predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date cabinet party committees birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
sidney cecil robinson canadian donald ferguson brown st. thomas , ontario essex west 6 september 1945 postmaster 1939 -- 1941 -rrb- secretary of state of canada -lrb- general 1941 -- 1945 -rrb- -lrb- 1939 -rrb- minister of labour -lrb- liberal chair unemployment insurance -lrb- 1940 -- 1942 -rrb- , special committee on bill no 98 respecting 18 february 1889 1935 norman alexander mclarty.jpg norman alexander mclarty
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norman alexander mclarty

norman alexander mclarty , -lrb- february 18 , 1889 -- september 6 , 1945 -rrb- was a canadian politician .
born in st. thomas , ontario , he was first elected to the canadian house of commons representing the riding of essex west in the 1935 federal election .
a liberal , he was re-elected in 1940 .
he was the postmaster general , minister of labour , and secretary of state of canada in the cabinet of mackenzie king .
he served as acting president of the national liberal federation in 1943 .
