Grote Stirling

Canadian politician

The Honourable Grote Stirling PC
Stirling, c. 1934

Member of Parliament for Yale
In office 6 November 1924 – 4 October 1947
Preceded by	Martin Burrell
Succeeded by	Owen Jones

Personal details
Born	(1875-07-31)31 July 1875 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Died	18 January 1953(1953-01-18) (aged 77)
Political party	Conservative Progressive Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of National Defence Minister of Fisheries (Acting)

Grote Stirling PC (31 July 1875 – 18 January 1953) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Tunbridge Wells, England, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the British Columbia riding of Yale in a 1924 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1940. From 1934 to 1935, he was the Minister of National Defence and Minister of Fisheries (Acting).

References

Grote Stirling – 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–)

Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–)

Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–22)

World War I

Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–20): Perley; Kemp

World War II

Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–46): Power; Macdonald (acting); Gibson

Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–46): Macdonald; Abbott

Ministers of National War Services (1940–48): Gardiner; Thorson; Laflèche; McCann

v t e 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 Fisheries (1930–69)	Macmillan Rhodes Duranleau (acting) Stirling (acting) Ernst Michaud Bertrand Bridges Bertrand (acting) Gregg MacKinnon Mayhew Sinclair MacLean Robichaud Davis
Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–71)	Davis
Ministers of the Environment (1971–76)²	Davis Sauvé R. LeBlanc (acting) Marchand R. LeBlanc
Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974–76)	R. LeBlanc
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976–79)	R. LeBlanc
Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979–2015)	R. LeBlanc McGrath R. 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 D. LeBlanc Wilkinson Jordan Murray Lebouthillier
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. The Minister of Marine office was a precursor to the Minister of Transport. ²From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.