Ralph Campney

The Hon. Ralph Osborne Campney

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Vancouver Centre
In office 1949–1957
Preceded by	Rodney Young
Succeeded by	Douglas Jung
Personal details
Born	(1894-06-06)June 6, 1894 Picton, Ontario
Died	October 6, 1967(1967-10-06) (aged 73)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Solicitor General of Canada (1952–1954) Associate Minister of National Defence (1953–1954) Minister of National Defence (1954–1957)

Ralph Osborne Campney, PC (June 6, 1894 – October 6, 1967) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Picton, Ontario, he first ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Vancouver Centre in a 1948 by-election. A Liberal, he was elected in the 1949 federal election and in 1953. He was defeated in 1957. From 1951 to 1952, he was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence. From 1952 to 1954, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From 1953 to 1954, he was also the Associate Minister of National Defence. From 1954 to 1957, he was the Minister of National Defence.

References

Ralph Campney – Parliament of Canada biography

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

Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–1922)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham

World War I	Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–1920) Perley Kemp

World War II	Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–1946) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–1946) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services (1940–1948) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

Solicitors General of Canada

Curran Tupper Fitzpatrick Carroll Lemieux Bureau Meighen Guthrie Fauteux McKenzie McMurray Cannon Fauteux Cannon Dupré Jean Lapointe Garson Campney Macdonald Balcer Browne MacNaught Pennell Turner McIlraith Goyer Allmand Fox Basford (acting) Blais Lawrence Kaplan MacKay Beatty Kelleher Beatty (acting) Blais Cadieux Lewis Gray Scott MacAulay Easter¹

¹The office of Solicitor General was abolished and the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was in force April 4, 2005.

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