James Lorimer Ilsley

James Lorimer Ilsley
Ilsley in March 1942
Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
In office
1950–1967
Preceded byJoseph Andrew Chisholm
Succeeded byLauchlin Daniel Currie
Minister of Justice
Attorney General of Canada
In office
10 December 1946 – 30 June 1948
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byLouis St. Laurent
Succeeded byLouis St. Laurent
Minister of Finance
In office
8 July 1940 – 9 December 1946
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byJames Ralston
Succeeded byDouglas Abbott
Postmaster General
Acting
23 May 1940 – 7 July 1940
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byCharles Gavan Power
Succeeded byWilliam Pate Mulock
Minister of National Revenue
In office
23 October 1935 – 7 July 1940
Prime MinisterW. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded byRobert Charles Matthews
Succeeded byColin W. G. Gibson
Member of Parliament
for Hants—Kings
(Digby—Annapolis—Kings; 1935–1948)
In office
14 September 1926 – 28 October 1948
Preceded byArthur de Witt Foster
Succeeded byGeorge Nowlan
Personal details
Born
James Lorimer Ilsley

(1894-01-03)3 January 1894
Somerset, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died14 January 1967(1967-01-14) (aged 73)
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Evelyn Wilhelmina Smith
(m. 1919)
Children2
Education
Profession
  • Barrister

James Lorimer Ilsley PC KC (3 January 1894 – 14 January 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist. He was minister of finance from 1940 to 1946. He was finance minister during World War II; to fund the increase in wartime expenditure, he dramatically expanded the income tax by imposing it on millions of workers and citizens.