Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index List of Canadian Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans Canadian Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans 1. Roméo LeBlanc under Trudeau April 2 1979 - June 3 1979 2. James McGrath under Clark June 4 1979 - March 2 1980 Roméo LeBlanc (2nd time) under Trudeau March 3 1980 - September 29 1982 3. Pierre de Bané under Trudeau September 30 1982 - June 29 1984 4. Herb Breau under Turner June 30 1984 - September 16 1984 5. John Fraser under Mulroney September 17 1984 - September 23 1985 * Erik Nielson (Acting) under Mulroney September 23 1985 - November 19 1985 6. Thomas Siddon under Mulroney November 20 1985 - February 22 1990 7. Bernard Valcourt under Mulroney February 23 1990 - April 20 1991 8. John Crosbie under Mulroney April 21 1991 - June 24 1993 9. Ross Reid under Campbell June 25 1993 - November 3 1993 10. Brian Tobin under Chrétien November 4 1993 - January 8 1996 * David Dingwall (Acting) under Chrétien January 9 1996 - January 24 1996 11. Fred Mifflin under Chrétien January 25 1996 - June 10 1997 12. David Anderson under Chrétien June 11 1997 - August 2 1999 13. Herb Dhaliwal under Chrétien August 3 1999 - January 14 2002 14. Robert Thibault under Chrétien June 15 2002 - December 11 2003 15. Geoff Regan under Martin December 12 2003 - During the years between the abolition of the old portfolio of Minister of Fisheries and Forests (List) in 1971 and the creation of this ministry, the fisheries portfolio was handled by the Minister of the Environment (List) with the assistance of a Minister of State with responsibilities for Fisheries, generally Romeo LeBlanc. See other lists of incumbents This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.