James Lorimer Ilsley

The Right Honourable James Lorimer Ilsley PC KC
Ilsley in March 1942
Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
In office 1950–1967
Preceded by	Joseph Andrew Chisholm
Succeeded by	Lauchlin Daniel Currie
Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada
In office 10 December 1946 – 30 June 1948
Prime Minister	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Louis St. Laurent
Succeeded by	Louis St. Laurent
Minister of Finance
In office 8 July 1940 – 9 December 1946
Prime Minister	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	James Ralston
Succeeded by	Douglas Abbott
Postmaster General
Acting 23 May 1940 – 7 July 1940
Prime Minister	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Charles Gavan Power
Succeeded by	William Pate Mulock
Minister of National Revenue
In office 23 October 1935 – 7 July 1940
Prime Minister	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Robert Charles Matthews
Succeeded by	Colin W. G. Gibson
Member of Parliament for Hants—Kings (Digby—Annapolis—Kings; 1935–1948)
In office 14 September 1926 – 28 October 1948
Preceded by	Arthur de Witt Foster
Succeeded by	George Nowlan
Personal details
Born	James Lorimer Ilsley (1894-01-03)3 January 1894 Somerset, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	14 January 1967(1967-01-14) (aged 73) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Evelyn Wilhelmina Smith ​ ​ (m. 1919)​
Children	2
Education	Acadia University (BA) Dalhousie University (LLB)
Profession	Barrister

James Lorimer Ilsley PC KC (3 January 1894 – 14 January 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist. He was minister of finance from 1940 to 1946. He was finance minister during World War II; to fund the increase in wartime expenditure, he dramatically expanded the income tax by imposing it on millions of workers and citizens.