Charles Gavan Power
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Charles Gavan "Chubby" Power, PC, BA, LL.L (January 18, 1888 – May 30, 1968) was a Canadian politician.
A lawyer by training, Power entered politics in the 1917 federal election. He was elected as a "Laurier Liberal" during the Conscription Crisis of 1917.
In 1935, Power was appointed minister of pensions and health in the Liberal cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
During World War II, he served as minister of national defence for air, and was responsible for expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force. His opposition to conscription led him to resign from Cabinet during the Conscription Crisis of 1944. Power ran to succeed King in the 1948 Liberal leadership convention, but came a poor third.
Charles Power retired from the House of Commons in 1955. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on July 28, 1955, and served until his death on May 30, 1968.
[edit] Reference
- Power, Charles Gavan, 1888-1968 and Ward, Norman, 1918-1990. A party politician : the memoirs of Chubby Power / Edited by Norman Ward. Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1966. 419 p. : plates. ; 24 cm.
[edit] External links
- Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
- The Canadian Encyclopedia: Charles Gavan Power
- Charles Gavan Power at the Internet Movie Database
Categories: 1888 births | 1968 deaths | Laurier Liberals | Members of the 16th Ministry in Canada | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec | Liberal Party of Canada MPs | People from Quebec City | Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada | Canadian lawyers | Recipients of the Military Cross
