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In 1921, William Lyon Mackenzie King appointed Lapointe to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Marine and Fisheries. In 1924 he became Minister of Justice and served in that position in successive Liberal cabinets until his death in 1941. Lapointe served as King's Quebec lieutenant and was one of the most important ministers in Cabinet. He chaired the Canadian delegation to the Imperial Conference of 1926Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 See also 1926 in aviation 1926 in film 1926 in literature 1926 in mu that led to the drafting of the subsequent Balfour DeclarationThe Balfour Declaration of 1926 is a statement of the October-November 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London. It states that the United Kingdom and the Dominions "are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status that raised the status of dominionThis is a page about Dominions of the British Empire/Commonwealth. For other meanings, please see Dominion (disambiguation). A Dominion is a wholly self-governing or virtually self-governing state of the British Empire or British Commonwealth, particularls to one of equality with BritainThe word Britain is used to refer to the United Kingdom (UK): i. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (from 1927), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ( 1801- 1927) or the United Kingdom of Great Britain ( 1707- 1801). and eventually led to the Statute of Westminster 1931The Statute of Westminster 1931 was the enactment of the United Kingdom Parliament ( December 11, 1931) which established the legislative sovereignty of the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire. There exist also the unrelated Statutes of Westmin. In the late 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 Gs, Lapointe disallowed several Acts passed by the AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's provinces. Its capital is the city of Edmonton. Other cities and towns include Banff, Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. See also: List of communities in Alberta. As of 2004, the population of the province was 3,183 Social Credit government of William Aberhart. However, he failed to disallow the Padlock Act passed by Maurice Duplessis fearing that doing so would only aid the Union Nationale government.

Lapointe helped draft Mackenzie King's policy against conscription for overseas service in 1939 and his campaigning helped defeat the Duplessis government in 1939.

See also Conscription Crisis of 1944