Current Cabinet
The Conservative Party of Canada won the federal election of 23 January 2006, though the number of seats held in the 39th parliament granted the 28th ministry only a minority government, which was sworn-in on 6 February, with Stephen Harper appointed as prime minister. The composition of the Cabinet was subsequently altered on four occasions—27 November 2006, 4 January 2007, 14 August 2007, and 25 June 2008—between then and the next federal election on 14 October 2008 and thereafter on 19 January 2010, 6 August 2010, 4 January 2011, 18 May 2011, and 4 July 2012.
Ministers are listed according to the Canadian order of precedence:
Ministry | Date of creation | Incumbent |
---|---|---|
Prime Minister of Canada | 1 July 1867 | Stephen Harper |
Minister of Justice and Attorney General | 1 July 1867 | Rob Nicholson |
Leader of the Government in the Senate | 1 April 1969 | Marjory LeBreton |
Minister of National Defence | 1 January 1923 | Peter MacKay |
Minister of Public Safety | 12 December 2003 | Vic Toews |
Minister of Public Works and Government Services Minister of State (Status of Women) |
12 July 1996 11 June 1971 28 June 1988 |
Rona Ambrose |
Minister of Human Resources and Social Development | 12 December 2003 | Diane Finley |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | 4 November 1993 | John Baird |
President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia–Pacific Gateway | 1 October 1966 | Tony Clement |
Minister of Finance | 1 July 1867 | Jim Flaherty |
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | 14 October 1944 | Peter Van Loan |
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism | 30 June 1994 | Jason Kenney |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board | 1 July 1867 | Gerry Ritz |
Minister of Industry | 29 March 1995 | Christian Paradis |
Minister of Canadian Heritage
and Minister of Official Languages |
12 July 1996 | James Moore |
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec) |
2 November 1936 | Denis Lebel |
Minister of Health | 12 July 1996 | Leona Aglukkaq |
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Minister for the Atlantic Gateway |
2 April 1979 | Gail Shea (acting) |
Minister of the Environment | 11 June 1971 | Peter Kent |
Minister of Labour | 2 June 1909 | Lisa Raitt |
Minister of National Revenue | 21 March 1927 | Gail Shea |
Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency. |
18 May 2011 | John Duncan |
Minister for International Cooperation | 25 January 1996 | Julian Fantino |
Minister of Veterans Affairs | 18 October 1944 | Steven Blaney |
Minister of International Trade | 8 December 1983 | Ed Fast |
Minister of Natural Resources | 12 January 1995 | Joe Oliver |
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs |
1 July 1867 |
Peter Penashue |
Associate Minister of National Defence Minister of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency) (La Francophonie) |
12 July 1940 | Bernard Valcourt |
Minister of State and Chief Government Whip | Gordon O'Connor | |
Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism) | Maxime Bernier | |
Minister of State of Foreign Affairs (Americas and Consular Affairs) | Diane Ablonczy | |
Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification) | Lynne Yelich | |
Minister of State (Transport) | Steven Fletcher | |
Minister of State (Science and Technology) (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario) | Gary Goodyear | |
Minister of State (Finance) | Ted Menzies | |
Minister of State (Democratic Reform) | Tim Uppal | |
Minister of State (Seniors) | Alice Wong | |
Minister of State (Sport) | Bal Gosal |
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