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The Hon.James Alexander Robb


Member of the Canadian Parliament for Huntingdon
In office 1908–1917
Preceded by	Robert Nelson Walsh
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1914
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Châteauguay—Huntingdon
In office 1917–1929
Preceded by	District was created in 1914
Succeeded by	Dennis James O'Connor

Personal details
Born	(1859-08-10)10 August 1859 Huntingdon, Canada East
Died	11 November 1929(1929-11-11) (aged 70) Toronto, Ontario
Political party	Liberal

James Alexander Robb, PC (10 August 1859 – November 11, 1929) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. Robb was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

He served as Liberal Party Whip from 1919 to 1921.

From 5 September 1925 to 28 June 1926 and again from 25 September 1926 until his death, he served as Minister of Finance in the administration of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served briefly as Acting Minister of National Defence in October 1926.

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Political offices
Preceded byHenry Herbert Stevens	Minister of Trade and Commerce 1921–1923	Succeeded byThomas Andrew Low
Preceded byThomas Andrew Low	Minister of Trade and Commerce (acting) 1925–1926	Succeeded byHenry Herbert Stevens (acting)

v t e Ministers of finance of Canada
Galt Rose Hincks Tilley Cartwright Tilley McLelan Tupper Foster Bowell (Acting) Foster Fielding White Drayton (Acting) Fielding Robb Bennett Robb Dunning Bennett Rhodes Dunning Ralston Ilsley Abbott Harris Fleming Nowlan Gordon Sharp Benson Turner Drury (Acting) Macdonald Chrétien Crosbie MacEachen Lalonde Wilson Mazankowski Loiselle Martin Manley Goodale Flaherty Oliver Morneau Freeland LeBlanc

v t e Ministers of defence of Canada
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
National defence (1923–)	G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb (acting) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power (acting) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury (acting) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé (acting) Drury (acting) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark (acting) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan Anand Blair
National defence (associate) (1953–2013, 2015–)	Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor
Naval service (1910–22)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham
World War I	Overseas military forces (1916–20) Perley Kemp
World War II	National defence for air (1940–46) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson National defence for naval services (1940–46) Macdonald Abbott National war services (1940–48) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

v t e Ministers of immigration and colonization of Canada
Calder Edwards Bostock (acting) Stewart (acting) Robb Gordon Stewart (acting) Manion (acting) Drayton (acting) Forke Stewart (acting) Mackenzie Gordon Crerar
The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and proclaimed in force December 1, 1936.

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