Chalmers executive council of Ceylon

Last updated
Chalmers executive council of Ceylon
Flag of Ceylon (1875-1948).svg
16th Cabinet of British Ceylon
1stLordChalmers.jpg
Date formed18 October 1913
Date dissolved4 December 1915
People and organisations
Head of state George V
Head of government Robert Chalmers
No. of ministers6
Ministers removed4
Total no. of members10
History
Predecessor McCallum executive council of Ceylon
Successor John Anderson executive council of Ceylon

The Chalmers executive council was the 16th executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Robert Chalmers.

Contents

Executive council members

PortraitMember of CouncilOfficeTook officeLeft officeNotes
1stLordChalmers.jpg Robert Chalmers Governor 18 October 19134 December 1915
Reginald Edward Stubbs Colonial Secretary 19134 December 1915
Brigadier general R. B. Fell Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force 18 October 19136 March 1914
Lieutenant colonel W. G. B. Dickson 6 March 1914 ?Acting
Lieutenant colonel Edward James Hayward 7 October 1914 ?Acting, Honorary Lieutenant colonel
Brigadier general R. B. Fell  ?4 December 1915
Anton Bertram Attorney General 18 October 19134 December 1915
D. S. MacGregor Auditor General
as Colonial Auditor
18 October 191327 May 1914
Wilfred Wentworth Woods 27 May 19144 December 1915
Bernard Senior Treasurer 18 October 19134 December 1915

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chalmers University of Technology</span> University in Gothenburg, Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences. The university has approximately 3100 employees and 10,000 students, and offers education in engineering, science, shipping, architecture and other management areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chalmers, Indiana</span> Town in Indiana, United States

Chalmers is a town in Big Creek Township, White County in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its population was 508 at the 2010 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Chalmers (antiquarian)</span>

George Chalmers was a Scottish antiquarian and political writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Chalmers</span> Scottish clergyman, writer and historian (1514–1572)

Thomas Chalmers, was a Scottish minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland. He has been called "Scotland's greatest nineteenth-century churchman".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Macandrew</span> New Zealand politician

James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Chalmers</span> Main seaport of Dunedin, New Zealand

Port Chalmers is a town serving as the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Port Chalmers lies ten kilometres inside Otago Harbour, some 15 kilometres northeast of Dunedin's city centre.

The Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award was a Canadian literary award given to Canadian plays produced by any professional Canadian theatre company, and having performances in the Toronto area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Allis-Chalmers</span> American industrial machinery manufacturer

Allis-Chalmers was a U.S. manufacturer of machinery for various industries. Its business lines included agricultural equipment, construction equipment, power generation and power transmission equipment, and machinery for use in industrial settings such as factories, flour mills, sawmills, textile mills, steel mills, refineries, mines, and ore mills.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ontario Arts Council</span> Arts council of the province of Ontario, Canada

The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by Ontario's Premier at the time, John Robarts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Chalmers Branch</span>

The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the region's major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers. The line is still operational today.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Belmont, Ayr</span> Human settlement in Scotland

Belmont is an area within the south of the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It was developed for local authority housing before the outbreak of World War Two in 1939, around Belmont Avenue, Chalmers Avenue and Morton Road. In the late 1950s, work commenced on a much larger council housing development at South Belmont, in an area enclosed by Peggieshill Road, Fenwickland Avenue, Burnbank Road and Dalmellington Road. The main services within the Belmont area are Belmont Academy, which was originally built in 1960 on the site of the former Belmont House which was the home of the Mathie-Morton family, Yeomanry House on Chalmers Road, St Paul's R.C. Church and a number of shops dotted around the area, including a Morrisons supermarket in the north adjacent to Castlehill Road. St Paul's Church was built in 1967 and was designed by architect John Frederick Torry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mario Chalmers</span> American basketball player (born 1986)

Almario Vernard "Mario" Chalmers is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Zamboanga Valientes of the ASEAN Basketball League. He was selected as the 34th overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves after playing three seasons of college basketball for the University of Kansas. Chalmers was named the 2006–07 Co-Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Outstanding Player of the 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after winning the 2008 NCAA championship. In the NBA, he was the starting point guard for two championship-winning teams with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013. Chalmers is the only Alaskan to win a championship in the high school, college, and pro levels. After 7 seasons with the Heat he was traded to the Grizzlies in November 2015 and waived in March 2016 due to injury. After missing a season due to injury he returned with the team in the 2017 offseason before going overseas and G-League in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers</span>

Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, was a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar. In later life, he served as the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Dame Fiona Claire Reynolds is a British former civil servant and chair of the National Audit Office. She was previously Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and Director-General of the National Trust. She is the current Chair of the Governing Council at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

George Everett Chalmers was a medical doctor, surgeon and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the ridings of York County, City of Fredericton and Fredericton South in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1963 to 1978 as a Progressive Conservative member.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Reynolds (New Zealand politician)</span> New Zealand politician

William Hunter Reynolds was a 19th-century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago region, New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister. He is the only person who held membership on the Otago Provincial Council over the entire course of its existence (1853–1876), was Speaker of the council for three years, and was a member of the council's executive eight times.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Chalmers</span> Australian politician

James Edward Chalmers is an Australian politician. He has been Treasurer of Australia in the Albanese government since May 2022. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served as a member of parliament for the division of Rankin since 2013.

John Chalmers was a Scottish trade unionist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Chalmers, Queensland</span> Town in Queensland, Australia

Mount Chalmers is a rural town and locality in the Livingstone Shire, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, the locality of Mount Chalmers had a population of 235 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Albanese ministry</span> 73rd ministry of government of Australia

The Albanese ministry is the 73rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It is led by the country's 31st Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. The Albanese ministry succeeded the second Morrison ministry, which resigned on 23 May 2022 following the federal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeat Scott Morrison's Liberal–National Coalition.

References

    Government offices
    Preceded by Executive councils of Ceylonese
    1913–1915
    Succeeded by