16th Canadian Ministry

Government cabinet of Canada (1935–1948) July 2026 16th Canadian Ministry16e conseil des ministres du Canada ministry 16th Canada Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921-1957.svg true 16th Canadian Ministry.jpg 23 October 1935 15 November 1948 Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King Monarch George V Edward VIII George VI Governor General Earl BessboroughJohn BuchanEarl Athlone Liberal Party of Canada Majority (1935–1945) Minority (1945–1948) Conservative Party (historical) (1935–1943) Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1943–1948) R. B. Bennett (1935–1938) Robert James Manion (1938–1940) Richard Hanson (1940–1943) Gordon Graydon (1943–1945) John Bracken (1945–1948) 1935, 1940, 1945 1948 Liberal leadership election 18th Canadian Parliament 19th Canadian Parliament 20th Canadian Parliament 15th Canadian Ministry 17th Canadian Ministry The Sixteenth Canadian Ministry was the third cabinet chaired by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. It governed Canada from 23 October 1935 to 15 November 1948, including all of the 18th and 19th Canadian Parliaments, as well as the beginning of the 20th. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada. Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-lyon-mackenzie-king 2024-02-04 www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca en was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Fourteenth Canadian Ministries. Ministers Portfolio Minister Term Start End Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 15 November 1948 Minister of Agriculture Vacant (George Barton was acting) 23 October 1935 25 October 1935 Thomas Crerar (acting) 25 October 1935 4 November 1935 James Garfield Gardiner 4 November 1935 15 November 1948 Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation C. D. Howe 1 January 1946 15 November 1948 Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board William Daum Euler 23 October 1935 9 May 1940 James Angus MacKinnon 9 May 1940 19 January 1948 C. D. Howe 19 January 1948 15 November 1948 Secretary of State for External Affairs William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 4 September 1946 Louis St. Laurent 4 September 1946 10 September 1948 Lester B. Pearson 10 September 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Finance and Receiver General Charles Avery Dunning 23 October 1935 6 September 1939 James Ralston 6 September 1939 8 July 1940 James Lorimer Ilsley 8 July 1940 10 December 1946 Douglas Abbott 10 December 1946 15 November 1948 Minister of Fisheries Joseph-Enoil Michaud 23 October 1935 7 October 1942 Ernest Bertrand 7 October 1942 30 August 1945 Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges 30 August 1945 11 August 1947 Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting) 11 August 1947 14 August 1947 Ernest Bertrand (acting) 14 August 1947 2 September 1947 Milton Fowler Gregg 2 September 1947 19 January 1948 James Angus MacKinnon 19 January 1948 11 June 1948 Robert Wellington Mayhew 11 June 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Immigration and Colonization Thomas Crerar 23 October 1935 1 December 1936 Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs Thomas Crerar 23 October 1935 1 December 1936 Minister responsible for Indian Affairs Thomas Crerar 1 December 1936 18 April 1945 James Allison Glen 18 April 1945 11 June 1948 James Angus MacKinnon 11 June 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ernest Lapointe 23 October 1935 27 November 1941 Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) 27 November 1941 10 December 1941 Louis St. Laurent 10 December 1941 10 December 1946 James Lorimer Ilsley 10 December 1946 1 July 1948 Louis St. Laurent (acting) 1 July 1948 10 September 1948 Louis St. Laurent 10 September 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Labour Norman McLeod Rogers 23 October 1935 19 September 1939 Norman Alexander McLarty 19 September 1939 15 December 1941 Humphrey Mitchell 15 December 1941 15 November 1948 Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Ian Alistair Mackenzie 18 October 1944 1 May 1948 Alphonse Fournier 1 May 1948 15 November 1948 Leader of the Government in the Senate Raoul Dandurand 23 October 1935 11 March 1942 James Horace King (acting) 11 March 1942 26 May 1942 James Horace King 26 May 1942 25 August 1945 Wishart McLea Robertson 25 August 1945 15 November 1948 Minister of Marine C. D. Howe 23 October 1935 2 November 1936 Minister of Mines Thomas Crerar 23 October 1935 1 December 1936 Minister of Mines and Resources Thomas Crerar 1 December 1936 18 April 1945 James Allison Glen 18 April 1945 11 June 1948 James Angus MacKinnon 11 June 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Munitions and Supply C. D. Howe 9 April 1940 1 January 1946 Associate Minister of National Defence Charles Gavan Power 12 July 1940 27 November 1944 Vacant 27 November 1944 15 November 1948 Minister of National Defence Ian Alistair Mackenzie 23 October 1935 19 September 1939 Norman McLeod Rogers 19 September 1939 11 June 1940 Charles Gavan Power (acting) 11 June 1940 5 July 1940 James Ralston 5 July 1940 2 November 1944 Andrew McNaughton 2 November 1944 21 August 1945 Douglas Abbott 21 August 1945 12 December 1946 Brooke Claxton 12 December 1946 15 November 1948 Minister of National Defence for Air Vacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting) 22 May 1940 23 May 1940 Charles Gavan Power 23 May 1940 30 November 1944 Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting) 30 November 1944 11 January 1945 Colin W. G. Gibson (acting) 11 January 1945 8 March 1945 Colin W. G. Gibson 8 March 1945 12 December 1946 Minister of National Defence for Naval Services Angus Lewis Macdonald 12 July 1940 18 April 1945 Douglas Abbott 18 April 1945 12 December 1946 Minister of National Health and Welfare Brooke Claxton 18 October 1944 12 December 1946 Paul Martin Sr. 12 December 1946 15 November 1948 Minister of National Revenue James Lorimer Ilsley 23 October 1935 8 July 1940 Colin W. G. Gibson 8 July 1940 8 March 1945 James Angus MacKinnon (acting) 8 March 1945 19 April 1945 David Laurence MacLaren 19 April 1945 30 July 1945 James Angus MacKinnon (acting) 30 July 1945 29 August 1945 James Joseph McCann 29 August 1945 15 November 1948 Minister of National War Services James Garfield Gardiner 12 July 1940 11 June 1941 Joseph Thorarinn Thorson 11 June 1941 7 October 1942 Léo Richer Laflèche 7 October 1942 18 April 1945 James Joseph McCann 18 April 1945 19 January 1948 Vacant 19 January 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Pensions and National Health Charles Gavan Power 23 October 1935 19 September 1939 Ian Alistair Mackenzie 19 September 1939 18 October 1944 Postmaster General John Campbell Elliott 23 October 1935 23 January 1939 Norman Alexander McLarty 23 January 1939 19 September 1939 Charles Gavan Power 19 September 1939 23 May 1940 James Lorimer Ilsley (acting) 23 May 1940 8 July 1940 William Pate Mulock 8 July 1940 9 June 1945 Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting) 9 June 1945 29 August 1945 Ernest Bertrand 29 August 1945 15 November 1948 President of the Queen's Privy Council William Lyon Mackenzie King 23 October 1935 15 November 1948 Minister of Public Works Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 23 October 1935 13 May 1942 Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) 13 May 1942 7 October 1942 Alphonse Fournier 7 October 1942 15 November 1948 Minister of Railways and Canals C. D. Howe 23 October 1935 2 November 1936 Minister of Reconstruction Vacant (C. D. Howe was acting) 30 June 1944 13 October 1944 C. D. Howe 13 October 1944 1 January 1946 Minister of Reconstruction and Supply C. D. Howe 1 January 1946 15 November 1948 Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General Fernand Rinfret 23 October 1935 12 July 1939 Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting) 12 July 1939 26 July 1939 Ernest Lapointe (acting) 26 July 1939 9 May 1940 Pierre-François Casgrain 9 May 1940 15 December 1941 Norman Alexander McLarty 15 December 1941 18 April 1945 Paul Martin Sr. 18 April 1945 12 December 1946 Colin W. G. Gibson 12 December 1946 15 November 1948 Solicitor General Vacant 23 October 1935 18 April 1945 Joseph Jean 18 April 1945 15 November 1948 Minister of Trade and Commerce William Daum Euler 23 October 1935 9 May 1940 James Angus MacKinnon 9 May 1940 19 January 1948 C. D. Howe 19 January 1948 15 November 1948 Minister of Transport C. D. Howe 2 November 1936 8 July 1940 Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin 8 July 1940 13 May 1942 C. D. Howe (acting) 13 May 1942 6 October 1942 Joseph-Enoil Michaud 6 October 1942 18 April 1945 Lionel Chevrier 18 April 1945 15 November 1948 Minister of Veterans Affairs Ian Alistair Mackenzie 18 October 1944 19 January 1948 Milton Fowler Gregg 19 January 1948 15 November 1948 Minister without Portfolio Raoul Dandurand 23 October 1935 11 March 1942 James Angus MacKinnon 23 January 1939 9 May 1940 James Horace King 26 May 1942 25 August 1945 Wishart McLea Robertson 4 September 1945 15 November 1948 References Government of Canada Privy Council Office Sixteenth Ministry Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=16&mbtpid=1 2010-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170501192826/http://pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=16&mbtpid=1 2017-05-01 dead Succession Ministries of Canada 15th Canadian Ministry 16th Canadian Ministry 1935–1948 17th Canadian Ministry 16 16 Category:Third premiership of William Lyon Mackenzie King Category:Ministries of George V Category:Ministries of Edward VIII Category:Ministries of George VI Category:18th Canadian Parliament Category:19th Canadian Parliament Category:20th Canadian Parliament Category:Politics of Canada in World War II Category:Cabinets established in 1935 Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1948 Category:1935 establishments in Canada Category:1948 disestablishments in Canada Category:Long stubs with short prose