13th Canadian Ministry
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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 had never 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. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada
. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Eleventh 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 29 June 1926 to 25 September 1926, including only the last three months of the 15th Canadian Parliament
15th Canadian Parliament
The 15th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 7, 1926 until July 2, 1926. The membership was set by the 1925 federal election on October 29, 1925, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1926 election.Initially, it was...
, all cabinet ministers were acting cabinet ministers as Meighen had never 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. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...
. Meighen was also Prime Minister in the Eleventh Canadian Ministry.
Ministers
- 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...
- William Anderson BlackWilliam Anderson BlackWilliam Anderson Black, PC was a Canadian politician. He is the oldest person ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons, 76 years, 1 month, 26 days when he was first elected. He was 83 when he last won election and he died in office.He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Gay...
- James Dew ChaplinJames Dew ChaplinJames Dew Chaplin, was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Canada West, the son of William Lamont Chaplin and Harriet Dew, Chaplin was educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute. A manufacturer in 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...
- Guillaume-André FauteuxGuillaume-André FauteuxGuillaume-André Fauteux was a Canadian politician and Senator.Born in St-Benoît, Quebec, a Conservative, he was defeated six times while attempting to become a Member of Parliament.From October 1, 1921 to December 28, 1921, he was the Solicitor General of Canada...
- 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....
- George Burpee JonesGeorge Burpee JonesGeorge Burpee Jones was a Canadian merchant and politician.Born in Belleisle Bay, New Brunswick, Jones represented King's COunty in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1908 to 1921. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Royal in the 1921 federal election...
- John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician)John Alexander Macdonald (Prince Edward Island politician)John Alexander Macdonald, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Tracadie, Prince Edward Island, the son of John Charles Macdonald, he represented 3rd Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1908 to 1915 and from 1923 to 1925 as a Conservative member...
- 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...
- Raymond Ducharme MorandRaymond Ducharme MorandRaymond Ducharme Morand, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Windsor, Ontario, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Essex East in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1926 election. He was re-elected in the 1930 federal election and...
- Eugène PaquetEugène PaquetEugène Paquet, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Paquet was born in St-Agapit, Quebec, and prior to entering politics studied medicine and practised as a physician...
- Esioff-Léon PatenaudeEsioff-Léon PatenaudeEsioff-Léon Patenaude, PC, KC, often called E.L. Patenaude was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Born in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, in 1875, he studied law at Université Laval and was called to the Quebec bar in 1899...
- George Halsey PerleyGeorge Halsey PerleySir George Halsey Perley, KCMG, PC was an American born Canadian politician and diplomat.-Early life:...
- Edmond Baird RyckmanEdmond Baird RyckmanEdmond Baird Ryckman, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Huntingdon, Canada East, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Toronto East in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930...
- 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:...
- Donald Sutherland (politician)Donald Sutherland (politician)Donald Sutherland, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Zorra Township, Canada West, he was first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Oxford South in the 1908 federal election. He was defeated but was elected in the 1911 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in...
- Simon Fraser TolmieSimon Fraser TolmieSimon Fraser Tolmie, PC was a veterinarian, farmer, politician, and the 21st Premier of the Province of British Columbia, Canada....