Canadian Ministers of Immigration and Colonization (1918-1936)


James Alexander Calder



James Alexander Calder

12 October 1917 – 20 September 1921

Deputy Minister: William W. Cory

John Wesley Edwards



John Wesley Edwards

21 September 1921 – 29 December 1921

Deputy Ministers: William W. CoryFrederick C. Blair (acting)

Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Hewitt Bostock



Hewitt Bostock (acting)

3 January 1922 – 2 February 1922

Deputy Minister: Frederick C. Blair

Photo: Public domain



Charles Stewart (acting)

20 February 1922 – 16 August 1923

Deputy Ministers: Frederick C. Blair, William J. Egan (from 1923)

Photo: Provincial Archives of Alberta

James Alexander Robb



James Alexander Robb

17 August 1923 – 4 September 1925

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Wikimedia Commons

George Newcombe Gordon



George Newcombe Gordon

7 September 1925 – 12 November 1925

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Who’s Who in Canada, Volume 16, 1922, page 1334



Charles Stewart (acting)

13 November 1925 – 28 June 1926

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Provincial Archives of Alberta

Robert James Manion



Robert James Manion (acting)

29 June 1926 – 12 July 1926

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Library and Archives Canada/PA-053878

Sir Henry Drayton



Sir Henry L. Drayton (acting)

13 July 1926 – 25 September 1926

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: City of Toronto Archives

Robert Forke



Robert Forke

25 September 1926 – 29 December 1929

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Library and Archives Canada/C 038952



Charles Stewart (acting)

30 December 1929 – 26 June 1930

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Provincial Archives of Alberta

Ian A. MacKenzie



Ian A. MacKenzie

27 June 1930 – 7 August 1930

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Library and Archives Canada, C-016784

Wesley A. Gordon



Wesley A. Gordon

7 August 1930 – 2 February 1932

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan

Photo: Parliament of Canada

Wesley A. Gordon



Wesley A. Gordon (acting)

3 February 1932 – 23 October 1935

Deputy Minister: William J. Egan (to 1934), Thomas Magladery (from 1934)

Photo: Parliament of Canada

Thomas A. Crear



Thomas A. Crerar

23 October 1935 – 30 November 1936

Deputy Minister: Thomas Magladery (to 1936)

Photo: Library and Archives Canada/C-003509