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The Eighteenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister
John Diefenbaker
. It governed Canada
from 21 June 1957 to 22 April 1963, including all of the 23rd
, 24th
, and 25th Canadian Parliament
s. The government was formed by the Progressive 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...
John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...
. 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 21 June 1957 to 22 April 1963, including all of the 23rd
23rd Canadian Parliament
The 23rd Canadian Parliament was in session from October 14, 1957 until February 1, 1958. The membership was set by the 1957 federal election on June 10, 1957, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1958 election.It holds the...
, 24th
24th Canadian Parliament
The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958 until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1962 election.It was controlled by a...
, and 25th Canadian Parliament
25th Canadian Parliament
The 25th Canadian Parliament was in session from September 27, 1962 until February 6, 1963. The membership was set by the 1962 federal election on June 18, 1962, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolved prior to the 1963 election.It was controlled by...
s. The government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....
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Ministers
- Martial AsselinMartial AsselinMartial Asselin, is a retired Canadian politician and the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec .Born in La Malbaie, Quebec, the son of Ferdinand Asselin and Eugénie Tremblay, he was called to the Quebec Bar in 1951. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1967...
- Léon BalcerLéon BalcerLéon Balcer, PC was a Canadian politician.He was born on October 13, 1917 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec and was a lawyer by profession.-Member of the House of Commons:...
- Dick BellDick BellRichard Albert "Dick" Bell, PC was a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Carleton from 1957 to 1963 and from 1965 to 1968.He was born at Britannia Bay in Nepean Township, Ontario in 1913...
- Alfred Johnson BrooksAlfred Johnson BrooksAlfred Johnson Brooks, PC, QC was a Canadian parliamentarian.A teacher and barrister by training, Brooks represented King's County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1935. He first won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 general election as the Conservative...
- William Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph BrowneWilliam Joseph Browne, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, he was a Member of the last Newfoundland House of Assembly in 1933 and a cabinet minister in the government of Frederick C...
- Gordon ChurchillGordon ChurchillGordon Minto Churchill, PC, DSO was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1946 to 1949 as an independent representative, and in the Canadian House of Commons from 1951 to 1968 as a Progressive Conservative...
- Paul ComtoisPaul ComtoisPaul Comtois, was a Canadian politician.Born in Pierreville, Quebec, the son of Urbain Comtois and Elizabeth McCaffrey, he ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1930 federal election and in a 1933 by-election. He was elected in 1957 election for the riding of Nicolet—Yamaska...
- Henri CourtemancheHenri CourtemancheHenri Courtemanche, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, the son of Victor Courtemanche and Louise Massé, he was educated at the Académie de Mont-Laurier, the Séminaire de St. Joseph de Mont-Laurier, the Collège Saint-Laurent and the Université de Montréal...
- John DiefenbakerJohn DiefenbakerJohn George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...
- Walter DinsdaleWalter DinsdaleWalter Gilbert Dinsdale, PC, DFC was a Canadian politician.Born in Brandon, Manitoba, he graduated from Brandon College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1937 from McMaster University...
- Ellen FaircloughEllen FaircloughEllen Louks Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...
- Donald Fleming
- Hugh John FlemmingHugh John FlemmingHugh John Flemming, PC was a politician and the 24th Premier of New Brunswick.He is always known as "Hugh John"...
- Jacques FlynnJacques FlynnJacques Flynn, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian politician and Senator.Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, the grandson of the Premier of Quebec Edmund James Flynn, he graduated in law from Université Laval in and was called to the Quebec Bar both in 1939.A Progressive Conservative, Flynn ran unsuccessfully...
- Davie FultonDavie FultonEdmund Davie Fulton, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian Rhodes Scholar, politician and judge. Popularly known as E. Davie Fulton. He was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, the son of politician/lawyer Frederick John Fulton and Winnifred M. Davie, daughter of A.E.B. Davie...
- Howard Charles GreenHoward Charles GreenHoward Charles Green, PC was a Canadian politician and parliamentarian.He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election as a Conservative from Vancouver, British Columbia and served as an Member of Parliament for twenty eight years...
- George Ernest HalpennyGeorge Ernest HalpennyGeorge Ernest Halpenny, PC was a Canadian politician.A chemist by training, Halpenny was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 federal election that brought John Diefenbaker to power...
- Alvin Hamilton
- Douglas HarknessDouglas HarknessDouglas Scott Harkness, PC, OC, GM, ED , was a Canadian politician, teacher, farmer and former Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Canadian Artillery....
- Angus MacLeanAngus MacLeanJohn Angus MacLean, PC, OC, DFC was a politician and farmer in Prince Edward Island, Canada.He was an alumnus of both Mount Allison University and the University of British Columbia with degrees in science...
- Paul MartineauPaul MartineauPaul Raymond Martineau, PC, QC, KCSG was a Canadian politician, lawyer, crown attorney and judge.The son of Alphonse Martineau and Lucienne Lemieux, Martineau grew up in the Quebec portion of the Ottawa Valley. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1941 from the University of Ottawa...
- Jay Waldo MonteithJay Waldo MonteithJay Waldo Monteith, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Stratford, Ontario, the son of Joseph Dunsmore Monteith, an Ontario MPP and cabinet minister, and Allice Chowen, he graduated from the University of Toronto and became a chartered accountant in 1932...
- George NowlanGeorge NowlanGeorge Clyde Nowlan, PC was a Canadian member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, he served from 9 August 1962–21 April 1963 as the Minister of Finance in the administration of John Diefenbaker, and was also responsible for the...
- Raymond O'HurleyRaymond O'HurleyRaymond Joseph Michael O'Hurley, was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Gilles, Quebec, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1957 for the Quebec riding of Lotbinière. A Progressive Conservative, he was re-elected in 1958 and 1962. He was defeated in 1963 and 1965...
- George PearkesGeorge PearkesMajor General George Randolph Pearkes, VC, PC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD was a Canadian politician; soldier; recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Imperial forces; and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of British...
- Pierre SévignyPierre SévignyJoseph Pierre Albert Sévigny, PC, OC, CD, VM, ED was a Canadian soldier, author, politician, and academic. He is best known for his involvement in the Munsinger Affair....
- Sidney Earle Smith
- Michael StarrMichael StarrMichael Starr, PC was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having immigrated from Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire....
- David James WalkerDavid James WalkerDavid James Walker, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was educated at Jarvis Collegiate Institute, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1931...