The Quiet was directed by Steven Spielberg.
Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne , PC -LRB- August 9 , 1867 -- October 19 , 1950 -RRB- was a Canadian politician .. Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Canadian. Canada. A millionaire and one-time owner of Sherwin Williams Paints in Montreal , Ballantyne was president of the Canadian Manufacturer 's Association and a member of the Montreal Harbour Board .. Canadian. Canada. He also raised and commanded the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards .. He was appointed to Sir Robert Borden 's World War I Union government .. Robert Borden. Robert Borden. World War I. World War I. Union government. Unionist Party of Canada. He held no parliamentary seat when Borden appointed him minister of public works , minister of marine and fisheries and minister of the naval service in October 1917 .. minister of public works. Minister of Public Works ( Canada ). He became a Cabinet minister prior to being elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the December 1917 federal election ; delayed for two weeks because of the Halifax Explosion .. Canadian. Canada. Cabinet. Canadian cabinet. Canadian House of Commons. Canadian House of Commons. December 1917 federal election. Canadian federal election, 1917. Halifax Explosion. Halifax Explosion. Ballantyne was one of a handful of Unionist Members of Parliament -LRB- MPs -RRB- elected from Quebec during the Conscription Crisis of 1917 .. Members of Parliament. Member of Parliament. Quebec. Quebec. Conscription Crisis of 1917. Conscription Crisis of 1917. Even before the inquiry into the Halifax disaster had completed its proceedings on 4 February 1918 , Ballantyne initiated the formation of a Royal Commission to investigate the Halifax Pilotage .. As a result of the commission 's findings -LRB- unpublished -RRB- , Prime Minister Borden invoked the War Measures Act in mid-March .. War Measures Act. War Measures Act. Subsequently , the government took control over the port of Halifax until the end of the war .. Ballantyne retained his Cabinet portfolios when Arthur Meighen succeeded Borden as Prime Minister of Canada , but was defeated as a Conservative candidate in the 1921 election that brought down the Meighen government .. Conservative. Conservative Party of Canada ( historic ). Cabinet. Canadian cabinet. Arthur Meighen. Arthur Meighen. Prime Minister of Canada. Prime Minister of Canada. 1921 election. Canadian federal election, 1921. In 1932 , Conservative Prime Minister R. B. Bennett appointed Ballantyne to the Canadian Senate .. R. B. Bennett. R. B. Bennett. Conservative. Conservative Party of Canada ( historic ). Canadian. Canada. Canadian Senate. Canadian Senate. Ballantyne was appointed Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate in 1942 , and served in that role until 1945 .. Canadian. Canada. Canadian Senate. Canadian Senate. Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate. Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate