Robert James Manion
Robert James Manion PC MC ( born November 19, 1881 in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, † July 2, 1943 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian physician and politician who until May 1940 was Chairman of the Conservative Party of Canada from July 1938.
Life
After schooling Manion studied medicine at Queen 's University in Kingston and was after graduation worked as a doctor. During the First World War he joined in 1915 as a medical officer in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and served in the 21st Battalion. For his bravery in the fighting at Vimy during the Battle of Arras 1917, he was awarded the Military Cross.
His political career began Manion when he was first elected as a candidate of the Unionists in the general election on 17 December 1917 a member of the lower house, where first the constituency of Fort William and Rainy River, and after the general election of 29 October 1925 constituency Fort William.
On September 22, 1921, he took over in the 11th Cabinet of Canada under the leadership of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen first time a government official and was until December 28, 1921 Minister for civilian reintegration of soldiers.
In the likewise formed by Prime Minister Meighen 13 Canadian Cabinet he was from June 29 to July 12, 1926 at the same time Acting Postmaster ( Postmaster General ), Minister of Health, Minister for civilian reintegration of soldiers, Minister of Labour and Minister of Immigration and Colonization. Subsequently, he was still up to the September 24, 1926 Postmaster General. In 1927 he ran for the position of chairman of the Conservative Party, but was defeated while Richard Bedford Bennett.
On August 7, 1930, he resigned his seat in the House after Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett Minister of railways and canals in the 15th Cabinet of Canada on August 7, 1930 and occupy this position until October 23, 1935. On August 25, 1930, he was, however, in a by-election ( By-election ) elected a deputy of the lower house in the constituency of Fort William again.
In the general election of 14 October 1935, he received an electoral defeat and resigned from the House of. In a by-election in the constituency of London on 14 November 1938 he was again elected deputy in the lower house, then lost this mandate but in the subsequent general election of 26 March 1940. Having in July 1938 successor of Richard Bedford Bennett, Chairman of the Conservative had become a party, he was in this general election as leader of the opposition and challenger of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who won the elections with his Liberal Party. He then became a member of the National Government Party, while Arthur Meighen became his successor as Chairman of the Conservative Party.