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Conservative[1]
29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926
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
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
Secretary of State for External Affairs[3]
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen
29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens Acting Minister
29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett Acting Minister
13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
Minister of National Defence
Hon. Hugh Guthrie Acting Minister
29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Hugh Guthrie
13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
Postmaster General
Hon. Robert James Manion Acting Minister
29 June 1926 - 12 July 1926
Hon. Robert James Manion
13 July 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
President of the Privy Council
Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen
29 June 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
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
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
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
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
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
Solicitor General of Canada
Vacant
29 June 1926 - 22 Aug. 1926
Hon. Guillaume André Fauteux
23 Aug. 1926 - 25 Sept. 1926
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
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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