Nineteenth Ministry
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Liberal[1]
22 April 1963 to 20 April 1968
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
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration[2]
22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964
3 Feb. 1964 - 14 Feb. 1965
Hon. John Robert Nicholson
[5]15 Feb. 1965 - 17 Dec. 1965
18 Dec. 1965 - 30 Sept. 1966
Minister of Consumer and Corporate
Affairs[7]
Hon. John Napier Turner
21 Dec. 1967 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Defence Production[8]
Hon. Charles Mills Drury
22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources[9]
Hon. Jean-Luc Pepin
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Secretary of State for External Affairs
Hon. Paul Joseph James Martin
22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968
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
Minister of Fisheries
Hon. Hédard Robichaud
22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968
Hon. John Robert Nicholson
[13]22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964
3 Feb. 1964 - 30 Sept. 1966
Minister of Forestry and Rural
Development[15]
Hon. Maurice Sauvé
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern
Development[16]
Hon. Arthur Laing
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Hon. Charles Mills Drury
25 July 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Hon. Lionel Chevrier
22 Apr. 1963 - 2 Feb. 1964
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
Minister of Labour
Hon. Allan Joseph MacEachen
[19]22 Apr. 1963 - 17 Dec. 1965
Hon. John Robert Nicholson
18 Dec. 1965 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Manpower and Immigration[20]
Hon. Jean Marchand
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
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
18 Dec. 1965 - 30 Sept. 1966
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
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
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
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
Minister of Northern Affairs and National
Resources[28]
22 Apr. 1963 - 30 Sept. 1966
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
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-
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
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
Registrar General of Canada[35]
1 Oct. 1966 - 3 Apr. 1967
Hon. John Napier Turner
[37]4 Apr. 1967 - 20 Dec. 1967
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
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
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
President of the Treasury Board[44]
Hon. Edgar John Benson
[45]1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Minister of Veterans Affairs
Hon. Roger Joseph Teillet
22 Apr. 1963 - 20 Apr. 1968
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
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
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
Parliamentary Secretaries
Not of the ministry
Agriculture
Bruce Silas Beer
14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965
7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
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
Consumer and Corporate Affairs
Ovide Laflamme
7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968
Energy, Mines and Resources
Jack Davis
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
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
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
Fisheries
Charles Ronald McKay Granger
7 Jan. 1966 - 31 July 1966
Richard Joseph Cashin
4 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Forestry
Bruce Silas Beer
20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Stanley Haidasz
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Industry
David George Hahn
16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965
Donald Stovel Macdonald
7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968
Justice
Donald Stovel Macdonald
14 May 1963 - 15 July 1965
Jean-Charles Cantin
16 July 1965 - 8 Sept. 1965
Labour
James Allen Byrne
14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965
Bryce Stuart Mackasey
7 Jan. 1966 - 8 Feb. 1968
Manpower and Immigration
John Carr Munro
1 Oct. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Mines and Technical Surveys
Jack Davis
7 Jan. 1966 - 30 Sept. 1966
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
National Revenue
James Edgar Walker
7 Jan. 1966 - 6 Jan. 1968
Northern Affairs and National Resources
John Napier Turner
14 May 1963 - 8 Sept. 1965
Stanley Haidasz
7 Jan. 1966 - 30 Sept. 1966
Postmaster General
George Roy McWilliam
14 May 1963 - 19 Feb. 1964
Alexis Caron
20 Feb. 1964 - 8 Sept. 1965
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
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
Registrar General of Canada
Ovide Laflamme
:20 Apr. 1967 - 6 Jan. 1968
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
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
Transport
Jean-Charles Cantin
14 May 1963 - 15 July 1965
James Allen Byrne
7 Jan. 1966 - 20 Apr. 1968
Treasury Board
James Edgar Walker
7 Jan. 1968 - 20 Apr. 1968
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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