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Nineteenth Ministry |
LIBERAL
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable Lester Bowles Pearson
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. Harry William Hays | 22 Apr. 1963 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. John James Greene | 18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration[2] | |
| Hon. Guy Favreau[3] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. René Tremblay[4] | 3 Feb. 1964 - 14 Feb. 1965 |
| Hon. John Robert Nicholson[5] | 15 Feb. 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Jean Marchand[6] | 18 Dec. 1965 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs[7] | |
| Hon. John Napier Turner | 21 Dec. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Defence Production[8] | |
| Hon. Charles Mills Drury | 22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources[9] | |
| Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
| Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin | 22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. Walter Lockhart Gordon[10] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 10 Nov. 1965 |
| Hon. Mitchell William Sharp Acting Minister | 11 Nov. 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Mitchell William Sharp[11] | 18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Fisheries | |
| Hon. Hédard Robichaud | 22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Forestry[12] | |
| Hon. John Robert Nicholson[13] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. Maurice Sauvé[14] | 3 Feb. 1964 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Minister of Forestry and Rural Development[15] | |
| Hon. Maurice Sauvé | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development[16] | |
| Hon. Arthur Laing | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Industry[17] | |
| Hon. Charles Mills Drury | 25 July 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Lionel Chevrier | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. Guy Favreau[18] | 3 Feb. 1964 - 29 June 1965 |
| Hon. George James Mcllraith Acting Minister | 30 June 1965 - 6 July 1965 |
| Hon. Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin | 7 July 1965 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau | 4 Apr. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Hon. Allan Joseph MacEachen[19] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. John Robert Nicholson | 18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Manpower and Immigration[20] | |
| Hon. Jean Marchand | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys[21] | |
| Hon. William Moore Benidickson | 22 Apr. 1963 - 6 July 1965 |
| Hon. John Watson MacNaught | 7 July 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin[22] | 18 Dec. 1965 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| Hon. Paul Theodore Hellyer[23] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 18 Sept. 1967 |
| Hon. Léo Alphonse Joseph Cadieux | 19 Sept. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Associate Minister of National Defence | |
| Hon. Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin[24] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 14 Feb. 1965 |
| Hon. Léo Alphonse Joseph Cadieux[25] | 15 Feb. 1965 - 18 Sept. 1967 |
| Vacant | 19 Sept. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of National Health and Welfare | |
| Hon. Julia Verlyn LaMarsh[26] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Allan Joseph MacEachen | 18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of National Revenue | |
| Hon. John Richard Garland | 22 Apr. 1963 - 14 Mar. 1964 |
| Vacant | 15 Mar. 1964 - 18 Mar. 1964 |
| Hon. George James McIlraith Acting Minister | 19 Mar. 1964 - 28 June 1964 |
| Hon. Edgar John Benson[27] | 29 June 1964 - 17 Jan. 1968 |
| Hon. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien | 18 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources[28] | |
| Hon. Arthur Laing[29] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. Azellus Denis | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. John Robert Nicholson[30] | 3 Feb. 1964 - 14 Feb. 1965 |
| Hon. René Tremblay | 15 Feb. 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté | 18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Hon. Maurice Lamontagne[31] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. George James McIlraith[32] | 3 Feb. 1964 - 6 July 1965- |
| Hon. Guy Favreau[33] | 7 July 1965 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| Hon. Walter Lockhart Gordon | 4 Apr. 1967 - 10 Mar. 1968 |
| Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau Acting Minister | 11 Mar. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Jean-Paul Deschatelets | 22 Apr. 1963 - 11 Feb. 1965 |
| Vacant | 12 Feb. 1965 - 14 Feb. 1965 |
| Hon. Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin[34] | 15 Feb. 1965 - 6 July 1965 |
| Hon. George James McIlraith | 7 July 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Registrar General of Canada[35] | |
| Hon. Guy Favreau[36] | 1 Oct. 1966 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| Hon. John Napier Turner[37] | 4 Apr. 1967 - 20 Dec. 1967 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[38] | |
| Hon. John Whitney Pickersgill[39] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. Maurice Lamontagne | 3 Feb. 1964 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. Julia Verlyn LaMarsh | 18 Dec. 1965 - 9 Apr. 1968 |
| Hon. John Joseph Connolly Acting Minister | 10 Apr. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
| Solicitor General of Canada[40] | |
| Hon. John Watson MacNaught[41] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 6 July 1965 |
| Hon. Lawrence Pennell | 7 July 1965 - 19 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Hon. Mitchell William Sharp[42] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 3 Jan. 1966 |
| Hon. Robert Henry Winters | 4 Jan. 1966 - 29 Mar. 1968 |
| Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin Acting Minister | 30 Mar. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| Hon. George James McIlraith[43] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. John Whitney Pickersgill | 3 Feb. 1964 - 18 Sept. 1967 |
| Hon. Paul Theodore Hellyer | 19 Sept. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| President of the Treasury Board[44] | |
| Hon. Edgar John Benson[45] | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| Hon. Roger Joseph Teillet | 22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. William Ross Macdonald Senator | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. John Watson MacNaught[46] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 6 July 1965 |
| Hon. René Tremblay[47] | 22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| Hon. John Joseph Connolly Senator | 3 Feb. 1964 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
| Hon. Yvon Dupuis | 3 Feb. 1964 - 21 Jan. 1965 |
| Hon. Lawrence Pennell[48] | 7 July 1965 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
| Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin[49] | 7 July 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965 |
| Hon. John Napier Turner[50] | 18 Dec. 1965 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| Hon. Walter Lockhart Gordon[51] | 9 Jan. 1967 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| Hon. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien[52] | 4 Apr. 1967 - 17 Jan. 1968 |
| Hon. Charles Ronald McKay Granger | 25 Sept. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
| Hon. Bryce Stuart Mackasey | 9 Feb. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES | |
| NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
| Agriculture | |
| Bruce Silas Beer | 14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 | |
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| Citizenship and Immigration | |
| John Carr Munro | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| Hubert Badanai | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| John Carr Munro | 7 Jan. 1966 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Consumer and Corporate Affairs | |
| Ovide Laflamme | 7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Energy, Mines and Resources | |
| Jack Davis | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| External Affairs | |
| John Benjamin Stewart | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| Stanley Haidasz | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Donald Stovel Macdonald | 7 Jan. 1966 - 6 Jan. 1968 |
| Gérard Pelletier | 20 Apr. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Finance | |
| Edgar John Benson | 14 May 1963 - 28 June 1964 |
| Lawrence Pennell | 30 June 1964 - 6 July 1965 |
| Donald Stovel Macdonald | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien | 7 Jan. 1966 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
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| Fisheries | |
| Charles Ronald McKay Granger | 7 Jan. 1966 - 31 July 1966 |
| Richard Joseph Cashin | 4 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Forestry | |
| Bruce Silas Beer | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
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| Indian Affairs and Northern Development | |
| Stanley Haidasz | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Industry | |
| David George Hahn | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Donald Stovel Macdonald | 7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Justice | |
| Donald Stovel Macdonald | 14 May 1963 - 15 July 1965 |
| Jean-Charles Cantin | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
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| Labour | |
| James Allen Byrne | 14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Bryce Stuart Mackasey | 7 Jan. 1966 - 8 Feb. 1968 |
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| Manpower and Immigration | |
| John Carr Munro | 1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Mines and Technical Surveys | |
| Jack Davis | 7 Jan. 1966 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| National Health and Welfare | |
| Stanley Haidasz | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| John Carr Munro | 20 Feb. 1964 - 15 July 1965 |
| Bryce Stuart Mackasey | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Margaret Rideout | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| National Revenue | |
| James Edgar Walker | 7 Jan. 1966 - 6 Jan. 1968 |
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| Northern Affairs and National Resources | |
| John Napier Turner | 14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Stanley Haidasz | 7 Jan. 1966 - 30 Sept. 1966 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| George Roy McWilliam | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| Alexis Caron | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Alexis Caron | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| Jack Davis | 14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Guy Rouleau | 17 Feb. 1964 - 23 Nov. 1964 |
| Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau | 7 Jan. 1966 - 3 Apr. 1967 |
| John Ross Matheson | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Public Works | |
| Hubert Badanai | 14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964 |
| George Roy McWilliam | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| John Benjamin Stewart | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Registrar General of Canada | |
| Ovide Laflamme | :20 Apr. 1967 - 6 Jan. 1968 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada | |
| Yvon Dupuis | 14 May 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964 |
| John Benjamin Stewart | 20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Albert Béchard | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Trade and Commerce | |
| Jean-Luc Pepin | 14 May 1963 - 6 July 1965 |
| John Carr Munro | 16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
| Jean-Charles Cantin | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Transport | |
| Jean-Charles Cantin | 14 May 1963 - 15 July 1965 |
| James Allen Byrne | 7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Treasury Board | |
| James Edgar Walker | 7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968 |
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| Veterans Affairs | |
| Chesley William Carter | 14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965 |
[1] With the defeat of the Government in the general election of 8 Apr. 1963, on 22 Apr. the Governor General accepted Diefenbaker's resignation and the Nineteenth Ministry assumed office.
[2] See Note 19.
[3] Favreau was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 3 Feb. 1964.
[4] Tremblay was appointed Postmaster General on 15 Feb. 1965.
[5] Nicholson was appointed Minister of Labour on 18 Dec. 1965.
[6] Marchand was appointed Minister of Manpower and Immigration on 1 Oct. 1966.
[7] The office of Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was created by Statute 16 Eliz, II, c. 16, and assented to on 21 Dec. 1967. By this Act the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs is to perform the duties of the Registrar General of Canada.
[8] See Note 16.
[9] The office of Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys was abolished and the office of Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources created by statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966.
[10] Gordon rejoined the Ministry as Minister without Portfolio on 9 Jan. 1967.
[11] Sharp was also Minister of Trade and Commerce.
[12] The office of Minister of Forestry was abolished and the office of Minister of Forestry and Rural Development created by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966.
[13] Nicholson was appointed Postmaster General on 3 Feb. 1964.
[14] Sauvé was appointed Minister of Forestry and Rural Development on 1 Oct. 1966.
[15] The office of Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources was abolished and the office of Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development was created by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966.
[16] The office of Minister of Industry was created by Statute 12 Eliz. II, c. 3, assented to on 22 July 1963 and proclaimed in force on 25 July 1963. By this Act the Minister of Industry was to exercise all the duties, powers and functions of the Minister of Defence Production.
[17] The office of Minister of Industry was created by Statute 12 Eliz. II, c. 3, assented to on 22 July 1963 and proclaimed in force on 25 July 1963. By this Act the Minister of Industry was to exercise all the duties, powers and functions of the Minister of Defence Production.
[18] Favreau was appointed President of the Privy Council on 7 July 1965.
[19] MacEachen was appointed Minister of National Health and Welfare on 18 Dec. 1965.
[20] The office of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration was abolished and the office of Minister of Manpower and Immigration created by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force 1 Oct. 1966.
[21] See Note 9.
[22] Pepin was appointed Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources on 1 Oct. 1966.
[23] Hellyer was appointed Minister of Transport on 19 Sept. 1967.
[24] Cardin was appointed Minister of Public Works on 15 Feb. 1965.
[25] Cadieux was appointed Minister of National Defence on 19 Sept. 1967.
[26] LaMarsh was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 18 Dec. 1965.
[27] Benson was also President of the Treasury Board.
[28] See Note 15.
[29] Laing was appointed Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern development on 1 Oct. 1966.
[30] Nicholson was appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on 15 Feb. 1965.
[31] Lamontagne was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 3 Feb. 1964.
[32] McIlraith was appointed Minister of Public Works on 7 July 1965.
[33] Favreau was also Registrar General of Canada.
[34] Cardin was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 7 July 1965.
[35] The separate ministerial office of Registrar General of Canada was created by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966. Previously the Secretary of State of Canada was ex officio the Registrar General of Canada. See Note 7.
[36] Favreau was also President of the Privy Council.
[37] Turner was appointed Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs on 21 Dec. 1967.
[38] See Note 34.
[39] Pickersgill was appointed Minister of Transport on 3 Feb. 1964.
[40] Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966, repealed the Solicitor General Act (R.S.C. 1952, c. 253) and created the ministerial office of the Solicitor General of Canada. Previously the off ice was not a cabinet portfolio per se, though frequently the incumbent was sworn of the Privy Council and attended Cabinet meetings. A unique procedure followed during the Nineteenth Ministry was the appointment and swearing of both MacNaught and Pennell a Sr. Minister without Portfolio at the same time each was appointed and sworn of the Privy Council and as Solicitor General of Canada. This apparently was done in order to leave no doubt that the appointees were considered members of the Cabinet.
[41] MacNaught was appointed Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys on 7 July 1965.
[42] Sharp was also Minister of Finance and Receiver General.
[43] McIlraith was appointed President of the Privy Council on 3 Feb. 1964.
[44] The office of President of the Treasury Board was created by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25, assented to on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1966. Previously the Minister of Finance was ex officio the Chairman of the Treasury Board, which remained a committee of the Privy Council.
[45] Benson was also Minister of National Revenue.
[46] See Solicitor General of Canada.
[47] Tremblay was appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on 3 Feb. 1964.
[48] Pennell was also Solicitor General of Canada.
[49] Pepin was appointed Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys on 18 Dec. 1965.
[50] Turner was appointed Registrar General of Canada on 4 April 1967.
[51] Gordon was appointed President of the Privy Council on 4 Apr. 1967.
[52] Chrétien was appointed Minister of National Revenue on 18 Jan. 1968.
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