13th Canadian Ministry

Government cabinet of Canada (1926) July 2026 13th Canadian Ministry13e conseil des ministres du Canada ministry 13th Canada Canadian_Red_Ensign_1921-1957.svg true Former PM Arthur Meighen.jpg 29 June 1926 25 September 1926 Prime Minister Arthur Meighen Monarch George V Governor General Viscount ByngMarquess of Willingdon Conservative Minority Liberal William Lyon Mackenzie King King–Byng affair 1926 Canadian federal election 15th Canadian Parliament 12th Canadian Ministry 14th Canadian Ministry The Thirteenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. It governed Canada from 29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926, including only the last three months of the 15th Canadian Parliament, all cabinet ministers were acting cabinet ministers as Meighen hadn't been given the confidence of the house, and any cabinet ministers appointed by him would have had to resign their seats and run for re-election.Egotists and Autocrats, Bowering, George, p. 222, 10th Penguin printing The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Eleventh Canadian Ministry. Ministers Prime Minister 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: Arthur Meighen Minister of Agriculture 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Simon Fraser Tolmie Minister of Customs and Excise 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens Secretary of State for External Affairs 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: Arthur Meighen Minister of Finance 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: R. B. Bennett Receiver General of Canada 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: The Minister of Finance (Ex officio) 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: R. B. Bennett Minister presiding over the Department of Health 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Robert James Manion (acting) 13 July 1926 – 23 August 1926: Raymond Ducharme Morand (acting) 23 August 1926 – 25 September 1926: Eugène Paquet Minister of Immigration and Colonization 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Robert James Manion (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: The Minister of the Interior (Ex officio) 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: R. B. Bennett (acting) Minister of the Interior 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: R. B. Bennett (acting) Minister of Justice 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Hugh Guthrie (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Esioff-Léon Patenaude Attorney General of Canada 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: The Minister of Justice (Ex officio) 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Hugh Guthrie (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Esioff-Léon Patenaude Minister of Labour 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Robert James Manion (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: George Burpee Jones Minister of Marine and Fisheries 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: William Anderson Black (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Esioff-Léon Patenaude Minister of Mines 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: R. B. Bennett (acting) Minister of National Defence 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Hugh Guthrie (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Hugh Guthrie Postmaster General 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Robert James Manion (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Robert James Manion President of the Privy Council 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: Arthur Meighen Minister of Public Works 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Sir George Halsey Perley (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Edmond Baird Ryckman Minister of Railways and Canals 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: William Anderson Black Secretary of State of Canada 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: George Halsey Perley (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Sir George Halsey Perley Registrar General of Canada 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: The Secretary of State of Canada (Ex officio) 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Sir George Halsey Perley (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: George Halsey Perley Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Robert James Manion (acting) 13 July 1926 – 23 August 1926: Raymond Ducharme Morand (acting) 23 August 1926 – 25 September 1926: Eugène Paquet Solicitor General of Canada 29 June 1926 – 23 August 1926: Vacant 23 August 1926 – 25 September 1926: Guillaume-André Fauteux Minister of Trade and Commerce 29 June 1926 – 13 July 1926: Henry Herbert Stevens (acting) 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: James Dew Chaplin Minister without Portfolio 7 July 1926 – 13 July 1926: R. 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Bennett 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Sir Henry Lumley Drayton 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Raymond Ducharme Morand 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: John Alexander Macdonald 13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926: Donald Sutherland Offices not of the Cabinet Leader of the Government in the Senate 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: William Benjamin Ross Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment 29 June 1926 – 25 September 1926: Vacant References Government of Canada Privy Council Office Thirteenth Ministry Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=13&mbtpid=1 2010-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170501192821/http://pco-bcp.gc.ca/mgm/dtail.asp?lang=eng&mstyid=13&mbtpid=1 2017-05-01 dead Succession Ministries of Canada 12th Canadian Ministry 13th Canadian Ministry 1926 14th Canadian Ministry 13 13 Category:Second premiership of Arthur Meighen Category:Ministries of George V Category:15th Canadian Parliament Category:1926 establishments in Canada Category:1926 disestablishments in Canada Category:Cabinets established in 1926 Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1926