16th Canadian Ministry 16e conseil des ministres du Canada | |
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16th ministry of Canada | |
Date formed | 23 October 1935 |
Date dissolved | 15 November 1948 |
People and organizations | |
Monarch | |
Governor General | Earl Bessborough John Buchan Earl Athlone |
Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Member party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Status in legislature | 171 / 245 179 / 245 Supermajority 118 / 245 Minority |
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History | |
Elections | 1935, 1940, 1945 |
Legislature terms | |
Predecessor | 15th Canadian Ministry |
Successor | 17th Canadian Ministry |
The Sixteenth Canadian Ministry was the third cabinet chaired by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. It governed Canada from 23 October 1935 to 15 November 1948, including all of the 18th and 19th Canadian Parliaments, as well as the beginning of the 20th. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada. Mackenzie King [1] was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Fourteenth Canadian Ministries.
Portfolio | Minister | Term | |
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Start | End | ||
Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
Minister of Agriculture | Vacant (George Barton was acting) | 23 October 1935 | 25 October 1935 |
Thomas Crerar (acting) | 25 October 1935 | 4 November 1935 | |
James Garfield Gardiner | 4 November 1935 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | C. D. Howe | 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board | William Daum Euler | 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 |
James Angus MacKinnon | 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 | |
C. D. Howe | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Secretary of State for External Affairs | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 4 September 1946 |
Louis St. Laurent | 4 September 1946 | 10 September 1948 | |
Lester B. Pearson | 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Finance and Receiver General | Charles Avery Dunning | 23 October 1935 | 6 September 1939 |
James Ralston | 6 September 1939 | 8 July 1940 | |
James Lorimer Ilsley | 8 July 1940 | 10 December 1946 | |
Douglas Abbott | 10 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Fisheries | Joseph-Enoil Michaud | 23 October 1935 | 7 October 1942 |
Ernest Bertrand | 7 October 1942 | 30 August 1945 | |
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges | 30 August 1945 | 11 August 1947 | |
Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting) | 11 August 1947 | 14 August 1947 | |
Ernest Bertrand (acting) | 14 August 1947 | 2 September 1947 | |
Milton Fowler Gregg | 2 September 1947 | 19 January 1948 | |
James Angus MacKinnon | 19 January 1948 | 11 June 1948 | |
Robert Wellington Mayhew | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Immigration and Colonization | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
Minister responsible for Indian Affairs | Thomas Crerar | 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 |
James Allison Glen | 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 | |
James Angus MacKinnon | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Ernest Lapointe | 23 October 1935 | 27 November 1941 |
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 27 November 1941 | 10 December 1941 | |
Louis St. Laurent | 10 December 1941 | 10 December 1946 | |
James Lorimer Ilsley | 10 December 1946 | 1 July 1948 | |
Louis St. Laurent (acting) | 1 July 1948 | 10 September 1948 | |
Louis St. Laurent | 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Labour | Norman McLeod Rogers | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
Norman Alexander McLarty | 19 September 1939 | 15 December 1941 | |
Humphrey Mitchell | 15 December 1941 | 15 November 1948 | |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 18 October 1944 | 1 May 1948 |
Alphonse Fournier | 1 May 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Leader of the Government in the Senate | Raoul Dandurand | 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 |
James Horace King (acting) | 11 March 1942 | 26 May 1942 | |
James Horace King | 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 | |
Wishart McLea Robertson | 25 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Marine | C. D. Howe | 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 |
Minister of Mines | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
Minister of Mines and Resources | Thomas Crerar | 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 |
James Allison Glen | 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 | |
James Angus MacKinnon | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Munitions and Supply | C. D. Howe | 9 April 1940 | 1 January 1946 |
Associate Minister of National Defence | Charles Gavan Power | 12 July 1940 | 27 November 1944 |
Vacant | 27 November 1944 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of National Defence | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
Norman McLeod Rogers | 19 September 1939 | 11 June 1940 | |
Charles Gavan Power (acting) | 11 June 1940 | 5 July 1940 | |
James Ralston | 5 July 1940 | 2 November 1944 | |
Andrew McNaughton | 2 November 1944 | 21 August 1945 | |
Douglas Abbott | 21 August 1945 | 12 December 1946 | |
Brooke Claxton | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of National Defence for Air | Vacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting) | 22 May 1940 | 23 May 1940 |
Charles Gavan Power | 23 May 1940 | 30 November 1944 | |
Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting) | 30 November 1944 | 11 January 1945 | |
Colin W. G. Gibson (acting) | 11 January 1945 | 8 March 1945 | |
Colin W. G. Gibson | 8 March 1945 | 12 December 1946 | |
Minister of National Defence for Naval Services | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 12 July 1940 | 18 April 1945 |
Douglas Abbott | 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 | |
Minister of National Health and Welfare | Brooke Claxton | 18 October 1944 | 12 December 1946 |
Paul Martin Sr. | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of National Revenue | James Lorimer Ilsley | 23 October 1935 | 8 July 1940 |
Colin W. G. Gibson | 8 July 1940 | 8 March 1945 | |
James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 8 March 1945 | 19 April 1945 | |
David Laurence MacLaren | 19 April 1945 | 30 July 1945 | |
James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 30 July 1945 | 29 August 1945 | |
James Joseph McCann | 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of National War Services | James Garfield Gardiner | 12 July 1940 | 11 June 1941 |
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson | 11 June 1941 | 7 October 1942 | |
Léo Richer Laflèche | 7 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 | |
James Joseph McCann | 18 April 1945 | 19 January 1948 | |
Vacant | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Pensions and National Health | Charles Gavan Power | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 19 September 1939 | 18 October 1944 | |
Postmaster General | John Campbell Elliott | 23 October 1935 | 23 January 1939 |
Norman Alexander McLarty | 23 January 1939 | 19 September 1939 | |
Charles Gavan Power | 19 September 1939 | 23 May 1940 | |
James Lorimer Ilsley (acting) | 23 May 1940 | 8 July 1940 | |
William Pate Mulock | 8 July 1940 | 9 June 1945 | |
Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting) | 9 June 1945 | 29 August 1945 | |
Ernest Bertrand | 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 | |
President of the Queen's Privy Council | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
Minister of Public Works | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 23 October 1935 | 13 May 1942 |
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 7 October 1942 | |
Alphonse Fournier | 7 October 1942 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Railways and Canals | C. D. Howe | 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 |
Minister of Reconstruction | Vacant (C. D. Howe was acting) | 30 June 1944 | 13 October 1944 |
C. D. Howe | 13 October 1944 | 1 January 1946 | |
Minister of Reconstruction and Supply | C. D. Howe | 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Fernand Rinfret | 23 October 1935 | 12 July 1939 |
Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting) | 12 July 1939 | 26 July 1939 | |
Ernest Lapointe (acting) | 26 July 1939 | 9 May 1940 | |
Pierre-François Casgrain | 9 May 1940 | 15 December 1941 | |
Norman Alexander McLarty | 15 December 1941 | 18 April 1945 | |
Paul Martin Sr. | 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 | |
Colin W. G. Gibson | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 | |
Solicitor General | Vacant | 23 October 1935 | 18 April 1945 |
Joseph Jean | 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Trade and Commerce | William Daum Euler | 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 |
James Angus MacKinnon | 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 | |
C. D. Howe | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Transport | C. D. Howe | 2 November 1936 | 8 July 1940 |
Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 8 July 1940 | 13 May 1942 | |
C. D. Howe (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 6 October 1942 | |
Joseph-Enoil Michaud | 6 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 | |
Lionel Chevrier | 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister of Veterans Affairs | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 18 October 1944 | 19 January 1948 |
Milton Fowler Gregg | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 | |
Minister without Portfolio | Raoul Dandurand | 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 |
James Angus MacKinnon | 23 January 1939 | 9 May 1940 | |
James Horace King | 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 | |
Wishart McLea Robertson | 4 September 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
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