List of Canadian Ministers of Pensions and National Health
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Minister of Pensions and National Health was an office in the Cabinet of Canada
from 1928 to 1944. Prior to 1928, certain responsibilities of the Pensions and National Health portfolio were carried out by the now-defunct post of Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment.
In 1944, the portfolio was divided to create the posts of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Veterans Affairs
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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...
from 1928 to 1944. Prior to 1928, certain responsibilities of the Pensions and National Health portfolio were carried out by the now-defunct post of Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment.
In 1944, the portfolio was divided to create the posts of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Veterans Affairs
Minister of Veterans Affairs (Canada)
The Minister of Veterans Affairs is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet whose position was created in 1944. The Department of Veterans Affairs Canada was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions...
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Ministers of Pensions and National Health
| 1. | James King | June 11, 1928 - June 18, 1930 | under Prime Minister 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... |
| 2. | James Ralston James Ralston James 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... |
June 19, 1930 - August 7, 1930 | |
| 3. | Murray MacLaren Murray MacLaren Murray 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... |
August 7, 1930 - November 16, 1934 | under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett |
| 4. | Donald Matheson Sutherland Donald Matheson Sutherland Donald 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... |
November 17, 1934 - October 23, 1935 | |
| 5. | Charles 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... |
October 24, 1935 - September 18, 1939 | under Prime Minister 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... |
| 6. | Ian Alistair Mackenzie Ian Alistair Mackenzie Ian 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... |
September 19, 1939 - July 4, 1944 |