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Current Cabinet Positions
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Minister of Agriculture
Luc Letellier de Saint-Just
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1820; d. January 28 1881.
1873 – 1876
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1917 – 1919
William Richard Motherwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1860; d. May 24 1943.
1921 – 1926
William Richard Motherwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 6 1860; d. May 24 1943.
1926 – 1930
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1935
James Garfield Gardiner
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1883; d. January 12 1962.
1935 – 1957
Douglas Scott Harkness
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1903; d. May 2 1999.
1957 – 1960
Canada Revenue Agency
Minister of Inland Revenue
Sir Alexander Campbell*
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1868 – 1869
Alexander Morris
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1826; d. October 28 1889.
1869 – 1872
Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1872 – 1873
Télesphore Fournier
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1823; d. May 10 1896.
1873 – 1874
Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1862; d. January 2 1924.
1904 – 1906
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
1915 – 1917
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1858; d. January 21 1921.
1918 – 1919
Minister of Customs and Excise
Henry Herbert Stevens
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1878; d. June 14 1973.
1926
Minister of National Revenue
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1968
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
Hector-Louis Langevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1868 – 1869
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1873
David Mills
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1831; d. May 8 1903.
1876 – 1878
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1878 – 1887
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1888
Hugh John Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1850; d. March 29 1929.
1896
Clifford Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1861; d. April 17 1929.
1896 – 1905
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919
1905
Francis “Frank” Oliver
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1853; d. March 31 1933.
1905 – 1911
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1917 – 1920
Sir James Alexander Lougheed
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1854; d. November 2 1925.
1920 – 1921
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1926
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1930 – 1935
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1935 – 1936
Minister of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
Douglas Scott Harkness
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1903; d. May 2 1999.
1957
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1968 – 1974
Employment and Social Development Canada
Minister of Labour
Sir William Mulock
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1843; d. October 1 1944.
1900 – 1905
Allen Bristol Aylesworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1854; d. February 13 1952.
1905 – 1906
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1909 – 1911
Gideon Decker Robertson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1874; d. August 25 1933.
1918 – 1921
Robert James Manion*
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1926
Peter Heenan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 19 1875; d. May 12 1948.
1926 – 1930
Gideon Decker Robertson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1874; d. August 25 1933.
1930 – 1932
Norman McLeod Rogers
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1894; d. June 10 1940.
1935 – 1939
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin*
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1903; d. September 14 1992
1950
Michael Starr
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1910; d. March 16 2000.
1957 – 1963
Minister of Employment and Social Development
Jason Thomas Kenney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1968.
2013 – 2015
Pierre Marcel Poilievre
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1979.
2015
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Minister of the Environment
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1922; d. January 26 1993
1974 – 1975
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc*
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1928; d. June 24 2009.
1975 – 1976
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1928; d. June 24 2009.
1976 – 1979
John Allen Fraser
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1931; d. April 7 2024.
1979 – 1980
Lucien Bouchard
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1938.
1988 – 1990
John James “Jean” Charest
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1958.
1991 – 1993
Department of Finance
Minister of Finance
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1817; d. September 19 1893.
1867
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1818; d. June 25 1896.
1873
Richard John Cartwright
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1835; d. September 24 1912.
1873 – 1878
Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1818; d. June 25 1896.
1878 – 1885
Sir Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1887 – 1888
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1896
William Stevens Fielding
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1848; d. June 23 1929.
1896 – 1911
Sir William Thomas White
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1866; d. February 11 1955.
1911 – 1919
William Stevens Fielding
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1848; d. June 23 1929.
1921 – 1925
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1926
Charles Avery Dunning
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.
1929 – 1930
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1930 – 1932
Charles Avery Dunning
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.
1935 – 1939
James Layton Ralston
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1881; d. May 22 1948
1939 – 1940
Douglas Charles Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1899; d. March 15 1987.
1946 – 1954
Donald Methuen Fleming
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1905; d. December 31 1986.
1957 – 1962
John Napier Wyndham Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1929; d. September 19 2020.
1972 – 1975
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1977 – 1979
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1938.
1993 – 2002
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2024 – present
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1855; d. March 30 1927.
1888 – 1894
Sir Louis Henry Davies
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1845; d. May 1 1924.
1896 – 1898
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919
1906
Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1862; d. January 2 1924.
1906 – 1910
Ernest Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1921 – 1924
Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1879; d. October 20 1946.
1924 – 1926
Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1879; d. October 20 1946.
1926 – 1930
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
1926
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1928; d. June 24 2009.
1979
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1928; d. June 24 2009.
1980 – 1982
John Allen Fraser
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1931; d. April 7 2024.
1984 – 1985
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2016 – 2018
Global Affairs Canada
Secretary of State for External Affairs
Sir Robert Laird Borden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1854; d. June 10 1937
1912 – 1920
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1920 – 1921
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1921 – 1926
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1926 – 1930
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1930 – 1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1935 – 1946
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1882; d. July 25 1973
1946 – 1948
Lester Bowles Pearson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1897; d. December 27 1972
1948 – 1957
John George Diefenbaker
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979
1957
Sidney Earle Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1897; d. March 17 1959.
1957 – 1959
John George Diefenbaker*
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979
1959
Howard Charles Green
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1895; d. June 26 1989.
1959 – 1963
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1903; d. September 14 1992
1963 – 1968
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1984
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1984 – 1991
Peter Gordon MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1965.
2006 – 2007
Minister for International Trade
Patricia Dora “Pat” Carney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1935; d. July 25 2023.
1986 – 1988
Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada
Minister of Immigration and Colonization
Robert James Manion*
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1926
Robert Forke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1860; d. February 2 1934.
1926 – 1929
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1935 – 1936
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1905; d. November 14 1997.
1954 – 1957
Ellen Louks Fairclough
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1905; d. November 13 2004.
1958 – 1962
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration, and Multiculturalism
Jason Thomas Kenney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1968.
2008 – 2013
Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1892 – 1894
Sir Richard John Cartwright
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1835; d. September 24 1912.
1896 – 1911
Henry Herbert Stevens
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1878; d. June 14 1973.
1921
Henry Herbert Stevens
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1878; d. June 14 1973.
1930 – 1935
Clarence Decatur Howe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.
1948 – 1957
Gordon Minto Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1898; d. August 3 1985.
1957 – 1960
Minister of Industry
John James “Jean” Charest
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1958.
1993
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Youth
Justin Pierre James Trudeau
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1971.
2015 – 2018
Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2018 – 2019
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2020 – present
Department of Justice
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Cnada (1867 – 1891); Minister of the Interior (1878 – 1883); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1867 – 1873
Antoine-Aimé Dorion
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1818; d. May 31 1891.
1873 – 1874
Télesphore Fournier
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1823; d. May 10 1896.
1874 – 1875
Dominick Edward Blake
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.
1875 – 1877
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1881 – 1885
Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 10 1845; d. December 12 1894
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1885 – 1894
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1855; d. March 30 1927.
1894 – 1896
Sir Oliver Mowat
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 22 1820; d. April 19 1903.
1896 – 1897
David Mills
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1831; d. May 8 1903.
1897 – 1902
Charles Fitzpatrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1851; d. June 17 1942.
1902 – 1906
Allen Bristol Aylesworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1854; d. February 13 1952.
1906 – 1911
Charles Joseph Doherty
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1855; d. July 28 1931.
1911 – 1921
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1921
Ernest Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1924 – 1926
Hugh Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1926
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
1926
Ernest Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1926 – 1930
Hugh Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1930 – 1935
Ernest Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1935 – 1941
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1882; d. July 25 1973
1941 – 1946
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1882; d. July 25 1973
1948
Donald Methuen Fleming
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1905; d. December 31 1986.
1962 – 1963
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1919; d. September 28 2000
1967 – 1968
John Napier Wyndham Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1929; d. September 19 2020.
1968 – 1972
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1980 – 1982
Ramon John “Ray” Hnatyshyn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1934; d. December 18 2002.
1986 – 1988
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark*
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1988
Avril Phaedra Douglas “Kim” Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1947.
1990 – 1993
Peter Gordon MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1965.
2013 – 2015
Solicitor General of Canada
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1855; d. March 30 1927.
1896
Charles Fitzpatrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 19 1851; d. June 17 1942.
1896 – 1902
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1913 – 1917
Hugh Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1917 – 1921
Hugues Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1911; d. November 13 1982.
1949 – 1950
Léon Balcer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1957 – 1960
John Napier Wyndham Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1929; d. September 19 2020.
1968
Department of National Defence
Minister of Militia and Defence of Canada
Hector-Louis Langevin*
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1873
Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1892
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1896
Sir Frederick William Borden
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1847; d. January 6 1917.
1896 – 1911
Sir Samuel “Sam” Hughes
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1853; d. August 23 1921
1911 – 1916
Hugh Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1920 – 1921
Minister of National Defence
Hugh Guthrie
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1866; d. November 3 1939.
1926
James Layton Ralston
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1881; d. May 22 1948
1926 – 1930
Norman McLeod Rogers
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1894; d. June 10 1940.
1939 – 1940
Charles Gavan Power*
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1888; d. May 30 1968.
1940
James Layton Ralston
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1881; d. May 22 1948
1940 – 1944
Douglas Charles Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1899; d. March 15 1987.
1945 – 1946
Douglas Scott Harkness
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1903; d. May 2 1999.
1960 – 1963
Gordon Minto Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1898; d. August 3 1985.
1963
Paul Theodore Hellyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1923; d. August 8 2021.
1963 – 1967
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark*
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1985
Avril Phaedra Douglas “Kim” Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1947.
1993
Peter Gordon MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1965.
2007 – 2013
Jason Thomas Kenney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1968.
2015
Minister of the Naval Service
Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1862; d. January 2 1924.
1910 – 1911
Natural Resources Canada
Minister of Mines and Resources
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1936 – 1945
Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources
Ramon John “Ray” Hnatyshyn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1934; d. December 18 2002.
1979 – 1980
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1982 – 1984
Patricia Dora “Pat” Carney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1935; d. July 25 2023.
1984 – 1986
Public Safety Canada
Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2023 – 2024
Transport Canada
Minister of Railways and Canals
Sir Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1879 – 1884
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1889 – 1891
Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1891 – 1892
Andrew George Blair
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1844; d. January 25 1907
1896 – 1903
William Stevens Fielding*
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1848; d. June 23 1929.
1903 – 1904
William Stevens Fielding*
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 24 1848; d. June 23 1929.
1907
Charles Avery Dunning
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.
1926
Charles Avery Dunning
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 31 1885; d. October 1 1958.
1926 – 1929
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1929 – 1930
Robert James Manion
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1930 – 1935
Clarence Decatur Howe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.
1935 – 1936
Minister of Transport
Clarence Decatur Howe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.
1936 – 1940
Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1879; d. October 20 1946.
1940 – 1942
Clarence Decatur Howe*
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1886; d. December 31 1960.
1942
Léon Balcer
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1960 – 1963
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1905; d. November 14 1997.
1964 – 1967
Paul Theodore Hellyer
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 6 1923; d. August 8 2021.
1967 – 1969
Treasury Board of Canada
President of the Treasury Board
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1974 – 1976
Patricia Dora “Pat” Carney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1935; d. July 25 2023.
1988
Veterans Affairs Canada
Minister of Soldiers’ Civil Re-Establishment
Sir James Alexander Lougheed
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1854; d. November 2 1925.
1918 – 1921
Robert James Manion
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1921
Robert James Manion*
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1926
Minister of Veterans Affairs
Hugues Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1911; d. November 13 1982.
1950 – 1957
Gordon Minto Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1898; d. August 3 1985.
1960 – 1963
Avril Phaedra Douglas “Kim” Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1947.
1993
King’s Privy Council for Canada
President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada
Edward Kenny
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1800; d. May 16 1891.
1869 – 1870
Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1870 – 1872
Lucius Seth Huntington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1827; d. May 19 1886.
1874 – 1875
Dominick Edward Blake
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1833; d. March 1 1912.
1877 – 1878
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1883 – 1889
John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1821; d. October 30 1893
1891 – 1892
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1894 – 1896
Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919
1896 – 1911
Sir Robert Laird Borden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1854; d. June 10 1937
1911 – 1917
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1921 – 1926
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1926
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1926 – 1930
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1930 – 1935
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1874; d. July 22 1950
1935 – 1948
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1882; d. July 25 1973
1948 – 1957
John George Diefenbaker
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 18 1895; d. August 16 1979
1962 – 1963
Ramon John “Ray” Hnatyshyn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 16 1934; d. December 18 2002.
1985 – 1986
Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 5 1939
1991 – 1993
Dominic A. LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1967.
2019 – 2021
Canada Revenue Agency
Minister of Inland Revenue
Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919
1877 – 1878
Defunct Cabinet Positions
Department of Communications
Minister of Communications
Gérard Pelletier*
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1919; d. June 22 1997
1971
Gérard Pelletier
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1919; d. June 22 1997
1972 – 1975
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1922; d. January 26 1993
1975 – 1979
Michel Dupuy
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1930; d. July 9 2023.
1993 – 1996
Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs
John Napier Wyndham Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1929; d. September 19 2020.
1967 – 1968
Ministry of Customs
Minister of Customs
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1818; d. June 25 1896.
1867 – 1873
Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1873
Mackenzie Bowell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1823; d. December 10 1917.
1878 – 1892
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1840; d. June 13 1898.
1892
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1858; d. January 21 1921.
1917 – 1918
Ministry of Forestry
Minister of Forestry
Maurice Sauvé
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1923; d. April 13 1992.
1964 – 1966
Minister of Forestry and Rural Development of Canada
Maurice Sauvé
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1923; d. April 13 1992.
1966 – 1968
Department of Trade and Commerce
Minister of Industry, Trade, and Commerce
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
1976 – 1977
Ministry of the Interior
Secretary of State for the Provinces
Adams George Archibald
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1814; d. December 14 1892.
1867 – 1868
Minister of the Interior
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1873
David Mills
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1831; d. May 8 1903.
1876 – 1878
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1878 – 1883
Sir John Alexander Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10/11 1815; d. June 6 1891
Other offices held: Prime Minister of Canada (1867 – 1873; 1878 – 1891); Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (1856 – 1867); Member of the Parliament of Canada (1867 – 1891); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1867 – 1873); Leader of the Official Opposition (1873 – 1878); Leader of the Liberal-Conservative/Conservative Party of Canada (1867 – 1891); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1878 – 1887); President of the Privy Council (1883 – 1889); Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1888); Minister of the Interior (1888); Minister of Railways and Canals (1889 – 1891)
1888
Hugh John Macdonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1850; d. March 29 1929.
1896
Clifford Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1861; d. April 17 1929.
1896 – 1905
Francis “Frank” Oliver
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1853; d. March 31 1933.
1905 – 1911
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1917 – 1920
Sir James Alexander Lougheed
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1854; d. November 2 1925.
1920 – 1921
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1926
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1935 – 1936
Department of Mines
Minister of Mines
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
1917
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1917
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1919 – 1920
Sir James Alexander Lougheed
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1854; d. November 2 1925.
1920 – 1921
Richard Bedford Bennett
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947
1926
Thomas Alexander Crerar
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1876; d. April 11 1975.
1935 – 1936
Léon Balcer*
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1957
Ministry of Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Michel Dupuy
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1930; d. July 9 2023.
1993 – 1996
Minister for Multiculturalism
Jason Thomas Kenney
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1968.
2013 – 2015
Department of National Health and Welfare
Minister of National Health and Welfare
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1903; d. September 14 1992
1946 – 1957
Ministry of Overseas Military Forces
Minister of Overseas Military Forces
George Halsey Perley
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1857; d. January 4 1938
1916 – 1917
Department of Pensions and National Health
Minister of Pensions and National Health
James Layton Ralston
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 27 1881; d. May 22 1948
1930
Charles Gavan Power
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1888; d. May 30 1968.
1935 – 1939
Post Office Department
Postmaster General
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1867 – 1873
Télesphore Fournier
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1823; d. May 10 1896.
1875
Lucius Seth Huntington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1827; d. May 19 1886.
1875 – 1878
Hector-Louis Langevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1878 – 1879
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1879 – 1880
Sir Alexander Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
1885 – 1887
Sir William Mulock
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 19 1843; d. October 1 1944.
1896 – 1905
Allen Bristol Aylesworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1854; d. February 13 1952.
1905 – 1906
Allen Bristol Aylesworth
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 27 1854; d. February 13 1952.
1905 – 1906
Robert James Manion
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1881; d. July 2 1943.
1926
Charles Gavan Power
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1888; d. May 30 1968.
1939 – 1940
Hugues Lapointe
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1911; d. November 13 1982.
1955 – 1957
William McLean Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1919; d. June 7 1989.
1957 – 1962
Ellen Louks Fairclough
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1905; d. November 13 2004.
1962 – 1963
Ministry of Public Works
Minister of Public Works
Hector-Louis Langevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1869 – 1873
Alexander Mackenzie
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1822; d. April 17 1892.
1873 – 1878
Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1878 – 1879
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1879 – 1891
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1858; d. January 21 1921.
1919
Pierre-Joseph-Arthur Cardin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1879; d. October 20 1946.
1935 – 1942
Howard Charles Green
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1895; d. June 26 1989.
1957 – 1959
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1928; d. June 24 2009.
1982 – 1984
Office of the Secretary of State for Canada
Secretary of State for Canada
Hector-Louis Langevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1826; d. June 11 1906.
1867 – 1869
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1840; d. June 13 1898.
1882 – 1892
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Note: This was a caretaker government.
1896
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
1917
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1917
Arthur Meighen
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 16 1874; d. August 5 1960
1919 – 1921
Ernest Lapointe*
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1926
George Halsey Perley
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1857; d. January 4 1938
1926
Ernest Lapointe*
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1876; d. November 26 1941
1939 – 1940
Joseph James Guillaume Paul Martin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1903; d. September 14 1992
1945 – 1946
Frederick Gordon Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1886; d. March 30 1966.
1949 – 1953
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1905; d. November 14 1997.
1953 – 1954
Ellen Louks Fairclough
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1905; d. November 13 2004.
1957 – 1958
Léon Balcer*
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1960
Léon Balcer*
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1917; d. March 22 1991.
1962
John Whitney “Jack” Pickersgill
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1905; d. November 14 1997.
1963 – 1964
Gérard Pelletier
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1919; d. June 22 1997
1968 – 1972
Lucien Bouchard
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1938.
1988 – 1989
Ministry of Supply and Services
Lucien Bouchard
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1938.
1988 – 1989