Presidents of The Privy Council
| 1. | Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair | under Macdonald | July 1, 1867 – December 29, 1867 |
| vacant | under Macdonald | December 30, 1867 – January 29, 1869 | |
| 2. | Joseph Howe | under Macdonald | January 30, 1869 – November 15, 1869 |
| 3. | Edward Kenny | under Macdonald | November 16, 1869 – June 20, 1870 |
| 4. | Charles Tupper | under Macdonald | June 21, 1870 – July 1, 1872 |
| 5. | John O'Connor | under Macdonald | July 2, 1872 – March 3, 1873 |
| 6. | Hugh McDonald (politician) | under Macdonald | June 14, 1873 – June 30, 1873 |
| 7. | Lucius Seth Huntington | under Mackenzie | January 20, 1874 – October 8, 1875 |
| 8. | Joseph Édouard Cauchon | under Mackenzie | December 7, 1875 – June 7, 1877 |
| 9. | Edward Blake | under Mackenzie | June 8, 1877 – January 17, 1878 |
| 10. | John O'Connor | under Macdonald | October 17, 1878 – January 15, 1880 |
| 11. | Louis François Rodrigue Masson | under Macdonald | January 16, 1880 – July 31, 1880 |
| 12. | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau | under Macdonald | November 8, 1880 – May 19, 1881 |
| 13. | Archibald Woodbury McLelan | under Macdonald | May 20, 1881 – July 9, 1882 |
| 14. | John A. Macdonald | as PM | October 17, 1883 – November 27, 1889 |
| 15. | Charles Carrol Colby | under Macdonald | November 28, 1889 – April 30, 1891 |
| 16. | John Abbott | as PM | June 16, 1891 – November 24, 1892 |
| 17. | William Bullock Ives | under Thompson | December 7, 1892 – December 12, 1894 |
| 18. | Mackenzie Bowell | as PM | December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896 |
| 19. | Auguste Réal Angers | under Tupper | May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896 |
| 20. | Wilfrid Laurier | as PM | July 13, 1896 – October 6, 1911 |
| 21. | Robert Laird Borden | as PM | October 10, 1911 – October 12, 1917 |
| 22. | Newton Wesley Rowell | under Borden | October 12, 1917 – July 10, 1920 |
| 23. | James Alexander Calder | under Meighen | July 10, 1920 – September 20, 1921 |
| 24. | Louis-Philippe Normand | under Meighen | October 4, 1921 – December 28, 1921 |
| 25. | William Lyon Mackenzie King | as PM | December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926 |
| 26. | Arthur Meighen | as PM | June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time) | as PM | September 25, 1926 – August 6, 1930 | |
| 27. | Richard Bedford Bennett | as PM | August 7, 1930 – October 22, 1935 |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King (3rd time) | as PM | October 23, 1935 – November 14, 1948 | |
| 28. | Louis Saint-Laurent | as PM | November 15, 1948 – April 24, 1957 |
| 29. | Lionel Chevrier | under St-Laurent | April 25, 1957 – June 20, 1957 |
| vacant | under Diefenbaker | June 21, 1957 – December 27, 1961 | |
| 30. | Noël Dorion | under Diefenbaker | December 28, 1961 – July 5, 1962 |
| 31. | John George Diefenbaker | as PM | December 21, 1962 – April 22, 1963 |
| 32. | Maurice Lamontagne | under Pearson | April 22, 1963 – February 2, 1964 |
| 33. | George James McIlraith | under Pearson | February 3, 1964 – July 6, 1965 |
| 34. | Guy Favreau | under Pearson | July 7, 1965 – April 3, 1967 |
| 35. | Walter L. Gordon | under Pearson | April 4, 1967 – March 10, 1968 |
| * | Pierre Trudeau (Acting) | under Pearson | March 11, 1968 – April 20, 1968 |
| * | Pierre Trudeau (Acting) (cont'd) | as PM | April 20, 1968 – May 1, 1968 |
| * | Allan MacEachen (Acting) | under Trudeau | May 2, 1968 – July 5, 1968 |
| 36. | Donald Stovel Macdonald | under Trudeau | July 6, 1968 – September 23, 1970 |
| 37. | Allan MacEachen | under Trudeau | September 24, 1970 – August 7, 1974 |
| 38. | Mitchell Sharp | under Trudeau | August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976 |
| Allan MacEachen (2nd time) | under Trudeau | September 14, 1976 – June 3, 1979 | |
| 39. | Walter David Baker | under Clark | June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
| 40. | Yvon Pinard | under Trudeau | March 3, 1980 – June 29, 1984 |
| 41. | André Ouellet | under Turner | June 30, 1984 – September 6, 1984 |
| 42. | Erik Nielsen | under Mulroney | September 7, 1984 – February 26, 1985 |
| 43. | Ramon John Hnatyshyn | under Mulroney | February 27, 1985 – June 29, 1986 |
| 44. | Don Mazankowski | under Mulroney | June 30, 1986 – April 20, 1991 |
| 45. | Joe Clark | under Mulroney | April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993 |
| 46. | Pierre Blais | under Campbell | June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
| 47. | Marcel Massé | under Chrétien | November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 |
| 48. | Stéphane Dion | under Chrétien | January 25, 1996 – December 11, 2003 |
| 49. | Denis Coderre | under Martin | December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004 |
| 50. | Lucienne Robillard | under Martin | July 20, 2004 – February 5, 2006 |
| 51. | Michael Chong | under Harper | February 6, 2006 – November 27, 2006 |
| 52. | Peter Van Loan | under Harper | November 27, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
| 53. | Rona Ambrose | under Harper | January 4, 2007 – October 30, 2008 |
| 54. | Josée Verner | under Harper | October 30, 2008 – May 18, 2011 |
| 55. | Peter Penashue | under Harper | May 18, 2011- |
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