17th Canadian Ministry

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17th Canadian Ministry
17e conseil des ministres du Canada
Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg
17th ministry of Canada
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Date formed15 November 1948
Date dissolved21 June 1957
People and organizations
Monarch
Governor General Earl Alexander
Vincent Massey
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent
Member party Liberal Party of Canada
Status in legislature
Opposition party Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Opposition leader
History
Election(s) 1949, 1953
Legislature term(s)
Predecessor 16th Canadian Ministry
Successor 18th Canadian Ministry
The 17th Canadian Ministry in April 1953. St Laurent Cabinet.jpg
The 17th Canadian Ministry in April 1953.

The Seventeenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent. It governed Canada from 15 November 1948 to 21 June 1957, including the end of the 20th Canadian Parliament, as well as all of the 21st and 22nd. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada.

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Ministers

PortfolioMinisterTerm
StartEnd
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Agriculture James Garfield Gardiner 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Robert Winters 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board C. D. Howe 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Walter Harris 18 January 19501 July 1954
Jack Pickersgill 1 July 195421 June 1957
Minister for Defence Construction Limited C. D. Howe 1 April 195121 June 1957
Minister of Defence Production C. D. Howe 1 April 195121 June 1957
Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Finance and Receiver General Douglas Abbott 15 November 19481 July 1954
Walter Harris 1 July 195421 June 1957
Minister of Fisheries Robert Wellington Mayhew 15 November 194815 October 1952
James Sinclair 15 October 195221 June 1957
Minister responsible for Indian Affairs James Angus MacKinnon 15 November 19481 April 1949
Colin W. G. Gibson 1 April 194918 January 1950
Walter Harris 18 January 19501 July 1954
Jack Pickersgill 1 July 195421 June 1957
Minister of Justice and Attorney General Stuart Garson 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Labour Humphrey Mitchell 15 November 19483 August 1950
Paul Martin Sr. (acting)3 August 19507 August 1950
Milton Fowler Gregg 7 August 195021 June 1957
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Alphonse Fournier 15 November 19489 May 1953
Walter Harris 9 May 195321 June 1957
Leader of the Government in the Senate Wishart McLea Robertson 15 November 194814 October 1953
William Ross Macdonald 14 October 195321 June 1957
Minister of Mines and Resources James Angus MacKinnon 15 November 19481 April 1949
Colin W. G. Gibson 1 April 194918 January 1950
Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys James Joseph McCann 18 January 195018 December 1950
George Prudham 18 December 195021 June 1957
Associate Minister of National Defence Vacant15 November 194812 February 1953
Ralph Campney 12 February 19531 July 1954
Vacant1 July 195426 April 1957
Paul Hellyer 26 April 195721 June 1957
Minister of National Defence Brooke Claxton 15 November 19481 July 1954
Ralph Campney 1 July 195421 June 1957
Minister of National Health and Welfare Paul Martin Sr. 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of National Revenue James Joseph McCann 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources Jean Lesage 16 December 195321 June 1957
Postmaster General Ernest Bertrand 15 November 194825 August 1949
Édouard Rinfret 25 August 194913 February 1952
Alcide Côté 13 February 19528 August 1955
Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting)8 August 195516 August 1955
Roch Pinard (acting)16 August 19553 November 1955
Hugues Lapointe 3 November 195521 June 1957
President of the Queen's Privy Council Louis St. Laurent 15 November 194825 April 1957
Lionel Chevrier 25 April 195721 June 1957
Minister of Public Works Alphonse Fournier 15 November 194812 June 1953
Walter Harris 12 June 195317 September 1953
Robert Winters 17 September 195321 June 1957
Minister of Reconstruction and Supply Robert Winters 15 November 194818 January 1950
Minister of Resources and Development Robert Winters 18 January 195017 September 1953
Jean Lesage 17 September 195316 December 1953
Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General Colin W. G. Gibson 15 November 19481 April 1949
Frederick Gordon Bradley 1 April 194912 June 1953
Jack Pickersgill 12 June 19531 July 1954
Roch Pinard 1 July 195421 June 1957
Solicitor General Joseph Jean 15 November 194825 August 1949
Hugues Lapointe 25 August 19497 August 1950
Stuart Garson 7 August 195015 October 1952
Ralph Campney 15 October 195212 January 1954
William Ross Macdonald 12 January 195421 June 1957
Minister of Trade and Commerce C. D. Howe 15 November 194821 June 1957
Minister of Transport Lionel Chevrier 15 November 19481 July 1954
George Carlyle Marler 1 July 195421 June 1957
Minister of Veterans Affairs Milton Fowler Gregg 15 November 19487 August 1950
Hugues Lapointe 7 August 195021 June 1957
Minister without Portfolio Wishart McLea Robertson 15 November 194814 October 1953
James Angus MacKinnon 1 April 194914 December 1950
William Ross Macdonald 14 October 195312 January 1954

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Succession

Ministries of Canada
Preceded by 17th Canadian Ministry
1948–1957
Succeeded by