List of Canadian Ministers of Veterans Affairs

Canadian Ministers of Veterans Affairs

1. Ian Alistair Mackenzie under King October 18 1944 - January 18 1948
2. Milton Gregg under King January 19 1948 - November 15 1948
Milton Gregg (cont'd) under St-Laurent November 15 1948 - August 6 1950
3. Hugues Lapointe under St-Laurent August 7 1950 - June 20 1957
4. Alfred Johnson Brooks under Diefenbaker June 21 1957 - October 10 1960
5. Gordon Churchill under Diefenbaker October 11 1960 - February 11 1963
6. Marcel Lambert under Diefenbaker February 12 1963 - April 21 1963
7. Roger Teillet under Pearson April 22 1963 - April 19 1968
Roger Teillet (cont'd) under Trudeau April 20 1968 - July 5 1968
8. Jean-Eudes Dubé under Trudeau July 6 1968 - January 27 1972
9. Arthur Laing under Trudeau January 28 1972 - November 26 1972
10. Daniel J. MacDonald under Trudeau November 27 1972 - June 3 1979
11. Allan McKinnon under Clark June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
Daniel J. MacDonald (2nd time) under Trudeau March 3 1980 - September 30 1980
* Gilles Lamontagne (acting) under Trudeau October 1 1980 - September 21 1981
12. W. Bennett Campbell under Trudeau September 22 1981 - June 29 1984
W. Bennett Campbell (cont'd) under Turner June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
13. George Hees under Mulroney September 17 1984 - September 14 1988
14. Gerald Stairs Merrithew under Mulroney September 18 1988 - January 3 1993
15. Kim Campbell under Mulroney January 4 1993 - June 24 1993
16. Peter McCreath under Campbell June 25 1993 - November 3 1993
17. David Collenette under Chrétien November 4 1993 - October 4 1996
18. Doug Young under Chrétien October 5 1996 - June 10 1997
19. Fred Mifflin under Chrétien June 11 1997 - August 2 1999
20. George Baker under Chrétien August 3 1999 - October 17 2000
21. Ron Duhamel under Chrétien October 18 2000 - January 14 2002
22. Rey Pagtakhan under Chrétien January 15 2002 - December 11 2003
23. John McCallum under Martin December 12 2003 -

Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Veterans Affairs portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health (List)

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