16th Canadian Ministry

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16th Canadian Ministry
16e conseil des ministres du Canada
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg
16th ministry of Canada
William Lyon Mackenzie King 1942.jpg
Date formed23 October 1935
Date dissolved15 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
Opposition party
Opposition leader
History
Elections 1935, 1940, 1945
Legislature terms
Outgoing formation 1948 Liberal leadership election
Predecessor 15th Canadian Ministry
Successor 17th Canadian Ministry
Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet, 1945 16th Canadian Ministry.jpg
Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet, 1945

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.

Contents

Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTerm
StartEnd
Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 193515 November 1948
Minister of Agriculture Vacant (George Barton was acting)23 October 193525 October 1935
Thomas Crerar (acting)25 October 19354 November 1935
James Garfield Gardiner 4 November 193515 November 1948
Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation C. D. Howe 1 January 194615 November 1948
Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board William Daum Euler 23 October 19359 May 1940
James Angus MacKinnon 9 May 194019 January 1948
C. D. Howe 19 January 194815 November 1948
Secretary of State for External Affairs William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 19354 September 1946
Louis St. Laurent 4 September 194610 September 1948
Lester B. Pearson 10 September 194815 November 1948
Minister of Finance and Receiver General Charles Avery Dunning 23 October 19356 September 1939
James Ralston 6 September 19398 July 1940
James Lorimer Ilsley 8 July 194010 December 1946
Douglas Abbott 10 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of Fisheries Joseph-Enoil Michaud 23 October 19357 October 1942
Ernest Bertrand 7 October 194230 August 1945
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges 30 August 194511 August 1947
Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting)11 August 194714 August 1947
Ernest Bertrand (acting)14 August 19472 September 1947
Milton Fowler Gregg 2 September 194719 January 1948
James Angus MacKinnon 19 January 194811 June 1948
Robert Wellington Mayhew 11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Immigration and Colonization Thomas Crerar 23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs Thomas Crerar 23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister responsible for Indian Affairs Thomas Crerar 1 December 193618 April 1945
James Allison Glen 18 April 194511 June 1948
James Angus MacKinnon 11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ernest Lapointe 23 October 193527 November 1941
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting)27 November 194110 December 1941
Louis St. Laurent 10 December 194110 December 1946
James Lorimer Ilsley 10 December 19461 July 1948
Louis St. Laurent (acting)1 July 194810 September 1948
Louis St. Laurent 10 September 194815 November 1948
Minister of Labour Norman McLeod Rogers 23 October 193519 September 1939
Norman Alexander McLarty 19 September 193915 December 1941
Humphrey Mitchell 15 December 194115 November 1948
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Ian Alistair Mackenzie 18 October 19441 May 1948
Alphonse Fournier 1 May 194815 November 1948
Leader of the Government in the Senate Raoul Dandurand 23 October 193511 March 1942
James Horace King (acting)11 March 194226 May 1942
James Horace King 26 May 194225 August 1945
Wishart McLea Robertson 25 August 194515 November 1948
Minister of Marine C. D. Howe 23 October 19352 November 1936
Minister of Mines Thomas Crerar 23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister of Mines and Resources Thomas Crerar 1 December 193618 April 1945
James Allison Glen 18 April 194511 June 1948
James Angus MacKinnon 11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Munitions and Supply C. D. Howe 9 April 19401 January 1946
Associate Minister of National Defence Charles Gavan Power 12 July 194027 November 1944
Vacant27 November 194415 November 1948
Minister of National Defence Ian Alistair Mackenzie 23 October 193519 September 1939
Norman McLeod Rogers 19 September 193911 June 1940
Charles Gavan Power (acting)11 June 19405 July 1940
James Ralston 5 July 19402 November 1944
Andrew McNaughton 2 November 194421 August 1945
Douglas Abbott 21 August 194512 December 1946
Brooke Claxton 12 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of National Defence for Air Vacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting)22 May 194023 May 1940
Charles Gavan Power 23 May 194030 November 1944
Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting)30 November 194411 January 1945
Colin W. G. Gibson (acting)11 January 19458 March 1945
Colin W. G. Gibson 8 March 194512 December 1946
Minister of National Defence for Naval Services Angus Lewis Macdonald 12 July 194018 April 1945
Douglas Abbott 18 April 194512 December 1946
Minister of National Health and Welfare Brooke Claxton 18 October 194412 December 1946
Paul Martin Sr. 12 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of National Revenue James Lorimer Ilsley 23 October 19358 July 1940
Colin W. G. Gibson 8 July 19408 March 1945
James Angus MacKinnon (acting)8 March 194519 April 1945
David Laurence MacLaren 19 April 194530 July 1945
James Angus MacKinnon (acting)30 July 194529 August 1945
James Joseph McCann 29 August 194515 November 1948
Minister of National War Services James Garfield Gardiner 12 July 194011 June 1941
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson 11 June 19417 October 1942
Léo Richer Laflèche 7 October 194218 April 1945
James Joseph McCann 18 April 194519 January 1948
Vacant19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister of Pensions and National Health Charles Gavan Power 23 October 193519 September 1939
Ian Alistair Mackenzie 19 September 193918 October 1944
Postmaster General John Campbell Elliott 23 October 193523 January 1939
Norman Alexander McLarty 23 January 193919 September 1939
Charles Gavan Power 19 September 193923 May 1940
James Lorimer Ilsley (acting)23 May 19408 July 1940
William Pate Mulock 8 July 19409 June 1945
Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting)9 June 194529 August 1945
Ernest Bertrand 29 August 194515 November 1948
President of the Queen's Privy Council William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 193515 November 1948
Minister of Public Works Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 23 October 193513 May 1942
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting)13 May 19427 October 1942
Alphonse Fournier 7 October 194215 November 1948
Minister of Railways and Canals C. D. Howe 23 October 19352 November 1936
Minister of Reconstruction Vacant (C. D. Howe was acting)30 June 194413 October 1944
C. D. Howe 13 October 19441 January 1946
Minister of Reconstruction and Supply C. D. Howe 1 January 194615 November 1948
Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General Fernand Rinfret 23 October 193512 July 1939
Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting)12 July 193926 July 1939
Ernest Lapointe (acting)26 July 19399 May 1940
Pierre-François Casgrain 9 May 194015 December 1941
Norman Alexander McLarty 15 December 194118 April 1945
Paul Martin Sr. 18 April 194512 December 1946
Colin W. G. Gibson 12 December 194615 November 1948
Solicitor General Vacant23 October 193518 April 1945
Joseph Jean 18 April 194515 November 1948
Minister of Trade and Commerce William Daum Euler 23 October 19359 May 1940
James Angus MacKinnon 9 May 194019 January 1948
C. D. Howe 19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister of Transport C. D. Howe 2 November 19368 July 1940
Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 8 July 194013 May 1942
C. D. Howe (acting)13 May 19426 October 1942
Joseph-Enoil Michaud 6 October 194218 April 1945
Lionel Chevrier 18 April 194515 November 1948
Minister of Veterans Affairs Ian Alistair Mackenzie 18 October 194419 January 1948
Milton Fowler Gregg 19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister without Portfolio Raoul Dandurand 23 October 193511 March 1942
James Angus MacKinnon 23 January 19399 May 1940
James Horace King 26 May 194225 August 1945
Wishart McLea Robertson 4 September 194515 November 1948

References

  1. "William Lyon Mackenzie King". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-04.

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