Section 2.—Extracts from the Canada Gazette—Official Appointments, Commissions, Etc.* Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, 1944
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OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS 1151 House of Commons, showing the number of voters on the list and votes polled in each constituency, together with the party allegiance of each member, will be found in Appendix V to this volume. Section 2.—Extracts from the Canada Gazette—Official Appointments, Commissions, etc.* Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, 1944. June 28: to be Deputy of His Excellency the Governor General, Hon. Patrick Kerwin, a Puisne Judge of the Su preme Court of Canada. Lieutenant-Governors, 1945.—Feb. 27, Thomas Miller, Moose Jaw, Sask.: to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan. May 18, Hon. J. A. Bernard, M. L. A., Tignish, P.E.I.: to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Prince Edward Island. June 8, Maj.-Gen. the Honourable Sir Eugene M. J. Fiset, K.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., M.D.: to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec. June 22, Reginald J. M. Parker, Regina, Sask.: to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan, vice Hon. Thomas Miller, deceased. Privy Councillors, 1944.—Oct. 13, Hon. Brooke Claxton, K.C., Montreal, Que.: to be a Member of the King's Privy Council for Canada. Nov. 2, General the Hon. A. G. L. McNaughton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.: to be a Member of the King's Privy Council for Canada. 1945. Apr. 18, J. A. Glen, K.C., Russell, Man.; Joseph Jean, K.C., B.S., LL.L., Montreal, Que.; Lionel Chevrier, K.C, Cornwall, Ont.; Paul J. J. Martin, K.C., M.A., LL.M., Windsor, Ont.; D. C. Abbott, K.C., B.C.L., Westmount, Que.; J. J. McCann, M.D., CM., Renfrew, Ont.; D. L. MacLaren, Saint John, N.B.; and Hon. Thomas Vien, K.C., B.A., LL.L., Speaker of the Senate, Outremont, Que.: to be Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada. Cabinet Ministers, 1944.—Oct. 13, Hon. Clarence Decatur Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply: to be also Minister of Reconstruction; Hon. Ian Alastair Mackenzie, Minister of Pensions and National Health: to be Minister of Veterans Affairs. Hon. Brooke Claxton, Montreal, Que.: to be Minister of National Health and Welfare. Nov. 2, Hon. A. G. L. McNaughton, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.: to be Minister of National Defence, vice Hon. J. L. Ralston, resigned. 1945 Mar. 8, Hon. Colin Gibson: to be Minister of National Defence for Air. Apr. 18, Hon. J. A. Glen, K.C., Russell, Man.: to be Minister of Mines and Re sources, vice Hon. T. A. Crerar resigned; Hon. Lionel Chevrier, K.C., Cornwall, Ont.: to be Minister of Transport, vice Hon. J. E. Michaud, resigned; Hon. J. Jean, K.C., B.S., Montreal, Que.: to be Solicitor General of Canada; Hon. Paul J. J. Martin, K.C., M.A., Windsor, Ont.: to be Secretary of State for Canada, vice Hon. N. A. McLarty, resigned; Hon. D. C. Abbott, K.C., B.C.L., Westmount, Que.: to be Minister of National Defence for Naval Services, vice Hon. A. L. Macdonald, resigned; Hon. J. J. McCann, M.D., CM., Renfrew, Ont.: to be Minister of National War Services, vice Hon. L. R. Lafleche, resigned; Hon. D. L. MacLaren, Saint John, N.B.: to be Minister of National Revenue, vice Hon. Colin Gibson, resigned. Parliamentary Assistants, 1945.—Mar. 8, D. C. Abbott, K.C, M.P.: to be Parlia mentary Assistant to Minister of National Defence. Senators, 1945.—Apr. 18, Hon. Thomas Alexander Crerar, Winnipeg, Man.; William Horace Taylor, Scotland, Ont.; Fred William Gershaw, M.D., CM., Medicine Hat, Alta.; John Power Howden, M.D., Norwood Grove, Man.; Charles Edouard Ferland, K.C, Joliette, Que., vice Hon. Charles Bourgeois, deceased. Vincent Dupuis, K.C, B.C.L., Longueuil, Que., vice Hon. Arthur Sauve, deceased. Charles L. Bishop, Ottawa, Ont.; John James Kinley, Lunenburg, N.S.; Clarence Joseph Veniot, M.A., M.D., Bathurst, N.B.; Arthur W. Roebuck, Toronto, Ont.; Hon. J. A. McDonald, Minister of Agriculture for Nova Scotia; Alexander N. McLean, Saint John, N.B. Apr. 19, Brewer Robinson, Summerside, P.E.I.; Hon. F. W. Pirie, Minister of Lands and Mines for New Brunswick, Grand Falls, N.B.; George P. Burchill, B.Sc.F., LL.D., South Nelson, N.B. June 9, J. M. Dessureault, Quebec, Que. vice Hon. L. C. Webster, deceased. J. R. Hurtubise, M.D., Sudbury, Ont., G. G. McGeer, K.C, Vancouver, B.C. New Members of the House of Commons, 1945. —Feb. 5, W. Garfield Case (Prog. Con.) elected for Grey North, Ont. * This list is in continuance of that at pp. 1045-1051 of the 1943-44 Year Book. .