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PicturePrime MinisterPolitical AffiliationPortfolioTerm (yyyy.mm.dd)
Picture of The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
The Right Honourable Stephen Harper
P.C., B.A., M.A.
Conservative Party of Canada Prime Minister 2006.02.06 -
Picture of The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
The Right Honourable Paul Edgar Philippe Martin
P.C., C.C., Hon. B.A., LL.B.
Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister 2003.12.12 - 2006.02.05
Minister of Finance 1993.11.04 - 2002.06.01
Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec 1993.11.04 - 1996.01.24
Picture of The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien
P.C., C.C., O.M., Q.C., B.A., LL.L., LL.D
Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister 1993.11.04 - 2003.12.11
Deputy Prime Minister 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
Minister responsible for La Francophonie 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources 1982.09.10 - 1984.06.29
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1980.03.03 - 1982.09.09
Minister of State for Social Development 1980.03.03 - 1982.09.09
Minister of Finance 1977.09.16 - 1979.06.03
Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce 1976.09.14 - 1977.09.15
President of the Treasury Board 1974.08.08 - 1976.09.13
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 1968.07.06 - 1974.08.07
Minister of National Revenue 1968.04.20 - 1968.07.05
Minister of National Revenue 1968.01.18 - 1968.04.19
Minister Without Portfolio 1967.04.04 - 1968.01.17
Picture of The Right Honourable A. Kim Campbell
The Right Honourable A. Kim Campbell
P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.B., LL.D.
Progressive Conservative Party Minister responsible for Federal-Provincial Relations 1993.06.25 - 1993.11.04
Prime Minister 1993.06.25 - 1993.11.03
Minister of National Defence 1993.01.04 - 1993.06.24
Minister of Veterans Affairs 1993.01.04 - 1993.06.24
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1990.02.23 - 1993.01.03
Minister of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development) 1989.01.30 - 1990.02.22
Picture of The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney
The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney
P.C., C.C., G.O.Q., B.A., LL.L.
Progressive Conservative Party Prime Minister 1984.09.17 - 1993.06.24
Picture of The Right Honourable John Napier Turner
The Right Honourable John Napier Turner
P.C., C.C., Q.C., M.A., LL.D.
Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister 1984.06.30 - 1984.09.16
Minister of Finance 1972.01.28 - 1975.09.09
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1968.07.06 - 1972.01.27
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs 1968.04.20 - 1968.07.05
Solicitor General of Canada 1968.04.20 - 1968.07.05
Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs 1967.12.21 - 1968.04.19
Registrar General of Canada 1967.04.04 - 1967.12.20
Minister Without Portfolio 1965.12.18 - 1967.04.03
Picture of The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark
The Right Honourable Charles Joseph Clark
P.C., C.C., A.O.E., B.A., M.A., LL.D.
Progressive Conservative Party Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs 1991.04.21 - 1993.06.24
President of the Privy Council 1991.04.21 - 1993.06.24
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (acting) 1988.12.08 - 1989.01.29
Minister of National Defence (acting) 1985.02.13 - 1985.02.26
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1984.09.17 - 1991.04.20
Prime Minister 1979.06.04 - 1980.03.02
Picture of The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
The Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau
P.C., C.C., C.H., Q.C., M.A., LL.L., LL.D., F.R.S.C.
Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister 1980.03.03 - 1984.06.29
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1968.04.20 - 1968.07.05
President of the Privy Council (acting) 1968.04.20 - 1968.05.01
Prime Minister 1968.04.20 - 1979.06.03
President of the Privy Council (acting) 1968.03.11 - 1968.04.19
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1967.04.04 - 1968.04.19
Picture of The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson
P.C., C.C., O.M., O.B.E., B.A., M.A., LL.D.
Liberal Party of Canada Prime Minister 1963.04.22 - 1968.04.19
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1948.09.10 - 1948.11.14
Picture of The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker
The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker
C.H., P.C., Q.C., B.A., M.A., LL.B., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.C., F.R.S.A., D.Litt., D.S.L.
Progressive Conservative Party President of the Privy Council 1962.12.21 - 1963.04.21
Secretary of State for External Affairs (acting) 1959.03.19 - 1959.06.03
Prime Minister 1957.06.21 - 1963.04.21
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1957.06.21 - 1957.09.12
Picture of The Right Honourable Louis Stephen St-Laurent
The Right Honourable Louis Stephen St-Laurent
P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.L., LL.D., D.C.L.
Liberal Party of Canada President of the Privy Council 1948.11.15 - 1957.04.24
Prime Minister 1948.11.15 - 1957.06.20
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1948.09.10 - 1948.11.14
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (acting) 1948.07.01 - 1948.09.09
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1946.09.04 - 1948.09.09
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1941.12.10 - 1946.12.09
Picture of The Right Honourable Richard Bedford Bennett
The Right Honourable Richard Bedford Bennett
P.C., K.C., K.G.St.J., LL.B.
Conservative (1867-1942) Minister of Finance and Receiver General 1930.08.07 - 1932.02.02
President of the Privy Council 1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22
Prime Minister 1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1930.08.07 - 1935.10.22
Minister of Finance and Receiver General 1926.07.13 - 1926.09.24
Minister of Mines (acting) 1926.07.13 - 1926.09.24
Minister of the Interior (acting) 1926.07.13 - 1926.09.24
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (acting) 1926.07.13 - 1926.09.24
Minister Without Portfolio 1926.07.07 - 1926.07.12
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1921.10.04 - 1921.12.28
Picture of The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King
The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King
P.C., O.M., C.M.G., B.A., M.A., A.M., LL.B., Ph.D.
Liberal Party of Canada President of the Privy Council 1935.10.23 - 1948.11.14
Prime Minister 1935.10.23 - 1948.11.14
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1935.10.23 - 1946.09.03
President of the Privy Council 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06
Prime Minister 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1926.09.25 - 1930.08.06
President of the Privy Council 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
Prime Minister 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1921.12.29 - 1926.06.28
Minister of Labour 1909.06.02 - 1911.10.06
Picture of The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen
The Right Honourable Arthur Meighen
P.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.D.
Conservative (1867-1942) Minister Without Portfolio 1932.02.03 - 1935.10.22
President of the Privy Council 1926.06.29 - 1926.09.24
Prime Minister 1926.06.29 - 1926.09.24
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1926.06.29 - 1926.09.24
Unionist (Conservative and Liberal) Prime Minister 1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1920.07.10 - 1921.12.28
Minister of Mines 1919.12.31 - 1920.07.09
Conservative (1867-1942) Minister of the Interior 1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Solicitor General of Canada (acting) 1917.08.31 - 1917.10.03
Minister of Mines 1917.08.25 - 1917.10.11
Secretary of State of Canada 1917.08.25 - 1917.10.11
Solicitor General of Canada 1915.10.02 - 1917.08.24
Solicitor General of Canada 1913.06.26 - 1915.10.01
Picture of The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden
The Right Honourable Sir Robert Laird Borden
P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C., D.C.L., LL.D.
Conservative (1867-1942) Prime Minister 1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1917.10.12 - 1920.07.09
Secretary of State for External Affairs 1912.04.01 - 1917.10.11
None President of the Privy Council 1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11
Prime Minister 1911.10.10 - 1917.10.11
Picture of The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier
The Right Honourable Sir Wilfrid Laurier
P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C., B.C.L., D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.
Liberal Party of Canada Minister of Marine and Fisheries (acting) 1906.01.06 - 1906.02.05
Minister of the Interior (acting) 1905.03.13 - 1905.04.07
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (acting) 1905.03.13 - 1905.04.07
President of the Privy Council 1896.07.11 - 1911.10.06
Prime Minister 1896.07.11 - 1911.10.06
Minister of Inland Revenue 1877.10.08 - 1878.10.08
Picture of The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Tupper
P.C., G.C.M.G., K.C.M.G., C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., M.D.
Conservative (1867-1942) Prime Minister 1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Secretary of State of Canada 1896.05.01 - 1896.07.08
Secretary of State of Canada 1896.01.15 - 1896.04.27
Minister of Finance and Receiver General 1887.01.27 - 1888.05.22
Minister of Railways and Canals 1879.05.20 - 1884.05.28
Minister of Public Works 1878.10.17 - 1879.05.19
Minister of Customs 1873.02.22 - 1873.11.05
Minister of Inland Revenue 1872.07.02 - 1873.03.03
President of the Privy Council 1870.06.21 - 1872.07.01
Picture of The Honourable Sir Mackenzie Bowell
The Honourable Sir Mackenzie Bowell
P.C., K.C.M.G.
Conservative (1867-1942) Minister of Finance and Receiver General (acting) 1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
Minister of Militia and Defence (acting) 1896.01.06 - 1896.01.14
President of the Privy Council 1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
Prime Minister 1894.12.21 - 1896.04.27
Minister of Trade and Commerce 1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
Minister of Militia and Defence 1892.01.25 - 1892.11.24
Minister of Railways and Canals (acting) 1891.06.17 - 1892.01.10
Minister of Customs 1891.06.16 - 1892.01.24
None Minister of Customs 1878.10.19 - 1891.06.06
Picture of The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
The Right Honourable Sir John Sparrow David Thompson
P.C., K.C.M.G., Q.C.
Liberal-Conservative Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
Prime Minister 1892.12.05 - 1894.12.12
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1885.09.26 - 1891.06.06
Picture of The Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
The Honourable Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
P.C., Q.C., K.C.M.G., B.C.L., D.C.L.
Liberal-Conservative President of the Privy Council 1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Prime Minister 1891.06.16 - 1892.11.24
Minister Without Portfolio 1887.05.13 - 1891.06.06
Picture of The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie
The Honourable Alexander Mackenzie
P.C.
Liberal Party of Canada Minister of Public Works 1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08
Prime Minister 1873.11.07 - 1878.10.08
Picture of The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald
The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald
P.C., G.C.B., Q.C., D.C.L., LL.D.
Liberal-Conservative Minister of Railways and Canals 1889.11.28 - 1891.06.06
Minister of Railways and Canals (acting) 1889.04.10 - 1889.11.27
Minister of the Interior (acting) 1888.05.08 - 1888.09.24
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (acting) 1888.05.08 - 1888.09.24
President of the Privy Council 1883.10.17 - 1889.11.27
Minister of the Interior 1878.10.17 - 1883.10.16
Prime Minister 1878.10.17 - 1891.06.06
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs 1878.10.17 - 1887.10.02
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada 1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05
Prime Minister 1867.07.01 - 1873.11.05
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