The extended Cannon family has had strong regional and national political influence in 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...

 for over a century and is considered to be influential as one of Canada's hereditary ruling class families, members having served in positions as lawyers, judges, Supreme Court judges, senators, ministers of defence, solicitors general, and Members of Parliament. They have had large influence in the national resource industries, as "barons" in the lumber industry particularly, as well as in broadcasting.

Notable members

Joe Cannon

Joe Cannon

Joseph Cannon or Joe Cannon may refer to:*Joseph A. Cannon, former chairman of the Utah Republican Party and former chairman of Geneva Steel...

, Canadian broadcaster

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

, long-time Liberal politician and Supreme Court judge

Lawrence Cannon

Lawrence Cannon

Lawrence Cannon, PC is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. On October 30, 2008 he was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs...

, is a Canadian politician from Quebec

Quebec

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 and Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

's Quebec lieutenant.

Louis Cannon, government lawyer, husband of Rosemary "Posie" Power

Charles "Chubby" Power

Charles Gavan Power

Charles Gavan "Chubby" Power, MC, PC was a Canadian politician and athlete. Power's father, William Power, was also a Member of Parliament from Quebec, retiring in 1917...

, a confidante and Minister of National Defence for Air to Prime Minister Mackenzie King

Rosemary "Posie" Power, Québécois television broadcast pioneer, wife of Louis Cannon