{{Short description|Canadian politician (1867–1950)}} {{for|the footballer|Charles Ballantyne (footballer)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = Charles Ballantyne.jpg | image_size = | office = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for [[List of Quebec senators#Alma|Alma, Quebec]] | appointer = [[R. B. Bennett]] | predecessor = [[George Green Foster]] | successor = [[Hartland Molson]] | term_start = February 3, 1932 | term_end = October 19, 1950 | constituency_MP2 = [[St. Lawrence—St. George]] | parliament2 = Canadian | predecessor2 = The riding was created in 1914. | successor2 = [[Herbert Meredith Marler]] | term_start2 = 1917 | term_end2 = 1921 | birth_date = {{birth date|1867|08|09}} | birth_place = Colquhoun, Canada West | death_date = {{death date and age|1950|10|19|1867|08|09}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Unionist (Conservative and Liberal) (1918–1921)<br />[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] (1932–1942)<br />[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] (1942–1950) | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | branch = [[Canadian Expeditionary Force]] | rank = [[Commander (Canada)|Commander]] | service_years = 1916-1917 | unit = 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards of Canada | cabinet = Minister of Public Works (1917)<br />Minister of the Naval Service (1917–1921)<br />Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1917–1921) }} '''Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (August 9, 1867 – October 19, 1950) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.
A millionaire and one-time owner of Sherwin Williams Paints in Montreal, Ballantyne was president of the Canadian Manufacturer's Association and a member of the Montreal Harbour Board. He also raised and commanded the [[The Canadian Grenadier Guards|1st Battalion Grenadier Guards of Canada]].<ref>[http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=0e29d17a-80d6-43a8-89b0-55c3664f17a0&Language=E&Section=ALL] Parlinfo - The Parliament of Canada website.</ref> He was appointed to Sir [[Robert Borden]]'s [[World War I]] [[Unionist Party of Canada|Union government]]. He held no parliamentary seat when Borden appointed him [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|minister of public works]], minister of marine and fisheries and minister of the naval service in October 1917. He became a [[Canadian cabinet|Cabinet]] minister prior to being elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the [[1917 Canadian federal election|December 1917 federal election]]; delayed for two weeks because of the [[Halifax Explosion]].<ref>[http://www.halifaxexplosion.net/francismackey.pdf] Maybee, Janet. "The Persecution of Pilot Mackey," The Northern Mariner/le marin du nord, XX no. 2 (April, 2010), pp. 149–173.</ref> Ballantyne was one of a handful of Unionist [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Members of Parliament]] (MPs) elected from [[Quebec]] during the [[Conscription Crisis of 1917]].
Even before the inquiry into the Halifax disaster had completed its proceedings on 4 February 1918, Ballantyne initiated the formation of a Royal Commission to investigate the Halifax Pilotage. As a result of the commission's findings (unpublished), Prime Minister Borden invoked the [[War Measures Act]] in mid-March. Subsequently, the government took control over the port of Halifax until the end of the war.<ref>Maybee, Janet (2010).</ref> Ballantyne retained his Cabinet portfolios when [[Arthur Meighen]] succeeded Borden as [[Prime Minister of Canada]], but was defeated as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historic)|Conservative]] candidate in the [[1921 Canadian federal election|1921 election]] that brought down the Meighen government.
In 1932, Conservative Prime Minister [[R. B. Bennett]] appointed Ballantyne to the [[Senate of Canada]]. Ballantyne was appointed [[Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate]] in 1942, and served in that role until 1945.
== Archives == There is a Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne [[fonds]] at [[Library and Archives Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne fonds, Library and Archives Canada|url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=104271&lang=eng|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
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