10th Canadian Ministry

July 2026August 2025Government cabinet of Canada (1917–1920)August 2025 10th Canadian Ministry10e conseil des ministres du Canada ministry 10th Canada Canadian Red Ensign 1868-1921.svg true Borden-sm.jpg 12 October 1917 10 July 1920 Prime Minister Robert Borden Monarch George V Governor General Duke of Devonshire CA Unionist Unionist Majority CA Liberal Liberal Wilfrid Laurier (1911–1919) Daniel Duncan McKenzie (1919) William Lyon Mackenzie King (1919–1921) 1917 13th Canadian Parliament 9th Canadian Ministry 11th Canadian Ministry The Tenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 12 October 1917 to 10 July 1920, including most of the 13th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the Unionists, a war-time coalition between the old Conservative Party of Canada and some members of the Liberal Party of Canada. Borden was also Prime Minister in the Ninth Canadian Ministry, but formed a coalition ministry for the 1917 Canadian federal election. Ministers Prime Minister 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Sir Robert Borden Minister of Agriculture 12 October 1917 – 18 June 1919: Thomas Crerar 18 June 1919 – 12 August 1919: James Alexander Calder (acting) 12 August 1919 – 10 July 1920: Simon Fraser Tolmie Minister of Aviation 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Albert Edward Kemp Minister of Customs 12 October 1917 – 18 May 1918: Arthur Lewis Sifton Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue 18 May 1918 – 2 September 1919: Arthur Lewis Sifton 2 September 1919 – 31 December 1919: John Dowsley Reid (acting) 31 December 1919 – 10 July 1920: Martin Burrell Secretary of State for External Affairs 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Sir Robert Borden Minister of Finance 12 October 1917 – 2 August 1919: Sir William Thomas White 2 August 1919 – 10 July 1920: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Receiver General of Canada 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: The Minister of Finance (Ex officio) 12 October 1917 – 2 August 1919: William Thomas White 2 August 1919 – 10 July 1920: Henry Lumley Drayton Minister presiding over the Department of Health 6 June 1919 – 10 July 1920: Newton Rowell Minister of Immigration and Colonization 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: James Alexander Calder Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio) 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Arthur Meighen Minister of Inland Revenue 12 October 1917 – 1 April 1918: Albert Sévigny 1 April 1918 – 14 May 1918: Vacant (Joseph Ulric Vincent was acting) 14 May 1918 – 18 May 1918: Arthur Lewis Sifton Minister of the Interior 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Arthur Meighen Minister of Justice 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Charles Doherty Attorney General of Canada 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio) 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Charles Doherty Minister of Labour 12 October 1917 – 8 November 1918: Thomas Wilson Crothers 8 November 1918 – 10 July 1920: Gideon Robertson Leader of the Government in the Senate 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Sir James Alexander Lougheed Minister of Marine and Fisheries 12 October 1917 – 13 October 1917: Vacant (Alexander Johnston was acting) 13 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Charles Ballantyne Minister of Militia and Defence 12 October 1917 – 16 January 1920: Sydney Chilton Mewburn 16 January 1920 – 24 January 1920: James Alexander Calder (acting) 24 January 1920 – 10 July 1920: Hugh Guthrie Minister of Mines 12 October 1917 – 31 December 1919: Martin Burrell 31 December 1919 – 10 July 1920: Arthur Meighen Minister of the Naval Service 12 October 1917 – 13 October 1917: Vacant (George Joseph Desbarats was acting) 13 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Charles Ballantyne Minister of Overseas Military Forces 12 October 1917 – 1 July 1920: Sir Albert Edward Kemp Postmaster General 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Pierre-Édouard Blondin President of the Privy Council 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Newton Rowell Minister of Public Works 12 October 1917 – 13 October 1917: Charles Ballantyne 13 October 1917 – 6 August 1919: Frank Broadstreet Carvell 6 August 1919 – 3 September 1919: John Dowsley Reid (acting) 3 September 1919 – 31 December 1919: Arthur Lewis Sifton 31 December 1919 – 10 July 1920: John Dowsley Reid (acting) Minister of Railways and Canals 12 October 1917 – 1 July 1920: John Dowsley Reid Secretary of State of Canada 12 October 1917 – 31 December 1919: Martin Burrell 31 December 1919 – 10 July 1920: Arthur Lewis Sifton Registrar General of Canada 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio) 12 October 1917 – 31 December 1919: Martin Burrell 31 December 1919 – 10 July 1920: Arthur Lewis Sifton Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment 21 February 1918 – 10 July 1920: Sir James Alexander Lougheed Solicitor General of Canada 5 July 1919 – 10 July 1920: Hugh Guthrie Minister of Trade and Commerce 12 October 1917 – 10 July 1920: Sir George Eulas Foster Minister without Portfolio 12 October 1917 – 22 September 1919: Francis Cochrane 12 October 1917 – 21 February 1918: Sir James Alexander Lougheed 23 October 1917 – 25 February 1920: Alexander Kenneth Maclean 23 October 1917 – 8 November 1918: Gideon Robertson Offices not of the Cabinet Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for External Affairs 12 October 1917 – 7 November 1918: Hugh Clark 7 November 1918 – 10 July 1920: Francis Henry Keefer Parliamentary Secretary of Militia and Defence 12 October 1917 – 23 February 1918: Fleming Blanchard McCurdy 23 February 1918 – 7 November 1918: Vacant 7 November 1918 – 10 July 1920: Hugh Clark Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment 21 February 1918 – 23 February 1918: Vacant 23 February 1918 – 7 November 1918: Fleming Blanchard McCurdy 7 November 1918 – 10 July 1920: Vacant Solicitor General of Canada 12 October 1917 – 5 July 1919: Hugh Guthrie References Government of Canada Privy Council Office Tenth Ministry Guide to Canadian Ministries since 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