Background
Mcnaughton, Andrew George Latta was born on February 25, 1887 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Son of Robert D. and Christina, Mary Ann (Armour) McN.
Mcnaughton, Andrew George Latta was born on February 25, 1887 in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. Son of Robert D. and Christina, Mary Ann (Armour) McN.
Bachelor of Science, McGill University, 1910, Master of Science, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1920. Doctor of Civil Law, Bishop University, 1937. Doctor of Laws, Queen's University, 1941, University of Birmingham, 1942, University of Ottawa, 1943.
U. Saskatchewan, 1944.
Michigan State University, 1955, U. Toronto, 1961. Doctor Military Science, Royal Military College of Canada, 1963.
Graduate Royal Staff College, Camberley, England, and Imperial Defense College, London, England.
Commissioned Lieutenant, Canadian Army, 1910, advancing to general, 1944, retired. Member committee for reorganizing Canadian Militia, 1919. Deputy chief of general staff National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, 1923-1926, chief, 1929-1935.
General officer commanding First Canadian Division, 1939, commander VII Corps.
1940; general officer commanding-in-chief First Canadian Army Overseas, 1942-1944. Member Privy Council of Canada, minister of national defence, November 1944-August 21, 1945.
President Canadian Atomic Energy Control Board to January 1948. Delegate of Canada to United Nations, 1948-1950, representative of Canada, Atomic Energy Commission, United Nations, 1946-1950.
Chairman International Joint Commission, 1950-1962.
Chairman Canadian section Canada-United States Joint Board on Defense, 1945-1959.
Member committee for reorganizing Canadian Militia, 1919. Member Privy Council of Canada, minister of national defence, November 1944-August 21, 1945. Member Anglican Church.
Clubs: Rideau (Ottawa).
Married Mabel Clara Stuart Weir, September 17, 1914. Children: Christina Pauline Stuart (Mistress T. K. McDougall), Andrew Robert Leslie, Edward Murray Dalzell, Ian George Armour (killed in action 1942), Leslie Anita (Mistress H. Calvin Sykes, Junior.