John Campbell Elliott

Last updated June 27, 2025

The Honourable John Campbell Elliott
Elliott in 1927

Senator for Middlesex County, Ontario
In office 1940–1941

Postmasters general of Canada

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

v t e Ministers of veterans affairs of Canada
Soldiers' civil re-establishment (1918–28)	Lougheed Manion Béland Elliott Manion (acting) Morand (acting) Paquet King
Pensions and national health (1928–44)	King Ralston McLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie
Veterans affairs (1944–present)	Mackenzie Gregg Lapointe Brooks Churchill Lambert Teillet Dubé Laing MacDonald McKinnon MacDonald Lamontagne (acting) Campbell Hees Merrithew Campbell McCreath Collenette Young Mifflin Baker Duhamel Pagtakhan McCallum Guarnieri Thompson Blackburn Blaney Fantino O'Toole Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor Fisher

v t e Ministers of public works of Canada
Public works (1867–1996)	McDougall Langevin Mackenzie Tupper Langevin Smith Ouimet Desjardins Tarte Sutherland Hyman Pugsley Monk Rogers Ballantyne Carvell Reid (acting) Sifton Reid (acting) McCurdy Bostock King Perley Ryckman Elliott Stewart P. Cardin Michaud (acting) Fournier Harris (acting) Winters Green Walker Green (acting) Fulton Deschatelets L. Cardin McIlraith Laing Dubé Drury Buchanan Ouellet Nielsen Cosgrove LeBlanc Lapointe La Salle McInnes Jelinek (acting) MacKay Dick Dingwall Marleau ¹
Public works and government services (1996–2015)	Marleau Gagliano Boudria Goodale Owen Brison Fortier Paradis Ambrose Finley
Public services and procurement (2015–present)	Foote Qualtrough Anand Tassi Jaczek Jean-Yves Duclos
¹As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the minister of supply and services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995.

v t e Ministers of labour of Canada
Labour (1900–96)	Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux ¹ W. L. M. King Crothers Robertson Murdock J. H. King (acting) Elliott Manion (acting) Jones Heenan Robertson Gordon Rogers McLarty Mitchell Martin (acting) Gregg Starr MacEachen Nicholson Pépin Mackasey O'Connell Munro Ouellet (acting) O'Connell Alexander Regan Caccia Ouellet McKnight Cadieux Corbeil Danis Valcourt Axworthy Robillard
Human resources development (1996–2005)²	Young Pettigrew Stewart Frulla Dryden
Human resources and skills development (2005–13)	Stronach Finley Solberg Finley
Employment and social development (2013–15)	Kenney Poilievre
Families, children and social development (2015–present)	Duclos
Labour (1996–2015)	Robillard Gagliano MacAulay Bradshaw Fontana ³ Blackburn Ambrose Raitt Leitch
Employment, workforce and labour (2015–2019)	Mihychuk Hajdu
Labour (2019–present)	Tassi O'Regan MacKinnon
¹Until 1909, the office of the minister of labour was a secondary function of the postmaster-general of Canada. W. L. M. King was the first to hold the office independently. ²The office of Minister of Employment and Immigration, and Minister of Labour were abolished and the office of Minister of Human Resources Development went in force on July 12, 1996. Under the new provisions, a minister of labour may be appointed. However, when no minister of labour is appointed, the minister of human resources development shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the minister of labour. ³Styled "Minister of Labour and Housing".

v t e Ministers of health of Canada
Soldiers' civil re-establishment (1918–28)	Lougheed (Senator) Manion Béland (Senator) Elliott Manion Morand Paquet King
Pensions and national health (1928–44)¹	King Ralston MacLaren Sutherland Power Mackenzie
Health and welfare (1944–96)	Claxton Martin Brooks Monteith LaMarsh MacEachen Munro Lalonde Bégin Crombie Bégin Epp Beatty Bouchard Collins Marleau Dingwall
Health (1996–)	Dingwall Rock McLellan Pettigrew Dosanjh Clement Aglukkaq Ambrose Philpott Petitpas Taylor Hajdu Duclos Holland Khera
¹The portfolio was divided to create the posts of Minister of National Health and Welfare and Minister of Veterans Affairs.

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