Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | |
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Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Agroalimentaire | |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | |
Appointer |
Monarch (represented by the
governor general);
[3] on the advice of the prime minister [4] |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Precursor | Minister of Agriculture |
Inaugural holder | Ralph Goodale |
Formation | 12 January 1995 |
Salary | CA$269,800 (2019) [5] |
Website |
agr |
The minister of agriculture and agri-food ( French: ministre de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, the National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission.
The current minister of agriculture and agri-food is Lawrence MacAulay.
The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture ( French: ministre de l'agriculture), a position that existed since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Key:
Minister of Agriculture | ||||||
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
1 | Jean-Charles Chapais | July 1, 1867 | November 15, 1869 | Conservative (historical) | 1 ( Macdonald) | |
2 | Christopher Dunkin | November 16, 1869 | October 24, 1871 | Conservative (historical) | ||
3 |
John Henry Pope (1st time) |
October 25, 1871 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
4 | Luc Letellier de St-Just | November 7, 1873 | December 14, 1876 | Liberal | 2 ( Mackenzie) | |
– |
Isaac Burpee (Acting) |
December 15, 1876 | January 25, 1877 | Liberal | ||
5 | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier | January 25, 1877 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | ||
(3) |
John Henry Pope (2nd time) |
October 17, 1878 | September 25, 1885 | Liberal-Conservative | 3 ( Macdonald) | |
6 | John Carling | September 25, 1885 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative (historical) | ||
June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | 4 ( Abbott) | ||||
7 | Auguste-Réal Angers | December 7, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | Conservative (historical) | 5 ( Thompson) | |
December 21, 1894 | July 12, 1895 | 6 ( Bowell) | ||||
8 |
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (Acting) |
July 13, 1895 | December 20, 1895 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
9 |
Walter Humphries Montague (1st time) |
December 21, 1895 | January 5, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
– |
Donald Ferguson (Acting) |
January 6, 1896 | January 14, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(9) |
Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time) |
January 15, 1896 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | 7 ( Tupper) | ||||
10 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | July 13, 1896 | October 6, 1911 | Liberal | 8 ( Laurier) | |
11 | Martin Burrell | October 16, 1911 | October 12, 1917 | Conservative (historical) | 9 ( Borden) | |
12 |
Thomas Crerar (1st time) |
October 12, 1917 | June 11, 1919 | Unionist | 10 ( Borden) | |
– |
James Alexander Calder (Acting) |
June 18, 1919 | August 11, 1919 | Unionist | ||
13 |
Simon Fraser Tolmie (1st time) |
August 12, 1919 | July 10, 1920 | Conservative (historical) | ||
July 10, 1920 | December 29, 1921 | 11 ( Meighen) | ||||
14 |
William Richard Motherwell (1st time) |
December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | Liberal | 12 ( King) | |
– |
Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting) |
June 29, 1926 | July 12, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 ( Meighen) | |
(13) |
Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time) |
July 13, 1926 | September 25, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(14) |
William Richard Motherwell (2nd time) |
September 25, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | 14 ( King) | |
15 | Robert Weir | August 8, 1930 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | 15 ( Bennett) | |
– |
Thomas Crerar (2nd time; Acting) |
October 25, 1935 | November 3, 1935 | Liberal | 16 ( King) | |
16 | James Garfield Gardiner | November 4, 1935 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | ||
November 15, 1948 | June 21, 1957 | 17 ( St. Laurent) | ||||
17 | Douglas Harkness | June 21, 1957 (Acting until Aug.7) |
October 10, 1960 | Progressive Conservative | 18 ( Diefenbaker) | |
18 | Alvin Hamilton | October 11, 1960 | April 22, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
19 | Harry Hays | April 22, 1963 | December 17, 1965 | Liberal | 19 ( Pearson) | |
20 | John James Greene | December 18, 1965 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | ||
April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | 20 ( P. E. Trudeau) | ||||
21 | Bud Olson | July 6, 1968 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | ||
22 |
Eugene Whelan (1st time) |
November 27, 1972 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
23 |
John Wise (1st time) |
June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 ( Clark) | |
(22) |
Eugene Whelan (2nd time) |
March 3, 1980 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | 22 ( P. E. Trudeau) | |
24 | Ralph Ferguson | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 ( Turner) | |
(23) |
John Wise (2nd time) |
September 17, 1984 | September 14, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | 24 ( Mulroney) | |
25 | Don Mazankowski | September 15, 1988 | April 20, 1991 | Progressive Conservative | ||
26 | Bill McKnight | April 21, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
27 | Charles Mayer | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
June 24, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | 25 ( Campbell) | ||||
28 | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 1993 | January 11, 1995 | Liberal | 26 ( Chrétien) | |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | ||||||
28 | Ralph Goodale | January 12, 1995 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 ( Chrétien) | |
29 | Lyle Vanclief | June 11, 1997 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
30 | Bob Speller | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 ( Martin) | |
31 | Andy Mitchell | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
32 | Chuck Strahl | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 ( Harper) | |
33 | Gerry Ritz | August 14, 2007 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | ||
34 |
Lawrence MacAulay (1st time) |
November 4, 2015 | March 1, 2019 | Liberal | 29 ( J. Trudeau) | |
35 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | ||
(34) |
Lawrence MacAulay (2nd time) |
July 26, 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | |
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Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Agroalimentaire | |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | |
Appointer |
Monarch (represented by the
governor general);
[3] on the advice of the prime minister [4] |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Precursor | Minister of Agriculture |
Inaugural holder | Ralph Goodale |
Formation | 12 January 1995 |
Salary | CA$269,800 (2019) [5] |
Website |
agr |
The minister of agriculture and agri-food ( French: ministre de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, the National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission.
The current minister of agriculture and agri-food is Lawrence MacAulay.
The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture ( French: ministre de l'agriculture), a position that existed since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Key:
Minister of Agriculture | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
1 | Jean-Charles Chapais | July 1, 1867 | November 15, 1869 | Conservative (historical) | 1 ( Macdonald) | |
2 | Christopher Dunkin | November 16, 1869 | October 24, 1871 | Conservative (historical) | ||
3 |
John Henry Pope (1st time) |
October 25, 1871 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
4 | Luc Letellier de St-Just | November 7, 1873 | December 14, 1876 | Liberal | 2 ( Mackenzie) | |
– |
Isaac Burpee (Acting) |
December 15, 1876 | January 25, 1877 | Liberal | ||
5 | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier | January 25, 1877 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | ||
(3) |
John Henry Pope (2nd time) |
October 17, 1878 | September 25, 1885 | Liberal-Conservative | 3 ( Macdonald) | |
6 | John Carling | September 25, 1885 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative (historical) | ||
June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | 4 ( Abbott) | ||||
7 | Auguste-Réal Angers | December 7, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | Conservative (historical) | 5 ( Thompson) | |
December 21, 1894 | July 12, 1895 | 6 ( Bowell) | ||||
8 |
Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (Acting) |
July 13, 1895 | December 20, 1895 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
9 |
Walter Humphries Montague (1st time) |
December 21, 1895 | January 5, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
– |
Donald Ferguson (Acting) |
January 6, 1896 | January 14, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(9) |
Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time) |
January 15, 1896 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | 7 ( Tupper) | ||||
10 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | July 13, 1896 | October 6, 1911 | Liberal | 8 ( Laurier) | |
11 | Martin Burrell | October 16, 1911 | October 12, 1917 | Conservative (historical) | 9 ( Borden) | |
12 |
Thomas Crerar (1st time) |
October 12, 1917 | June 11, 1919 | Unionist | 10 ( Borden) | |
– |
James Alexander Calder (Acting) |
June 18, 1919 | August 11, 1919 | Unionist | ||
13 |
Simon Fraser Tolmie (1st time) |
August 12, 1919 | July 10, 1920 | Conservative (historical) | ||
July 10, 1920 | December 29, 1921 | 11 ( Meighen) | ||||
14 |
William Richard Motherwell (1st time) |
December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | Liberal | 12 ( King) | |
– |
Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting) |
June 29, 1926 | July 12, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 ( Meighen) | |
(13) |
Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time) |
July 13, 1926 | September 25, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(14) |
William Richard Motherwell (2nd time) |
September 25, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | 14 ( King) | |
15 | Robert Weir | August 8, 1930 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | 15 ( Bennett) | |
– |
Thomas Crerar (2nd time; Acting) |
October 25, 1935 | November 3, 1935 | Liberal | 16 ( King) | |
16 | James Garfield Gardiner | November 4, 1935 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | ||
November 15, 1948 | June 21, 1957 | 17 ( St. Laurent) | ||||
17 | Douglas Harkness | June 21, 1957 (Acting until Aug.7) |
October 10, 1960 | Progressive Conservative | 18 ( Diefenbaker) | |
18 | Alvin Hamilton | October 11, 1960 | April 22, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
19 | Harry Hays | April 22, 1963 | December 17, 1965 | Liberal | 19 ( Pearson) | |
20 | John James Greene | December 18, 1965 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | ||
April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | 20 ( P. E. Trudeau) | ||||
21 | Bud Olson | July 6, 1968 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | ||
22 |
Eugene Whelan (1st time) |
November 27, 1972 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
23 |
John Wise (1st time) |
June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 ( Clark) | |
(22) |
Eugene Whelan (2nd time) |
March 3, 1980 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | 22 ( P. E. Trudeau) | |
24 | Ralph Ferguson | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 ( Turner) | |
(23) |
John Wise (2nd time) |
September 17, 1984 | September 14, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | 24 ( Mulroney) | |
25 | Don Mazankowski | September 15, 1988 | April 20, 1991 | Progressive Conservative | ||
26 | Bill McKnight | April 21, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
27 | Charles Mayer | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
June 24, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | 25 ( Campbell) | ||||
28 | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 1993 | January 11, 1995 | Liberal | 26 ( Chrétien) | |
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | ||||||
28 | Ralph Goodale | January 12, 1995 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 ( Chrétien) | |
29 | Lyle Vanclief | June 11, 1997 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
30 | Bob Speller | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 ( Martin) | |
31 | Andy Mitchell | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
32 | Chuck Strahl | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 ( Harper) | |
33 | Gerry Ritz | August 14, 2007 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | ||
34 |
Lawrence MacAulay (1st time) |
November 4, 2015 | March 1, 2019 | Liberal | 29 ( J. Trudeau) | |
35 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | ||
(34) |
Lawrence MacAulay (2nd time) |
July 26, 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal |