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James Robb (politician)

Canadian politician

The Hon. James Alexander Robb


Member of the Canadian Parliament for Huntingdon
In office 1908–1917
Preceded by	Robert Nelson Walsh
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1914
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon
In office 1917–1929
Preceded by	District was created in 1914
Succeeded by	Dennis James O'Connor

Personal details
Born	(1859-08-10)10 August 1859 Huntingdon, Canada East
Died	11 November 1929(1929-11-11) (aged 70) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Liberal

James Alexander Robb, PC (10 August 1859 – November 11, 1929) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. Robb was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

He served as Liberal Party Whip from 1919 to 1921.

From 5 September 1925 to 28 June 1926 and again from 25 September 1926 until his death, he served as Minister of Finance in the administration of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served briefly as Acting Minister of National Defence in October 1926.

References

"James Robb". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

External links

James Robb (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography

Political offices
Preceded by Henry Herbert Stevens	Minister of Trade and Commerce 1921–1923	Succeeded by Thomas Andrew Low
Preceded by Thomas Andrew Low	Minister of Trade and Commerce (acting) 1925–1926	Succeeded by Henry Herbert Stevens (acting)

Ministers of Finance

v t e Ministers of Defence
Ministers of Militia and Defence (1867–1923)	Cartier Langevin (acting) McDonald Ross Vail Jones Masson Campbell Caron Bowell Patterson Dickey Bowell Desjardins Tisdale Borden Hughes Kemp Mewburn Calder (acting) Guthrie G. Graham
Ministers of National Defence (1923–)	G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb (acting) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power (acting) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury (acting) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé (acting) Drury (acting) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark (acting) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan Anand Blair
Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–)	Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor
Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–22)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham
World War I	Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–20) Perley Kemp
World War II	Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–46) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–46) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services (1940–48) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

v t e Ministers of Immigration and Colonization
Calder Edwards Bostock (acting) Stewart (acting) Robb Gordon Stewart (acting) Manion (acting) Drayton (acting) Forke Stewart (acting) Mackenzie Gordon Crerar¹
¹The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and proclaimed in force December 1, 1936.