Ministers Named from Outside Parliament
1867 to Date
This compilation includes all ministers who, at the time of their appointment, did not hold seats in the Senate or in the House of Commons. If during the period between Parliaments (i.e. after dissolution) members of the immediate preceeding Parliament are appointed to the ministry before the election date, they are not considered to come from the outside. Former Senators and Members of the House of Commons brought back into the ministry before being named to the Senate or elected to the House of Commons are considered as being brought from the outside.
| Minister | Portfolio | Date of Appointment | Entry to Parliament | Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORTIER, Michael M | Minister of Public Works and Government Services | 2006.02.06 | Senate (2006.02.27) | HARPER, Stephen Joseph |
| TOBIN, Brian Vincent | Minister of Industry | 2000.10.17 | General Election (2000.11.27) | CHRÉTIEN, Joseph Jacques Jean |
| DION, Stéphane | President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | 1996.01.25 | By-Election (1996.03.25) | CHRÉTIEN, Joseph Jacques Jean |
| PETTIGREW, Pierre Stewart | Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie | 1996.01.25 | By-Election (1996.03.25) | CHRÉTIEN, Joseph Jacques Jean |
| BOUCHARD, Lucien | Secretary of State of Canada | 1988.03.31 | By-Election (1988.06.20) | MULRONEY, Martin Brian |
| DE COTRET, Robert René | Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce | 1979.06.04 | Senate (1979.06.05) | CLARK, Charles Joseph (Joe) |
| JUNEAU, Pierre | Minister of Communications | 1975.08.29 | Defeated in a By-Election (1975.10.14) | TRUDEAU, Pierre Elliott |
| GRANGER, Charles Ronald McKay | Minister without Portfolio | 1967.09.25 | By-Election (1967.11.06) | PEARSON, Lester Bowles |
| ASSELIN, Martial | Minister of Forestry | 1963.03.18 | Defeated in a General Election (1963.04.08) | DIEFENBAKER, John George |
| FLEMMING, Hugh John | Minister of Forestry | 1960.10.11 | By-Election (1960.10.31) | DIEFENBAKER, John George |
| SMITH, Sidney Earle | Secretary of State for External Affairs | 1957.09.13 | By-Election (1957.11.04) | DIEFENBAKER, John George |
| CHEVRIER, Lionel | President of the Privy Council | 1957.04.25 | General Election (1957.06.10) | ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen |
| MARLER, George Carlyle | Minister of Transport | 1954.07.01 | By-Election (1954.11.08) | ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen |
| PICKERSGILL, John Whitney | Secretary of State of Canada | 1953.06.12 | General Election (1953.08.10) | ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen |
| BRADLEY, Frederick Gordon | Secretary of State of Canada | 1949.04.01 | General Election (1949.06.27) | ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen |
| GARSON, Stuart Sinclair | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1948.11.15 | By-Election (1948.12.20) | ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen |
| PEARSON, Lester Bowles | Secretary of State for External Affairs | 1948.09.10 | By-Election (1948.10.25) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| GREGG, Milton Fowler | Minister of Fisheries | 1947.09.02 | By-Election (1947.10.20) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MACLAREN, David Lawrence | Minister of National Revenue | 1945.04.19 | Defeated in a General Election (1945.06.11) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MCNAUGHTON, Andrew George Latta | Minister of National Defence (Defeated also in a general election that followed while still holding the National Defence portfolio.) |
1944.11.02 | Defeated in a By-Election (1945.02.05) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| LAFLÈCHE, Léo Richer | Minister of National War Services | 1942.10.07 | By-Election (1942.11.30) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MITCHELL, Humphrey | Minister of Labour | 1941.12.15 | By-Election (1942.02.09) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| ST-LAURENT, Louis Stephen | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1941.12.10 | By-Election (1942.02.09) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MACDONALD, Angus Lewis | Minister of National Defence for Naval Services | 1940.07.12 | By-Election (1940.08.12) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| RALSTON, James Layton | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1939.09.06 | By-Election (1940.01.02) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| GARDINER, James Garfield | Minister of Agriculture | 1935.11.04 | By-Election (1936.01.06) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| DUNNING, Charles Avery | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1935.10.23 | By-Election (1935.12.30) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| GENDRON, Lucien Henri | Minister of Marine | 1935.08.30 | Defeated in a General Election (1935.10.14) | BENNETT, Richard Bedford |
| RHODES, Edgar Nelson | Minister of Fisheries | 1930.08.07 | By-Election (1930.09.02) | BENNETT, Richard Bedford |
| STEVENS, Henry Herbert | Minister of Trade and Commerce | 1930.08.07 | By-Election (1930.08.25) | BENNETT, Richard Bedford |
| MACKENZIE, Ian Alistair | Minister of Immigration and Colonization | 1930.06.27 | General Election (1930.07.28) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MACMILLAN, Cyrus | Minister of Fisheries | 1930.06.17 | Defeated in a General Election (1930.07.28) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| CRERAR, Thomas Alexander | Minister of Railways and Canals | 1929.12.30 | By-Election (1930.02.05) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| RALSTON, James Layton | Minister of National Defence | 1926.10.08 | By-Election (1926.11.02) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| FAUTEUX, Guillaume-André | Solicitor General of Canada | 1926.08.23 | Defeated in a General Election (1926.09.14) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| PAQUET, Eugène | Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment | 1926.08.23 | Defeated in a General Election (1926.09.14) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| PATENAUDE, Esioff-Léon | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1926.07.13 | Defeated in a General Election (1926.09.14) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| DUNNING, Charles Avery | Minister of Railways and Canals | 1926.03.01 | By-Election (1926.03.16) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| FOSTER, Walter Edward | Secretary of State of Canada | 1925.09.26 | Defeated in a General Election (1925.10.29) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MASSEY, (Charles) Vincent | Minister without Portfolio | 1925.09.16 | Defeated in a General Election (1926.09.14) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| KING, James Horace | Minister of Public Works | 1922.02.03 | By-Election (1922.03.14) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| MURDOCK, James | Minister of Labour | 1921.12.29 | By-Election (1922.01.19) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| STEWART, Charles A. | Minister of the Interior | 1921.12.29 | By-Election (1922.02.28) | KING, William Lyon Mackenzie |
| BENNETT, Richard Bedford | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1921.10.04 | Defeated in a General Election (1921.12.06) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| BAXTER, John Babington Macaulay | Minister of Customs and Excise | 1921.09.21 | General Election (1921.12.06) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| BELLEY, Louis de Gonzague | Postmaster General | 1921.09.21 | Defeated in a General Election (1921.12.06) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| MONTY, Rodolphe | Secretary of State of Canada | 1921.09.21 | Defeated in a General Election (1921.12.06) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| NORMAND, Louis-Philippe | President of the Privy Council | 1921.09.21 | Defeated in a General Election (1921.12.06) | MEIGHEN, Arthur |
| DRAYTON, Henry Lumley | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1919.08.02 | By-Election (1919.10.20) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| BALLANTYNE, Charles Colquhoun | Minister of Marine and Fisheries | 1917.10.13 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| BALLANTYNE, Charles Colquhoun | Minister of the Naval Service | 1917.10.13 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| CALDER, James Alexander | Minister of Immigration and Colonization | 1917.10.12 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| CRERAR, Thomas Alexander | Minister of Agriculture | 1917.10.12 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| MEWBURN, Sydney Chilton | Minister of Militia and Defence | 1917.10.12 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| ROWELL, Newton Wesley | President of the Privy Council | 1917.10.12 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| SIFTON, Arthur Lewis | Minister of Customs | 1917.10.12 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| BALLANTYNE, Charles Colquhoun | Minister of Public Works | 1917.10.03 | General Election (1917.12.17) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| PATENAUDE, Esioff-Léon | Minister of Inland Revenue | 1915.10.06 | By-Election (1915.10.15) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| CASGRAIN, Thomas Chase | Postmaster General | 1914.10.20 | By-Election (1914.11.07) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| COCHRANE, Francis | Minister of Railways and Canals | 1911.10.10 | By-Election (1911.11.08) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| HAZEN, John Douglas | Minister of Marine and Fisheries | 1911.10.10 | By-Election (1911.10.27) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| ROGERS, Robert | Minister of the Interior | 1911.10.10 | By-Election (1911.10.27) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| WHITE, William Thomas | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1911.10.10 | By-Election (1911.11.06) | BORDEN, Robert Laird |
| MURPHY, Charles | Secretary of State of Canada | 1908.10.09 | General Election (1908.10.26) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| GRAHAM, George Perry | Minister of Railways and Canals | 1907.08.30 | By-Election (1907.09.18) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| PUGSLEY, William | Minister of Public Works | 1907.08.30 | By-Election (1907.09.18) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| AYLESWORTH, Allen Bristol | Postmaster General | 1905.10.16 | By-Election (1905.11.22) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| SIFTON, Clifford | Minister of the Interior | 1896.11.17 | By-Election (1896.11.27) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| BLAIR, Andrew George | Minister of Railways and Canals | 1896.07.20 | By-Election (1896.08.25) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| FIELDING, William Stevens | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1896.07.20 | By-Election (1896.08.05) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| MOWAT, Oliver | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1896.07.13 | Senate (1896.07.15) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| TARTE, Joseph Israël | Minister of Public Works | 1896.07.13 | By-Election (1896.08.03) | LAURIER, Wilfrid |
| MACDONALD, Hugh John | Minister of the Interior | 1896.05.01 | General Election (1896.06.23) | TUPPER, Charles |
| TAILLON, Louis-Olivier | Postmaster General | 1896.05.01 | Defeated in a General Election (1896.06.23) | TUPPER, Charles |
| TUPPER, Charles | Secretary of State of Canada | 1896.01.15 | By-Election (1896.02.04) | BOWELL, Mackenzie |
| ANGERS, Auguste Réal | Minister of Agriculture | 1892.12.07 | Senate (1892.12.16) | THOMPSON, John Sparrow David |
| PATTERSON, James Colebrooke | Secretary of State of Canada | 1892.01.25 | By-Election (1892.02.22) | ABBOTT, John Joseph Caldwell |
| DEWDNEY, Edgar | Minister of the Interior | 1888.09.25 | By-Election (1888.09.12) | MACDONALD, John Alexander |
| TUPPER, Charles | Minister of Finance and Receiver General | 1887.01.27 | General Election (1887.02.22) | MACDONALD, John Alexander |
| THOMPSON, John Sparrow David | Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada | 1885.09.26 | By-Election (1885.10.16) | MACDONALD, John Alexander |
| CHAPLEAU, Joseph Adolphe | Secretary of State of Canada | 1882.07.29 | By-Election (1882.08.16) | MACDONALD, John Alexander |
| JONES, Alfred Gilpin | Minister of Militia and Defence | 1878.01.21 | By-Election (1878.01.29) | MACKENZIE, Alexander |
| VAIL, William Berrian | Minister of Militia and Defence | 1874.09.30 | By-Election (1874.10.26) | MACKENZIE, Alexander |
| SCOTT, Richard William | Secretary of State of Canada | 1874.01.09 | Senate (1874.03.13) | MACKENZIE, Alexander |
| SCOTT, Richard William | Minister without Portfolio | 1873.11.07 | Senate (1874.03.13) | MACKENZIE, Alexander |
| HINCKS, Francis | Minister of Finance | 1869.10.09 | By-Election (1869.11.13) | MACDONALD, John Alexander |
