Royal Commissions Appointed

Royal Commissions

(November 15th, 1948 to June 21st, 1957)

The following is a list of Royal Commissions appointed by the Administration of the Right Honourable Louis S. St. Laurent (November 15th, 1948 to June 21st, 1957):

Royal Commission	Date of Establishment
1. Cases where revocation of citizenship is under consideration	17th December 1948
2. Transportation	29th December 1948
3. National development in the arts, letters and sciences	8th April 1949
4. Floods in Red River Valley, Manitoba	17th May 1950
5. Fire damage to towns of Rimouski and Cabano, P.Q.	17th May 1950
6. Rents payable on leased lands in townsites and subdivisions in Banff and Jasper National Parks and minimum value of buildings which may be erected therein	15th September 1950
7. Claims arising out of World War II (Mr. Chief Justice Ilsley)	31st July 1951
8. South Saskatchewan River Project	24th August 1951
9. Staking of areas and application for permits re exploring petroleum products by Sun Oil Co. and California Standard Co.	12th November 1951
10. Claims arising out of World War II (Mr. Chief Justice Campbell)	23rd October 1952
11. Criminal law relating to defence of insanity	2nd March 1954
12. Criminal sexual psychopaths	25th March 1954
13. Quartz mining and placer mining in Yukon Territory	29th April 1954
14. Agreed charges under Part IV of the Transport Act	20th May 1954
15. Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks	10th June 1954
16. Humber River Valley flood	20th October 1954
17. Coasting trade in Canada	1st March 1955
18. Long-term prospects of the Canadian economy	17th June 1955
19. Broadcasting in Canada	2nd December 1955
20. Dispute between Canadian Pacific Railway and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers	17th January 1957
21. Financial position of Newfoundland	21st February 1957

Royal Commissions Appointed

April 1, 1953 – June 21, 1957

(excluding commissions appointed to inquire into charges of political partisanship, covering a period of 51 months)

	Date of establishment
1. Criminal law relating to defence of insanity	2 March 1954
2. Criminal sexual psychopaths	25 March 1954
3. Quartz mining and placer mining in Yukon Territory	29 April 1954
4. Agreed charges under Part IV of the Transport Act	20 May 1954
5. Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks	10 June 1954
6. Humber River Valley flood	20 October 1954
7. Coasting trade in Canada	1 March 1955
8. Long-term prospects of the Canadian economy	17 June 1955
9. Broadcasting in Canada	2 December 1955
10. Dispute between Canadian Pacific Railway and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers	17 January 1957
11. Financial position of Newfoundland	21 February 1957

Royal Commissions Appointed

June 21, 1957 – October 19, 1961

(excluding commissions appointed to inquire into charges political partisanship; covering a period of 51 months)

	Date of establishment
1. Energy policy	15 October 1957
2. Price spreads in food products	10 December 1957
3. Seabird Island Indians	18 February 1958
4. Railway problems	13 May 1959
5. Route of railway line, Northern Alberta	4 June 1959
6. Treaties 8 and 11 as applied to the Indians of the MacKenzie District	25 June 1959
7. Coal	6 October 1959
8. Motor vehicles industries	2 August 1960
9. Station CHEK-TV, Victoria, B.C.	6 September 1960
10. Government organization	16 September 1960
11. Canadian magazines and other periodicals	16 September 1960
12. Health services	20 June 1961
13. Unemployment Insurance Act	17 July, 1961
14. Banking and finance	18 October, 1961

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