Ministers
Key:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Perry Graham | January 1, 1923 | April 27, 1923 | Liberal | 12 | |
| 2 | Edward Mortimer Macdonald | April 28, 1923 |
June 28, 1926 | Liberal | ||
| 3 | Hugh Guthrie | June 29, 1926 |
September 25, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 | |
| – | VACANT | September 25, 1926 | September 30, 1926 | — | 14 | |
| – | James Robb (Acting) |
October 1, 1926 | October 7, 1926 | Liberal | ||
| 4 | James Ralston (1st time) |
October 8, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | ||
| 5 | Donald Matheson Sutherland | August 7, 1930 | November 16, 1934 | Conservative (historical) | 15 | |
| 6 | Grote Stirling | November 17, 1934 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| 7 | Ian Alistair Mackenzie | October 24, 1935 | September 18, 1939 | Liberal | 16 | |
| 8 | Norman McLeod Rogers | September 19, 1939 | June 10, 1940 | Liberal | ||
| – | Charles Power (Acting) |
June 11, 1940 | July 4, 1940 | Liberal | ||
| James Ralston (2nd time) |
July 5, 1940 | November 1, 1944 | Liberal | |||
| 9 | Andrew McNaughton | November 2, 1944 | August 20, 1945 | Military | ||
| 10 | Douglas Abbott | August 21, 1945 | December 9, 1946 | Liberal | ||
| 11 | Brooke Claxton | December 10, 1946 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | ||
| November 15, 1948 | June 30, 1954 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | Ralph Campney | July 1, 1954 | June 20, 1957 | Liberal | ||
| 13 | George Pearkes | June 21, 1957 | October 10, 1960 | Progressive Conservative | 18 | |
| 14 | Douglas Harkness | October 11, 1960 | February 3, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| – | VACANT | February 4, 1963 | February 11, 1963 | — | ||
| 15 | Gordon Churchill | February 12, 1963 | April 21, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 16 | Paul Hellyer | April 22, 1963 | September 18, 1967 | Liberal | 19 | |
| 17 | Léo Cadieux | September 1967 | April 19, 1968 | Liberal | ||
| April 20, 1968 | September 16, 1970 | 20 | ||||
| – | Charles Drury (1st time; Acting) |
September 17, 1970 | September 23, 1970 | Liberal | ||
| 18 | Donald Macdonald | September 24, 1970 | January 27, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| 19 | Edgar Benson | January 28, 1972 | August 31, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| – | Jean-Eudes Dubé (Acting) |
September 1, 1972 | September 6, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| – | Charles Drury (2nd time; Acting) |
September 7, 1972 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| 20 | James Richardson | November 27, 1972 | October 12, 1976 | Liberal | ||
| 21 | Barney Danson | October 13, 1976 |
June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
| 22 | Allan McKinnon | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 | |
| 23 | Gilles Lamontagne | March 3, 1980 | August 11, 1983 | Liberal | 22 | |
| 24 | Jean–Jacques Blais | August 12, 1983 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | ||
| June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | 23 | ||||
| 25 | Robert Coates | September 17, 1984 | February 11, 1985 | Progressive Conservative | 24 | |
| 26 | Erik Nielsen | February 12, 1985 |
June 29, 1986 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 27 | Perrin Beatty | June 30, 1986 | January 29, 1989 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 28 | Bill McKnight | January 30, 1989 | April 20, 1991 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 29 | Marcel Masse | April 21, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 30 | Kim Campbell | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 31 | Tom Siddon | June 25, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | 25 | |
| 32 | David Collenette | November 4, 1993 | October 4, 1996 | Liberal | 26 | |
| 33 | Doug Young | October 5, 1996 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | ||
| 34 | Art Eggleton | June 11, 1997 | June 25, 2002 | Liberal | ||
| 35 | John McCallum | June 26, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
| 36 | David Pratt | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 | |
| 37 | Bill Graham | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
| 38 | Gordon O'Connor | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 | |
| 39 | Peter MacKay | August 14, 2007 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||
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