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Progressive-Conservative[1]
21 June 1957 to 22 April 1963
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
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
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
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
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
Minister of Fisheries
Hon. John Angus MacLean
21 June 1957 - 22 Apr. 1963
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
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
Minister of Labour
Hon. Michael Starr
21 June 1957 - 22 Apr. 1963
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
President of the Privy Council
Vacant
21 June 1957 - 27 Dec. 1961
28 Dec. 1961 - 5 July 1962
Vacant
6 July 1962 - 20 Dec. 1962
Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker
21 Dec. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963
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
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
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
Solicitor General of Canada
21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960
Hon. William Joseph Browne
11 Oct. 1960 - 9 Aug. 1962
Vacant
10 Aug. 1962 - 22 Apr. 1963
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
Minister of Transport
Hon. George Harris Hees
[20]21 June 1957 - 10 Oct. 1960
Hon. Léon Balcer
11 Oct. 1960 - 22 Apr. 1963
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
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] Senator9 Aug. 1962 - 11 Feb. 1963
Hon. Frank Charles McGee
18 Mar. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963
Hon. Théogène Ricard
18 Mar. 1963 - 22 Apr. 1963
Parliamentary Secretaries
Not of the ministry
Agriculture
John Alpheus Charlton
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Citizenship and Immigration
John Borden Hamilton
6 Nov. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
External Affairs
Wallace Bickford Nesbitt
10 Jan. 1958 - 1 Feb. 1958
Finance
Richard Albert Bell
19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Justice
David James Walker
19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Labour
Arthur Maloney
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Mines and Technical Surveys
Raymond Joseph Michael O'Hurley
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
National Defence
Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
National Health and Welfare
George Ernest Halpenny
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Prime Minister
Wallace Bickford Nesbitt
19 Aug. 1957 - 9 Jan. 1958
Public Works
Clayton Wesley Hodgson
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Trade and Commerce
Thomas Miller Bell
7 Aug. 1957 - 9 Jan. 1958
Transport
Angus Ronald Macdonald
7 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Veterans Affairs
Walter Gilbert Dinsdale
19 Aug. 1957 - 1 Feb. 1958
Parliamentary Secretaries
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
Citizenship and Immigration
John Alpheus Charlton
18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961
Frank Charles McGee
17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963
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
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
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
Justice
Thomas Miller Bell
18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961
18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962
17 Aug 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963
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
Mines and Technical Surveys
James Aloysius McGrath
17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963
National Defence
Egan Chambers
18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961
18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962
National Health and Welfare
Lewis Elston Cardiff
18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962
Jean Casselman
17 Aug. 1962 - 6 Feb. 1963
National Revenue
Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert
18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1961
18 Jan. 1962 - 19 Apr. 1962
Postmaster General
Edmund Leverett Morris
18 Nov. 1959 - 17 Nov. 1960
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
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
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
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
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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