The deputy prime minister of Canada is a minister of the Crown and a member of the Canadian Cabinet. The office is conferred at the discretion of the prime minister and does not have an associated departmental portfolio. Canadian deputy prime ministers are appointed to the Privy Council and styled as the Honourable,a privilege maintained for life.
Diane Ablonczy is a former Canadian Member of Parliament who served in the House of Commons of Canada. Ablonczy represented Calgary ridings from 1993 to 2015,sitting first with the Reform Party of Canada,then with the Canadian Alliance and finally with the Conservative Party of Canada. She served as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from January 4,2011 to July 15,2013. She was previously appointed Minister of State (Seniors) on January 19,2010. She held the position of Minister of State from October 30,2008,Secretary of State from August 14,2007,and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance from February 2006. Previously,Ablonczy served as Chief Opposition Critic for Citizenship and Immigration,Health,and Human Resources Development.
Deborah Cleland Grey,is a retired Canadian member of Parliament from Alberta for the Reform Party of Canada,the Canadian Alliance,and the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the first female leader of the Opposition in Canadian history. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Leaders' Debates Commission.
Ralph Edward Goodale is a Canadian diplomat and retired politician who has served as the Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom since April 19,2021.
Charles Richard "Chuck" Strahl,is a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2011. First elected for the Reform Party,he was the leader of the Democratic Representative Caucus that left the Canadian Alliance in opposition to Stockwell Day's leadership. When the Conservatives won power in 2006,he became a prominent cabinet minister and served as Minister of Agriculture,Indian and Northern Affairs,and Transportation.
Monte Kenton Solberg,is a Canadian businessman and politician. Solberg is a former Member of Parliament,representing the riding of Medicine Hat in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He was the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and later served as the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development. He has also served as Critic for Foreign Affairs,National Revenue,and Human Resources Development.
James Moore is a Canadian politician who formerly served as the Minister of Industry in the cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Lucienne Robillard is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal,Quebec.
Robert S. Moore is a Canadian lawyer,politician,and former Minister of State (ACOA) and Regional Minister for New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Stephen Owen,,is a Canadian administrator and politician. Owen was the Vice-President of External,Legal and Community Relations for the University of British Columbia.
Marjory LeBreton is a former leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada,a cabinet-rank position;and past national chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker,Robert Stanfield,Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney. She sat as a Progressive Conservative Senator from her appointment until moving with most of her caucus colleagues to the new Conservative Party of Canada in 2004,of which she was soon elected to Chief Whip. She served as an advisor to then opposition leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 election,which the Conservative Party won. After the election,she was named to the cabinet position Leader of the Government in the Senate. On July 4,2013,LeBreton announced she would not continue in the position as of the next cabinet shuffle,which occurred later that summer. She retired from the Senate upon reaching her 75th birthday on July 4,2015.
Dennis Gruending is a Canadian journalist and politician. He is primarily a writer of non-fiction,but also published a book of poetry and various pieces of short fiction. He is a journalist who has worked for three newspapers and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a radio host,radio producer,and television reporter.
Beverley Joan "Bev" Oda is a retired Canadian politician. She was a member of the House of Commons of Canada,as well as the first Japanese-Canadian MP and cabinet minister in Canadian history. She represented the riding of Durham for the Conservative Party of Canada. She was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women on February 6,2006. She was appointed Minister for International Cooperation on August 14,2007. On July 3,2012,Oda announced she was resigning her seat in the House of Commons effective at the end of the month following public controversy about her spending habits;she was dropped from Cabinet the following day.
Lynne Yelich,is a Canadian politician and was the Conservative MP for the former riding of Blackstrap and predecessor riding components,from 2000 to 2015.
Robert Douglas "Rob" Nicholson is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Niagara Falls in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2019 as a member of the Conservative Party. Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper,he served as Minister of National Defence,Minister of Justice,Minister of Foreign Affairs,and Leader of the Government in the House of Commons. When the Harper Government ended,he was appointed Justice Critic in the Official Opposition shadow cabinet.
Jeremy Harrison is a Canadian provincial politician who is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,representing the riding of Meadow Lake. Harrison is also the former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River,a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.
Ken Cheveldayoff is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Saskatoon Willowgrove. In 2018 he was a candidate for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party.
Nancy Heppner is a former Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,who represented the constituency of Martensville-Warman and its predecessor Martensville from 2007 to 2020.
Kelly Block is a Canadian politician representing the electoral district of Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek since 2015. She was first elected in the 2008 Canadian federal election to serve as the Member of Parliament for the Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar district. Prior to her election to the House of Commons,Block served two terms as mayor of Waldheim,Saskatchewan. Block was Waldheim's first female mayor,and also served as chairperson of the Gabriel Springs Health District. Block was later appointed to the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority when the government of Saskatchewan amalgamated its health districts. Block ran unsuccessfully for the Saskatchewan Party nomination for the provincial Martensville constituency by-election in November 2006 against Nancy Heppner.
Marie Ginette Petitpas Taylor is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Minister of Health,and is a member of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as well as the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.
