Rogers, Norman McLeod

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_McLeod_Rogers
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Norman McLeod Rogers PC MP (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, 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.
  • Third Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=10055
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113683238/norman_mcleod-rogers