Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister | |
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Office of the Prime Minister | |
Seat | Langevin Block |
Appointer | Prime Minister of Canada |
Formation | 1987 |
First holder | Derek Burney |
The Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister is the top official in Canada's Prime Minister's Office (PMO). [1] The position was created in 1987 to head the PMO. [2]
Prior to the creation of the chief of staff position, the office was headed by the prime minister's principal secretary, a position that is now secondary to the chief of staff. [2] Individuals who held the position of principal secretary prior to 1987 were essentially de facto chiefs of staff, and may sometimes be informally referred to as chiefs of staff in some sources, but did not hold the formal title chief of staff.
Bernard Roy, Brian Mulroney's principal secretary from 1984 to 1988, was the last principal secretary to act as head of the PMO before the creation of the chief of staff position. [2]
No. | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Reference | |
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1 | Derek Burney | 1987 | 1989 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) | [2] |
2 | Stanley Hartt | 1989 | 1990 | Progressive Conservative | [3] | |
3 | Norman Spector | 1990 | 1992 | Progressive Conservative | [4] | |
4 | Hugh Segal | 1992 | 1993 | Progressive Conservative | [5] | |
5 | David McLaughlin | 1993 | 1993 | Progressive Conservative | [6] | |
6 | Jodi White | 1993 | 1993 | Progressive Conservative | 25 (Campbell) | [7] |
7 | Jean Pelletier | 1993 | 2001 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | [8] |
8 | Percy Downe | 2001 | 2003 | Liberal | [9] | |
9 | Edward Goldenberg | 2003 | 2003 | Liberal | [10] | |
10 | Tim Murphy | 2003 | 2006 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | [11] |
11 | Ian Brodie | 2006 | 2008 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | [12] |
12 | Guy Giorno | 2008 | 2010 | Conservative | [13] | |
13 | Nigel Wright | 2011 | 2013 | Conservative | [14] | |
14 | Ray Novak | 2013 | 2015 | Conservative | [15] | |
15 | Katie Telford | 2015 | Incumbent | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) | [16] |
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