dec. 1921, Meighen resigned from office. His resignation was
accepted and the Twelfth Ministry was sworn to office on 29 Dec. 1921. In the general
election of 29 Oct. 1925 the ministry was returned to office, but King himself was
defeated. He was re-elected to the House of Commons in a by-election on 15 Feb. 1926.
[2] King was also President of the Privy
Council.
[3] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
[4] Robb was appointed Minister of Finance
and Receiver General on 5 Sept. 1925.
[5] The Minister of the Interior was ex
officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[6] The Minister of the Interior was ex
officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
[7] Lapointe was also Secretary of State
of Canada.
[8] Elliott was also Minister of Soldiers'
Civil Re-establishment.
[9] Lapointe was appointed Minister of
Justice and Attorney General on 30 Jan. 1924.
[10] On the formation of the Twelfth
Ministry, Graham was appointed both Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the
Naval Service. On 10 Feb. 1922, by Order in Council pursuant to the Public Service
Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Minister
of the Naval Service were transferred from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to the
Minister of Militia and Defence. See Minister of National Defence.
[11] Graham was appointed Minister of
National Defence on 1 Jan. 1923.
[12] 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 Twelfth
Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.
[13] The offices of Minister of Militia
and Defence and Minister of the Naval Service were abolished and the office of Minister of
National Defence was created by Statute 12-13 Geo, V, c. 34, assented to on 28 June 1922
and proclaimed in force on 1 Jan. 1923.
[14] Graham was appointed Minister of
Railways and Canals on 28 April 1923.
[15] On the formation of the Twelfth
Ministry, Graham was appointed both Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the
Naval Service. On 10 Feb. 1922, by Order in Council pursuant to the Public Service
Rearrangement and Transfer of Duties Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Minister
of the Naval Service were transferred from the Minister of Marine and Fisheries to the
Minister of Militia and Defence. See Minister of National Defence.
[16] Graham was appointed Minister
without Portfolio on 20 Feb. 1926.
[17] 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 Twelfth Ministry each successive Minister of Soldiers' Civil
Re-establishment was designated to preside over the department.
[18] Elliott was also Minister of
Labour.
[19] The Secretary of State of Canada
was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[20] Lapointe was also Minister of
Justice and Attorney General.
[21] See also not of the cabinet,
Solicitor General of Canada.
[22] Robb was appointed Minister of
Immigration and Colonization on 17 Aug. 1923.
[23] Low was appointed Minister of Trade
and Commerce on 17 Aug. 1923.
[24] Macdonald was appointed Minister of
National Defence on 17 Aug. 1923.
[25] See also the ministry, Solicitor
General of Canada.
[26] In an effort to develop a system
whereby ministers would adopt the practice of having parliamentary secretaries. King
appointed Lucien-Turcotte Pacaud, M.P., Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
External Affairs. The appointment was an informal one and no provision was made in
Parliament for payment for services.
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