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Secretary of State |
Prime Minister |
Tenure |
1. |
Hector Louis Langevin |
Macdonald |
July 1, 1867 – December 7, 1869 |
2. |
James Cox Aikins |
Macdonald |
December 8, 1867 – November 5, 1873 |
3. |
David Christie |
Mackenzie |
November 7, 1873 – January 8, 1874 |
4. |
Richard William Scott |
Mackenzie |
January 9, 1874 – October 8, 1878 |
5. |
James Cox Aikins |
Macdonald |
October 19, 1878 – November 7, 1880 |
6. |
John O'Connor |
Macdonald |
November 8, 1880 – May 19, 1881 |
7. |
Joseph-Alfred Mousseau |
Macdonald |
May 20, 1881 – July 28, 1882 |
8. |
Joseph Adolphe Chapleau |
Macdonald |
July 29, 1882 – June 6, 1891 |
Abbott |
June 16, 1891 – January 24, 1892 |
9. |
James Colebrooke Patterson |
Abbott |
January 25, 1892 – November 24, 1892 |
10. |
John Costigan |
Thompson |
December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 |
11. |
Arthur Rupert Dickey |
Bowell |
December 21, 1894 – March 25, 1895 |
12. |
Walter Humphries Montague |
Bowell |
March 26, 1895 – December 20, 1895 |
* |
Joseph Aldéric Ouimet (acting) |
Bowell |
December 21, 1895 – January 5, 1896 |
* |
Thomas Mayne Daly (acting) |
Bowell |
January 6, 1896 – January 14, 1896 |
13. |
Sir Charles Tupper |
Bowell |
January 15, 1896 – April 27, 1896 |
as PM |
May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896 |
14. |
Richard William Scott |
Laurier |
July 13, 1896 – October 8, 1908 |
15. |
Charles Murphy |
Laurier |
October 9, 1908 – October 6, 1911 |
16. |
William James Roche |
Borden |
October 10, 1911 – October 28, 1912 |
17. |
Louis Coderre |
Borden |
October 29, 1912 – October 5, 1915 |
18. |
Pierre Édouard Blondin |
Borden |
October 6, 1915 – January 7, 1917 |
19. |
Esioff Léon Patenaude |
Borden |
January 8, 1917 – June 12, 1917 |
* |
Albert Sévigny (acting) |
Borden |
June 13, 1917 – August 24, 1917 |
20. |
Arthur Meighen |
Borden |
August 25, 1917 – October 12, 1917 |
21. |
Martin Burrell |
Borden |
October 12, 1917 – December 30, 1919 |
22. |
Arthur Lewis Sifton |
Borden |
December 31, 1919 – July 10, 1920 |
Meighen |
July 10, 1920 – January 21, 1921 |
23. |
Sir Henry Lumley Drayton |
Meighen |
January 24, 1921 – September 20, 1921 |
24. |
Rodolphe Monty |
Meighen |
September 21, 1921 – December 29, 1921 |
25. |
Arthur Bliss Copp |
King |
December 29, 1921 – September 24, 1921 |
26. |
Walter Edward Foster |
King |
September 26, 1925 – November 12, 1925 |
* |
Charles Murphy (acting) |
King |
November 13, 1925 – March 23, 1926 |
* |
Ernest Lapointe (acting) |
King |
March 24, 1926 – June 28, 1926 |
27. |
Guillaume André Fauteux |
Meighen |
August 23, 1926 – September 25, 1926 |
28. |
Fernand Rinfret |
King |
September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 |
29. |
Charles Hazlitt Cahan |
Bennett |
August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935 |
|
Fernand Rinfret (second time) |
King |
October 23, 1935 – July 12, 1939 |
* |
Ernest Lapointe (acting – 2nd time) |
King |
July 26, 1939 – May 8, 1940 |
30. |
Pierre-François Casgrain |
King |
May 9, 1940 – December 14, 1941 |
31. |
Norman Alexander McLarty |
King |
December 15, 1941 – April 17, 1945 |
32. |
Paul Joseph James Martin |
King |
April 18, 1945 – December 11, 1946 |
33. |
Colin William George Gibson |
King |
December 12, 1946 – November 15, 1948 |
St. Laurent |
November 15, 1948 – March 31, 1949 |
34. |
Frederick Gordon Bradley |
St. Laurent |
March 31, 1949 – June 11, 1953 |
35. |
Jack Pickersgill |
St. Laurent |
June 11, 1953 – June 30, 1954 |
36. |
Roch Pinard |
St. Laurent |
July 1, 1954 – June 21, 1957 |
37. |
Ellen Louks Fairclough |
Diefenbaker |
June 21, 1957 – May 11, 1958 |
38. |
Henri Courtemanche |
Diefenbaker |
May 12, 1958 – June 19, 1960 |
* |
Léon Balcer (acting minister) |
Diefenbaker |
June 21, 1960 – October 10, 1960 |
39. |
Noël Dorion |
Diefenbaker |
October 11, 1960 – July 5, 1962 |
* |
Léon Balcer (acting minister – 2nd time) |
Diefenbaker |
July 11, 1962 – August 8, 1962 |
40. |
George Ernest Halpenny |
Diefenbaker |
August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963 |
|
Jack Pickersgill (second time) |
Pearson |
April 22, 1963 – February 2, 1964 |
41. |
Maurice Lamontagne |
Pearson |
February 2, 1964 – December 17, 1965 |
42. |
Judy LaMarsh |
Pearson |
December 17, 1965 – April 9, 1968 |
* |
John Joseph Connolly (acting minister) |
Pearson |
April 10, 1968 – April 20, 1968 |
43. |
Jean Marchand |
Trudeau |
April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 |
44. |
Gérard Pelletier |
Trudeau |
July 5, 1968 – November 26, 1972 |
45. |
James Hugh Faulkner |
Trudeau |
November 27, 1972 – September 13, 1976 |
46. |
John Roberts |
Trudeau |
September 14, 1976 – June 3, 1979 |
47. |
David MacDonald |
Clark |
June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
48. |
Francis Fox |
Trudeau |
March 3, 1980 – September 21, 1981 |
49. |
Gerald Regan |
Trudeau |
September 22, 1981 – October 5, 1982 |
50. |
Serge Joyal |
Trudeau |
October 6, 1982 – June 29, 1984 |
Turner |
June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 |
51. |
Walter McLean |
Mulroney |
September 17, 1984 – April 19, 1985 |
52. |
Benoit Bouchard |
Mulroney |
April 20, 1985 – June 29, 1986 |
53. |
David Crombie |
Mulroney |
June 30, 1986 – March 30, 1988 |
54. |
Lucien Bouchard |
Mulroney |
March 31, 1988 – January 29, 1989 |
55. |
Gerry Weiner |
Mulroney |
January 30, 1989 – April 20, 1991 |
56. |
Robert de Cotret |
Mulroney |
April 21, 1991 – January 3, 1993 |
57. |
Monique Landry |
Mulroney |
January 4, 1993 – June 24, 1993 |
Campbell |
June 24, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
58. |
Sergio Marchi |
Chrétien |
November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 |
59. |
Lucienne Robillard |
Chrétien |
January 25, 1996 – July 12, 1996 |