Norman McLeod Rogers
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The Honourable Norman McLeod Rogers PC, MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kingston City |
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In office 1935–1940 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur Edward Ross |
| Succeeded by | Angus Lewis Macdonald |
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July 25, 1894 Amherst, Nova Scotia |
| Died | June 10, 1940 (aged 45) near Newtonville, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Cabinet | Minister of Labour (1935-1939) Minister of National Defence (1939–1940) |
Norman McLeod Rogers, PC (July 25, 1894 – June 10, 1940) was a Canadian lawyer and statesman. He served as the member of parliament for Kingston, Ontario, Canada and as a cabinet minister in the government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. He was also an early biographer of King.
Rogers was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia and served in the military during World War I. He was educated at Acadia University and in 1919 he was elected a Rhodes Scholar. He went to University College, Oxford (University of Oxford), where he was awarded a BA Honours (MA) degree in Modern History, the B.Litt., and the BCL.
Rogers was private secretary to King from 1927 to 1929, then worked as a professor at Queen's University in Kingston. He was elected to the Parliament in 1935, and served under King as Minister of Labour until 1939, and then Minister of National Defence from 1939 until his death in 1940.
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