64 CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT The Privy Council.—The Queen's Privy Council for Canada is composed of eighty to ninety members who are sworn of the Council by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister and who retain membership for life. The Council consists chiefly of present and former Ministers of the Crown. It seldom meets as a body and its con­ stitutional responsibilities as adviser to the Crown in respect to Canada are performed exclusively by a committee thereof consisting of the Ministers who constitute the Cabinet of the day and are also members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. 6.—Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada According to Seniority Therein as at Sept. 1, 1958 NOTE.—In this list the prefix "The Rt. Hon." indicates membership in the United Kingdom Privy Council. Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, R. B. BRYCE; Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council A. M. HILL. 1 Date When 1 Member Sworn In Member The Rt. Hon. ABTHTJK MEIGHEN. .. Oct. 2 1915 The Hon. ROBERT HENRY WINTERS. ., The Hon. ESIOFF LEON PATENAUDE. Oct. 6 1915 The Hon. FREDERICK GORDON The Hon. ALBERT SEVIGNY Jan. 8 1917 BRADLEY The Hon. THOMAS ALEXANDER CRERAR Oct. 12 1917 The Hon. CHARLES JOST BURCHELL The Hon. HENRY HERBERT STEVENS. , Sept. 21 1921 The Hon. GASPARD FAUTEUX The Hon. EDWARD JAMES MCMURRAY. Nov. 14 1923 The Hon. HUGUES LAPOINTE The Rt. Hon. CHARLES VINCENT The Hon. GABRIEL EDOUARD RINFRET MASSEY Sept. 16. 1925 The Hon. WALTER EDWARD HARRIS. .. The Hon. CHARLES AVERY DUNNING. Mar. 1 1926 The Hon. GEORGE PRUDHAM The Hon. WILLIAM DAUM EULER Sept. 25, 1926 The Hon. GEORGE BLACK H.R.H. The DUKE OF WINDSOR Aug. 2 1927 EARL ALEXANDER OF TUNIS The Hon. ARTHUR CHARLES HARDY. ., July 31 1930 The Hon. JAMES SINCLAIR The Hon. DONALD MATHESON The Hon. RALPH OSBORNE CAMPNEY. SUTHERLAND Aug. 7 1930 The Hon. WILLIAM ROSS MACDONALD. The Hon. THOMAS GEROW MURPHY. .. Aug. 7 1930 The Hon. GEORGE ALEXANDER DREW. The Hon. WILLIAM DUNCAN HERRIDGE June 17, 1931 The Hon. JOHN WHITNEY PICKERSGILL. The Hon. SAMUEL GOBEIL Aug. 14 1935 The Rt. Hon. THIBAUDEAU RINFRET. The Hon. LUCIEN HENRI GENDRON. Aug. 30, 1935 The Hon. JEAN LESAGE The Hon. WILLIAM EARL ROWE Aug. 30, 1935 The Hon. PATRICK KERWIN The Hon. ONESIME GAGNON Aug. 30, 1935 The Hon. GEORGE CARLYLE MARLER. The Hon. CHARLES GAVAN POWER. .. Oct. 23, 1935 The Hon. ROCH PINARD The Rt. Hon. JAMES LORIMER ILSLEY. Oct. 23, 1935 The Hon. HERBERT J. SYMINGTON The Hon. JOSEPH ENOIL MICHAUD Oct. 23, 1935 The Hon. Louis RENE BEAUDOIN The Rt. Hon. CLARENCE DECATUR The Hon. PAUL THEODORE HELLYER. HOWE Oct. 23 1935 The Rt. Hon. JOHN GEORGE The Rt. Hon. JAMES GARFIELD DlEFENBAKER2 GARDINER Nov. 4, 1935 The Hon. HOWARD CHARLES GREEN3. The Hon. COLIN WILLIAM GEORGE The Hon. DONALD METHUEN GIBSON July 8. 1940 FLEMING3 The Hon. JOSEPH THORARINN THORSON 1941 The Hon. ALFRED JOHNSON BROOKS3. The Hon. WILLIAM FERDINAND June 11 The Hon. GEORGE HEES3 ALPHONSE TURGEON 1941 The Hon. LEON BALCER3 The Rt. Hon. LOUIS STEPHEN ST. Oct. 8, The Hon. GEORGE RANDOLPH PEARKES3 LAURENT 1941 The Hon. GORDON CHURCHILL3 The Rt. Hon. Sir WINSTON LEONARD Dec. 10, The Hon. EDMUND DAVDJ: FULTON3 ... SPENCER CHURCHILL 1941 The Hon. GEOROE CLYDE NOWLAN3. .. The Hon. ALPHONSE FOURNIER Dec. 29, 1942 The Hon. DOUGLAS SCOTT HARKNESS3. The Hon. ERNEST BERTRAND Oct. 7, 1942 The Hon. ELLEN LOUKS FAIHCLOUGH3. The Hon. BROOKE CLAXTON Oct. 7 1944 The Hon. J. ANGUS MACLEAN3 The Hon. ANDREW GEORGE LATTA Oct. 13i The Hon. MICHAEL STARR3 MCNAUGHTON Nov. 2 1944 The Hon. WILLIAM MCLEAN HAMILTON3 The Hon. JOSEPH ARTHUR JEAN Apr. 18i 1945 The Hon. JAMES MACKERRAS The Hon. LIONEL CHEVRIER Apr. 18, 1945 MACDONNELL3 The Hon. PAUL JOSEPH JAMES MARTIN. Apr. 18. 1945 The Hon. WILLIAM J. BROWNE3 The Hon. DOUGLAS CHARLES ABBOTT. Apr. 18! 1945 The Hon. PAUL COMTOIS3 The Hon. JAMES JOSEPH MCCANN Apr. 18: 1945 The Hon. JAY WALDO MONTEITH3 The Hon. DAVID LAURENCE MACLAREN Apr. 18, 1945 The Hon. FRANCIS ALVIN GEORGE The Hon. THOMAS VIEN July 19. 1945 HAMILTON3 The Hon. WISHART MCLEA ROBERTSON. Sept. 4, 1945 The Hon. SIDNEY EARLE SMITH3 The Hon. MILTON FOWLER GREGG .... Sept. 2, 1947 The Hon. JOHN THOMAS HAIG The Hon. ROBERT WELLINGTON H.R.H.The PRINCE PHILIP, Duke of MAYHEW June 11 1948 Edinburgh The Hon. LESTER BOWLES PEARSON. .. Sept. 10, 1948 The Hon. RAYMOND O'HURLEY3 The Hon. STUART SINCLAIR GARSON. .. Nov. 15, 1948 The Hon. HENRI COURTEMANCHE3 1 Members of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada take rank inter se according to the dates of their being sworn in. * Ranks as the Prime Minister of Canada. • Ranks as a Member of the Cabinet. .