Presented below are the Ministers of Inland Revenue (1867 – 1891, 1897 – 1918), Controllers of Inland Revenue (1892 – 1897), Ministers of Customs and Inland Revenue (1918 – 1921), Ministers of Customs and Excise (1921 – 1925), and Ministers of National Revenue (1925 – present).
Department of National Revenue
Minister of Inland Revenue
William Pearce Howland
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1811; d. January 1 1907.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (1868 – 1873).
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1868; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1867 – 1868.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 10 2025).
1867 – 1868
Alexander Campbell (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1822; d. May 24 1892.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, 1887 – 1892.
Political offices held: Member of the Senate of Canada, 1867 – 1887; Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada, 1867 – 1873; Acting Minister of Inland Revenue, 1868 – 1869; Leader of the Official Opposition in the Senate of Canada, 1873 – 1878; Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada, 1878 – 1887.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 11 2025).
1868 – 1869
Alexander Morris
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 17 1826; d. October 28 1889.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, 1872 – 1877; Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories, 1872 – 1876.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1872; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1869 – 1872; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1878 – 1886.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 13 2025).
1869 – 1872
Charles Tupper
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1821; d. October 30 1915.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Political offices held: Premier of Nova Scotia, 1864 – 1867; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1884; President of the Privy Council, 1870 – 1872; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1872 – 1873; Minister of Customs, 1873; Minister of Public Works, 1878 – 1879; Minister of Railways and Canals, 1879 – 1884; Minister of Finance, 1887 – 1888; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1887 – 1888; Prime Minister of Canada, 1896; Secretary of State for Canada, 1896; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1896 – 1900; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, 1896 – 1901.
Diplomatic posts held: High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom, 1883 – 1896.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, 1896 – 1901.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 14 2025).
1872 – 1873
John O’Connor
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1824; d. November 3 1887.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1874; President of the Privy Council, 1872 – 1873; Postmaster General, 1873; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1873; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1878 – 1882; President of the Privy Council, 1878 – 1880; Postmaster General, 1880; Secretary of State for Canada, 1880 – 1881; Postmaster General, 1881 – 1882.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 16 2025).
1873
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1821; d. April 7 1883.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1874; Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1873; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1873; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1876 – 1878; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1880 – 1883.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 18 2025).
1873
Télesphore Fournier
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1823; d. May 10 1896.
Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1870 – 1875; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1871 – 1873; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1873 – 1874; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1874 – 1875; Posmaster General, 1875.
Legal offices held: Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1875 – 1895.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 20 2025).
1873 – 1874
Félix Geoffrion
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1832; d. August 7 1894.
Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1894; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1874 – 1876.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 22 2025).
1874 – 1876
Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1827; d. December 7 1893.
Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1872 – 1878; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1876 – 1877; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1877 – 1878.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 25 2025).
1876 – 1877
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1816; d. February 23 1885.
Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, 1877 – 1882.
Political offices held: Mayor of Quebec City, 1865 – 1867; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1867 – 1874; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1867 – 1872; Speaker of the Senate of Canada, 1867 – 1872; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1872 – 1877; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1877.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 27 2025).
1877
Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 20 1841; d. February 17 1919.
Prime Minister: Alexander Mackenzie.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1874 – 1919; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1877 – 1878; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, 1887 – 1896; Prime Minister of Canada, 1896 – 1911; President of the Privy Council, 1896 – 1911; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, 1911 – 1919.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, 1887 – 1919.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed June 29 2025).
1877 – 1878
Louis François Georges Baby
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1832; d. May 13 1906.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1872 – 1880; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1878 – 1880.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 1 2025).
1878 – 1880
James Cox Aikins
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1823; d. August 6 1904.
Prime Minister: Sir John A. Macdonald.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, 1882 – 1888.
Political offices held: Member of the Senate of Canada, 1867 – 1882; Secretary of State for Canada, 1869 – 1873; Acting Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1873; Secretary of State for Canada, 1878 – 1880; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1880 – 1882; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1896 – 1904.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 3 2025).
1880 – 1882
John Costigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 1 1835; d. September 29 1916.
Prime Ministers: Sir John A. Macdonald, 1882 – 1891; Sir John Abbott, 1891.
Political offices held: Member of the New Brunswick House of Assembly, 1862 – 1867; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1862 – 1907; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1882 – 1891; Secretary of State for Canada, 1892 – 1894; Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1894 – 1896; Acting Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1896; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1907 – 1916.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 6 2025).
1882 – 1891
Controller of Inland Revenue
John Fisher Wood
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1852; d. March 14 1899.
Prime Ministers: Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, 1892 – 1894; Sir Mackenzie Bowell, 1894 – 1895.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1882 – 1899; Controller of Inland Revenue, 1892 – 1895; Controller of Customs, 1895 – 1896.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 8 2025).
1892 – 1895
Edward Gawler Prior
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1853; d. December 12 1920.
Prime Ministers: Sir Mackenzie Bowell, 1895 – 1896; Sir Charles Tupper, 1896.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, 1919 – 1920.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1886 – 1888; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1888 – 1901; Controller of Inland Revenue, 1895 – 1896; Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1902 – 1903; Minister of Mines of British Columbia, 1902; Premier of British Columbia, 1902 – 1903.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 11 2025).
1895 – 1896
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1829; d. November 16 1908.
Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, 1900 – 1906.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1867 – 1885; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1874; Premier of Quebec, 1878 – 1879; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1896 – 1900; Controller of Inland Revenue, 1896 – 1897; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1897 – 1900.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, 1867 – 1883.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 13 2025).
1896 – 1897
Minister of Inland Revenue
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1829; d. November 16 1908.
Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, 1900 – 1906.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1867 – 1885; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1867 – 1874; Premier of Quebec, 1878 – 1879; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1896 – 1900; Controller of Inland Revenue, 1896 – 1897; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1897 – 1900.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, 1867 – 1883.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 13 2025).
1897 – 1900
Michel Esdras Bernier
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1841; d. July 27 1921.
Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1882 – 1904; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1900 – 1904.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 15 2025).
1900 – 1904
Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1862; d. January 2 1924.
Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 1923 – 1924.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1891 – 1911; Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, 1901 – 1904; Minister of Internal Revenue, 1904 – 1906; Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1906 – 1910; Minister of Marine and Fisheries and Minister of Naval Service, 1910 – 1911.
Judicial offices held: Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, 1911 – 1923.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 19 2025).
1904 – 1906
William Templeman
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1844; d. December 15 1914.
Prime Minister: Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
Political offices held: Member of the Senate of Canada, 1897 – 1906; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1906 – 1911; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1906 – 1908; Minister of Mines, 1907 – 1911; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1909 – 1911.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 21 2025).
1906 – 1911
Wilfrid Bruno Nantel
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1857; d. May 22 1940.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1908 – 1914; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1911 – 1914; Minister of Mines, 1911 – 1912.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 26 2025).
1911 – 1914
Pierre-Édouard Blondin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1874; d. October 29 1943.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1908 – 1917; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1914 – 1915; Secretary of State for Canada, 1915 – 1917; Minister of Mines, 1915 – 1917; Postmaster General, 1917 – 1921; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1918 – 1943; Speaker of the Senate of Canada, 1930 – 1936.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 23 2025).
1914 – 1915
Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 12 1875; d. February 7 1963.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 1934 – 1939.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1908 – 1915; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1915 – 1917; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1915 – 1917; Secretary of State for Canada, 1917; Minister of Mines, 1917; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1923 – 1925; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1926; Acting Minister of Marine and Fisheries, 1926.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 26 2025).
1915 – 1917
Albert Sévigny
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1881; d. May 14 1961.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1911 – 1917; Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, 1916 – 1917; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1917 – 1918; Acting Minister of Mines, 1917; Acting Secretary of State for Canada, 1917.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed July 29 2025).
1917 – 1918
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1858; d. January 21 1921.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, 1899 – 1903; Premier of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Treasurer of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Minister of Public Works of Alberta, 1910 – 1913; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Minister of Railways and Telephones of Alberta, 1911 – 1917; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1921; Minister of Customs, 1917 – 1918; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1918; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1918 – 1919; Minister of Public Works, 1919; Secretary of State for Canada, 1919 – 1921.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, 1910 – 1917.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 1 2025).
1918
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1858; d. January 21 1921.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, 1899 – 1903; Premier of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Treasurer of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Minister of Public Works of Alberta, 1910 – 1913; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1910 – 1917; Minister of Railways and Telephones of Alberta, 1911 – 1917; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1921; Minister of Customs, 1917 – 1918; Minister of Inland Revenue, 1918; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1918 – 1919; Minister of Public Works, 1919; Secretary of State for Canada, 1919 – 1921.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party, 1910 – 1917.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 1 2025).
1918 – 1919
John Dowsley Reid (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1859; d. August 26 1929.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1891 – 1921; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1911 – 1917; Minister of Railways and Canals, 1917 – 1921; Acting Minister of Public Works, 1919; Acting Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1919; Acting Minister of Public Works, 1919 – 1920; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1921 – 1929.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 5 2025).
1919
Martin Burrell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1858; d. March 20 1938.
Prime Minister: Sir Robert Borden.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1908 – 1920; Minister of Agriculture, 1911 – 1917; Secretary of State for Canada, 1917 – 1919; Minister of Mines, 1917 – 1919; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1919 – 1920.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 6 2025).
1919 – 1920
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1873; d. April 3 1939.
Prime Minister: Arthur Meighen.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1921; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1920 – 1921; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1921.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 7 2025).
1920 – 1921
Minister of Customs and Excise
Rupert Wilson Wigmore
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1873; d. April 3 1939.
Prime Minister: Arthur Meighen.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1921; Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue, 1920 – 1921; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1921.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 7 2025).
1921
John Babington Macaulay Baxter
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1868; d. December 27 1946.
Prime Minister: Arthur Meighen.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 1911 – 1921; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1921 – 1925; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1921; Premier of New Brunswick, 1925 – 1931; Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 1925 – 1931.
Legal offices held: Chief Justice of New Brunswick, 1935 – 1946.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 7 2025).
1921
Jacques Bureau
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1860; d. January 23 1933.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1900 – 1925; Solicitor General of Canada, 1907 – 1911; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1921 – 1925; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1925 – 1933.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 23 2025).
1921 – 1925
Georges Henri Boivin
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 26 1882; d. August 7 1926.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1911 – 1926; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1925 – 1926.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 9 2025).
1925 – 1926
Henry Herbert Stevens (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1878; d. June 14 1973.
Prime Minister: Arthur Meighen.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1911 – 1940; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1921; Acting Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926; Acting Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1926; Acting Minister of Agriculture, 1926; Acting Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1926; Acting Minister of Mines, 1926; Acting Minister of the Interior, 1926; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1930 – 1934.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Reconstruction Party, 1935 – 1938.
1926
Henry Herbert Stevens
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1878; d. June 14 1973.
Prime Minister: Arthur Meighen.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1911 – 1940; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1921; Acting Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926; Acting Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1926; Acting Minister of Agriculture, 1926; Acting Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, 1926; Acting Minister of Mines, 1926; Acting Minister of the Interior, 1926; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1930 – 1934.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Reconstruction Party, 1935 – 1938.
1926
William Daum Euler
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1875; d. July 15 1961.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1940; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926 – 1927; Minister of National Revenue, 1927 – 1930; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1935 – 1940; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1940 – 1961.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 10 2025).
1926 – 1927
Minister of National Revenue
William Daum Euler
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1875; d. July 15 1961.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1917 – 1940; Minister of Customs and Excise, 1926 – 1927; Minister of National Revenue, 1927 – 1930; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1935 – 1940; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1940 – 1961.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 10 2025).
1927 – 1930
Edmond Baird Ryckman
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1866; d. January 11 1934.
Prime Minister: R.B. Bennett.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1921 – 1934; Minister of Public Works, 1926; Minister of National Revenue, 1930 – 1933.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 24 2025).
1930 – 1933
Robert Charles Matthews
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1871; d. September 19 1952.
Prime Minister: R.B. Bennett.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1926 – 1935; Minister of National Revenue, 1933 – 1935.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 12 2025).
1933 – 1935
James Earl Lawson
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 21 1891; d. May 13 1950.
Prime Minister: R.B. Bennett.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1928 – 1940; Minister of National Revenue, 1935.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 15 2025).
1935
James Lorimer Ilsley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1894; d. January 14 1967.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1926 – 1948; Minister of National Revenue, 1935 – 1940; Acting Postmaster General, 1940; Minister of Finance, 1940 – 1946; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1946 – 1948.
Legal offices held: Chief Justice of Nova Scotia, 1950 – 1967.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 14 2025).
1935 – 1940
Colin William George Gibson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1891; d. July 3 1974.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1940 – 1950; Minister of National Revenue, 1940 – 1945; Minister of National Defence for Air, 1945 – 1946; Secretary of State for Canada, 1946 – 1949; Minister of Mines and Resources, 1949 – 1950.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 15 2025).
1940 – 1945
James Angus MacKinnon (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1881; April 18 1958.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1935 – 1949; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1940 – 1948; Acting Minister of National Revenue, 1945; Acting Minister of National Revenue, 1945; Minister of Fisheries, 1948; Minister of Mines and Resources, 1948 – 1949; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1949 – 1958.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 16 2025).
1945
David Laurence MacLaren
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1893; d. September 7 1960.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, 1945 – 1968.
Political offices held: Minister of National Revenue, 1945.
1945
James Angus MacKinnon (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1881; April 18 1958.
Prime Minister: William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1935 – 1949; Minister of Trade and Commerce, 1940 – 1948; Acting Minister of National Revenue, 1945; Acting Minister of National Revenue, 1945; Minister of Fisheries, 1948; Minister of Mines and Resources, 1948 – 1949; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1949 – 1958.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 16 2025).
1945
James Joseph McCann
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1886; d. April 11 1961.
Prime Ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, 1945 – 1948; Louis St. Laurent, 1948 – 1957.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1935 – 1957; Minister of National Revenue, 1945 – 1957; Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1950.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 18 2025).
1945 – 1957
George Clyde Nowlan
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 14 1898; d. May 31 1965.
Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker.
Political offices held: Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, 1925 – 1933; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1948 – 1949; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1950 – 1965; Minister of National Revenue, 1957 – 1962; Minister of Finance, 1962 – 1963.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 18 2025).
1957 – 1962
Hugh John Flemming
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1899; d. October 16 1982.
Prime Minister: John Diefenbaker.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 1944 – 1960; Leader of the Official Opposition of New Brunswick, 1949 – 1952; Premier of New Brunswick, 1952 – 1960; Leader of the Official Opposition of New Brunswick, 1960; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1960 – 1972; Minister of Forestry, 1960 – 1963; Minister of National Revenue, 1962 – 1963; Acting Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, 1949 – 1960.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 19 2025).
1962 – 1963
John Richard “Jack” Garland
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1918; d. March 14 1964.
Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1949 – 1964; Minister of National Revenue, 1963 – 1964.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 19 2025).
1963 – 1964
George James McIlraith (*acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1908; d. August 19 1992.
Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1940 – 1972; Minister of Transport, 1963 – 1964; Acting Minister of National Revenue, 1964; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, 1964 – 1967; President of the Privy Council, 1964 – 1965; Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1965; Minister of Public Works, 1965 – 1968; Solicitor General of Canada, 1968 – 1970; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1972 – 1981.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons, 1964 – 1967.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 19 2025).
1964
Edgar John “Ben” Benson
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1923; d. September 2 2011.
Prime Minister: Lester B. Pearson.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1962 – 1972; Minister of National Revenue, 1964 – 1968; President of the Treasury Board, 1966 – 1968; Minister of Finance, 1968 – 1972; Minister of National Defence, 1972.
Diplomatic posts held: Ambassador of Canada to Ireland, 1982 – 1985.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 20 2025).
1964 – 1968
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1934.
Prime Ministers: Lester B. Pearson, 1968; Pierre Trudeau, 1968.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1963 – 1986; Minister of National Revenue, 1968; Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1968 – 1974; President of the Treasury Board, 1974 – 1976; Minister of Industry, Trade, and Commerce, 1976 – 1977; Minister of Finance, 1977 – 1979; Minister of Justice, 1980 – 1982; Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources, 1982 – 1984; Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1984; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1984; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1990 – 2003; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, 1990 – 1993; Prime Minister of Canada, 1993 – 2003.
Political party positions held: Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, 1993 – 2003.
1968
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1926; d. July 10 2002.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Regnal offices held: Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, 1978 – 1984.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1963 – 1972; Postmaster General, 1965 – 1968; Minister of National Revenue, 1968 – 1970; Acting Minister of Communications, 1971; Acting Postmaster General, 1971; Postmaster General, 1971 – 1972; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1972 – 1978.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 21 2025).
1968 – 1970
Herbert Eser “Herb” Gray
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1931; d. April 21 2014.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1962 – 2002; Minister of National Revenue, 1970 – 1972; Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1972 – 1974; Minister of Industry, Trade, and Commerce, 1980 – 1982; Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion, 1982; President of the Treasury Board, 1982 – 1984; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada, 1990; Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, 1993 – 1997; Solicitor General of Canada, 1993 – 1997; Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 1997 – 2002.
Political party positions held: Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, 1989 – 1990; Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons, 1993 – 1997.
Academic offices held: Chancellor of Carleton University, 2008 – 2011.
1970 – 1972
Robert Douglas George “Bob” Stanbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1929; d. February 10 2017.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1965 – 1978; Minister of Communications, 1971 – 1972; Minister of National Revenue, 1972 – 1974.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 21 2025).
1972 – 1974
Stanley Ronald “Ron” Basford
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1932; d. January 31 2005.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1963 – 1979; Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1968 – 1972; Minister of National Revenue, 1974 – 1975; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 1975 – 1978; Acting Solicitor General of Canada, 1978.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 22 2025).
1974 – 1975
John Sydney George “Bud” Cullen
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1927; d. July 5 2005.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1968 – 1979; Minister of National Revenue, 1975 – 1976; Minister of Employment and Immigration, 1976 – 1979; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1980 – 1984.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 24 2025).
1975 – 1976
Monique Bégin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1936; d. September 8 2023.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1972 – 1984; Minister of National Revenue, 1976 – 1977; Minister of National Health and Welfare, 1977 – 1979; Minister of National Health and Welfare, 1980 – 1984.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 23 2025).
1976 – 1977
Joseph-Philippe Guay
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 4 1915; d. July 30 2001.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1968 – 1978; Chief Whip of the Government in the House of Commons, 1975 – 1977; Minister of National Revenue, 1977 – 1978; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1978 – 1990.
Political party positions held: Whip of the Liberal Party of Canada in the House of Commons, 1975 – 1977.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 24 2025).
1977 – 1978
Anthony Chisholm “Tony” Abbott
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1930; d. March 23 2023.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1974 – 1979; Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1976 – 1977; Minister of National Revenue, 1978 – 1979.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 26 2025).
1978 – 1979
Walter David Baker
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1930; d. November 13 1983.
Prime Minister: Joe Clark.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1972 – 1983; Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada in the House of Commons, 1973 – 1976; Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada in the House of Commons (1976 – 1979); Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (1979); Minister of National Revenue (1979 – 1980); President of the Privy Council (1979 – 1980); Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada in the House of Commons (1980 – 1981).
Political party positions held: Deputy Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons (1973 – 1976); Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons (1976 – 1981).
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 27 2025).
1979 – 1980
William Hubert “Bill” Rompkey
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1936; d. March 21 2017.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1972 – 1995; Minister of National Revenue, 1980 – 1982; Member of the Senate of Canada, 1995 – 2011; Whip of the Government in the Senate, 2001 – 2004; Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, 2004 – 2006.
Political party positions held: Whip of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Senate, 2001 – 2004; Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Senate, 2004 – 2006.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 28 2025).
1980 – 1982
Pierre Bussières
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1939; d. August 15 2014.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1974 – 1984; Minister of National Revenue, 1982 – 1984.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 29 2025).
1982 – 1984
Pierre Bussières
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1939; d. August 15 2014.
Prime Minister: Pierre Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1974 – 1984; Minister of National Revenue, 1982 – 1984.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 29 2025).
1982 – 1984
Roy MacLaren
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1934.
Prime Minister: John Turner.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1979 – 1984; Minister of National Revenue, 1984; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1988 – 1996; Minister for International Trade, 1993 – 1996.
Diplomatic posts held: High Commissioner of Canada to the United Kingdom, 1996 – 2000.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed August 31 2025).
1984
Henry Perrin Beatty
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1950.
Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1972 – 1993; Minister of National Revenue, 1984 – 1985; Solicitor General of Canada, 1985 – 1986; Minister of National Defence, 1986 – 1989; Acting Solicitor General of Canada, 1988 – 1989; Minister of National Health and Welfare, 1989 – 1991; Minister of Communications, 1991 – 1993; Secretary of State for External Affairs, 1993.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 3 2025).
1984 – 1985
Elmer MacIntosh MacKay
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 5 1936.
Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1971 – 1983; Minister of Regional Economic Expansion, 1979 – 1980; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1984 – 1993; Solicitor General of Canada, 1984 – 1985; Minister of National Revenue, 1985 – 1989; Minister of Public Works, 1989 – 1993.
Political party positions held: Chair of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Caucus in the House of Commons, 1976 – 1980.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 3 2025).
1985 – 1989
Otto John Jelinek
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1940.
Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1972 – 1993; Minister of Supply and Services, 1988 – 1989; Acting Minister of Public Works, 1988 – 1989; Minister of National Revenue, 1989 – 1993.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 4 2025).
1989 – 1993
John Garth Turner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1949.
Prime Minister: Kim Campbell.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1988 – 1993; Minister of National Revenue, 1993; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2006 – 2008.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 5 2025).
1993
David A. Anderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 16 1937.
Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1968 – 1972; Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, 1972 – 1975; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1993 – 2006; Minister of National Revenue, 1993 – 1996; Minister of Transport, 1996 – 1997; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 1997 – 1999; Minister of the Environment, 1999 – 2004.
Political party positions held: Leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party, 1972 – 1975.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 6 2025).
1993 – 1996
Jane Stewart
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1955.
Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1993 – 2004; Minister of National Revenue, 1996 – 1997; Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1997 – 1999; Minister of Human Resources Development, 1999 – 2003.
Political party positions held: Caucus Chair of the Liberal Party of Canada, 1994 – 1996.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 7 2025).
1996 – 1997
Harbance Singh “Herb” Dhaliwal
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1952.
Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1993 – 2004; Minister of National Revenue, 1997 – 1999; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 1999 – 2002; Minister of Natural Resources, 2002 – 2003.
Sources: Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 8 2025).
1997 – 1999
Martin Cauchon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1962.
Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1993 – 2004; Minister of National Revenue, 1999 – 2002; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 2002 – 2003.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 8 2025).
1999 – 2002
Elinor Caplan
Notes: Caplan was the last Minister of National Revenue of the Chrétien ministry1. She was dropped from cabinet when Paul Martin took over as prime minister in December 2003, and retired from politics at the 2004 federal election.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1944.
Prime Minister: Jean Chrétien.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 1985 – 1997; Minister of Health of Ontario, 1987 – 1990; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1997 – 2004; Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, 1999 – 2002; Minister of National Revenue, 2002 – 2003.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 8 2025).
2002 – 2003
Stanley Kazmierczak “Stan” Keyes
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1953.
Notes: Keyes served as the first minister of national revenue in the Martin ministry1.
Prime Minister: Paul Martin.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1988 – 2004; Minister of National Revenue, 2003 – 2004.
Political party positions held: Liberal Party of Canada Caucus Chair, 2002 – 2004.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 9 2025).
2003 – 2004
John McCallum
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1950; d. June 21 2025.
Notes: John McCallum had a long career in cabinet, serving in the Chrétien, Martin, and Justin Trudeau ministries.1 A former chief economist for the Royal Bank of Canada2, McCallum’s tenure as minister of national revenue saw him lead a review of government spending3 that it would later be asserted produced more than $2 billion of savings without cuts to services or jobs.4
Prime Minister: Paul Martin.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2000 – 2017; Minister of National Defence, 2002 – 2003; Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2003 – 2004; Minister of National Revenue, 2004 – 2006; Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, 2015 – 2017.
Diplomatic posts held: Ambassador of Canada to the People’s Republic of China, 2017 – 2019.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 9 2025); [2] Maharaj, Mayson. “John McCallum, former federal cabinet minister, dead at 75.” CBC News, June 22 2025 (last accessed September 9 2025); [3] Canada’s Federal Spending Reviews: 50 Years of Facts, Figures, and Lessons, pp. 51-55 (last accessed September 9 2025); [4] Lang, Eugene. “John McCallum’s China gaffe shouldn’t obscure his successes.” Ottawa Citizen, January 31 2019 (last accessed September 9 2025).
2004 – 2006
Carol Skelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1945.
Notes: Carol Skelton served as the first minister of national revenue in the Harper ministry.1 During her tenure in that office, a Taxpayer Bill of Rights and a Taxpayers’ Ombudsman were introduced with the goal of making the Canada Revenue Agency more accountable to the public.2
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2000 – 2008; Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada in the House of Commons, 2002 – 2003; Minister of National Revenue, 2006 – 2007; Minister of Western Economic Diversification, 2006 – 2007.
Political party positions held: Deputy Leader of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance in the House of Commons, 2002 – 2003; Deputy Leader of the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance, 2003.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 10 2025); [2] “Canada’s New Government announces Taxpayer Bill of Rights and Taxpayers’ Ombudsman” (last accessed September 10 2025).
2006 – 2007
Gordon James O’Connor
Notes: Gordon O’Connor served as the second minister of national revenue in the Harper ministry, having previously served as minister of national defence before a cabinet shuffle in August 2007.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 18 1939.
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2004 – 2015; Minister of National Defence, 2006 – 2007; Minister of National Revenue, 2007 – 2008; Chief Whip of the Government in the House of Commons, 2008 – 2013.
Political party positions held: Whip of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons, 2008 – 2013.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 10 2025).
2007 – 2008
Jean-Pierre Blackburn
Notes: Jean-Pierre Blackburn was the third minister of national revenue in the Harper ministry, being appointed to the office in the new cabinet after the 2008 federal election.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 6 1948.
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 1984 – 1993; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2006 – 2011; Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, 2006 – 2008; Minister of Labour, 2006 – 2008; Minister of National Revenue, 2008 – 2010; Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2010 – 2011.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 11 2025).
2008 – 2010
Keith John Ashfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1952; d. April 22 2018.
Notes: A former New Brunswick provincial politician, Keith Ashfield joined the Harper ministry’s cabinet as minister of national revenue in 2010.1 In June 2010, Ashfield was accused by fellow New Brunswick Conservative MP Greg Thompson of stalling federal funding for projects in the province in advance of that year’s upcoming provincial election, in which the governing New Brunswick Liberals were attempting to remain in power.2
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, 1999 – 2008; Minister of Natural Resources and Energy of New Brunswick, 2003 – 2006; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2008 – 2015; Minister of National Revenue, 2010 – 2011; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 2011 – 2013.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 11 2025); [2] “Ashfield denies stalling N.B. projects.” CBC News, June 16 2010 (last accessed September 11 2025).
2010 – 2011
Anne Marie Gail Shea
Notes: After three years as minister of fisheries and oceans, Shea was named minister of national revenue in the Harper ministry after the Conservative Party won a majority government in the 2011 federal election.1 During her tenure in the office, a new unit of the Canada Revenue Agency was formed in order to crack down on international tax evasion.2
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 6 1959; d. August 21 2025.
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, 2000 – 2007; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2008 – 2015; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 2008 – 2011; Minister of National Revenue, 2011 – 2013; Minister of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, 2013; Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, 2013 – 2015.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 12 2025); [2] Curry, Bill. “CRA creates special unit to crack down on international tax cheats,” The Globe and Mail, May 8 2013 (last accessed September 12 2025).
2011 – 2013
Kerry-Lynne Donna Findlay
Findlay, a British Columbia MP, served as the last minister of national revenue in the Harper ministry.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1955.
Prime Minister: Stephen Harper.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2011 – 2015; Minister of National Revenue, 2013 – 2015; Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2019 – 2025; Shadow Cabinet Minister for Environment and Climate Change, 2019 – 2020; Shadow Minister for National Defence, 2021 – 2022; Chief Whip of the Official Opposition of Canada, 2022 – 2025.
Political party positions held: Whip of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons, 2022 – 2025.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 13 2025).
2013 – 2015
Diane Lebouthillier
Lebouthiellier was the first minister of national revenue in the Justin Trudeau ministry.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1959.
Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2015 – 2025; Minister of National Revenue, 2015 – 2023; Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, 2023 – 2025.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 13 2025).
2015 – 2023
Marie-Claude Bibeau
Bibeau was the second minister of national revenue in the Justin Trudeau ministry.1 She was dropped from cabinet in December 2024 after announcing that she would not seek re-election in the 2025 federal election.2
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1970.
Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2015 – 2025; Minister of International Development, 2015 – 2019; Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, 2019 – 2023; Minister of National Revenue, 2023 – 2024.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 14 2025); [2] “National revenue minister to leave federal politics, run for Sherbrooke mayor.” Toronto Star, October 21 2024 (last accessed September 14 2025).
2023 – 2024
Élisabeth Brière
Brière served as the final minister of national revenue in the Justin Trudeau ministry, and continued in the role (re-styled as minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency) during the brief early Carney ministry, before the 2025 federal election.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1967 or 1968.
Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2019 – present; Minister of National Revenue, 2024 – 2025; Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency, 2025; Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2025.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 14 2025).
2024 – 2025
Minister Responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency
Élisabeth Brière
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1968.
Brière continued in her role leading the Canada Revenue Agency after Mark Carney became prime minister in March 2025; the office was temporarily re-styled minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency until after the 2025 federal election.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1967 or 1968.
Prime Minister: Mark Carney.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2019 – present; Minister of National Revenue, 2024 – 2025; Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency, 2025; Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2025.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 14 2025).
2025
Minister of National Revenue
François-Philippe Champagne
Champagne is the current minister of national revenue, serving in the Carney ministry. He simultaneously holds the office of minister of finance.1
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1970.
Prime Minister: Mark Carney.
Political offices held: Member of the Parliament of Canada, 2015 – present; Minister of International Trade, 2017 – 2018; Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, 2018 – 2019; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 2019 – 2021; Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, 2021 – 2025; Minister of Finance, 2025 – present; Minister of National Revenue, 2025 – present.
Sources: [1] Parliament of Canada biography (last accessed September 15 2025).
2025 – present