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 Encyclopedia: Winston Churchill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In December 1916, Asquith resigned as Prime Minister and was replaced by Lloyd George.
However, in July 1917 Churchill was appointed Minister of Munitions.
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 Minister of Munitions -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Minister of Munitions -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The position was created in response to the (additional info and facts about Shell Crisis of 1915) Shell Crisis of 1915 when there was much public criticism of the shortage of shells available.
Most Ministers appointed were high flying politicians, starting with (additional info and facts about David Lloyd George) David Lloyd George.
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 ipedia.com: David Lloyd George Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Considered a pacifist until 1914, Lloyd George changed his stance when World War I broke out, and became the first minister of munitions in 1915 and then war secretary in 1916.
He then progressed to replace Herbert Asquith as prime minister of a new wartime coalition government between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
The Ministries of Transport and Munitions are abolished.
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 AllRefer.com - Clarence Decatur Howe (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He entered the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in 1935 and was at once invited by Mackenzie King to join the cabinet as minister of railways and canals and minister of marine.
Soon after the outbreak of World War II, he was appointed (1940) minister of munitions and supply and in 1944 accepted concurrent appointment as minister of reconstruction.
He became minister of trade and commerce in 1948.
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 Nova Scotia Quotations
Munitions Minister C.D. Howe, in a speech carried over the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) national radio network on 17 September 1942, as reported in the Toronto Globe & Mail, 18 September 1942.
The transformation of education is occurring through the use of computer technology.  I think we all know this in the House, even those of us like myself who sometimes see themselves as Luddites.
Jane Purves, Minister of Education, speaking on the floor of the Nova Scotia Legislature, as recorded in Hansard, 15 May 2001, page 3477.  The complete text of Ms. Purves' speech is available in Hansard.
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