Minister of the Naval Service (Canada)

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The Minister of the Naval Service (Canada) was the federal government minister charged with oversight of the Royal Canadian Navy.

In 1923 the National Defence Act merged the position of Minister of Militia and Defence with the Minister of the Naval Service.

The position was re-established during World War II as the Minister of National Defence for Naval Services (Canada).

List of ministers

  • Louis Philippe Brodeur
    1910–1911
  • Rodolphe Lemieux 1911
  • John Douglas Hazen
    1911–1917
  • Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
    1917–1921
  • George Perry Graham 1921–1922
  • vacant 1922–1923

Previous military experience

Ballantyne was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of

Grenadier Guards
from 1916 to 1917.

Hazen was Paymaster and served in the 3rd New Brunswick Regiment.

See also