Minister of Public Works (Canada)
The Minister of Public Works was a position in the Cabinet of Canada who oversaw the public works portfolio of the federal government.
The office was established upon
Minister of Public Works and Government Services.[2]
Ministers
| No. | Name | Period in office | Ministry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | William McDougall | July 1, 1867 – September 27, 1869 | 1st |
| * | Hector-Louis Langevin (acting) | September 28, 1869 – December 7, 1869 | |
| 2. | Hector-Louis Langevin | December 8, 1869 – November 5, 1873 | |
| 3. | Alexander Mackenzie | November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878 | 2nd
(himself) |
| 4 | Sir Charles Tupper | October 19, 1878 – May 19, 1879 | 3rd
(Macdonald) |
| – | Hector-Louis Langevin (second time) | May 20, 1879 – June 6, 1891 | |
| June 16, 1891 – August 11, 1891 | 4th
( | ||
| 5. | Frank Smith
|
August 14, 1891 – January 10, 1892 | |
| 6. | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet | January 11, 1892 – November 24, 1892 | |
| December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | 5th
(Thompson) | ||
| December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896 | 6th
(Bowell) | ||
| 7. | Alphonse Desjardins | May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896 | 7th
(Tupper) |
| 8. | Joseph-Israël Tarte | July 13, 1896 – October 21, 1902 | 8th
(Laurier) |
| 9. | James Sutherland | November 11, 1902 – May 3, 1905 | |
| 10. | Charles Smith Hyman
|
May 22, 1905 – August 29, 1907 | |
| 11. | William Pugsley | August 30, 1907 – October 6, 1911 | |
| 12. | Frederick Debartzch Monk | October 10, 1911 – October 28, 1912 | 9th
(Borden) |
| 13. | Robert Rogers
|
October 29, 191 – August 22, 1917 | |
| 14. | Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne
|
October 3, 1917 – October 12, 1917 | |
| 15. | Frank Broadstreet Carvell | October 13, 1917 – August 1, 1919 | 10th
(Borden) |
| * | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | August 6, 1919 – September 2, 1919 | |
| 16. | Arthur Lewis Sifton
|
September 3, 1919 – December 30, 1919 | |
| * | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | December 31, 1919 – July 10, 1920 | |
| * | July 10, 1920 – July 12, 1920 | 11th
(Meighen) | |
| 17. | Fleming Blanchard McCurdy | July 13, 1920 – December 29, 1921 | |
| 18. | Hewitt Bostock | December 29, 1921 – February 2, 1922 | 12th
(King) |
| 19. | James Horace King | February 3, 1922 – June 28, 1926 | |
| * | Sir George Halsey Perley (acting) | June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926 | 13th
(Meighen) |
| 20. | Edmond Baird Ryckman | July 13, 1926 – September 25, 1926 | |
| 21. | John Campbell Elliott | September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 | 14th
(King) |
| 22. | Hugh Alexander Stewart | August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935 | 15th
( |
| 23. | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin
|
October 23, 1935 – May 12, 1942 | 16th
(King) |
| * | Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | May 13, 1942 – October 6, 1942 | |
| 25. | Alphonse Fournier | October 7, 1942 – November 15, 1948 | |
| November 15, 1948 – June 11, 1953 | 17th | ||
| * | Walter Edward Harris | June 12, 1953 – September 16, 1953 | |
| 24. | Robert Henry Winters
|
September 17, 1953 – June 21, 1957 | |
| 25. | Howard Charles Green | June 21, 1957 – August 19, 1959 | 18th |
| 26. | David James Walker | August 20, 1959 – July 12, 1962 | |
| * | Howard Charles Green (acting) | July 18, 1962 – August 8, 1962 | |
| 27. | Edmund Davie Fulton
|
August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963 | |
| 28. | Jean-Paul Deschatelets | April 22, 1963 – February 11, 1965 | 19th
( |
| 29. | Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin
|
February 15, 1965 – July 6, 1965 | |
| 32. | George James McIlraith
|
July 7, 1965 – April 20, 1968 | |
| April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 | 20th | ||
| 30. | Arthur Laing | July 5, 1968 – January 27, 1972 | |
| 31. | Jean-Eudes Dubé | January 28, 1972 – August 7, 1974 | |
| 32. | Charles Mills Drury
|
August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976 | |
| 33. | J. Judd Buchanan
|
September 14, 1976 – November 23, 1978 | |
| 34. | André Ouellet | November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979 | |
| 35. | Erik Nielsen | June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 | 21st
(Clark) |
| 36. | Paul James Cosgrove
|
March 3, 1980 – September 29, 1982 | 22nd
(Trudeau, Sr.) |
| 37. | Roméo LeBlanc | September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984 | |
| 38. | Charles Lapointe | June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 | 23rd
(Turner) |
| 39. | Roch La Salle | September 17, 1984 – June 29, 1986 | 24th
(Mulroney) |
| 40. | Stewart McInnes | June 30, 1986 – December 7, 1988 | |
| * | Otto Jelinek | December 8, 1988 – January 29, 1989 | |
| 41. | Elmer MacIntosh MacKay
|
January 30, 1989 – June 24, 1993 | |
| 42. | Paul Wyatt Dick
|
June 24, 1993 – November 3, 1993 | 25th
(Campbell) |
| 43. | David Charles Dingwall
|
November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 | 26th
(Chrétien) |
| 44. | Diane Marleau | January 25, 1996 – July 11, 1996 | |
| After 1996, see Minister of Public Works and Government Services .
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References
- ^ "Profile - Public Works". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "Government Departments and Their Representatives: A History". Retrieved 16 June 2017.