Norman McLeod Rogers | |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office September 19, 1939 – June 10, 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Ian Alistair Mackenzie |
| Succeeded by | Charles Power |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office October 23, 1935 – September 18, 1939 | |
| Prime Minister | W. L. Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Wesley Ashton Gordon |
| Succeeded by | Norman Alexander McLarty |
| Member of Parliament forKingston City | |
| In office October 14, 1935 – June 10, 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur Edward Ross |
| Succeeded by | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1894-07-25)July 25, 1894 Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | June 10, 1940(1940-06-10) (aged 45) nearNewtonville,Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Branch/service | Canadian Expeditionary Force |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
Norman McLeod RogersPC MP[1] (July 25, 1894 – June 10, 1940) was a Canadianlawyer and statesman. He served as theMember of Parliament forKingston,Ontario, Canada and as acabinet minister in the government of Prime MinisterWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King. He was also an early biographer of King.
Rogers was born inAmherst,Nova Scotia, and served in the military duringWorld War I. He was educated atAcadia University and in 1919 he was elected aRhodes Scholar. He went toUniversity College, Oxford, where he was awarded aBA Honours (MA) degree in Modern History, theB.Litt., and theBCL.
Rogers was private secretary to King from 1927 to 1929, then worked as a professor atQueen's University in Kingston. He was elected to theParliament in 1935, and served under King asMinister of Labour until 1939, and thenMinister of National Defence from 1939 until his death in 1940.
Rogers died in a plane crash on June 10, 1940, nearNewtonville,Ontario, while en route fromOttawa toToronto for a speaking engagement. On the day National Defence Minister Rogers died, Canada declared war onItaly.[2]
Prime Minister King took the death of Rogers extremely hard. Rogers was a key Cabinet minister, and close advisor, and Canada was in the midst ofWorld War II. The two men were friendly on a personal basis, and King may have been grooming Rogers to become his successor as prime minister.[3]
Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport is named in his honour, as is a street in Kingston. ACanadian Coast Guard icebreaker was named after him; it has since been sold to Chile and renamedContraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro.
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