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1867 to Date
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28th Ministry (2006.02.06 - )
Prime Minister:
Harper, Stephen Joseph
Government Party:
Conservative Party of Canada (2003)
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Fortier, Michael
Minister of Public Works and Government Services
2006.02.06 -
LeBreton, Marjory
Leader of the Government in the Senate
2006.02.06 -
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27th Ministry (2003.12.12 - 2006.02.05)
Prime Minister:
Martin, Paul Edgar Philippe
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Austin, Jacob (Jack)
Leader of the Government in the Senate
2003.12.12 - 2006.02.05
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26th Ministry (1993.11.04 - 2003.12.11)
Prime Minister:
Chrétien, Joseph Jacques Jean
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Carstairs, Sharon
Leader of the Government in the Senate
2001.01.09 - 2003.12.11
Boudreau, James Bernard (Bernie)
Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
2000.10.17 - 2001.01.08
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1999.10.04 - 2000.10.26
Graham, Alasdair Bernard
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1997.06.11 - 1999.10.03
Fairbairn, Joyce
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1993.11.04 - 1997.06.10
Minister with special responsibility for Literacy
1993.11.04 - 1997.06.10
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25th Ministry (1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03)
Prime Minister:
Campbell, A. Kim
Government Party:
Progressive Conservative Party
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Murray, Lowell
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03
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24th Ministry (1984.09.17 - 1993.06.24)
Prime Minister:
Mulroney, Martin Brian
Government Party:
Progressive Conservative Party
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Murray, Lowell
Minister of Communications
1988.12.08 - 1989.01.29
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1986.06.30 - 1993.06.24
Minister of State (Federal-Provincial Relations)
1986.06.30 - 1991.04.20
Roblin, Dufferin (Duff)
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1984.09.17 - 1986.06.29
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23rd Ministry (1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16)
Prime Minister:
Turner, John Napier
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
MacEachen, Allan Joseph
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
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22nd Ministry (1980.03.03 - 1984.06.29)
Prime Minister:
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
LeBlanc, Roméo-Adrien
Minister of Public Works
1982.09.30 - 1984.06.29
Olson, Horace Andrew (Bud)
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1982.09.30 - 1984.06.29
Perrault, Raymond Joseph
Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport)
1982.09.30 - 1983.08.11
Austin, Jacob (Jack)
Minister of State for Social Development
1982.09.10 - 1984.06.29
Minister of State
1981.09.22 - 1982.09.09
Argue, Hazen Robert
Minister of State (Canadian Wheat Board)
1980.03.03 - 1984.06.29
Olson, Horace Andrew (Bud)
Minister of State for Economic Development
1980.03.03 - 1982.09.29
Perrault, Raymond Joseph
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1980.03.03 - 1982.09.29
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21st Ministry (1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02)
Prime Minister:
Clark, Charles Joseph (Joe)
Government Party:
Progressive Conservative Party
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Asselin, Martial
Minister of State for the Canadian International Development Agency
1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
de Cotret, Robert René
Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce
1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
Minister of State for Economic Development
1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
Flynn, Jacques
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
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20th Ministry (1968.04.20 - 1979.06.03)
Prime Minister:
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Guay, Joseph-Phillippe
Minister of National Revenue
1977.09.16 - 1978.11.23
Perrault, Raymond Joseph
Leader of the Government in the Senate
1974.08.08 - 1979.06.03
Côté, Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre
Postmaster General
1971.06.11 - 1972.11.26
Martin, Paul Joseph James
Leader of the Government in the Senate
Left the Cabinet August 8, 1974; appointed High Commissioner to the U.K., effective January 1, 1975; resigned from the Senate October 30, 1974.
1969.04.01 - 1974.08.07
Minister Without Portfolio
1968.04.20 - 1969.03.31
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19th Ministry (1963.04.22 - 1968.04.19)
Prime Minister:
Pearson, Lester Bowles
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Connolly, John Joseph
Secretary of State of Canada
1968.04.10 - 1968.04.19
Minister Without Portfolio
1964.02.03 - 1968.04.19
Macdonald, William Ross
Minister Without Portfolio
1963.04.22 - 1964.02.02
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18th Ministry (1957.06.21 - 1963.04.21)
Prime Minister:
Diefenbaker, John George
Government Party:
Progressive Conservative Party
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
McCutcheon, Malcolm Wallace
Minister of Trade and Commerce
1963.02.12 - 1963.04.21
Minister Without Portfolio
1962.08.09 - 1963.02.11
Haig, John Thomas
Minister Without Portfolio
1957.10.09 - 1958.05.11
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17th Ministry (1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20)
Prime Minister:
St-Laurent, Louis Stephen
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Macdonald, William Ross
Minister Without Portfolio
1953.10.14 - 1954.01.11
MacKinnon, James Angus
Minister Without Portfolio
Decided to retire.
1949.04.01 - 1950.12.13
Robertson, Wishart McLea
Minister Without Portfolio
1948.11.15 - 1953.10.13
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16th Ministry (1935.10.23 - 1948.11.14)
Prime Minister:
King, William Lyon Mackenzie
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Robertson, Wishart McLea
Minister Without Portfolio
1945.09.04 - 1948.11.14
King, James Horace
Minister Without Portfolio
1942.05.26 - 1945.08.23
Dandurand, Raoul
Minister Without Portfolio
1935.10.23 - 1942.03.11
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15th Ministry (1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22)
Prime Minister:
Bennett, Richard Bedford
Government Party:
Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Meighen, Arthur
Minister Without Portfolio
1932.02.03 - 1935.10.22
Rhodes, Edgar Nelson
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
1932.02.03 - 1935.10.22
Macdonald, John Alexander
Minister Without Portfolio
Called to the Senate, July 20, 1935.
1930.08.07 - 1935.08.13
Robertson, Gideon Decker
Minister of Labour
Ill health.
1930.08.07 - 1932.02.02
Sauvé, Arthur
Postmaster General
Called to the Senate, July 20, 1935.
1930.08.07 - 1935.08.13
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14th Ministry (1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06)
Prime Minister:
King, William Lyon Mackenzie
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
King, James Horace
Minister of Pensions and National Health
1928.06.11 - 1930.06.18
Dandurand, Raoul
Minister Without Portfolio
1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06
^
13th Ministry (1926.06.29 - 1926.09.24)
Prime Minister:
Meighen, Arthur
Government Party:
Conservative
^
12th Ministry (1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28)
Prime Minister:
King, William Lyon Mackenzie
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Murphy, Charles
Secretary of State of Canada
1925.11.13 - 1926.03.23
Bostock, Hewitt
Minister of Immigration and Colonization
1922.01.03 - 1922.02.02
Béland, Henri Sévérin
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
1921.12.29 - 1926.04.14
Minister presiding over the Department of Health
1921.12.29 - 1926.04.14
Bostock, Hewitt
Minister of Public Works
1921.12.29 - 1922.02.02
Dandurand, Raoul
Minister Without Portfolio
1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
Murphy, Charles
Postmaster General
1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
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11th Ministry (1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28)
Prime Minister:
Meighen, Arthur
Government Party:
National Liberal and Conservative Party (1921)
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Lougheed, James Alexander
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
1920.07.19 - 1921.09.21
Kemp, Albert Edward
Minister Without Portfolio
1920.07.13 - 1921.12.28
Blondin, Pierre Édouard
Postmaster General
1920.07.10 - 1921.09.20
Lougheed, James Alexander
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Minister of the Interior
1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Minister of Mines
1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Robertson, Gideon Decker
Minister of Labour
1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
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10th Ministry (1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09)
Prime Minister:
Borden, Robert Laird
Government Party:
Unionist (Conservative and Liberal)
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Robertson, Gideon Decker
Minister of Labour
1918.11.08 - 1920.07.09
Lougheed, James Alexander
Minister of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment
1918.02.21 - 1920.07.09
Robertson, Gideon Decker
Minister Without Portfolio
1917.10.23 - 1918.11.07
Blondin, Pierre Édouard
Postmaster General
1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Lougheed, James Alexander
Minister Without Portfolio
1917.10.12 - 1918.02.20
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9th Ministry (1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11)
Prime Minister:
Borden, Robert Laird
Government Party:
Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Lougheed, James Alexander
Minister Without Portfolio
1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11
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8th Ministry (1896.07.11 - 1911.10.06)
Prime Minister:
Laurier, Wilfrid
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Templeman, William
Minister of Inland Revenue
1906.02.06 - 1911.10.06
Minister Without Portfolio
1902.02.25 - 1906.02.05
Mills, David
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Appointed Puisne Judge, Supreme Court of Canada, February 8, 1902.
1897.11.18 - 1902.02.07
Scott, Richard William
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
1896.07.17 - 1896.11.16
Minister of the Interior
1896.07.17 - 1896.11.16
Cartwright, Richard John
Minister of Trade and Commerce
1896.07.13 - 1911.10.06
Mowat, Oliver
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, November 18, 1897.
1896.07.13 - 1897.11.17
Scott, Richard William
Secretary of State of Canada
1896.07.13 - 1908.10.08
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7th Ministry (1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08)
Prime Minister:
Tupper, Charles
Government Party:
Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Angers, Auguste Réal
President of the Privy Council
1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Desjardins, Alphonse
Minister of Public Works
1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Ferguson, Donald
Minister Without Portfolio
1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Ross, John Jones
Minister Without Portfolio
1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
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6th Ministry (1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27)
Prime Minister:
Bowell, Mackenzie
Government Party:
Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Desjardins, Alphonse
Minister of Militia and Defence
1896.01.15 - 1896.04.27
Bowell, Mackenzie
Minister of Militia and Defence
1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
Minister of Finance and Receiver General
1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
Ferguson, Donald
Minister of Agriculture
1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
Smith, Frank
Controller of Customs
1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
Ferguson, Donald
Minister Without Portfolio
1895.01.02 - 1896.04.27
Angers, Auguste Réal
Minister of Agriculture
Owing to differences with his colleagues on the Manitoba school question.
1894.12.21 - 1895.07.12
Bowell, Mackenzie
Prime Minister
1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
President of the Privy Council
1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
^
5th Ministry (1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12)
Prime Minister:
Thompson, John Sparrow David
Government Party:
Liberal-Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Angers, Auguste Réal
Minister of Agriculture
1892.12.07 - 1894.12.12
Bowell, Mackenzie
Minister of Trade and Commerce
1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
^
4th Ministry (1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24)
Prime Minister:
Abbott, John Joseph Caldwell
Government Party:
Liberal-Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1892.01.11 - 1892.11.24
Minister of Public Works
1891.08.14 - 1892.01.10
Abbott, John Joseph Caldwell
President of the Privy Council
1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Prime Minister
1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Carling, John
Minister of Agriculture
1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1891.06.16 - 1891.08.13
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3rd Ministry (1878.10.17 - 1891.06.06)
Prime Minister:
Macdonald, John Alexander
Government Party:
Liberal-Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Abbott, John Joseph Caldwell
Minister Without Portfolio
1887.05.13 - 1891.06.06
Campbell, Alexander
Postmaster General
1885.09.25 - 1887.01.26
Carling, John
Minister of Agriculture
1885.09.25 - 1891.06.06
Macpherson, David Lewis
Minister of the Interior
1883.10.17 - 1885.08.04
Smith, Frank
Minister Without Portfolio
1882.08.02 - 1891.06.06
Campbell, Alexander
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
1881.05.20 - 1885.09.24
McLelan, Archibald Woodbury
President of the Privy Council
1881.05.20 - 1882.07.09
Aikins, James Cox
Minister of Inland Revenue
1880.11.08 - 1882.05.22
Campbell, Alexander
Postmaster General
1880.11.08 - 1881.05.19
Macpherson, David Lewis
Minister Without Portfolio
1880.02.11 - 1883.10.16
Campbell, Alexander
Minister of Militia and Defence
1880.01.16 - 1880.11.07
Postmaster General
1879.05.20 - 1880.01.15
Receiver General
1878.11.08 - 1879.05.19
Wilmot, Robert Duncan
Minister Without Portfolio
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, February 11, 1880.
1878.11.08 - 1880.02.10
Aikins, James Cox
Secretary of State of Canada
1878.10.19 - 1880.11.07
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2nd Ministry (1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08)
Prime Minister:
Mackenzie, Alexander
Government Party:
Liberal Party of Canada
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Pelletier, Charles Alphonse Pantaléon
Minister of Agriculture
1877.01.26 - 1878.10.08
Scott, Richard William
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
1876.10.07 - 1876.10.23
Minister of the Interior
1876.10.07 - 1876.10.23
Secretary of State of Canada
1874.01.09 - 1878.10.08
Christie, David
Secretary of State of Canada
1873.11.07 - 1874.01.08
Letellier de St-Just, Luc
Minister of Agriculture
Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec, December 15, 1876.
1873.11.07 - 1876.12.14
^
1st Ministry (1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05)
Prime Minister:
Macdonald, John Alexander
Government Party:
Liberal-Conservative
Name
Portfolio
Term
(yyyy.mm.dd)
Campbell, Alexander
Minister of the Interior
1873.07.01 - 1873.11.05
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
1873.07.01 - 1873.11.05
Aikins, James Cox
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
1873.05.07 - 1873.06.13
Secretary of State for the Provinces
1873.05.07 - 1873.06.13
Secretary of State of Canada
1869.12.08 - 1873.11.05
Chapais, Jean-Charles
Receiver General
1869.11.16 - 1873.01.29
Kenny, Edward
President of the Privy Council
Appointed Administrator of the Government of Nova Scotia.
1869.11.16 - 1870.06.20
Campbell, Alexander
Minister of Inland Revenue
1868.07.15 - 1869.11.15
Kenny, Edward
Receiver General
1867.07.04 - 1869.11.15
Blair, Adam Johnston Fergusson
President of the Privy Council
1867.07.01 - 1867.12.29
Campbell, Alexander
Postmaster General
1867.07.01 - 1873.06.30
Chapais, Jean-Charles
Minister of Agriculture
1867.07.01 - 1869.11.15
Mitchell, Peter
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05
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