01082pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001800040245006400058260000900122300001300131362000900144520069700153650003000850650002100880773003500901180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aWhite, Graham  aShorter measures: the changing ministerial career in Canada  c1998  ap.369-94  aFall  aCharacteristics of ministerial careers - the length of time cabinet ministers hold office, the number and type of portfolios they hold, ministers' pre-cabinet political experience, the circumstances of their leaving cabinet, and the like - constitute an important but understudied aspect of Canadian cabinets. This article examines career patterns among the 1,375 individuals who held ministerial office in the ten provinces between the mid-1940s and the mid-1990s. Evidence of sweeping changes in the basic contours of provincial ministerial careers since World War II is presented and analysed. Possible implications of these changes on internal cabinet dynamics are discussed. - Reproduced  aCabinet officers - Canada  aCabinet officers  aCanadian Public Administration