11th Canadian Ministry
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The Eleventh Canadian Ministry was the first cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
Arthur Meighen
. It governed Canada
from 10 July 1920 to 29 December 1921, including only the last year of the 13th Canadian Parliament
. The government was formed by the National Liberal and Conservative Party
. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Thirteenth Canadian Ministry.
Cabinet of Canada
The Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...
chaired by Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
. It governed Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
from 10 July 1920 to 29 December 1921, including only the last year of the 13th Canadian Parliament
13th Canadian Parliament
The 13th Canadian Parliament was in session from March 18, 1918 until October 4, 1921. The membership was set by the 1917 federal election on December 17, 1917, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1921 election.It was controlled by...
. The government was formed by the National Liberal and Conservative Party
National Liberal and Conservative Party
The National Liberal and Conservative Party was the name adopted by the Conservative Party of Canada in 1920 after the end of the Unionist government of Robert Borden....
. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Thirteenth Canadian Ministry.
Ministers
- Charles BallantyneCharles BallantyneCharles Colquhoun Ballantyne, PC was a Canadian politician.A prominent manufacturer, Ballantyne was appointed to Sir Robert Borden's World War I Union government. He served briefly as Minister of Public Works before becoming Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service...
- John Babington Macaulay BaxterJohn Babington Macaulay BaxterJohn Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and the 19th Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick....
- Louis-de-Gonzague BelleyLouis-de-Gonzague BelleyLouis-de-Gonzague Belley, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Alexis de la Grande Baie, Canada East, he was a lawyer before being acclaimed at the age of 29 to the Canadian House of Commons for the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi—Saguenay in a 1892 by-election. A Conservative, he was defeated in...
- R. B. BennettR. B. BennettRichard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935, during the worst of the Great Depression years...
- Pierre Édouard BlondinPierre Édouard BlondinPierre Édouard Blondin, PC was a Canadian politician.He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Champlain in 1908 and 1911...
- Edmund James BristolEdmund James BristolEdmund James Bristol, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Napanee, Canada West, now Southern Ontario the son of Amos Samuel Bristol and Sarah Minerva Everitt , Bristol was educated at the Napanee High School, Upper Canada College and University of Toronto where he graduated a B.A. in 1883...
- James Alexander CalderJames Alexander CalderJames Alexander Calder, was a Canadian politician.Born in Oxford County, Ontario, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1888. He was a teacher and principal, before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of South Regina in the...
- Charles DohertyCharles DohertyCharles Joseph Doherty, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Marcus Doherty, a judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of Quebec and Elizabeth Doherty, Doherty was educated at St...
- Henry Lumley DraytonHenry Lumley DraytonSir Henry Lumley Drayton, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Philip Henry Drayton, who came to Canada with the 16th Rifles of England, and Margaret S. Covernton, Drayton was educated in the schools of England and Canada. He was called to the Ontario Bar...
- John Wesley EdwardsJohn Wesley EdwardsJohn Wesley Edwards, was a Canadian politician.Born in Storrington Township, Canada West, he was a physician and teacher, before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Frontenac in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911 and 1917 but was...
- George Eulas FosterGeorge Eulas FosterSir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century....
- Hugh GuthrieHugh GuthrieHugh Guthrie, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett....
- Albert Edward KempAlbert Edward KempSir Albert Edward Kemp, KCMG, PC was a Canadian businessman and politician. Kemp was a Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence and Minister of the Overseas Military Forces during World War I. A Conservative and Unionist, Kemp was elected five times to the Canadian House of Commons as the Member...
- James Alexander LougheedJames Alexander LougheedSir James Alexander Lougheed, KCMG, PC, QC was a businessman and politician from Alberta, Canada.-Early Life:Lougheed was born in Brampton, Canada West, to Irish Protestant parents. The family moved to Weston, Canada West , when Lougheed was a child, and he attended King Street Public School Sir...
- Fleming Blanchard McCurdyFleming Blanchard McCurdyFleming Blanchard McCurdy, was a Canadian politician.Born in Old Barns, Nova Scotia, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Nova Scotia riding of Shelburne and Queen's in the 1911 election as a Conservative...
- Robert James ManionRobert James ManionRobert James Manion, PC, MC was leader of the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940....
- Arthur MeighenArthur MeighenArthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
- Rodolphe MontyRodolphe MontyRodolphe Monty, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated in law at Université Laval and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1897 and was created a King's Counsel in 1909. In September 1921, he was appointed Secretary of State of Canada in the...
- Louis-Philippe NormandLouis-Philippe NormandLouis-Philippe Normand, was a Canadian physician and politician.Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the son of Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand and Alphonsine Giroux, he received his Doctor of Medicine from Université Laval in 1886. A practicing physician, he was also mayor of Trois-Rivières...
- John Dowsley ReidJohn Dowsley ReidJohn Dowsley Reid, PC was a Canadian businessman, physician, and parliamentarian. A Conservative, he was a long-standing Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons for the Ontario Electoral district of Grenville South...
- Gideon RobertsonGideon RobertsonGideon Decker Robertson, PC was a Canadian Senator and Canadian Cabinet minister.Robertson was a telegrapher by profession and had links with conservatives in the labour movement. In January 1917, he was appointed to the Senate as a Conservative as a means of bringing in labour representation...
- Arthur Lewis SiftonArthur Lewis SiftonArthur Lewis Watkins Sifton, PC, KC was a Canadian politician who served as the second Premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917 and as a minister in the Government of Canada thereafter. Born in Ontario, he grew up there and in Winnipeg, where he became a lawyer...
- Edgar Keith SpinneyEdgar Keith SpinneyEdgar Keith Spinney, was a Canadian politician.Born in Argyle, Nova Scotia, he was an insurance agent and merchant before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Nova Scotia riding of Yarmouth and Clare in the 1917 federal election. He was defeated in the 1921 election and the 1925...
- Henry Herbert StevensHenry Herbert StevensHenry Herbert Stevens, PC was a Canadian politician and businessman. A member of R.B. Bennett's cabinet, he split with the Conservative Prime Minister to found the Reconstruction Party of Canada.-Early life:...
- John Alexander Stewart (politician)
- Simon Fraser TolmieSimon Fraser TolmieSimon Fraser Tolmie, PC was a veterinarian, farmer, politician, and the 21st Premier of the Province of British Columbia, Canada....
- Rupert Wilson WigmoreRupert Wilson WigmoreRupert Wilson Wigmore, was a Canadian politician.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was a civil engineer before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing St. John--Albert in the 1917 federal election...
- James Robert WilsonJames Robert WilsonJames Robert Wilson, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Almonte, Canada West, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1884 and was employed at a grocery and hardware store. During the 1885 North-West Rebellion he led the first medical corps to Saskatoon...