Norman McLeod Rogers

Norman McLeod Rogers PC MP[1] (July 25, 1894 – June 10, 1940) was a Canadian lawyer and statesman.

He went to University College, Oxford, where he was awarded a BA Honours (MA) degree in Modern History, the B.Litt., and the BCL.

Rogers died in a plane crash on June 10, 1940, near Newtonville, Ontario, while en route from Ottawa to Toronto for a speaking engagement.

Rogers was a key Cabinet minister, and close advisor, and Canada was in the midst of World War II.

A Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker was named after him; it has since been sold to Chile and renamed Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro.

Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King inspecting No. 110 (City of Toronto) Squadron, R.C.A.F. The aircraft in the background is Westland 'Lysander' II 417. [L-R]: Hon. T.A. Crerar , Air Marshal G.M. Croil , Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, W/C W.D. Van Vliet, Hon. Norman Rogers, 13 January 1940.