MINISTER OF MILITIA AND DEFENCE (CANADA)

The Minister of Militia Defence was the minister in charge of the volunteer army units in Canada prior to the creation of the Canadian Militia, before the creation of the Canadian Army.
From 1855 to 1906, the minister was responsible for Canadian militia units only, as the British Army was still stationed in Canada. From 1906 to 1923, the minister was in charge of the Department of Militia and Defence (Canada). After 1924 the minister was responsible for the Canadian Militia, Royal Canadian Navy and the RCAF.

Contents

List of Ministers

Pre-Confederation

Post-Confederation

Trivia

List of Ministers

Pre-Confederation

★ Étienne-Paschal Taché ~1855-1860

★ John A. Macdonald 1860-1867

Post-Confederation

★ George-Étienne Cartier 1867-1873

★ Hector Louis Langevin 1873

★ Hugh McDonald 1873

★ William Ross 1873-1874

★ William Berrian Vail 1874-1878

★ Alfred Jones 1878

★ Louis Masson 1878-1880

★ Sir Alexander Campbell 1880

★ Adolphe-Philippe Caron 1880-1892

★ Sir Mackenzie Bowell 1892

★ James Colebrooke Patterson 1892-1895

★ Arthur Rupert Dickey 1895-1896

★ Sir Mackenzie Bowell 1896

★ Alphonse Desjardins 1896

★ David Tisdale 1896

★ Sir Frederick William Borden 1896-1911

★ Sir Samuel Hughes 1911-1916

★ Albert Edward Kemp 1916-1917

★ Sydney Chilton Mewburn 1917-1920

★ James Alexander Calder 1920

★ Hugh Guthrie 1920-1921

★ George Perry Graham 1921-1922
In 1923 the National Defence Act merged the post of Minister of Militia and Defence with the Minister of the Naval Service and Minister of Aviation (Canada).

Trivia

Major General Sydney Chilton Mewburn and Major General Sir Sam Hughes were the only ministers to have served in the military.
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