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Porcupine Advance, 14 Aug 1930, 1, p. 7

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Canada‘s New Government Duly Sworn in at Ottawa Last week The Advance gave the probable members of the new Bennett Government. and from the following list it will be noted that there were only a couple of changes from this list. The following is the list of the new Dominion Cabinet, in order of precedence, as sworn in on Thursday aftemoon last:â€" Hai. R. B. Bennett, Prime Minister, President of the Privy Council, Secreâ€" tary of State for External Affairs ant Minister of Finance (M.P. for Calgary W. A. Gordon, of Haileybury, Member for South Temis kaming, the New Minister of Immigration and Coloni zation, and Minister of Mines. Sketches of the Mem sers of the Now Dominion Cabinet. A.on. E. N. Rhodes, @ri>s (Premier of NO Senator Gideon D ister of Labor. Hon. Hugh Guthric lice and Attorneyâ€"C Wellington Sogth). HMon. H. H. Stevens, anid Commerce (to George H without c2emteull). iss society. T mber of the e Canadian Pa 1919; member ibly of the 1 :1898 to ] e American Contingent, Mr. Benâ€" was educated in the public and schools of New Brunswick and ousie University at Halifax. For a period he practiced his profession ‘hnatham, N.B., and in 1897 moved algary, his present western home. Bennett is president of the Canaâ€" Bar Association, Bencher of the Sqciety, Governor of Dalhousie ersity, Hon. Colonel of the 100th alion Calgary Highlanders and a iber of numerous societies and asâ€" itions. T i. Thomas G. Murphy, Mi terior and Superintendentâ€" { Indian Affairs (M.P. for N Ian.). i. Maurice Durite, Solicitorâ€" M.P. for Quebec West). i. W. A. Gordon, Minister 0 ti@ and Colonization and of Mines (M.P. for Temisks . Arthur Sau M.P. for Lay . Col. Murra . _ Pensions al for Saint Jol ce, Mr. Ben: L Geneva fo ks (M.P. for C. H. Cahatr for St. La al). D. M. Sutt Robert Weir, Minister of Agriâ€" (M.P. for Melfort, Sask.). following brief sketches of the nisters will be of interest:â€" Hon. R. B,. Bennett nremier. Hon. R. B. Bennett 1898 to 190 tive Assemb ) 1911 when y conteéest C House. T Borden to E in 1916, w ional Servic AC Defenc M Man inals Th 191 MacDona (M.P. fo ay MacLaret ind Netiona )hnâ€"Albert, I art, Minister r Leeds). ranleau, Minister Chamblyâ€"Verchere i. Murphy, Minis Superintendentâ€"Ge of maAl land MP. Ministet a Scotia Roberts rintendentâ€"Genâ€" M.P. for Neepaâ€" hwest " membe of Alb Solicitorâ€"Genâ€" mastet Moun Mit Mini K.C.,;; M.P. (M.P. fotr T: Of Statt George ster of Oxford tains) Minis f Imâ€" Minâ€" iming Rai M ed as the Irish Catholic representative in the cabinet. He was first nominatâ€" ed in Fort William as a Liberal, in 1916. He was elected to the Commons as a Liberal Uniconist in 1917 and has represented that constituency ever since. He is the author of "A Surgeon in the Arms." He is a gold medallist of Toronto University and is a vigorâ€" ous speaker of the fightihng typ2. Hon. Thos. G. Murphy The new Minister of the Interior, Thos. G. Murphy, served as councillor and mayor of Neepawa for several years and held other public offices before beâ€" ing elected member of the House of Commons in 1925. He has resided in Canada all his life. Married; a memâ€" ber of the United Church. Hon. E. B. Ryckman Hon. Edmund Baird Ryckman, Minâ€" ister of National Revenue in the new government, will have his second tenâ€" ure in office. He was Minister of Pubâ€" lic Works‘"n the shortâ€"lived government of Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen in 1926. Mr. Ryckman is a distinguished lawyer and business man of Toronto. He is President of The Dunlop Tire and Rubber Company Limited and has reâ€" presented Toronto East in the House c> Commons since 1921. Born in Huntâ€" ingdon, Que., in 1866 Mr. Ryckman comes of United Empire Loyalist stock. He was educated at Brantford Colleâ€" giate Institute. The University of Toâ€" ronto and Osgoovdse Hall. Always proâ€" Hon. Hugh Guthrie Hon. Hugh Guthrie, the new minisâ€" ter of justice, succeeds Hon. Ernest Laâ€" pointe. This portfolio ranks with finâ€" ance as second to that of prime minisâ€" ter. He represents Wellington South in the Commons, the same constituâ€" ency as his father Donald Guthrie reâ€" presented from 1876 to 1882. Hugh Guthrie was first elected to the Comâ€" mons in 1900 as a Liberal and movea the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne the following year. He entereéed the Union Government beâ€" ing made solicitorâ€"general in 1917. He became minister of militia and defence in 1920 and when Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen took over the premiership the same year he retained that portfolio, until the government was defeated. During Mr. Meighen‘s brief reign in 1926, Mr. Guthrie was again minister of militia and defence. He was leader of the Conservative party in the comâ€" mons during the sessions of 1926 and 1927. He is a particularly able speakâ€" er with a distinguished appearance and talent to back it up. He is married; a Presbyvterian; was 64 on Wednesday; nember of t] f Ontario fC rnment‘s de he Military erving as me Hotr nll Meli hm | th Hon. PDonald M. Sutherland Hon. Donald M. Sutherland, the new Minister of National Defence, is a phyâ€" sician practising at Woodstock, Ont. He was first elected to the House of Commons for Oxford North in 1925 but was defeated in the election of 1926. He had a distinguiched war record, beâ€" ing awarded the Distinguished Service mier of Nova Scotia in 1925, which post he will now resign on his entry to the Dominion Cabinet. Born at Amherst, Nova Sccotia, in 1877; member of the Baptist church; a lawyer by profesâ€" 1879 He | he 1 Johi Hon. G. D. Robertson l The new government returns to the principle of having a member of the Senate holding a portfolio in the caâ€"| binet. . Senator Gideon D. Robertson | is the new Minister of Labor, succeedâ€" | ing Hon. Peter Heenan. Starting as a.! telegrarhier with the Canadian Pacificl Mr. Robertson, a Lambton County boy, rose through various stages in the orâ€" | der cof railway telegraphers, being | elected viceâ€"president for Canada in | 1915. He has served in that capacity; ever since. He was called to the Senâ€" l ate in 1917 and later the same year entered the Unionist cabinet as minisâ€" ‘ ter without portfolio. He first became Minister of Labor in 1918 and was reâ€"| appointed to that portfolio when Rt.| Hon. Arthur Meighen became premier.| He had a son killed in France. On Aug. 26 he will be 56 years old. He beâ€" | longs to the United Church. Hon, E. N. Rhodes Hon. Edgar N. Rhodes, the new Minâ€" ister of Fisheries, was Speaker of the | House in 1917 and was reâ€"elected to that position in 1918. He became preâ€" men Hon. Minist was b years He wa leciate probe, was born on December 8, 1878, at Bristol, England; but has resided in Canada since away back in 1887. A broker and accountant. Mr. Stevens is married and a Methodist in religion. He is one of parliament‘s foremost deâ€" baters. Hon. Wesley A. Gordon Hon. Wesley Acton Gordon, the new Minister of Immigration and Mines, was bern in Owen Sound, Ont., 4§ years ago, of Scottishâ€"Irish descont. He was educated in Owen Sound Colâ€" legiate and Osgoode Hall, Torontc. He studied law with A. G. Mackay at Owen Sound. For 23 years he has practised the legal profession at Haileybury. At the last general election he was eléctâ€" ed as Conservative member for Temisâ€" kaming South, defeating Malcolm Lang, the Liberal member in the last parliament. He is married and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. His familiarity with the mining indusâ€" try of Northern Ontario will enable him to advise his colleagues in this imâ€" portant sphere of Canadian life. Hon. W. A. Gordon represents the North Land in the Cabinet and the whole North feels it has a specially talented and worthy representative. Hon. Robt. Weir Hon. Robert Weir, Minister of Agriâ€" culture, was born at Wingham, Ont., in 1882. He taught school for some years. During his vacations he workâ€" ed as a hired man on farms, dug ditches and wells, worked with pick and shovel and in sawmills, to earn money for college. He graduated with hcnours from Toronto University. Hon. C. H. Cahan The new Secretary of State has been in politics for over 40 years. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Legislaâ€" tive in 1890 and was Conservative leadâ€" er in that province for 4 years. In 1925 Mr. Cahan was elected to the House of Commons as one of the memâ€" bers from Montreal, where he is one of the most prominent lawyers of that city. ‘He was reâ€"elected in 1926, and in the last general elections for the same constituency. 1C Before being called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1893 Mr. Cahan served as a reporter on the editcrial staff of the Halifax Herald and Mail for seven years. The new Cabine? Minister was marâ€" ried twice. His first wife was Mrs. J. Hetherington, Halifax, N.S., who died in 1914. Four vears later he married Miss Juliette Hulin, Paris, Prance. Two alssions overseas, e nas repr d St. Jolhnâ€"Albert constituency : since 1921. He was bo: ent County, N.B., in 1861. He sbhyterian and took an active pa resenting the claims of the mng Presbyterians during t ch Union Gdiscussions in parli il arded thse Distinguished S Dr. Sutherland was bon soth his parents were Scc ngs to the United Church Hor. Murray MacLaren Murray MacLaren, Minist is and National Health, w; nandit jital C onsulti durin â€" ional Health, was No. 1 Canadian G ring the war, bef z surgeon in home city of S THE PORCUPINE ADVANCE, TIMMINS, ONTARIO clty O SAl > Canadian t f the warâ€"tir He has rept constituency born Secot! x _ the parlia~ Sal In addition to his newspaper work Mr. Sauve is the author of many artiâ€" cles on economic, social, agricultural and industrial questions. Mr. Sauve married Miss M. L. Laâ€" chaine, of St. Benoit, Que. Two sons and two daughters were born of the union. Mr. Sauve distinguished himself while Opposition leader at Quebec, heading a small following only by his patience, good humour and conscienâ€" tious discharge of his duties. Hon. Sir Geo. Perley Sir. George Perley, Minister without portfolie, came into prominence in 1911 when as chief Conservative whip ant one of Sir Robert Borden‘s principal lisutenants, the Laurier government was cverthrown on the reciprocity isâ€" sue. He was minister without portfolioa in the Borden government. In June, 1914, he took charge of the High Comâ€" missioner‘s office for Canada in Lonâ€" don. He bzscame High Commissioner in 1917 and held that post until the Meighen government was defeated, his resignation taking effect in 1922. He was first minister of overseas military forces for Canada. In 1917 he became a member of the first Imperial War Cabinet and also a member of the Imâ€" perial Conference the same year. He was one of Canada‘s plenipotentiaries for signing treaties at the conclusior of the League of Nations at Genva in 1921. He was secretary of state in the. Meighen cabinet in 1926. He repreâ€" sents the constituency of Argenteuil, children were born of the first union, a daughter,*Mrs. R. B. Malcolm, Montâ€" real. The son, Captain the Hon. John Flint Cahan, died in December, 1928. Golf and curling form the main part of Mr. Cahan‘s recreations, he being a member of numerous clubs in Montreal and Halifax. He is an accomplished bilingualist. Quebec, in the Commons. He is ar Anglican. He has extensive lumbe interests. He was born in Lebanon NH., in 1857. He was educated a Harvard. Hon. Maurice Dupre Hon. Maurice Dupre, the new Soliciâ€" torâ€"General, is one of the most noted lawyers of Quebec. Hon. Mr. Dupre who has had no previous parliamentary experience, was responsible for the reâ€" turn of Quebec West to the Conservaâ€" tive side of the House of Commons. During the late campaign Mr. Cahan toured the eastern end of Quebec and delivered many speeches over the radio. Hon. Arthur Sauve. Hon. Arthur Sauve, the new Postâ€" masterâ€"General, was formerly leader of the Quebec Conservative party. He was first elected to the Quebec Legisâ€" lature in 1908. Born in the ‘village of St. Hermans, in the county of Lavalâ€"Two Mountains, Mr. Sauve were educated at the semiâ€" nary of St. Therese and later attended Laval University, Montreal. Upon leaving college he took up journalism in Montreal, He was successively on the editorial staff of the Montreal La Patrie and editor of La Nation and Le Canadien. turn of Quebec West to the Conservaâ€" tive side of the House of Commons. The new minister who is but 42 years of age, is a Rhodes scholar and a graâ€" duate of Oxford, where he received the degree of LL.D. Mr. Dupre was born in the City of Levis on March 20, 1888, son of Edmond Dupre Officier de l‘Instruction Publique (France) and of Marie (Blanchet) Duâ€" pre, daughter of Hon. Dr. J. G. Blanâ€" chet, former Speaker of the House of Commons, and of the Legislative Asâ€" sembly of Quebec. His early education was received at the Levis College and he won his Rhodes scholarship while studying law at Laval University. Called to the Quebec Bar in 1911, Mr. Dupre formed the firm of Fitzpatrick, Dupre and Gagnon. Just before the elections the firm was to Duâ€" pre and Gagnon. The latter member of the organization, Onesime Gagnon scored another gain for the Conserâ€" vatives in Quebec when he defeated Lucien Cannon, Solicitorâ€"General in Dorchester County. In 1919 Mr. Dupre married Miss Anita Arden Dowd, of New York. Hon. Alfred Duranleau Alfred Duranleau, Minister of Marâ€" ine, is a brilliant Montreal lawyer. He was elected to the Quebec legislature in 1923. He won Chambleyâ€"Vercheres to the Conservative side in the recent Dominion election. Mr. Duranleau was born in West Farnham, Que., on November 1, 1871. He received his early education at the Ste. Marie De Monnoir College and later attended Laval University, from where he graduated in law in 1897. In 1898 Mr. Durgnleau entered partnership with the Hon. Rodo Monty, a former minister in the C servative government of Rt. Hon. thur Meighen. Seven years later was created a K.C. Shortly after his entry into partner shin with Mr. Monty the new cabine ered into Rodoiphe the Conâ€" Hon. Arâ€" A merchant and produce exporter, Mr. Macdonald was director of national serâ€" vice and honorary fuel and food control administrator for Prince Edward Island during the Great War. He was elected to the Prince Edward Island Legislaâ€" ture first in 1908, and reâ€"elected in 1912, 1915, 1919, and 1923. Mr. Macdonald is a Seotch Roman Catholic and married. The Northern News last week says:â€" "Another _ "Red" demonstration in Kirkland Lake was held last Friday evening in observance of an internaâ€" tional day to mark the struggle against Imporialistic War. August 1st was the sixteenth anniversary of the opening of hostilities of the Great War. <But it was a very orderly affair in every way and was under the strict supervision of three township police and two proâ€" vincial police. The meeting place on the corner of Kirkland and Duncan streets was abandoned in favour of the north end of Duncan street, on inâ€" structions of Chief Shane. A crowd of several hundred gathered, many of them on hand merely to witness any possible excitement and in this respect, they were disappointed. An imported smsaker, speaking for an hour, first from a truck and then on a barrel, urgâ€" ed his hearers to prepare against a coming ‘"imperialistic war‘" and extollâ€" ed the Soviet Union. His request for a parade through the Main street, was refused by the police." REDS REFUSED PERMISSION TO PARADE AT KIRKLAND LAKE minister married Laura Monty. Four sons and two daughters were born of the union. ANADA has been built by men of vision and of courage â€" men who looked ahead! To live in Canada toâ€" day is both a privilege and an opportunity. A tremendous water power reserve ... naâ€" tural resources, the NESBITT. 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