List of Canadian Ministers of National Defence

Canadian Ministers of National Defence

1.	George Perry Graham	under King	January 1 1923 – April 27 1923
*	Edward Mortimer Macdonald (Acting)	under King	April 28 1923 – August 16 1923
2.	Edward Mortimer Macdonald	under King	August 17 1923 – June 28 1926
*	Hugh Guthrie (Acting)	under Meighen	June 29 1926 – July 12 1926
3.	Hugh Guthrie	under Meighen	July 13 1926 – September 25 1926
	vacant	under King	September 25 1926 – September 30 1926
*	James Robb (Acting)	under King	October 1 1926 – October 7 1926
4.	James Ralston	under King	October 8 1929 – August 7 1930
5.	Donald Matheson Sutherland	under Bennett	August 7 1930 – November 16 1934
6.	Grote Stirling	under Bennett	November 17 1934 – October 23 1935
7.	Ian Alistair Mackenzie	under King	October 24 1935 – September 18 1939
8.	Norman McLeod Rogers	under King	September 19 1939 – June 10 1940
*	Charles Power (Acting)	under King	June 11 1940 – July 4 1940
	James Ralston (2nd time)	under King	July 5 1940 – November 1 1944
9.	Andrew McNaughton	under King	November 2 1944 – August 20 1945
10.	Douglas Abbott	under King	August 21 1945 – December 9 1946
11.	Brooke Claxton	under King	December 10 1946 – November 15 1948
	Brooke Claxton (cont'd)	under St-Laurent	November 15 1948 – June 30 1954
12.	Ralph Campney	under St-Laurent	July 1 1954 – June 20 1957
13.	George Pearkes	under Diefenbaker	June 21 1957 – October 10 1960
14.	Doug Harkness	under Diefenbaker	October 11 1960 – February 3 1963
	vacant	under Diefenbaker	February 4 1963 – February 11 1963
15.	Gordon Churchill	under Diefenbaker	February 12 1963 – April 21 1963
16.	Paul Hellyer	under Pearson	April 22 1963 – September 18 1967
17.	Léo Cadieux	under Pearson	September 1967 – April 19 1968
	Léo Cadieux (cont'd)	under Trudeau	April 20 1968 – September 16 1970
*	Bud Drury (Acting)	under Trudeau	September 17 1970 – September 23 1970
18.	Donald Macdonald	under Trudeau	September 24 1970 – January 27 1972
19.	Edgar Benson	under Trudeau	January 28 1972 – August 31 1972
*	Jean-Eudes Dubé (Acting)	under Trudeau	September 1 1972 – September 6 1972
*	Bud Drury (Acting) (2nd time)	under Trudeau	September 7 1972 – November 26 1972
20.	James Richardson	under Trudeau	November 27 1972 – October 12 1976
*	Barnett Danson (Acting)	under Trudeau	October 13 1976 – November 2 1976
21.	Barnett Danson	under Trudeau	November 3 1976 – June 3 1979
22.	Allan McKinnon	under Clark	June 4 1979 – March 2 1980
23.	Gilles Lamontagne	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 – August 11 1983
24.	Jean-Jacques Blais	under Trudeau	August 12 1983 – June 29 1984
	Jean-Jacques Blais (cont'd)	under Turner	June 30 1984 – September 16 1984
25.	Robert Coates	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 – February 11 1985
*	Erik Nielsen (Acting)	under Mulroney	February 12 1985 – February 25 1985
26.	Erik Nielsen	under Mulroney	February 26 1985 – June 29 1986
27.	Perrin Beatty	under Mulroney	June 30 1986 – January 29 1989
28.	Bill McKnight	under Mulroney	January 30 1989 – April 20 1991
29.	Marcel Masse	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 – January 3 1993
30.	Kim Campbell	under Mulroney	January 4 1993 – June 24 1993
31.	Tom Siddon	under Campbell	June 25 1993 – November 3 1993
32.	David Collenette	under Chrétien	November 4 1993 – October 4 1996
33.	Doug Young	under Chrétien	October 5 1996 – June 10 1997
34.	Art Eggleton	under Chrétien	June 11 1997 – June 25 2002
35.	John McCallum	under Chrétien	June 26 2002 – December 11 2003
36.	David Pratt	under Martin	December 12 2003 – July 19 2004
37.	Bill Graham	under Martin	July 20 2004 -

Before 1923, the responsibilities of the current National Defence portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Militia and Defence (List) and Minister of the Naval Service (List).

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