Charles Ballantyne
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Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne, PC (August 9, 1867 – October 19, 1950) was a Canadian politician.
A prominent manufacturer, Ballantyne was appointed to Sir Robert Borden's World War I Union government. He served briefly as Minister of Public Works before becoming Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service. He became a Cabinet minister prior to being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the December 1917 federal election. Ballantyne was one of a handful of Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from Quebec during the Conscription Crisis of 1917.
He retained his Cabinet portfolios when Arthur Meighen succeeded Borden as Prime Minister of Canada, but was defeated as a Conservative candidate in the 1921 election that brought down the Meighen government.
In 1932, Conservative Prime Minister R.B. Bennett appointed Ballantyne to the Canadian Senate. Ballantyne was appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate in 1942, and served in that role until 1945.
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| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by George Green Foster |
Canadian senator for the Alma senate division 1932-1950 |
Succeeded by Hartland Molson |
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| Preceded by Arthur Meighen |
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1942–1945 |
Succeeded by John Thomas Haig |
Categories: 1867 births | 1950 deaths | Canadian senators from Quebec | Historical Conservative Party of Canada MPs | Historical Conservative Party of Canada senators | Members of the 9th Ministry in Canada | Members of the 10th Ministry in Canada | Members of the 11th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Unionist MPs in Canada
