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Eighteenth Ministry |
PROGRESSIVE-CONSERVATIVE
[1]PRIME MINISTER
The Right Honourable John George Diefenbaker[2]
THE MINISTRY
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| Hon. Douglas Scott Harkness Acting Minister | 21 June 1957 - 6 Aug. 1957 |
| Hon. Douglas Scott Harkness[3] | 7 Aug. 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Francis Alvin George Hamilton | 11 Oct. 1960 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | |
| Hon. Edmund Davie Fulton Acting Minister | 21 June 1957 - 11 May 1958 |
| Hon. Ellen Louks Fairclough[4] | 12 May 1958 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Richard Albert Bell | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Defence Production | |
| Hon. Howard Charles Green Acting Minister | 21 June 1957 - 11 May 1958 |
| Hon. Raymond Joseph Michael O'Hurley | 12 May 1958 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Secretary of State for External Affairs | |
| Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker | 21 June 1957 - 12 Sept. 1957 |
| Hon. Sidney Earle Smith | 13 Sept. 1957 - 17 Mar. 1959 |
| Vacant | 18 Mar. 1959 |
| Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker Acting Minister | 19 Mar. 1959 - 3 June 1959 |
| Hon. Howard Charles Green | 4 June 1959 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | |
| Hon. Donald Methuen Fleming[5] | 21 June 1957 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. George Clyde Nowlan | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Fisheries | |
| Hon. John Angus MacLean | 21 June 1957 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Forestry[6] | |
| Vacant | 1 Oct. 1960 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Hugh John Flemming[7] | 11 Oct. 1960 - 17 Mar. 1963 |
| Hon. Martial Asselin | 18 Mar. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | |
| Hon. Edmund Davie Fulton[8] | 21 June 1957 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Donald Methuen Fleming | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Labour | |
| Hon. Michael Starr | 21 June 1957 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys | |
| Hon. Léon Balcer Acting Minister | 21 June 1957 - 6 Aug. 1957 |
| Hon. Paul Comtois | 7 Aug. 1957 - 6 Oct. 1961 |
| Vacant | 7 Oct. 1961 - 9 Oct. 1961 |
| Hon. Walter Gilbert Dinsdale Acting Minister | 10 Oct. 1961 - 27 Dec. 1961 |
| Hon. Jacques Flynn | 28 Dec. 1961 - 12 July 1962 |
| Vacant | 13 July 1962 - 17 July 1962 |
| Hon. Hugh John Flemming Acting Minister | 18 July 1962 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Paul Martineau | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of National Defence | |
| Hon. George Randolph Pearkes | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Douglas Scott Harkness | 11 Oct. 1960 - 3 Feb. 1963 |
| Vacant | 4 Feb. 1963 - 11 Feb. 1963 |
| Hon. Gordon Churchill | 12 Feb. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Associate Minister of National Defence | |
| Vacant | 21 June 1957 - 19 Aug. 1959 |
| Hon. Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny | 20 Aug. 1959 - 8 Feb. 1963 |
| Vacant | 9 Feb. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of National Health and Welfare | |
| Hon. Alfred Johnson Brooks Acting Minister | 21 June 1957 - 21 Aug. 1957 |
| Hon. Jay Waldo Monteith | 22 Aug. 1957 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of National Revenue | |
| Hon. George Clyde Nowlan[9] | 21 June 1957 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Hugh John Flemming[10] | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources | |
| Hon. Douglas Scott Harkness[11] | 21 June 1957 - 18 Aug. 1957 |
| Vacant | 19 Aug. 1957 - 21 Aug. 1957 |
| Hon. Francis Alvin George Hamilton[12] | 22 Aug. 1957 - 10 Oct 1960 |
| Hon. Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 11 Oct. 1960 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Hon. William McLean Hamilton | 21 June 1957 - 12 July 1962 |
| Vacant | 13 July 1962 - 17 July 1962 |
| Hon. John Angus MacLean Acting Minister | 18 July 1962 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Ellen Louks Fairclough | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| President of the Privy Council | |
| Vacant | 21 June 1957 - 27 Dec. 1961 |
| Hon. Noël Dorion[13] | 28 Dec. 1961 - 5 July 1962 |
| Vacant | 6 July 1962 - 20 Dec. 1962 |
| Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker | 21 Dec. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Public Works | |
| Hon. Howard Charles Green[14] | 21 June 1957 - 19 Aug. 1959 |
| Hon. David James Walker | 20 Aug. 1959 - 12 July 1962 |
| Vacant | 13 July 1962 - 17 July 1962 |
| Hon. Howard Charles Green Acting Minister | 18 July 1962 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Edmund Davie Fulton | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Secretary of State of Canada[15] | |
| Hon. Ellen Louks Fairclough[16] | 21 June 1957 - 11 May 1958 |
| Hon. Henri Courtemanche | 12 May 1958 - 19 Jan. 1960 |
| Vacant | 20 Jan. 1960 |
| Hon. Léon Balcer Acting Minister | 21 Jan. 1960 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Noël Dorion[17] | 11 Oct. 1960 - 5 July 1962 |
| Vacant | 6 July 1962 - 10 July 1962 |
| Hon. Léon Balcer Acting Minister | 11 July 1962 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. George Ernest Halpenny | 9 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada | |
| Hon. Léon Balcer[18] | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. William Joseph Browne | 11 Oct. 1960 - 9 Aug. 1962 |
| Vacant | 10 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Trade and Commerce | |
| Hon. Gordon Churchill[19] | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. George Harris Hees | 11 Oct. 1960 - 8 Feb. 1963 |
| Vacant | 9 Feb. 1963 - 11 Feb. 1963 |
| Hon. Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon Senator | 12 Feb. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Transport | |
| Hon. George Harris Hees[20] | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Léon Balcer | 11 Oct. 1960 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| Hon. Alfred Johnson Brooks | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. Gordon Churchill[21] | 11 Oct. 1960 - 11 Feb. 1963 |
| Hon. Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert | 12 Feb. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Hon. William Joseph Browne[22] | 21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Hon. James MacKerras Macconnell | 2-1 June 1957 - 19 Aug. 1959 |
| Hon. John Thomas Haig Senator | 9 Oct. 1957 - 11 May 1958 |
| Hon. George Ernest Halpenny[23] | 11 Oct. 1960 - 8 Aug. 1962 |
| Hon. Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon[24] Senator | 9 Aug. 1962 - 11 Feb. 1963 |
| Hon. Frank Charles McGee | 18 Mar. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
| Hon. Théogène Ricard | 18 Mar. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963 |
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| PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS | |
| NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
| Agriculture | |
| John Alpheus Charlton | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Citizenship and Immigration | |
| John Borden Hamilton | 6 Nov. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| External Affairs | |
| Wallace Bickford Nesbitt | 10 Jan. 1958 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Finance | |
| Richard Albert Bell | 19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Justice | |
| David James Walker | 19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Labour | |
| Arthur Maloney | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Mines and Technical Surveys | |
| Raymond Joseph Michael O'Hurley | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| National Defence | |
| Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| National Health and Welfare | |
| George Ernest Halpenny | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Wallace Bickford Nesbitt | 19 Aug. 1957 - 9 Jan. 1958 |
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| Public Works | |
| Clayton Wesley Hodgson | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Trade and Commerce | |
| Thomas Miller Bell | 7 Aug. 1957 - 9 Jan. 1958 |
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| Transport | |
| Angus Ronald Macdonald | 7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| Veterans Affairs | |
| Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958 |
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| PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES[25] | |
| NOT OF THE MINISTRY | |
| Agriculture | |
| Lewis Elston Cardiff | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| Warner Herbert Jorgenson | 18 Oct. 1960 - 17 Oct. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 | |
| John Alpheus Charlton | 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 |
| Louis-Joseph Pigeon | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Citizenship and Immigration | |
| John Alpheus Charlton | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| Frank Charles McGee | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| External Affairs | |
| Wallace Bickford Nesbitt | 1 Sept. 1959 - 31 Aug. 1960 |
| 18 Nov. 1960 - 17 Nov. 1961 | |
| Heath Nelson Macquarrie | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Finance | |
| Richard Albert Bell | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| William Heward Grafftey | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Fisheries | |
| Roland Léo English | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| Albert Deburgo McPhillips | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Justice | |
| Thomas Miller Bell | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| 17 Aug 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 | |
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| Labour | |
| Richard Devere Thrasher | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| Alfred Dryden Hales | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Mines and Technical Surveys | |
| James Aloysius McGrath | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| National Defence | |
| Egan Chambers | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
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| National Health and Welfare | |
| Lewis Elston Cardiff | 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 |
| Jean Casselman | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| National Revenue | |
| Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
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| Postmaster General | |
| Edmund Leverett Morris | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1960 |
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| Prime Minister | |
| Paul Martineau | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| John Cameron Pallett | 18 Nov. 1960 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| Théogène Ricard | 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 |
| 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 | |
| Gerald William Baldwin | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Public Works | |
| Yvon-Roma Tassé | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| Robert Jardine McCleave | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Trade and Commerce | |
| John Cameron Pallett | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1960 |
| Edmund Leverett Morris | 18 Nov. 1960 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| Wallace Bickford Nesbitt | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Transport | |
| Clayton Wesley Hodgson | 18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961 |
| Quinto Antonio Martini | 18 Nov. 1961 - 19 Apr. 1962 |
| James Alexander McBain | 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 |
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| Veterans Affairs | |
| Walter Gilbert Dinsdale | 18 Nov. 1959 - 10 Oct. 1960 |
| Henry Frank Jones | 16 Nov. 1960 - 15 Nov. 1961 |
| 18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962 | |
| 17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963 | |
[1] With the defeat of the Government in the general election of 10 June 1957, St-Laurent resigned on 21 June 1957 and the Eighteenth Ministry assumed office the same day.
[2] Diefenbaker was also President of the Privy Council and Secretary of State for External Affairs.
[3] Harkness was also Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources. He was appointed Minister of National Defence on 11 Oct. 1960.
[4] Fairclough was appointed Postmaster General on 9 Aug. 1962.
[5] Fleming was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 9 Aug. 1962.
[6] The office of Minister of Forestry was created by Statute 8-9 Eliz. II, c. 41, assented to on 1 Aug. 1960 and proclaimed in force on 1 Oct. 1960.
[7] Flemming was also Minister of National Revenue.
[8] Fulton was appointed Minister of Public Works on 9 Aug. 1962.
[9] Nowlan was appointed Minister of Finance and Receiver General on 9 Aug. 1962.
[10] Flemming was also Minister of Forestry.
[11] Harkness was also Minister of Agriculture.
[12] Hamilton was appointed Minister of Agriculture on 11 Oct. 1960.
[13] Dorion was also Secretary of State of Canada.
[14] Green was also Secretary of State for External Affairs.
[15] The Secretary of State of Canada was ex-officio the Registrar General of Canada.
[16] Fairclough was appointed Minister of Citizenship and Immigration on 12 May 1958.
[17] Dorion was also President of the Privy Council.
[18] Balcer was appointed Minister of Transport on 11 Oct. 1960.
[19] Churchill was appointed Minister of Veterans Affairs on 11 Oct. 1960.
[20] Hees was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce on 11 Oct. 1960.
[21] Churchill was appointed Minister of National Defence on 12 Feb. 1963.
[22] Browne was appointed Solicitor General of Canada on 11 Oct. 1960.
[23] Halpenny was appointed Secretary of State of Canada on 9 Aug. 1962.
[24] McCutcheon was appointed Minister of Trade and Commerce on 12 Feb. 1963.
[25] Statute 7-8 Eliz. II, c. 15, assented to on 4 June 1959, created the office of Parliamentary Secretary, this office replacing that of Parliamentary Assistant.
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