George Perry GRAHAM
GRAHAM, The Right Hon. George Perry, P.C.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal
- Constituency
- Essex South (Ontario)
- Birth Date
- March 31, 1859
- Deceased Date
- January 1, 1943
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Perry_Graham
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=d37caeac-e2c8-4010-a406-bd6c910d1265&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- editor, journalist
Parliamentary Career
- September 18, 1907 - September 17, 1908
- LIBBrockville (Ontario)
- Minister of Railways and Canals (August 30, 1907 - October 6, 1911)
- October 26, 1908 - July 29, 1911
- LIBBrockville (Ontario)
- Minister of Railways and Canals (August 30, 1907 - October 6, 1911)
- February 22, 1912 - October 6, 1917
- LIBRenfrew South (Ontario)
- December 6, 1921 - September 5, 1925
- LIBEssex South (Ontario)
- Minister of the Naval Service (December 29, 1921 - December 31, 1922)
- Minister of Militia and Defence (December 29, 1921 - December 31, 1922)
- Minister of National Defence (January 1, 1923 - April 27, 1923)
- Minister of Railways and Canals (April 28, 1923 - February 19, 1926)
- January 19, 1922 - September 5, 1925
- LIBEssex South (Ontario)
- Minister of the Naval Service (December 29, 1921 - December 31, 1922)
- Minister of Militia and Defence (December 29, 1921 - December 31, 1922)
- Minister of National Defence (January 1, 1923 - April 27, 1923)
- Minister of Railways and Canals (April 28, 1923 - February 19, 1926)
- December 20, 1926 - September 5, 1925
- LIBEssex South (Ontario)
- Minister of Railways and Canals (April 28, 1923 - February 19, 1926)
- Minister Without Portfolio (February 20, 1926 - April 6, 1926)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 5 of 2725)
June 26, 1925
Mr. GRAHAM:
The Canadian National
Railways are working under a statute passed by parliament, and the Minister of Railways has no authority except his good influence in the matter of advice.
June 26, 1925
Mr. GRAHAM:
I wonder he did not ask
for something on account, being a lawyer.
June 26, 1925
Mr. GRAHAM:
The managers of the
upper house told us quite frankly as regards the amounts and terms of payment that they would make no change and, if a change was made, the Senate would defeat the bill. Under those circumstances, the managers from the House of Commons, having the preamble deleted by the consent of the Senate, having the words " in straitened circumstances " added as causes for paymen' of demands over $500, secured for the depositors the sure payment of the amounts named in the bill as now to be accepted. Otherwise the depositors of the Home Bank would not have got one farthing.
Home Bank
Subtopic: HOME BANK DEPOSITORS
June 26, 1925
Mr. GRAHAM:
Is not the preamble really the foundation of the bill?
Subtopic: HOME BANK DEPOSITORS
June 26, 1925
Mr. GRAHAM:
I think the dropping of
this preamble by the Senate is of more moment than my hon. friend suggests. One of the points in the preamble to which strong objection was and ought to be taken is that the upper chamber presumed to speak for the government. Let me read the preamble:
Whereas certain creditors of the Home Bank of Canada have by their petition to the Governor in Council represented that they have, by the suspension of that bank, sustained serious losses which they are ill able to bear, and have prayed that pecuniary aid may be afforded them on the grounds of commiseration and of an alleged moral responsibility of the government of Canada, for the causes of sudh losses; and whereas such responsibility is not admitted, but it is expedient to afford pecuniary aid to certain of the said creditors as provided, by this act: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
With that amendment inserted, the position of the Senate would be confirmed that they practically had a right really to initiate a money bill on behalf of the government. I say that to get the consent of the Senate to remove that preamble altogether was a very long step towards the contention of this House as presented to the Senate in the objections raised by this House to the acceptance of the amendment.
Subtopic: HOME BANK DEPOSITORS