No. |
Portrait |
Name |
Term of office |
Political party |
Ministry |
1 |
 |
C. D. Howe |
November 2, 1936 |
July 8, 1940 |
Liberal |
16 (King) |
2 |
 |
Arthur Cardin |
July 8, 1940 |
May 13, 1942 |
Liberal |
– |
 |
C. D. Howe (acting) |
May 13, 1942 |
October 6, 1942 |
Liberal |
3 |
 |
Joseph-Enoil Michaud |
October 6, 1942 |
April 18, 1945 |
Liberal |
4 |
 |
Lionel Chevrier |
April 18, 1945 |
July 1, 1954 |
Liberal |
17 (St. Laurent) |
5 |
 |
George Carlyle Marler |
July 1, 1954 |
June 21, 1957 |
Liberal |
6 |
 |
George Hees |
June 21, 1957 |
October 11, 1960 |
Progressive Conservative |
18 (Diefenbaker) |
7 |
 |
Léon Balcer |
October 11, 1960 |
April 22, 1963 |
Progressive Conservative |
8 |
 |
George McIlraith |
April 22, 1963 |
February 3, 1964 |
Liberal |
19 (Pearson) |
9 |
 |
Jack Pickersgill |
February 3, 1964 |
September 19, 1967 |
Liberal |
10 |
 |
Paul Hellyer |
September 19, 1967 |
April 20, 1968 |
Liberal |
April 20, 1968 |
April 30, 1969 |
20 (Trudeau) |
– |
 |
James Armstrong Richardson (acting) |
April 30, 1969 |
May 5, 1969 |
Liberal |
11 |
 |
Don Jamieson |
May 5, 1969 |
November 27, 1972 |
Liberal |
12 |
 |
Jean Marchand |
November 27, 1972 |
September 26, 1975 |
Liberal |
13 |
 |
Otto Lang |
September 26, 1975 |
June 4, 1979 |
Liberal |
14 |
 |
Don Mazankowski |
June 4, 1979 |
March 3, 1980 |
Progressive Conservative |
21 (Clark) |
15 |
 |
Jean-Luc Pépin |
March 3, 1980 |
August 12, 1983 |
Liberal |
22 (Trudeau) |
16 |
 |
Lloyd Axworthy |
August 12, 1983 |
June 29, 1984 |
Liberal |
June 30, 1984 |
September 16, 1984 |
23 (Turner) |
(14) |
 |
Don Mazankowski (2nd time) |
September 17, 1984 |
June 29, 1986 |
Progressive Conservative |
24 (Mulroney) |
17 |
 |
John Crosbie |
June 30, 1986 |
March 30, 1988 |
Progressive Conservative |
18 |
 |
Benoît Bouchard |
March 31, 1988 |
February 22, 1990 |
Progressive Conservative |
19 |
 |
Doug Lewis |
February 23, 1990 |
April 20, 1991 |
Progressive Conservative |
20 |
 |
Jean Corbeil |
April 21, 1991 |
June 24, 1993 |
Progressive Conservative |
June 25, 1993 |
November 3, 1993 |
25 (Campbell) |
21 |
 |
Doug Young |
November 4, 1993 |
January 24, 1996 |
Liberal |
26 (Chrétien) |
22 |
 |
David Anderson |
January 25, 1996 |
June 10, 1997 |
Liberal |
23 |
 |
David Collenette |
June 11, 1997 |
December 11, 2003 |
Liberal |
24 |
 |
Tony Valeri |
December 12, 2003 |
July 19, 2004 |
Liberal |
27 (Martin) |
25 |
 |
Jean Lapierre |
July 20, 2004 |
February 5, 2006 |
Liberal |
26 |
 |
Lawrence Cannon |
February 6, 2006 |
October 29, 2008 |
Conservative |
28 (Harper) |
27 |
 |
John Baird |
October 30, 2008 |
August 6, 2010 |
Conservative |
28 |
 |
Chuck Strahl |
August 6, 2010 |
May 18, 2011 |
Conservative |
29 |
 |
Denis Lebel |
May 18, 2011 |
July 15, 2013 |
Conservative |
30 |
 |
Lisa Raitt |
July 15, 2013 |
Incumbent |
Conservative |