Minister of National Defence for Air (Canada)

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Minister of National Defence for Air (Canada) was the minister responsible for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. post created by the 1940 War Measures Act. The act specifically amended the National Defence Act of 1923.

The post was merged into the current post of the Minister of National Defence (Canada) in 1946.

List of ministers[]

• Charles Gavan Power 1940–1945
• Angus Lewis Macdonald 1944–1945 acting
• Colin William George Gibson 1945 acting
• Colin William George Gibson 1945–1946

Ministers with military experience[]

Gibson was Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and later Commandant of the .

Both Macdonald, who was a Lieutenant and Power served as Captain and Acting Major with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the army during World War I.

See also[]

• Minister of Militia and Defence
• Minister of the Naval Service
• Minister of National Defence
• Minister of Aviation
• Minister of National Defence for Naval Services
• Minister of Overseas Military Forces

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