13th Canadian Ministry

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13th Canadian Ministry
13e conseil des ministres du Canada
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg
13th ministry of Canada
Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg
Date formed29 June 1926
Date dissolved25 September 1926
People and organizations
Monarch George V
Governor General Viscount Byng
Marquess of Willingdon
Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
Member party Conservative Party (historical)
Status in legislature
Opposition party Liberal Party of Canada
Opposition leader William Lyon Mackenzie King
History
Legislature term 15th Canadian Parliament
Incoming formation King–Byng affair
Outgoing formation 1926 Canadian federal election
Predecessor 12th Canadian Ministry
Successor 14th Canadian Ministry

The Thirteenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. It governed Canada from 29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926, including only the last three months of the 15th Canadian Parliament, all cabinet ministers were acting cabinet ministers as Meighen hadn't been given the confidence of the house, and any cabinet ministers appointed by him would have had to resign their seats and run for re-election. [1] The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Eleventh Canadian Ministry.

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Ministers

Offices not of the Cabinet

Leader of the Government in the Senate

Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment

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References

  1. Egotists and Autocrats, Bowering, George, p. 222, 10th Penguin printing

Succession

Ministries of Canada
Preceded by 13th Canadian Ministry
1926
Succeeded by