Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation

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Fourteenth Ministry

Liberal 1
25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Prime Minister
Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King 2

The Ministry
Position Title
NameService Date /
Termination Date
Minister of Agriculture
Hon. William Richard Motherwell   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Customs and Excise3  
Hon. William Daum Euler  4   25 Sept. 1926 - 30 March 1927

Secretary of State for External Affairs5  
Rt Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Finance and Receiver General
Hon. James Alexander Robb   25 Sept. 1926 - 11 Nov. 1929
Vacant  12 Nov. 1929 - 25 Nov. 1929
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning   26 Nov. 1929 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Fisheries6  
Vacant  14 June 1930 - 16 June 1930
Hon. Cyrus Macmillan   17 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Hon. Robert Forke   25 Sept. 1926 - 29 Dec. 1929
Hon. Charles Stewart  7   30 Dec. 1929 - 26 June 1930
Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie   27 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs8  
Hon. Charles Stewart   25 Sept. 1926 - 18 June 1930
Hon. Charles Stewart   19 June 1930 - 26 June 1930
Hon. Ian Alistair Mackenzie   27 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of the Interior8  
Hon. Charles Stewart   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Ernest Lapointe   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Labour
Hon. Peter Heenan   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Marine6  
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin   14 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Marine and Fisheries6  
Hon. Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin  9   25 Sept. 1926 - 13 June 1930

Minister of Mines10  
Hon. Charles Stewart   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister without Portfolio
Hon. Raoul Dandurand  Senator  25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930
Hon. William Frederic Kay   17 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of National Defence
Vacant  25 Sept. 1926 - 30 Sept. 1926
Hon. James Alexander Robb   1 Oct. 1926 - 7 Oct. 1926
Hon. James Layton Ralston   8 Oct. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of National Revenue3  
Hon. William Daum Euler   31 March 1927 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Pensions and National Health11  
Hon. James Horace King  Senator  11 June 1928 - 18 June 1930
Hon. James Layton Ralston   19 June 1930 - 7 Aug. 1930

Postmaster General
Hon. Peter John Veniot   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

President of the Privy Council
Rt Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Public Works
Hon. John Campbell Elliott   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Railways and Canals
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning  12   25 Sept. 1926 - 25 Nov. 1929
Hon. Charles Avery Dunning   26 Nov. 1929 - 29 Dec. 1929
Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar   30 Dec. 1929 - 7 Aug. 1930

Secretary of State of Canada13  
Hon. Fernand Rinfret   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment11  
Hon. James Horace King  14   25 Sept. 1926 - 10 June 1928

Solicitor General of Canada
Hon. Lucien Cannon   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930

Minister of Trade and Commerce
Hon. James Malcolm   25 Sept. 1926 - 7 Aug. 1930
Not of the Cabinet
Position Title
NameService Date /
Termination Date
Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
Vacant  25 Sept. 1926 - 11 June 1928

Footnotes

  • [1] Following the defeat of the Government in the general election of September 14, 1926. Meighen formally resigned on September 25, and the Fourteenth Ministry took office the same day.
  • [2] King was also President of the Privy Council.
  • [3] The office of Minister of Customs and Excise was abolished and the office of Minister of National Revenue created by Statute 17 Geo. V, c. 34, and assented to on March 31, 1927.
  • [4] Euler was appointed Minister of National Revenue on March 31, 1927.
  • [5] The Prime Minister was ex officio the Secretary of State for External Affairs.
  • [6] The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine created by Statute 20-21 Geo. V, c. 21 and c. 31 respectively. Both were assented to on May 30, 1930 and came into force on Assent.
  • [7] Stewart was also Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs and Minister of the Interior.
  • [8] The Minister of the Interior was ex officio the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs until June 19, 1930, when the Minister of Immigration and Colonization was designated by Order in Council to hold the office ex officio.
  • [9] Cardin was appointed Minister of Marine on June 14, 1930.
  • [10] 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 Fourteenth Ministry the Minister of the Interior was named Minister of Mines.
  • [11] The Department of Health Act and the offices of Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment and Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment were abolished and the office of Minister of Pensions and National Health created by Statute 18-19 Geo. V, c. 39, and assented to on June 11, 1928.
  • [12] Dunning was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on November 26, 1929.
  • [13] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada.
  • [14] King presided over the Department of Health until its abolition. He was appointed Minister of Pensions and National Health on June 11, 1928.

The Canadian Ministry was prepared using an earlier publication (Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation) and new information compiled by the Orders in Council Division of the Privy Council Office.

Any inaccuracy or general inquiries should be brought to the attention of the Orders in Council Division at oica-ndec@pco-bcp.gc.ca.