26th Canadian Ministry

26th Canadian Ministry
26e conseil des ministres du Canada

26th ministry of Canada
Date formed4 November 1993
Date dissolved12 December 2003
People and organizations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor General
Prime Minister
Jean Chrétien
Prime Minister's history
Premiership of Jean Chrétien
Deputy Prime Minister
Member party
  Liberal
Status in legislature
Majority
Opposition party
Opposition leader
History
Incoming formation
1993 federal election
Outgoing formation
2003 Liberal leadership election
Elections1993, 1997, 2000
Legislature terms
Budgets1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003
Predecessor25th Canadian Ministry
Successor27th Canadian Ministry

The Twenty-Sixth Canadian Ministry was the combined cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and the contemporary secretaries of state. It governed Canada from 4 November 1993 to 12 December 2003, including the 35th Canadian Parliament, the 36th, and most of the 37th. The government was formed by the Liberal Party of Canada. One particular fact of this ministry is the creation of Secretaries of State out of the Cabinet, but still in the ministry.

List of ministers

By minister

Note: This is in order of precedence, which is established by the chronological order of appointment to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Portrait Minister Riding Portfolio Tenure
Jean Chrétien Saint-Maurice Prime Minister 4 November 1993 – 12 December 2003
Herb Gray Windsor West Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Solicitor General
Deputy Prime Minister 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
André Ouellet Papineau Secretary of State for External Affairs 4 November 1993 – 13 May 1995
Minister of Foreign Affairs 13 May 1995 – 24 January 1996
Lloyd Axworthy Winnipeg South Centre Minister of Labour 4 November 1993 – 21 February 1995
Minister of Employment and Immigration 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Western Economic Diversification
Minister of Foreign Affairs 25 January 1996 – 16 October 2000
David Collenette Don Valley East Minister of National Defence 4 November 1993 – 4 October 1996
Minister of Veterans Affairs
Minister of Transport 11 June 1997 – 12 December 2003
Roy MacLaren Etobicoke North Minister for International Trade 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
David Anderson Victoria Minister of National Revenue 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Transport 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Minister of the Environment 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Ralph Goodale Regina–Wascana Minister of Agriculture 4 November 1993 – 11 January 1995
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 12 January 1995 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Natural Resources 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 15 January – 25 May 2002
Minister of Public Works and Government Services 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
David Dingwall Cape Breton–East Richmond Minister of Public Works 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Supply and Services
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Minister of National Health and Welfare 25 January – 11 June 1996
Minister of Health 12 July 1996 – 10 June 1997
Ron Irwin Sault Ste. Marie Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Brian Tobin Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 4 November 1993 – 8 January 1996
Bonavista–Trinity–Conception Minister of Industry 17 October 2000 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Western Economic Diversification
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Joyce Fairbairn Lethbridge (Senator) Leader of the Government in the Senate 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Minister with Special Responsibility for Literacy
Sheila Copps Hamilton East Deputy Prime Minister 4 November 1993 – 30 April 1996
Minister of the Environment 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Communications 25 January – 30 April 1996
Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Minister of Communications 19 June – 11 July 1996
Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Deputy Prime Minister 19 June 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Canadian Heritage 12 July 1996 – 12 December 2003
Sergio Marchi York West Secretary of State for Canada 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 30 June 1994 – 24 January 1996
Minister of the Environment 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister for International Trade 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
John Manley Ottawa South Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs 4 November 1993 – 28 March 1995
Minister of Industry, Science and Technology
Minister of Industry 29 March 1995 – 16 October 2000
Minister of Western Economic Diversification 25 January 1996 – 16 October 2000
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Foreign Affairs 17 October 2000 – 15 January 2002
Deputy Prime Minister 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Minister of Finance 2 June 2002 – 12 December 2003
Diane Marleau Sudbury Minister of National Health and Welfare 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Public Works 25 January – 11 July 1996
Minister of Supply and Services
Minister of Public Works and Government Services 12 July 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister for International Cooperation 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Paul Martin LaSalle–Émard Minister responsible for the Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Finance 4 November 1993 – 2 June 2002
Doug Young Acadie–Bathurst Minister of Transport 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Employment and Immigration 25 January – 11 July 1996
Minister of Human Resources Development 12 July – 3 October 1996
Minister of National Defence 4 October 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Veterans Affairs
Michel Dupuy Laval West Minister of Communications 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Art Eggleton York Centre President of the Treasury Board 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister responsible for Infrastructure
Minister for International Trade 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of National Defence 11 June 1997 – 26 May 2002
Marcel Massé Hull–Aylmer President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Minister responsible for Public Service Renewal
President of the Treasury Board 25 January 1996 – 2 August 1999
Minister responsible for Infrastructure
Anne McLellan Edmonton Northwest Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources 4 November 1993 – 11 January 1995
Minister of Forestry
Minister of Natural Resources 12 January 1995 – 10 June 1997
Edmonton West Minister of Justice 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Attorney General
Minister of Health 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Allan Rock Etobicoke Centre Minister of Justice 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Attorney General
Minister of Health 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Industry 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Minister of Western Economic Diversification
Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Sheila Finestone Mount Royal Secretary of State for Multiculturalism 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996
Secretary of State for Status of Women
Fernand Robichaud Beauséjour Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs 4 November 1993 – 14 September 1994
Secretary of State for Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans 15 September 1994 – 10 June 1997
Ethel Blondin-Andrew Western Arctic Secretary of State for Training and Youth 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Secretary of State for Children and Youth 10 June 1997 – 12 December 2003
Lawrence MacAulay Cardigan Secretary of State for Veterans Affairs 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Secretary of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Labour 11 June 1997 – 22 November 1998
Solicitor General 23 November 1998 – 22 October 2002
Christine Stewart Northumberland Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Latin America and Africa) 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Minister of the Environment 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Raymond Chan Richmond Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Asia-Pacific) 4 November 1993 – 8 January 2001
Jon Gerrard Portage–Interlake Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Secretary of State for Western Economic Diversification 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Douglas Peters Scarborough East Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997
Alfonso Gagliano Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs 15 September 1994 – 24 January 1996
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 15 September 1994 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Labour 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Public Works and Government Services 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Lucienne Robillard Saint-Henri–Westmount Minister of Labour 22 February 1995 – 24 January 1996
Secretary of State for Canada 25 January – 12 July 1996
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 25 January 1996 – 2 August 1999
Westmount–Ville-Marie President of the Treasury Board 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Fred Mifflin Bonavista–Trinity–Conception Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Veterans Affairs 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Secretary of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Jane Stewart Brant Minister of National Revenue 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Minister of Human Resources Development 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Stéphane Dion Saint-Laurent–Cartierville President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 25 January 1996 – 12 December 2003
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Pierre Pettigrew Papineau–Saint-Michel Minister for International Cooperation 25 January – 3 October 1996
Minister responsible for La Francophonie
Minister of Human Resources Development 4 October 1996 – 2 August 1999
Papineau–Saint-Denis Minister for International Trade 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Martin Cauchon Outremont Secretary of State for the Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec 25 January 1996 – 22 February 1998
Secretary of State for Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec 23 February 1998 – 14 January 2002
Minister of National Revenue 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Justice 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Attorney General
Minister with political responsibility for Quebec
Hedy Fry Vancouver Centre Secretary of State for Multiculturalism 25 January 1996 – 27 January 2002
Secretary of State for Status of Women
Don Boudria Glengarry–Prescott–Russell Minister for International Cooperation 4 October 1996 – 10 June 1997
Minister responsible for La Francophonie
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Public Works and Government Services 15 January – 25 May 2002
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
Alasdair Graham The Highlands (Senator) Leader of the Government in the Senate June 11, 1997 – January 14, 2002
Lyle Vanclief Prince Edward–Hastings Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food 11 June 1997 – 12 December 2003
Herb Dhaliwal Vancouver South–Burnaby Minister of National Revenue 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Natural Resources 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Andy Scott Fredericton Solicitor General 11 June 1997 – 23 November 1998
David Kilgour Edmonton Southeast Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Latin America and Africa) 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Asia-Pacific) 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Jim Peterson Willowdale Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Ron Duhamel Saint Boniface Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Secretary of State for Western Economic Diversification 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002
Secretary of State for La Francophonie 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Veterans Affairs 17 October 2000 – 14 January 2002
Andy Mitchell Parry Sound–Muskoka Secretary of State for Parks 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Secretary of State for Rural Development 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario
Gilbert Normand Bellechasse–Etchemins–Montmagny–L'Islet Secretary of State for Agriculture and Agri-Food 18 June 1997 – 2 August 1999
Secretary of State for Fisheries and Oceans
Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Claudette Bradshaw Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe Minister of Labour 23 November 1998 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Multiculturalism 28 January – 25 May 2002
Secretary of State for Status of Women
George Baker Gander–Grand Falls Minister of Veterans Affairs 3 August 1999 – 16 October 2000
Secretary of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Bob Nault Kenora–Rainy River Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003
Maria Minna Beaches–East York Minister for International Cooperation 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Elinor Caplan Thornhill Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Minister of National Revenue 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Denis Coderre Bourassa Secretary of State for Amateur Sport 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Bernie Boudreau Nova Scotia (Senator) Leader of the Government in the Senate 4 October 1999 – 8 January 2001
Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Sharon Carstairs Manitoba (Senator) Leader of the Government in the Senate 9 January 2001 – 12 December 2003
Minister with Special Responsibility for Palliative Care 14 March 2001 – 12 December 2003
Robert Thibault West Nova Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 9 January 2001 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Rey Pagtakhan Winnipeg North–St. Paul Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Asia-Pacific) 9 January 2001 – 14 January 2002
Minister of Veterans Affairs 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
Susan Whelan Essex Minister for International Cooperation 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Maurizio Bevilacqua Vaughan–King–Aurora Secretary of State for Science, Research and Development 15 January – 25 May 2002
Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
Paul DeVillers Simcoe North Secretary of State for Amateur Sport 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Secretary of State for Physical Activity and Sport 17 June – 12 December 2003
Gar Knutson Elgin–Middlesex–London Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East) 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Denis Paradis Brome–Missisquoi Secretary of State for La Francophonie 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Latin America and Africa)
Claude Drouin Beauce Secretary of State for Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
John McCallum Markham Secretary of State for International Financial Institutions 15 January – 25 May 2002
Minister of National Defence 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
Stephen Owen Vancouver Quadra Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Western Economic Diversification
Bill Graham Toronto Centre–Rosedale Minister of Foreign Affairs 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Gerry Byrne Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003
Jean Augustine Etobicoke–Lakeshore Secretary of State for Multiculturalism 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003
Secretary of State for Status of Women
Wayne Easter Malpeque Solicitor General 22 October 2002 – 12 December 2003
Steve Mahoney Mississauga West Secretary of State for Selected Crown Corporations 11 April – 12 December 2003

By portfolio

Ministries not Cabinet members

  • Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food)
  • Secretary of State (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Fisheries and Oceans)
  • Secretary of State (Amateur Sport)
    • 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002: Denis Coderre
    • 15 January 2002 – 17 June 2003: Paul DeVillers
  • Secretary of State (Asia Pacific)
    • 4 November 1993 – 8 January 2001: Raymond Chan
    • 9 January 2001 – 14 January 2002: Rey Pagtakhan
    • 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003: David Kilgour
  • Secretary of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
    • 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997: Lawrence MacAulay
    • 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999: Fred J. Mifflin
    • 3 August 1999 – 16 October 2000: George Baker
  • Secretary of State (Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East)
  • Secretary of State (Children and Youth)
  • Secretary of State (Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons)
    • 15 September 1994 – 14 January 2002: Alfonso Gagliano
    • 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003: Paul DeVillers
  • Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec)
    • Was Secretary of State (Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec).
    • 23 February 1998 – 14 January 2002: Martin Cauchon
    • 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003: Claude Drouin
  • Secretary of State (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
  • Secretary of State (Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec)
    • 25 January 1996 – 22 February 1998: Martin Cauchon
    • Became Secretary of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec).
  • Secretary of State (Fisheries and Oceans)
    • 18 June 1997 – 2 August 1999: Gilbert Normand
  • Secretary of State (Francophonie)
  • Secretary of State (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
  • Secretary of State (International Financial Institutions)
  • Secretary of State (Latin America and Africa)
    • 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997: Christine Stewart
    • 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002: David Kilgour
    • 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003: Denis Paradis
  • Secretary of State (Multiculturalism)
  • Secretary of State (Parks)
  • Secretary of State (Parliamentary Affairs)
    • 4 November 1993 – 14 September 1994: Fernand Robichaud
    • 15 September 1994 – 24 January 1996: Alfonso Gagliano
  • Secretary of State (Physical Activity and Sport)
  • Secretary of State (Rural Development)
    • 3 August 1999 – 12 December 2003: Andrew Mitchell
  • Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development)
    • 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997: Jon Gerrard
    • 11 June 1997 – 2 August 1999: Ronald J. Duhamel
    • 3 August 1999 – 14 January 2002: Gilbert Normand
    • 15 January 2002 – 25 May 2002: Maurizio Bevilacqua
    • 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003: Rey Pagtakhan
  • Secretary of State (Selected Crown Corporations)
  • Secretary of State (Status of Women)
    • 4 November 1993 – 24 January 1996: Sheila Finestone
    • 25 January 1996 – 27 January 2002: Hedy Fry
    • 28 January 2002 – 25 May 2002: Claudette Bradshaw
    • 26 May 2002 – 12 December 2003: Jean Augustine
  • Secretary of State (Training and Youth)
  • Secretary of State (Veterans)
    • 4 November 1993 – 10 June 1997: Lawrence MacAulay
  • Secretary of State (Western Economic Diversification)
    • 25 January 1996 – 10 June 1997: Jon Gerrard
    • 11 June 1997 – 14 January 2002: Ronald J. Duhamel
    • 15 January 2002 – 12 December 2003: Stephen Owen

References

  • Government of Canada. "Twenty-Sixth Ministry". Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation. Privy Council Office. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2010.

Succession