charles gavan power

Charles Gavan "Chubby" Power (January 18, 1888-May 30, 1968) was a Canadian politician. A lawyer by training, Power entered politics in the 1917 election being elected as a Laurier-Liberal during the Conscription Crisis of 1917. In 1935, Power was appointed minister of pensions and health in the Liberal cabinet of William Lyon Mackenzie King. During World War II he served as minister of national defence for air and was responsible for expanding the Royal Canadian Air Force. His opposition to conscription led him to resign from Cabinet during the Conscription Crisis of 1944. Power ran to succeed King in the 1948 Liberal leadership convention but came a poor third. Charles Power retired from the House of Commons in 1957. Power, Charles Gavan Power, Charles Gavan Power, Charles Gavan

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