15th Canadian Ministry
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The Fifteenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
R. B. Bennett
. It governed Canada
from 7 August 1930 to 23 October 1935, including only the 17th Canadian Parliament
. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada
.
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...
R. B. Bennett
R. B. Bennett
Richard 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...
. 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 7 August 1930 to 23 October 1935, including only the 17th Canadian Parliament
17th Canadian Parliament
The 17th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 8, 1930 until August 14, 1935. The membership was set by the 1930 federal election on July 28, 1930, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1935 election.It was controlled by a...
. 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...
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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...
- Charles CahanCharles CahanCharles Hazlitt Cahan, PC, KC was a prominent Canadian lawyer, newspaper editor, businessman, and provincial and federal politician....
- Maurice DupréMaurice DupréMaurice Dupré, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Lévis, Quebec, he first ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Kamouraska in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was elected in the 1930 federal election representing the riding of Quebec...
- Alfred DuranleauAlfred DuranleauAlfred Duranleau, PC was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.Born in Farnham, Quebec, the son of Napoléon Duranleau and Adélaïde Patenaude, he was educated as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1897....
- William Gordon ErnstWilliam Gordon ErnstWilliam Gordon Ernst, was a Canadian politician.Born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, he first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election in the Nova Scotia riding of Queens—Lunenburg. A Conservative, he was defeated but he was elected in the 1926 federal election. He was...
- Onésime GagnonOnésime GagnonOnésime Gagnon, PC was a Canadian politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec.-Background:He was born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on October 23, 1888 and was the son of Onésime Gagnon and Julie Morin. He was a Rhodes scholar and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1912...
- George Reginald GearyGeorge Reginald GearyGeorge Reginald Geary, PC, OBE, MC, KC was Mayor of Toronto, Ontario from 1910 to 1912.During his term in office he announced plans for a new Harbor board. Geary said, "We have a magnificent harbor but we have failed miserably to avail ourselves of nature's generosity...
- Lucien Henri GendronLucien Henri GendronLucien Henri Gendron, was a Canadian politician.In August 1935, he was appointed Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the Conservative cabinet of Richard Bedford Bennett. He was defeated in the 1935 federal election in the Quebec riding of Laval—Two Mountains.-References:...
- Samuel GobeilSamuel GobeilSamuel Gobeil, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in La Patrie, Quebec, he was defeated twice before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Compton in the 1930 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1935 and 1940...
- Wesley Ashton GordonWesley Ashton GordonWesley Ashton Gordon, was a Canadian politician.Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, he was a barrister before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Timiskaming South in 1930. He was defeated by Walter Little in 1935. From 1930 to 1932, he was the Minister of Immigration and...
- 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....
- Richard HansonRichard HansonRichard Burpee Hanson, PC was a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party from May 14, 1940 until November 11, 1941....
- Earl LawsonEarl LawsonJames Earl Lawson, PC was a Canadian politician and lawyer.James Earl Lawson was twice a candidate for the leadership of the Ontario Conservative Party, despite never being a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and once as a candidate for the federal Tory leadership.His first run for...
- Murray MacLarenMurray MacLarenMurray MacLaren, PC was a Canadian politician and the 18th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Born in Richibucto, New Brunswick, he was a physician before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the New Brunswick riding of St. John—Albert 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....
- Robert Charles MatthewsRobert Charles MatthewsRobert Charles Matthews, was a Canadian politician.Born in Lindsay, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Toronto East Centre in the 1926 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1930. From 1933 to 1935, he was the Minister of National...
- 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...
- Thomas Gerow MurphyThomas Gerow MurphyThomas Gerow Murphy, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Northumberland County, Ontario, he was a pharmacist before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Manitoba riding of Neepawa in the 1925 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1926 election by...
- George Halsey PerleyGeorge Halsey PerleySir George Halsey Perley, KCMG, PC was an American born Canadian politician and diplomat.-Early life:...
- Edgar Nelson RhodesEdgar Nelson RhodesEdgar Nelson Rhodes, was a Canadian parliamentarian from Nova Scotia.Rhodes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1908 as a member of the Conservative Party...
- Gideon RobertsonGideon RobertsonGideon Decker Robertson, PC was a Canadian Senator and Canadian Cabinet minister.Robertson was a telegrapher by profession and had links with conservatives in the labour movement. In January 1917, he was appointed to the Senate as a Conservative as a means of bringing in labour representation...
- William Earl RoweWilliam Earl RoweWilliam Earl Rowe, PC , was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1963 to 1968. He also had four children, one of which died during labour....
- 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...
- Arthur SauvéArthur SauvéArthur Sauvé, PC was born in Saint-Hermas .The Legislative Assembly of Quebec member for Deux-Montagnes from 1908 to 1930, he was leader of the Quebec Conservative Party but never premier...
- 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:...
- Hugh Alexander StewartHugh Alexander StewartHugh Alexander Stewart, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Elizabethtown Township, Ontario, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Ontario riding of Leeds in the 1921 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, and 1935. He was defeated in...
- Grote StirlingGrote StirlingGrote Stirling, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Tunbridge Wells, England, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the British Columbia riding of Yale in a 1924 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1940...
- Donald Matheson SutherlandDonald Matheson SutherlandDonald Matheson Sutherland, PC was a Canadian physician and politician.Sutherland ran for public office in the 1917 federal election held as a result of the Conscription Crisis of 1917 as a Laurier Liberal, but was defeated in the riding of Oxford North.By 1921, he had changed allegiances to the...
- Robert Weir