Cyrus Macmillan

The Hon. Cyrus Macmillan

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Queen's
In office 1940–1945
Personal details
Born	(1882-09-12)September 12, 1882 Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island
Died	June 29, 1953(1953-06-29) (aged 70)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister of Fisheries (1930)
Committees	Chair, Special Committee on Pension Act and War Veterans' Allowance Act (1940–1942) Chair, Special Committee on Land Settlement of Veterans of the Present War (1940–1942) Chair, Special Committee on Honours and Decorations (1940–1942) Chair, Special Committee on Social Security (1942–1943)
Portfolio	Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence for Air (1943–1946)

Cyrus Macmillan, PC (September 12, 1882 – June 29, 1953) was a Canadian academic, writer,and politician.

Born in Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and a Master of Arts degree in 1903 from McGill University. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1909 and started as a Lecturer at McGill. During World War I, he serverd with the 7th Canadian Siege Battery. After the war, he became an Associate Professor and in 1923 was appointed Chairman of the English department. From 1940 to 1947, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science.

In June 1930, he was appointed Minister of Fisheries in the cabinet of Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He was defeated in July's 1930 federal election in the Prince Edward Island riding of Queen's. In 1940, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Queen's. He was defeated in 1945. From 1943 to 1946, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence for Air.

He is the author of McGill and Its Story, 1821-1921 (1921), Canadian Wonder Tales (1918) and Canadian Fairy Tales (1922)

References

"MacMILLAN, CYRUS JOHN, 1883-1953". McGill University archives.

External links

Cyrus Macmillan – Parliament of Canada biography
Works by Cyrus MacMillan at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Cyrus Macmillan at Internet Archive
Works by Cyrus Macmillan at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Cyrus Macmillan at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Cyrus Macmillan at Library of Congress Authorities, with 6 catalogue records

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 Marine (1930–1936)²	Cardin Duranleau Gendron Howe

Ministers of Fisheries (1930–1969)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis

Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–1971)	Davis

Ministers of the Environment (1971–1976)³	Davis Sauvé LeBlanc (acting) Marchand LeBlanc (acting)

Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–1976)	LeBlanc

Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–1979)	LeBlanc

Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	LeBlanc McGrath 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

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 ²The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created in 1936 ³From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 57103838 LCCN: nr97007678 ISNI: 0000 0000 8343 8956

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