14th Canadian Ministry
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The Fourteenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King
. It governed Canada
from 25 September 1926 to 7 August 1930, including only the 16th Canadian Parliament
. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada
. Mackenzie King was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Sixteenth Canadian Ministries.
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...
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
. 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 25 September 1926 to 7 August 1930, including only the 16th Canadian Parliament
16th Canadian Parliament
The 16th Canadian Parliament was in session from December 9, 1926 until May 30, 1930. The membership was set by the 1926 federal election on September 14, 1926, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1930 election.It was controlled by a...
. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
. Mackenzie King was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Sixteenth Canadian Ministries.
Ministers
- Lucien CannonLucien CannonLucien Cannon, was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Arthabaska, Quebec, the son of Lawrence John Cannon and Aurélie Dumoulin, he studied law at the Laval University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1910. His brother was Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a puisne judge of the Supreme...
- Pierre Joseph Arthur CardinPierre Joseph Arthur CardinPierre Joseph Arthur Cardin, also known as Arthur Cardin was a Canadian politician who quit the cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King over the issue of conscription....
- Thomas CrerarThomas CrerarThomas Alexander Crerar, was a western Canadian politician and a leader of the short-lived Progressive Party of Canada. He was born in Molesworth, Ontario, and moved to Manitoba at a young age....
- Raoul DandurandRaoul DandurandRaoul Dandurand, PC was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec for the Liberal Party of Canada....
- Charles Avery DunningCharles Avery DunningCharles Avery Dunning, PC was born in Croft, Leicestershire, England. During his career, he was a successful businessman, a Canadian politician , and a university chancellor.-Early life:...
- John Campbell ElliottJohn Campbell ElliottJohn Campbell Elliott, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.He was born in Ekfrid Township, Ontario, the son of George Campbell and Jane Elliott. He was educated at the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1896.J. C...
- William Daum EulerWilliam Daum EulerWilliam Daum Euler, was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Conestogo, Ontario, the son of Henry Euler and Catherine Daum, he attended Berlin High School between the years of 1891 and 1893. He then taught in Suddaby Public School and later founded the Euler Business College. Euler married Jean...
- Robert ForkeRobert ForkeRobert Forke, PC was a Canadian politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921. In 1922, he replaced Thomas Crerar as leader of the Progressive Party of Canada...
- Peter HeenanPeter HeenanPeter Heenan, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Tullaree, County Monaghan, Ireland, he was a locomotive engineer before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as the Labour candidate for the riding of Kenora in the 1919 election...
- William Frederic KayWilliam Frederic KayWilliam Frederic Kay, was a Canadian politician.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Missisquoi in the 1911 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1917, 1921, 1925, and 1926...
- James Horace KingJames Horace KingJames Horace King, PC was a physician and Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Chipman, New Brunswick, James King was the son of George Gerald King, a businessman and Canadian politician in his own right...
- William Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie KingWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
- Ernest LapointeErnest LapointeErnest Lapointe, PC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.-Education, early career:Lapointe earned his law degree from Laval University...
- Ian Alistair MackenzieIan Alistair MackenzieIan Alistair Mackenzie, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Assynt, Scotland, Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 1920 BC election...
- Cyrus MacmillanCyrus MacmillanCyrus Macmillan, was a Canadian academic, writer,and politician.Born in Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and a Master of Arts degree in 1903 from McGill University. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1909 and started as a Lecturer at...
- James MalcolmJames MalcolmJames Malcolm, was a Canadian politician.Born in Kincardine, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Ontario riding of Bruce North in the 1921 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930. From 1926 to 1930, he was the Minister of Trade...
- William Richard MotherwellWilliam Richard MotherwellWilliam Richard Motherwell, PC was a provincial and federal Canadian politician.-Biography:Born in Perth, Canada West....
- James RalstonJames RalstonJames Layton Ralston, PC was a Canadian lawyer, soldier and politician.Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Ralston graduated from law school at Dalhousie University in 1903 and practised law in Amherst...
- Fernand RinfretFernand RinfretLouis Édouard Fernand Rinfret, PC was a Canadian politician.-Biography:He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the Montreal riding of St. James in a 1920 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921, 1925, 1930, and 1935...
- James Robb (politician)James Robb (politician)James Alexander Robb, PC was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. Robb was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.He served as Liberal Party Whip from 1919 to 1921....
- Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)Charles Stewart (Canadian politician)Charles Stewart, PC was a Canadian politician who served as the third Premier of Alberta from 1917 until 1921. Born in Strabane, Ontario, in Wentworth County, Stewart was a farmer who moved west to Alberta after his farm was destroyed by a storm...
- Peter VeniotPeter VeniotPeter John Veniot, PC was a businessman and newspaper owner and a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He was the first Acadian premier of the province of New Brunswick....