List of Canadian ministries

This is a list of Canadian ministries, the collective body of ministers of the Crown that advises the Canadian monarch—presently King Charles III—on how to exercise their Crown prerogatives. Since Canadian Confederation, July 1, 1867, there have been 30 ministries.

In Canada, a ministry is formed when a new prime minister is appointed and dissolved when that individual leaves office. The one exception occurred in 1917, when the incumbent prime minister, Sir Robert Borden, formed a new national unity government (the 10th Canadian Ministry) as a wartime coalition composed primarily of members of his own Conservative Party with some individual Liberal Party members of parliament.

In contrast to various other Commonwealth realms (such as Australia and the United Kingdom) where a "new" ministry is considered to have been formed after every general election regardless of the winner, elections in Canada do not cause dissolution of the ministry unless they result in the government's defeat. As such, the current 30th Ministry, chaired by Prime Minister Mark Carney, began governing shortly before the dissolution of the 44th Parliament in 2025.

With a duration of 15 years, 87 days, the 8th Ministry, under the leadership of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, was the lengthiest; the 68-day-long 7th Ministry, under the leadership of Sir Charles Tupper, was the briefest. William Lyon Mackenzie King led three ministries—the 12th, 14th, and 16th—the most for any Canadian prime minister.

Ministries

Ministry	Dates	Prime Minister	Governing party		Duration	Monarch
01 1st Canadian Ministry	01July 1, 1867 –November 5, 1873	John A. Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	6 years, 127 days	Victoria
02 2nd Canadian Ministry	02November 7, 1873 –October 8, 1878	Alexander Mackenzie		Liberal	4 years, 335 days	Victoria
03 3rd Canadian Ministry	03October 17, 1878 –June 6, 1891	John A. Macdonald		Liberal-Conservative	12 years, 232 days	Victoria
04 4th Canadian Ministry	04June 16, 1891 –November 24, 1892	John Abbott			1 year, 161 days	Victoria
05 5th Canadian Ministry	05December 5, 1892 –December 12, 1894	John Sparrow David Thompson			2 years, 7 days	Victoria
06 6th Canadian Ministry	06December 21, 1894 –April 27, 1896	Mackenzie Bowell		Conservative (Historical)	1 year, 128 days	Victoria
07 7th Canadian Ministry	07May 1, 1896 –July 8, 1896	Charles Tupper			68 days	Victoria
08 8th Canadian Ministry	08July 11, 1896 –October 6, 1911	Wilfrid Laurier		Liberal	15 years, 87 days	Victoria Edward VII George V
09 9th Canadian Ministry	09October 10, 1911 –October 11, 1917	Robert Laird Borden		Conservative (Historical)	6 years, 1 day	George V
10 10th Canadian Ministry	10October 12, 1917 –July 10, 1920			Unionist	2 years, 272 days	George V
11 11th Canadian Ministry	11July 10, 1920 –December 29, 1921	Arthur Meighen		Nat'l Liberal & Conservative	1 year, 172 days	George V
12 12th Canadian Ministry	12December 29, 1921 –June 28, 1926	William Lyon Mackenzie King		Liberal	4 years, 303 days	George V
13 13th Canadian Ministry	13June 29, 1926 –September 25, 1926	Arthur Meighen		Conservative (Historical)	88 days	George V
14 14th Canadian Ministry	14September 25, 1926 –August 7, 1930	William Lyon Mackenzie King		Liberal	3 years, 316 days	George V
15 15th Canadian Ministry	15August 7, 1930 –October 23, 1935	Richard Bedford Bennett		Conservative (Historical)	5 years, 77 days	George V
16 16th Canadian Ministry	16October 23, 1935 –November 15, 1948	William Lyon Mackenzie King		Liberal	13 years, 23 days	George V Edward VIII George VI
17 17th Canadian Ministry	17November 15, 1948 –June 21, 1957	Louis St. Laurent			8 years, 218 days	George VI Elizabeth II
18 18th Canadian Ministry	18June 21, 1957 –April 22, 1963	John Diefenbaker		Progressive Conservative	5 years, 305 days	Elizabeth II
19 19th Canadian Ministry	19April 22, 1963 –April 20, 1968	Lester B. Pearson		Liberal	4 years, 364 days	Elizabeth II
20 20th Canadian Ministry	20April 20, 1968 –June 4, 1979	Pierre Trudeau			11 years, 45 days	Elizabeth II
21 21st Canadian Ministry	21June 4, 1979 –March 3, 1980	Joe Clark		Progressive Conservative	273 days	Elizabeth II
22 22nd Canadian Ministry	22March 3, 1980 –June 30, 1984	Pierre Trudeau		Liberal	4 years, 119 days	Elizabeth II
23 23rd Canadian Ministry	23June 30, 1984 –September 17, 1984	John Turner			79 days	Elizabeth II
24 24th Canadian Ministry	24September 17, 1984 –June 25, 1993	Brian Mulroney		Progressive Conservative	8 years, 281 days	Elizabeth II
25 25th Canadian Ministry	25 June 25, 1993 –November 4, 1993	Kim Campbell			132 days	Elizabeth II
26 26th Canadian Ministry	26November 4, 1993 –December 12, 2003	Jean Chrétien		Liberal	10 years, 38 days	Elizabeth II
27 27th Canadian Ministry	27December 12, 2003 –February 6, 2006	Paul Martin			2 years, 56 days	Elizabeth II
28 28th Canadian Ministry	28February 6, 2006 –November 4, 2015	Stephen Harper		Conservative	9 years, 271 days	Elizabeth II
29 29th Canadian Ministry	29November 4, 2015 –March 14, 2025	Justin Trudeau		Liberal	9 years, 130 days	Elizabeth II Charles III
30 30th Canadian Ministry	30 March 14, 2025 –present	Mark Carney			95 days	Charles III
Source:  [1]

See also

• List of Canadian federal parliaments
• List of prime ministers of Canada

References

1. "Guide to Canadian Ministries since Confederation: The Ministries". Canada.ca. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Retrieved October 28, 2018.

External links

• Parliament of Canada - Ministries