# 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.

## Ministers

| Portfolio | Minister | Term | Term |
| Portfolio | Minister | Start | End |
| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Vacant (George Barton was acting) | 23 October 1935 | 25 October 1935 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Thomas Crerar (acting) | 25 October 1935 | 4 November 1935 |
| Minister of Agriculture | James Garfield Gardiner | 4 November 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | C. D. Howe | 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board | William Daum Euler | 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 |
| Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board | James Angus MacKinnon | 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 |
| Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board | C. D. Howe | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Secretary of State for External Affairs | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 4 September 1946 |
| Secretary of State for External Affairs | Louis St. Laurent | 4 September 1946 | 10 September 1948 |
| Secretary of State for External Affairs | Lester B. Pearson | 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | Charles Avery Dunning | 23 October 1935 | 6 September 1939 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | James Ralston | 6 September 1939 | 8 July 1940 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | James Lorimer Ilsley | 8 July 1940 | 10 December 1946 |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | Douglas Abbott | 10 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Joseph-Enoil Michaud | 23 October 1935 | 7 October 1942 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Ernest Bertrand | 7 October 1942 | 30 August 1945 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges | 30 August 1945 | 11 August 1947 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Vacant (Stewart Bates was acting) | 11 August 1947 | 14 August 1947 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Ernest Bertrand (acting) | 14 August 1947 | 2 September 1947 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Milton Fowler Gregg | 2 September 1947 | 19 January 1948 |
| Minister of Fisheries | James Angus MacKinnon | 19 January 1948 | 11 June 1948 |
| Minister of Fisheries | Robert Wellington Mayhew | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Immigration and Colonization | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
| Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
| Minister responsible for Indian Affairs | Thomas Crerar | 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 |
| Minister responsible for Indian Affairs | James Allison Glen | 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 |
| Minister responsible for Indian Affairs | James Angus MacKinnon | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Ernest Lapointe | 23 October 1935 | 27 November 1941 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 27 November 1941 | 10 December 1941 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Louis St. Laurent | 10 December 1941 | 10 December 1946 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | James Lorimer Ilsley | 10 December 1946 | 1 July 1948 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Louis St. Laurent (acting) | 1 July 1948 | 10 September 1948 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Louis St. Laurent | 10 September 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Labour | Norman McLeod Rogers | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
| Minister of Labour | Norman Alexander McLarty | 19 September 1939 | 15 December 1941 |
| Minister of Labour | Humphrey Mitchell | 15 December 1941 | 15 November 1948 |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 18 October 1944 | 1 May 1948 |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Alphonse Fournier | 1 May 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | Raoul Dandurand | 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | James Horace King (acting) | 11 March 1942 | 26 May 1942 |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | James Horace King | 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | Wishart McLea Robertson | 25 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Marine | C. D. Howe | 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 |
| Minister of Mines | Thomas Crerar | 23 October 1935 | 1 December 1936 |
| Minister of Mines and Resources | Thomas Crerar | 1 December 1936 | 18 April 1945 |
| Minister of Mines and Resources | James Allison Glen | 18 April 1945 | 11 June 1948 |
| Minister of Mines and Resources | James Angus MacKinnon | 11 June 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Munitions and Supply | C. D. Howe | 9 April 1940 | 1 January 1946 |
| Associate Minister of National Defence | Charles Gavan Power | 12 July 1940 | 27 November 1944 |
| Associate Minister of National Defence | Vacant | 27 November 1944 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of National Defence | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
| Minister of National Defence | Norman McLeod Rogers | 19 September 1939 | 11 June 1940 |
| Minister of National Defence | Charles Gavan Power (acting) | 11 June 1940 | 5 July 1940 |
| Minister of National Defence | James Ralston | 5 July 1940 | 2 November 1944 |
| Minister of National Defence | Andrew McNaughton | 2 November 1944 | 21 August 1945 |
| Minister of National Defence | Douglas Abbott | 21 August 1945 | 12 December 1946 |
| Minister of National Defence | Brooke Claxton | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of National Defence for Air | Vacant (Charles Gavan Power was acting) | 22 May 1940 | 23 May 1940 |
| Minister of National Defence for Air | Charles Gavan Power | 23 May 1940 | 30 November 1944 |
| Minister of National Defence for Air | Angus Lewis Macdonald (acting) | 30 November 1944 | 11 January 1945 |
| Minister of National Defence for Air | Colin W. G. Gibson (acting) | 11 January 1945 | 8 March 1945 |
| Minister of National Defence for Air | Colin W. G. Gibson | 8 March 1945 | 12 December 1946 |
| Minister of National Defence for Naval Services | Angus Lewis Macdonald | 12 July 1940 | 18 April 1945 |
| Minister of National Defence for Naval Services | Douglas Abbott | 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 |
| Minister of National Health and Welfare | Brooke Claxton | 18 October 1944 | 12 December 1946 |
| Minister of National Health and Welfare | Paul Martin Sr. | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of National Revenue | James Lorimer Ilsley | 23 October 1935 | 8 July 1940 |
| Minister of National Revenue | Colin W. G. Gibson | 8 July 1940 | 8 March 1945 |
| Minister of National Revenue | James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 8 March 1945 | 19 April 1945 |
| Minister of National Revenue | David Laurence MacLaren | 19 April 1945 | 30 July 1945 |
| Minister of National Revenue | James Angus MacKinnon (acting) | 30 July 1945 | 29 August 1945 |
| Minister of National Revenue | James Joseph McCann | 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of National War Services | James Garfield Gardiner | 12 July 1940 | 11 June 1941 |
| Minister of National War Services | Joseph Thorarinn Thorson | 11 June 1941 | 7 October 1942 |
| Minister of National War Services | Léo Richer Laflèche | 7 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 |
| Minister of National War Services | James Joseph McCann | 18 April 1945 | 19 January 1948 |
| Minister of National War Services | Vacant | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Pensions and National Health | Charles Gavan Power | 23 October 1935 | 19 September 1939 |
| Minister of Pensions and National Health | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 19 September 1939 | 18 October 1944 |
| Postmaster General | John Campbell Elliott | 23 October 1935 | 23 January 1939 |
| Postmaster General | Norman Alexander McLarty | 23 January 1939 | 19 September 1939 |
| Postmaster General | Charles Gavan Power | 19 September 1939 | 23 May 1940 |
| Postmaster General | James Lorimer Ilsley (acting) | 23 May 1940 | 8 July 1940 |
| Postmaster General | William Pate Mulock | 8 July 1940 | 9 June 1945 |
| Postmaster General | Vacant (Walter James Turnbull was acting) | 9 June 1945 | 29 August 1945 |
| Postmaster General | Ernest Bertrand | 29 August 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
| President of the Queen's Privy Council | William Lyon Mackenzie King | 23 October 1935 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Public Works | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 23 October 1935 | 13 May 1942 |
| Minister of Public Works | Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 7 October 1942 |
| Minister of Public Works | Alphonse Fournier | 7 October 1942 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Railways and Canals | C. D. Howe | 23 October 1935 | 2 November 1936 |
| Minister of Reconstruction | Vacant (C. D. Howe was acting) | 30 June 1944 | 13 October 1944 |
| Minister of Reconstruction | C. D. Howe | 13 October 1944 | 1 January 1946 |
| Minister of Reconstruction and Supply | C. D. Howe | 1 January 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Fernand Rinfret | 23 October 1935 | 12 July 1939 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Vacant (Ephraim Herbert Coleman was acting) | 12 July 1939 | 26 July 1939 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Ernest Lapointe (acting) | 26 July 1939 | 9 May 1940 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Pierre-François Casgrain | 9 May 1940 | 15 December 1941 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Norman Alexander McLarty | 15 December 1941 | 18 April 1945 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Paul Martin Sr. | 18 April 1945 | 12 December 1946 |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Colin W. G. Gibson | 12 December 1946 | 15 November 1948 |
| Solicitor General | Vacant | 23 October 1935 | 18 April 1945 |
| Solicitor General | Joseph Jean | 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Trade and Commerce | William Daum Euler | 23 October 1935 | 9 May 1940 |
| Minister of Trade and Commerce | James Angus MacKinnon | 9 May 1940 | 19 January 1948 |
| Minister of Trade and Commerce | C. D. Howe | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Transport | C. D. Howe | 2 November 1936 | 8 July 1940 |
| Minister of Transport | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | 8 July 1940 | 13 May 1942 |
| Minister of Transport | C. D. Howe (acting) | 13 May 1942 | 6 October 1942 |
| Minister of Transport | Joseph-Enoil Michaud | 6 October 1942 | 18 April 1945 |
| Minister of Transport | Lionel Chevrier | 18 April 1945 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | 18 October 1944 | 19 January 1948 |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Milton Fowler Gregg | 19 January 1948 | 15 November 1948 |
| Minister without Portfolio | Raoul Dandurand | 23 October 1935 | 11 March 1942 |
| Minister without Portfolio | James Angus MacKinnon | 23 January 1939 | 9 May 1940 |
| Minister without Portfolio | James Horace King | 26 May 1942 | 25 August 1945 |
| Minister without Portfolio | Wishart McLea Robertson | 4 September 1945 | 15 November 1948 |