Charles Ballantyne

The Hon. Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
Senator for Alma, Quebec
In office February 3, 1932 – October 19, 1950
Appointed by	R. B. Bennett
Preceded by	George Green Foster
Succeeded by	Hartland Molson
Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. Lawrence—St. George
In office 1917–1921
Preceded by	The riding was created in 1914.
Succeeded by	Herbert Meredith Marler
Personal details
Born	August 9, 1867(1867-08-09) Colquhoun, Canada West
Died	October 19, 1950(1950-10-19) (aged 83)
Political party	Unionist (Conservative and Liberal) (1918-1921) Conservative (1932-1942) Progressive Conservative (1942-1950)
Cabinet	Minister of Public Works (1917) Minister of the Naval Service (1917-1921) Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1917-1921)

Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne, PC (August 9, 1867 – October 19, 1950) was a Canadian politician.

A prominent manufacturer^{[citation needed]}, Ballantyne was appointed to Sir Robert Borden's World War I Union government. He served briefly as Minister of Public Works before becoming Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of the Naval Service. He became a Cabinet minister prior to being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the December 1917 federal election. Ballantyne was one of a handful of Unionist Members of Parliament (MPs) elected from Quebec during the Conscription Crisis of 1917.

He retained his Cabinet portfolios when Arthur Meighen succeeded Borden as Prime Minister of Canada, but was defeated as a Conservative candidate in the 1921 election that brought down the Meighen government.

In 1932, Conservative Prime Minister R. B. Bennett appointed Ballantyne to the Canadian Senate. Ballantyne was appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate in 1942, and served in that role until 1945.

External links

• Charles Ballantyne - Parliament of Canada biography

Government offices
Preceded by Arthur Meighen	Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1942–1945	Succeeded by John Thomas Haig

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Name	Ballantyne, Charles
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Date of birth	August 9, 1867
Place of birth	Colquhoun, Canada West
Date of death	October 19, 1950
Place of death