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Guide to Canadian Ministries Since Confederation
Fourteenth Ministry

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Nineteenth Ministry

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Liberal[1]
25 September 1926 to 7 August 1930

Prime Minister
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King[2]

The Ministry

Minister of Agriculture
Hon. William Richard Motherwell
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Customs and Excise
Hon. William Daum Euler[3]
25 Sept. 1926 - 30 Mar. 1927


Secretary of State for External Affairs[4]
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. James Alexander Robb
25 Sept. 1926 - 11 Nov. 1929
Vacant
12 Nov. 1929 - 25 Nov. 1929
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning
26 Nov. 1929 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Fisheries[5]
Vacant
14 June 1930 - 16 June 1930
Hon. Cyrus Macmillan
17 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Hon. Robert Forke
25 Sept.. 1926 - 29 Dec. 1929
Hon. Charles Stewart[6] Acting Minister
30 Dec. 1929 - 26 June 1930
Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie
27 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs[7]
Hon. Charles Stewart
25 Sept. 1926 - 18 June 1930
Hon. Charles Stewart Acting Minister
19 June 1930 - 26 June 1930
Hon. Ian Alistair MacKenzie
27 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of the Interior[7]
Hon. Charles Stewart
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Ernest Lapointe
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Labour
Hon. Peter Heenan
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Marine[8]
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin
14 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Marine and Fisheries[9]
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin[10]
25 Sept. 1926 - 13 June 1930


Minister of Mines[11]
Hon. Charles Stewart
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of National Defence
Vacant
25 Sept. 1926 - 30 Sept. 1926
Hon. James Alexander Robb Acting Minister
1 Oct. 1926 - 7 Oct. 1926
Hon. James Layton Ralston
8 Oct. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of National Revenue[12]
Hon. William Daum Euler
31 Mar. 1927 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Pensions and National Health[13]
Hon. James Horace King Senator
11 June 1928 - 18 June 1930
Hon. James Layton Ralston
19 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Postmaster General
Hon. Peter John Veniot
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Public Works
Hon. John Campbell Elliott
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning[14]
25 Sept. 1926 - 25 Nov. 1929
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning Acting Minister
26 Nov. 1929 - 29 Dec. 1929
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar
30 Dec. 1929 - 7 Aug. 1930


Secretary of State of Canada[15]
Hon. Fernand Rinfret
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Hon. James Horace King[16]
25 Sept. 1926 - 10 June 1928


Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Lucien Cannon
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. James Malcolm
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930


Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Raoul Dandurand Senator
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930
Hon. William Frederic Kay
17 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930


Not of the cabinet


Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Vacant
25 Sept. 1926 - 11 June 1928



[1] Following the defeat of the Government in the general election of 14 Sept. 1926. Meighen formally resigned on 25 Sept. and the Fourteenth Ministry took office the same day.

[2] King was also President of the Privy Council.

[3] Euler was appointed Minister of National Revenue on 31 Mar. 1927.

[4] Euler was appointed Minister of National Revenue on 31 Mar. 1927.

[5] See Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

[6] Stewart was also Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs and Minister of the Interior.

[7] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs until 19 June 1930, when the Minister of Immigration and Colonization was designated by Order in Council to hold the office ex officio.

[8] See Minister of Marine and Fisheries.

[9] The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine created by Statute 20-21 Geo. V, c. 21 and c. 31 respectively. Both were assented to on 30 May 1930 and proclaimed in force on 14 June 1930.

[10] Cardin was appointed Minister of Marine on 14 June 1930.

[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". During the Fourteenth Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.

[12] The office of Minister of Customs and Excise was abolished and the office of Minister of National Revenue created by Statute 17 Geo. V, c. 34, and assented to on 31 Mar. 1927.

[13] The Department of Health Act and the offices of Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment and Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment were abolished and the office of Minister of Pensions and National Health created by Statute 18-19 Geo. V, c. 39, and assented to on 11 June 1928.

[14] Dunning was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 26 Nov. 1929.

[15] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.

[16] King presided over the Department of Health until its abolition. He was appointed Minister of Pensions and National Health on 11 June 1928.

 

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