Grote Stirling

The Hon. Grote Stirling

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Yale
In office 1924–1948
Preceded by	Martin Burrell
Succeeded by	Owen Jones

Personal details
Born	(1875-07-31)July 31, 1875 Tunbridge Wells, England
Died	January 18, 1953(1953-01-18) (aged 77)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of National Defence Minister of Fisheries (Acting)

Grote Stirling, PC (July 31, 1875 – January 18, 1953) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Tunbridge Wells, England, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the British Columbia riding of Yale in a 1924 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1940. From 1934 to 1935, he was the Minister of National Defence and Minister of Fisheries (Acting).

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v t 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
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
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 Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans
Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1930)¹	Mitchell Smith Pope McLelan Foster Tupper Costigan Davies Sutherland Préfontaine Laurier (acting) Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne Lapointe Cardin Black (acting) Patenaude (acting) Cardin (acting)
Ministers of Fisheries (1930–69)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis
Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–71)	Davis
Ministers of the Environment (1971–76)²	Davis Sauvé R. LeBlanc (acting) Marchand R. LeBlanc
Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–76)	R. LeBlanc
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–79)	R. LeBlanc
Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	R. LeBlanc McGrath R. LeBlanc de Bané Breau Fraser Nielsen Siddon Valcourt Crosbie Reid Tobin Dingwall (acting) Mifflin Anderson Dhaliwal Thibault Regan Hearn Shea Ashfield Shea
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard (2015–)	Tootoo D. LeBlanc Wilkinson Jordan
¹The office of Minister of Marine and Fisheries was abolished and the offices of Minister of Fisheries and Minister of Marine were created in 1930. The Minister of Marine office was a precursor to the Minister of Transport. ²From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.

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