16th Canadian Ministry

The Sixteenth Canadian Ministry was the third cabinet chaired by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. It governed Canada from 23 October 1935 to 15 November 1948, including all of the 18th and 19th Canadian Parliaments, as well as the beginning of the 20th. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada. Mackenzie King was also Prime Minister in the Twelfth and Fourteenth Canadian Ministries.

16th Canadian Ministry
16e conseil des ministres du Canada

16th ministry of Canada
Date formed23 October 1935
Date dissolved15 November 1948
People and organisations
Monarch
Governor GeneralEarl Bessborough
John Buchan
Earl Athlone
Prime MinisterWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Member partyLiberal Party of Canada
Status in legislature (1935-1940)
(1940-1945)

Supermajority

(1945-1948)

Minority
Opposition party
Opposition leader
History
Election(s)1935, 1940, 1945
Legislature term(s)
Predecessor15th Canadian Ministry
Successor17th Canadian Ministry
Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King and members of the Cabinet, 1945

Ministers
Portfolio Minister Term
Start End
Prime MinisterWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193515 November 1948
Minister of AgricultureVacant (George Barton was acting)23 October 193525 October 1935
Thomas Crerar (acting)25 October 19354 November 1935
James Garfield Gardiner4 November 193515 November 1948
Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing CorporationC. D. Howe1 January 194615 November 1948
Minister for the Canadian Wheat BoardWilliam Daum Euler23 October 19359 May 1940
James Angus MacKinnon9 May 194019 January 1948
C. D. Howe19 January 194815 November 1948
Secretary of State for External AffairsWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 19354 September 1946
Louis St. Laurent4 September 194610 September 1948
Lester B. Pearson10 September 194815 November 1948
Minister of Finance and Receiver GeneralCharles Avery Dunning23 October 19356 September 1939
James Ralston6 September 19398 July 1940
James Lorimer Ilsley8 July 194010 December 1946
Douglas Abbott10 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of FisheriesJoseph-Enoil Michaud23 October 19357 October 1942
Ernest Bertrand7 October 194230 August 1945
Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges30 August 194511 August 1947
Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting)11 August 194714 August 1947
Ernest Bertrand (acting)14 August 19472 September 1947
Milton Fowler Gregg2 September 194719 January 1948
James Angus MacKinnon19 January 194811 June 1948
Robert Wellington Mayhew11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Immigration and ColonizationThomas Crerar23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian AffairsThomas Crerar23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister responsible for Indian AffairsThomas Crerar1 December 193618 April 1945
James Allison Glen18 April 194511 June 1948
James Angus MacKinnon11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Justice and Attorney GeneralErnest Lapointe23 October 193527 November 1941
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting)27 November 194110 December 1941
Louis St. Laurent10 December 194110 December 1946
James Lorimer Ilsley10 December 19461 July 1948
Louis St. Laurent (acting)1 July 194810 September 1948
Louis St. Laurent10 September 194815 November 1948
Minister of LabourNorman McLeod Rogers23 October 193519 September 1939
Norman Alexander McLarty19 September 193915 December 1941
Humphrey Mitchell15 December 194115 November 1948
Leader of the Government in the House of CommonsIan Alistair Mackenzie18 October 19441 May 1948
Alphonse Fournier1 May 194815 November 1948
Leader of the Government in the SenateRaoul Dandurand23 October 193511 March 1942
James Horace King (acting)11 March 194226 May 1942
James Horace King26 May 194225 August 1945
Wishart McLea Robertson25 August 194515 November 1948
Minister of MarineC. D. Howe23 October 19352 November 1936
Minister of MinesThomas Crerar23 October 19351 December 1936
Minister of Mines and ResourcesThomas Crerar1 December 193618 April 1945
James Allison Glen18 April 194511 June 1948
James Angus MacKinnon11 June 194815 November 1948
Minister of Munitions and SupplyC. D. Howe9 April 19401 January 1946
Associate Minister of National DefenceCharles Gavan Power12 July 194027 November 1944
Vacant27 November 194415 November 1948
Minister of National DefenceIan Alistair Mackenzie23 October 193519 September 1939
Norman McLeod Rogers19 September 193911 June 1940
Charles Gavan Power (acting)11 June 19405 July 1940
James Ralston5 July 19402 November 1944
Andrew McNaughton2 November 194421 August 1945
Douglas Abbott21 August 194512 December 1946
Brooke Claxton12 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of National Defence for AirVacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting)22 May 194023 May 1940
Charles Gavan Power23 May 194030 November 1944
Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting)30 November 194411 January 1945
Colin W. G. Gibson (acting)11 January 19458 March 1945
Colin W. G. Gibson8 March 194512 December 1946
Minister of National Defence for Naval ServicesAngus Lewis Macdonald12 July 194018 April 1945
Douglas Abbott18 April 194512 December 1946
Minister of National Health and WelfareBrooke Claxton18 October 194412 December 1946
Paul Martin Sr.12 December 194615 November 1948
Minister of National RevenueJames Lorimer Ilsley23 October 19358 July 1940
Colin W. G. Gibson8 July 19408 March 1945
James Angus MacKinnon (acting)8 March 194519 April 1945
David Laurence MacLaren19 April 194530 July 1945
James Angus MacKinnon (acting)30 July 194529 August 1945
James Joseph McCann29 August 194515 November 1948
Minister of National War ServicesJames Garfield Gardiner12 July 194011 June 1941
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson11 June 19417 October 1942
Léo Richer Laflèche7 October 194218 April 1945
James Joseph McCann18 April 194519 January 1948
Vacant19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister of Pensions and National HealthCharles Gavan Power23 October 193519 September 1939
Ian Alistair Mackenzie19 September 193918 October 1944
Postmaster GeneralJohn Campbell Elliott23 October 193523 January 1939
Norman Alexander McLarty23 January 193919 September 1939
Charles Gavan Power19 September 193923 May 1940
James Lorimer Ilsley (acting)23 May 19408 July 1940
William Pate Mulock8 July 19409 June 1945
Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting)9 June 194529 August 1945
Ernest Bertrand29 August 194515 November 1948
President of the Queen's Privy CouncilWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King23 October 193515 November 1948
Minister of Public WorksPierre Joseph Arthur Cardin23 October 193513 May 1942
Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting)13 May 19427 October 1942
Alphonse Fournier7 October 194215 November 1948
Minister of Railways and CanalsC. D. Howe23 October 19352 November 1936
Minister of ReconstructionVacant (C. D. Howe was acting)30 June 194413 October 1944
C. D. Howe13 October 19441 January 1946
Minister of Reconstruction and SupplyC. D. Howe1 January 194615 November 1948
Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar GeneralFernand Rinfret23 October 193512 July 1939
Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting)12 July 193926 July 1939
Ernest Lapointe (acting)26 July 19399 May 1940
Pierre-François Casgrain9 May 194015 December 1941
Norman Alexander McLarty15 December 194118 April 1945
Paul Martin Sr.18 April 194512 December 1946
Colin W. G. Gibson12 December 194615 November 1948
Solicitor GeneralVacant23 October 193518 April 1945
Joseph Jean18 April 194515 November 1948
Minister of Trade and CommerceWilliam Daum Euler23 October 19359 May 1940
James Angus MacKinnon9 May 194019 January 1948
C. D. Howe19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister of TransportC. D. Howe2 November 19368 July 1940
Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin8 July 194013 May 1942
C. D. Howe (acting)13 May 19426 October 1942
Joseph-Enoil Michaud6 October 194218 April 1945
Lionel Chevrier18 April 194515 November 1948
Minister of Veterans AffairsIan Alistair Mackenzie18 October 194419 January 1948
Milton Fowler Gregg19 January 194815 November 1948
Minister without PortfolioRaoul Dandurand23 October 193511 March 1942
James Angus MacKinnon23 January 19399 May 1940
James Horace King26 May 194225 August 1945
Wishart McLea Robertson4 September 194515 November 1948

References
  • Government of Canada. "Sixteenth Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2010-07-01.

Succession


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