17th Canadian Ministry

{{Short description|Government cabinet of Canada (1948–1957)}}

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{{Infobox government cabinet

|cabinet_name = 17th Canadian Ministry
17e conseil des ministres du Canada

|cabinet_type= ministry

|cabinet_number = 17th

|jurisdiction = Canada

|flag = Canadian_Red_Ensign_(1957-1965).svg

|flag_border = true

|image = Louis St. Laurent portrait.jpg

|date_formed = 15 November 1948

|date_dissolved= 21 June 1957

|government_head_title = Prime Minister

|government_head = Louis St. Laurent

|government_head_history =

|state_head_title = Monarch

|state_head = {{Unbulleted list|George VI|Elizabeth II}}

|represented_by_title = Governor General

|represented_by = Earl Alexander
Vincent Massey

|total_number=

|political_party = Liberal Party of Canada

|legislature_status = {{composition bar compact|116|245|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} (1948–1949)
Minority

{{composition bar compact|191|262|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} (1949–1953)

Supermajority

{{composition bar compact|169|265|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} (1953–1957)

Majority

|opposition_party = Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

|opposition_leader = {{Unbulleted list|George A. Drew (1948–1954, 1955–1956)|William Earl Rowe (1954–1955, 1956)|John Diefenbaker (1956–1957)}}

|election = 1949, 1953

|incoming_formation = 1948 Liberal leadership election

|outgoing_formation = 1957 general election

|legislature_term = {{Unbulleted list|20th Canadian Parliament|21st Canadian Parliament|22nd Canadian Parliament}}

|budget =

|previous = 16th Canadian Ministry

|successor = 18th Canadian Ministry

}}

Image:St Laurent Cabinet.jpg

The Seventeenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent. It governed Canada from 15 November 1948 to 21 June 1957, including the end of the 20th Canadian Parliament, as well as all of the 21st and 22nd. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada.