Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation
The Ministries
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Eleventh Ministry
Unionist - "National Liberal and Conservative Party"
1
10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921
Prime Minister
Right Honourable Arthur Meighen
Position Title | |
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Name | Service Date / Termination Date |
Minister of Agriculture | |
Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Customs and Excise2 | |
Hon. Rupert Wilson Wigmore | 4 June 1921 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. John Babington Macaulay Baxter | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue2 | |
Vacant | 10 July 1920 - 12 July 1920 |
Hon. Rupert Wilson Wigmore 3 | 13 July 1920 - 3 June 1921 |
Secretary of State for External Affairs4 | |
Rt Hon. Arthur Meighen | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Immigration and Colonization5 | |
Hon. James Alexander Calder 6 | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. John Wesley Edwards | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs7 | |
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of the Interior7 | |
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
Hon. Charles Joseph Doherty | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Vacant | 21 Sept. 1921 - 3 Oct. 1921 |
Hon. Richard Bedford Bennett | 4 Oct. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Labour | |
Hon. Gideon Decker Robertson Senator | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Marine and Fisheries8 | |
Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Militia and Defence | |
Hon. Hugh Guthrie | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Mines9 | |
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister without Portfolio | |
Hon. Sir Albert Edward Kemp Senator | 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Hon. Edgar Keith Spinney | 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Hon. Edmund James Bristol | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Hon. James Robert Wilson | 26 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of the Naval Service8 | |
Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Postmaster General | |
Hon. Pierre-Édouard Blondin Senator | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. Louis-de-Gonzague Belley | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
President of the Privy Council5 | |
Hon. James Alexander Calder 6 | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. Louis-Philippe Normand | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Public Works | |
Hon. John Dowsley Reid | 10 July 1920 - 12 July 1920 |
Hon. Fleming Blanchard McCurdy | 13 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Railways and Canals | |
Hon. John Dowsley Reid | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. John Alexander Stewart | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Secretary of State of Canada10 | |
Rt Hon. Arthur Lewis Sifton | 10 July 1920 - 21 Jan. 1921 |
Vacant | 22 Jan. 1921 - 23 Jan. 1921 |
Hon. Sir Henry Lumley Drayton | 24 Jan. 1921 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. Rodolphe Monty | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment | |
Vacant | 10 July 1920 - 18 July 1920 |
Hon. Sir James Alexander Lougheed Senator | 19 July 1920 - 21 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. Robert James Manion | 22 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Solicitor General of Canada11 | |
Hon. Hugh Guthrie | 10 July 1920 - 30 Sept. 1921 |
Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
Rt Hon. Sir George Eulas Foster | 10 July 1920 - 20 Sept. 1921 |
Hon. Henry Herbert Stevens | 21 Sept. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Position Title | |
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Name | Service Date / Termination Date |
Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment | |
Vacant | 10 July 1920 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Solicitor General of Canada11 | |
Hon. Guillaume André Fauteux | 1 Oct. 1921 - 29 Dec. 1921 |
Footnotes
- [1] On July 10, 1920, Borden resigned as Prime Minister and Meighen and most of the Eleventh Ministry were sworn to office. Initially twelve of the ministers were from the Tenth Ministry, and ten retained their previous portfolios.
- [2] The office of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was abolished and the office of Minister of Customs and Excise was created by Statute 11-12 Geo. V, c. 26, and assented to on June 4, 1921.
- [3] Wigmore was appointed Minister of Customs and Excise on June 4, 1921.
- [4] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
- [5] The Department of Health was presided over by the minister of another department who was to be named by the Governor in Council. Until September 21, 1921 the President of the Privy Council was designated to be ex officio the minister to preside over the department. On that date the Minister of Immigration and Colonization was designated to administer the department.
- [6] Calder was appointed Minister of Immigration and Colonization and President of the Privy Council.
- [7] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs.
- [8] The Minister of Marine and Fisheries was ex officio the Minister of the Naval Service.
- [9] The Department of Mines was presided over by the minister of another department, who was to be named by the Governor in Council and who was to be called "The Minister of Mines", During the Eleventh Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.
- [10] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
- [11] See also Not of the Cabinet, Solicitor General of Canada.