The Right HonourableSirGeorge Halsey Perley, PC (September 12, 1857 - January 4, 1938) was a Canadian politician. Perley was a wealthy scion of an Ottawa lumber family. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a ConservativeMP in 1904 and served as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Minister of the Overseas Military Forces in the World War I government of Sir Robert Borden. He subsequently served as Secretary of State for Canada in the 1926 government of Arthur Meighen and Minister without Portfolio in the government of R.B. Bennett. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... The Queens Privy Council for Canada is the ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister. ... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The name which emphasised a revitalised National Policy and links to Britain. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A High Commissioner is a person serving in a special executive capacity. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854–June 10, 1937) was the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920. ... This article discusses the position in the Cabinet of Canada in existence from 1867 to 1996. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur Meighen (June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada from July 10, 1920, to December 29, 1921, and June 29 to September 25, 1926. ... A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities. ... For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ...
Hughes was replaced in Ottawa by Edward Kemp, and in London a new ministry of overseas military forces was established with GeorgePerley, Canada's acting high commissioner, as its minister.
In December it was agreed that dominion and Indian representatives would be present when questions directly relating to their interests were at stake and that one of the five members of the British delegation at the peace talks would always be from the dominions or India.
Lloyd George, Wilson, and Clemenceau agreed and added that Canada should also be eligible for election to the governing body of the International Labour Organization.
The more obvious candidates were veteran warriors such as George Eulas Foster and Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper.
George Foster, deeply hurt that he did not get Finance, took Trade and Commerce.
He was angry that he had not been consulted before the Canadian Corps had suffered huge losses at Passchendaele and threatened Lloyd George that he would send no more troops to the front if such a situation arose again.
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