Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food | |
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Ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Agroalimentaire | |
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | |
Style | The Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | |
Appointer | Monarch (represented by the governor general); [3] on the advice of the prime minister [4] |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Precursor | Minister of Agriculture |
Inaugural holder | Ralph Goodale |
Formation | 12 January 1995 |
Salary | CA$269,800 (2019) [5] |
Website | agr |
The minister of agriculture and agri-food (French : ministre de l'agriculture et de l'agroalimentaire) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, the National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission.
The current minister of agriculture and agri-food is Lawrence MacAulay.
The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture (French : ministre de l'agriculture), a position that existed since Canadian Confederation in 1867.
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
1 | Jean-Charles Chapais | July 1, 1867 | November 15, 1869 | Conservative (historical) | 1 (Macdonald) | |
2 | Christopher Dunkin | November 16, 1869 | October 24, 1871 | Conservative (historical) | ||
3 | John Henry Pope (1st time) | October 25, 1871 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
4 | Luc Letellier de St-Just | November 7, 1873 | December 14, 1876 | Liberal | 2 (Mackenzie) | |
– | Isaac Burpee (Acting) | December 15, 1876 | January 25, 1877 | Liberal | ||
5 | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier | January 25, 1877 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | ||
(3) | John Henry Pope (2nd time) | October 17, 1878 | September 25, 1885 | Liberal-Conservative | 3 (Macdonald) | |
6 | John Carling | September 25, 1885 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative (historical) | ||
June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | 4 (Abbott) | ||||
7 | Auguste-Réal Angers | December 7, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | Conservative (historical) | 5 (Thompson) | |
December 21, 1894 | July 12, 1895 | 6 (Bowell) | ||||
8 | Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (Acting) | July 13, 1895 | December 20, 1895 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
9 | Walter Humphries Montague (1st time) | December 21, 1895 | January 5, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
– | Donald Ferguson (Acting) | January 6, 1896 | January 14, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(9) | Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time) | January 15, 1896 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | 7 (Tupper) | ||||
10 | Sydney Arthur Fisher | July 13, 1896 | October 6, 1911 | Liberal | 8 (Laurier) | |
11 | Martin Burrell | October 16, 1911 | October 12, 1917 | Conservative (historical) | 9 (Borden) | |
12 | Thomas Crerar (1st time) | October 12, 1917 | June 11, 1919 | Unionist | 10 (Borden) | |
– | James Alexander Calder (Acting) | June 18, 1919 | August 11, 1919 | Unionist | ||
13 | Simon Fraser Tolmie (1st time) | August 12, 1919 | July 10, 1920 | Conservative (historical) | ||
July 10, 1920 | December 29, 1921 | 11 (Meighen) | ||||
14 | William Richard Motherwell (1st time) | December 29, 1921 | June 28, 1926 | Liberal | 12 (King) | |
– | Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting) | June 29, 1926 | July 12, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 (Meighen) | |
(13) | Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time) | July 13, 1926 | September 25, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | ||
(14) | William Richard Motherwell (2nd time) | September 25, 1926 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | 14 (King) | |
15 | Robert Weir | August 8, 1930 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | 15 (Bennett) | |
– | Thomas Crerar (2nd time; Acting) | October 25, 1935 | November 3, 1935 | Liberal | 16 (King) | |
16 | James Garfield Gardiner | November 4, 1935 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | ||
November 15, 1948 | June 21, 1957 | 17 (St. Laurent) | ||||
17 | Douglas Harkness | June 21, 1957 (Acting until Aug.7) | October 10, 1960 | Progressive Conservative | 18 (Diefenbaker) | |
18 | Alvin Hamilton | October 11, 1960 | April 22, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
19 | Harry Hays | April 22, 1963 | December 17, 1965 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) | |
20 | John James Greene | December 18, 1965 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | ||
April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | 20 (P. E. Trudeau) | ||||
21 | Bud Olson | July 6, 1968 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | ||
22 | Eugene Whelan (1st time) | November 27, 1972 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
23 | John Wise (1st time) | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 (Clark) | |
(22) | Eugene Whelan (2nd time) | March 3, 1980 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | 22 (P. E. Trudeau) | |
24 | Ralph Ferguson | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 (Turner) | |
(23) | John Wise (2nd time) | September 17, 1984 | September 14, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) | |
25 | Don Mazankowski | September 15, 1988 | April 20, 1991 | Progressive Conservative | ||
26 | Bill McKnight | April 21, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
27 | Charles Mayer | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
June 24, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | 25 (Campbell) | ||||
28 | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 1993 | January 11, 1995 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
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28 | Ralph Goodale | January 12, 1995 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
29 | Lyle Vanclief | June 11, 1997 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
30 | Bob Speller | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | |
31 | Andy Mitchell | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | ||
32 | Chuck Strahl | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | |
33 | Gerry Ritz | August 14, 2007 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | ||
34 | Lawrence MacAulay (1st time) | November 4, 2015 | March 1, 2019 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) | |
35 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | March 1, 2019 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | ||
(34) | Lawrence MacAulay (2nd time) | July 26, 2023 | Incumbent | Liberal |
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