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List of Canadian Ministers of Agriculture

Canadian Ministers of Agriculture

1.	Jean-Charles Chapais	under Macdonald	July 1 1867 - November 15 1869
2.	Christopher Dunkin	under Macdonald	November 16 1869 - October 24 1871
3.	John Henry Pope	under Macdonald	October 25 1871 - November 5 1873
4.	Luc Letellier de St-Just	under Mackenzie	November 7 1873-December 14 1876
*	Isaac Burpee (Acting)	under Mackenzie	December 15 1876 - January 25 1877
5.	Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier	under Mackenzie	January 25 1877 - October 8 1878
	John Henry Pope (2nd time)	under Macdonald	October 17 1878 - September 25 1885
6.	John Carling	under Macdonald	September 25 1885 - June 6 1891
	John Carling (cont'd)	under Abbott	June 16 1891 - November 24 1892
7.	Auguste Réal Angers	under Thompson	December 7 1892 - December 12 1894
	Auguste Réal Angers (cont'd)	under Bowell	December 21 1894 - July 12 1895
8.	Joseph Aldéric Ouimet	under Bowell	July 13 1895 - December 20 1895
9.	Walter Humphries Montague	under Bowell	December 21 1895 - January 5 1896
*	Donald Ferguson (Acting)	under Bowell	January 6 1896 - January 4 1896
	Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time)	under Bowell	January 15 1896 - April 27 1896
	Walter Humphries Montague (cont'd)	under Tupper	May 1 1896 - July 8 1896
10.	Sydney Arthur Fisher	under Laurier	July 13 1896 - October 6 1911
11.	Martin Burrell	under Borden	October 16 1911 - October 12 1917
12.	Thomas Alexander Crerar	under Borden	October 12 1917 - June 11 1919
*	James Alexander Calder (Acting)	under Borden	June 18 1919 - August 11 1919
13.	Simon Fraser Tolmie	under Borden	August 12 1919 - July 10 1920
	Simon Fraser Tolmie (cont'd)	under Meighen	July 10 1920 - December 29 1921
14.	William Richard Motherwell	under King	December 29 1921 - June 28 1926
*	Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting)	under Meighen	June 29 1926 - July 12 1926
	Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time)	under Meighen	July 13 1926 - September 25 1926
15.	William Richard Motherwell	under King	September 25 1926 - August 7 1930
16.	Robert Weir	under Bennett	August 8 1930 - October 23 1935
*	Thomas Alexander Crerar (2nd time) (Acting)	under King	October 25 1935 - November 3 1935
17.	James G. Gardiner	under King	November 4 1935-November 15 1948
	James G. Gardiner (cont'd)	under St. Laurent	November 15 1948 - June 21 1957
18.	Douglas Scott Harkness	under Diefenbaker	June 21 1957 - October 10 1960
19.	Francis Alvin George Hamilton	under Diefenbaker	October 11 1957 - April 22 1963
20.	Harry William Hays	under Pearson	April 22 1963 - December 17 1965
21.	John James Greene	under Pearson	December 18 1965 - April 20 1968
	John James Greene (cont'd)	under Trudeau	April 20 1968 - July 5 1968
22.	Bud Olson	under Trudeau	July 6 1968 - November 26 1972
23.	Eugene Whelan	under Trudeau	November 27 1972 - June 3 1979
24.	John Wise	under Clark	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
	Eugene Whelan (2nd time)	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 - June 29 1984
25.	Ralph Ferguson	under Turner	June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
26.	John Wise	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 - September 14 1988
27.	Don Mazankowski	under Mulroney	September 15 1988 - April 20 1991
28.	Bill McKnight	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 - January 3 1993
29.	Charlie Mayer	under Mulroney	January 4 1993 - June 24 1993
	Charlie Mayer (cont'd)	under Campbell	June 24 1993 - November 3 1993
30.	Ralph Goodale	under Chrétien	November 4 1993 - January 11 1995

Canadian Ministers of Agriculture and Agri-Food

	Ralph Goodale (cont'd)	under Chrétien	January 12 1995 -June 10 1997
31.	Lyle Vanclief	under Chrétien	June 11 1997 - December 11 2003
32.	Bob Speller	under Martin	December 12 2003 - July 19 2004
33.	Andy Mitchell	under Martin	July 20 2004 -

The portfolio was renamed from "Agriculture" to "Agriculture and Agri-Food" in 1995.