Minister of the Interior (Canada)

E439323

The Minister of the Interior (Canada) was a former federal cabinet position responsible for overseeing the administration, settlement, and development of Canada's interior lands and natural resources in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Minister of the Interior (Canada) canonical 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal cabinet position
appliesToTerritory Canadian interior lands
appointedBy Prime Minister of Canada NERFINISHED
associatedWith development of the Canadian Prairies
expansion of Canadian Confederation westward
federal control of lands in the North-West Territories
belongsToBranch executive branch of the Government of Canada NERFINISHED
country Canada
governs Dominion lands in western Canada
hasDuties administration of certain resource rights on Dominion lands
administration of homesteading policies
management of public lands in the North-West Territories
oversight of Dominion lands
oversight of surveys and mapping of interior regions
oversight of western settlement
supervision of immigration related to settlement of interior lands
hasScope dominion-wide land administration
federal natural resource administration on Dominion lands
historicalSignificance important in shaping federal land tenure systems in Canada
key role in organizing settlement of western Canada
jurisdiction federal government of Canada NERFINISHED
memberOf Queen's Privy Council for Canada NERFINISHED
partOf Cabinet of Canada NERFINISHED
partOfPolicyArea Canadian land policy
Canadian resource policy
Canadian settlement policy
positionHeldBy member of Parliament of Canada
replacedBy Minister of Mines and Resources (Canada) NERFINISHED
other specialized resource and land management portfolios
reportsTo Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED
responsibleFor administration of interior lands in Canada
development of interior regions of Canada
management of certain natural resources in Canada
settlement policy in Canada
seat Ottawa NERFINISHED
status defunct cabinet position
style The Honourable
timePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilfrid Laurier positionHeld Minister of the Interior (Canada)