List of Canadian Presidents of the Privy Council

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Canadian Presidents of the Privy Council


1. Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair under Macdonald July 1, 1867 - December 29, 1867
  vacant under Macdonald December 30, 1867 - January 29, 1869
2. Joseph Howe under Macdonald January 30, 1869 - November 15, 1869
3. Edward Kenny under Macdonald November 16, 1869 - June 20, 1870
4. Charles Tupper under Macdonald June 21, 1870 - July 1, 1872
5. John O'Connor under Macdonald July 2, 1872 - March 3, 1873
6. Hugh McDonald (politician) under Macdonald June 14, 1873 - June 30, 1873
7. Lucius Seth Huntington under Mackenzie January 20, 1874 - October 8, 1875
8. Joseph Édouard Cauchon under Mackenzie December 7, 1875 - June 7, 1877
9. Edward Blake under Mackenzie June 8, 1877 - January 17, 1878
10. John O'Connor under Macdonald October 17, 1878 - January 15, 1880
11. Louis François Rodrigue Masson under Macdonald January 16, 1880 - July 31, 1880
12. Joseph-Alfred Mousseau under Macdonald November 8, 1880 - May 19, 1881
13. Archibald Woodbury McLelan under Macdonald May 20, 1881 - July 9, 1882
14. John A. Macdonald as PM October 17, 1883 - November 27, 1889
15. Charles Carrol Colby under Macdonald November 28, 1889 - April 30, 1891
16. John Abbott as PM June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892
17. William Bullock Ives under Thompson December 7, 1892 - December 12, 1894
18. Mackenzie Bowell as PM December 21, 1894 - April 27, 1896
19. Auguste Réal Angers under Tupper May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896
20. Wilfrid Laurier as PM July 13, 1896 - October 6, 1911
21. Robert Laird Borden as PM October 10, 1911 - October 12, 1917
22. Newton Wesley Rowell under Borden October 12, 1917 - July 10, 1920
23. James Alexander Calder under Meighen July 10, 1920 - September 20, 1921
24. Louis-Philippe Normand under Meighen October 4, 1921 - December 28, 1921
25. William Lyon Mackenzie King as PM December 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926
26. Arthur Meighen as PM June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926
  William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time) as PM September 25, 1926 - August 6, 1930
27. Richard Bedford Bennett as PM August 7, 1930 - October 22, 1935
  William Lyon Mackenzie King (3rd time) as PM October 23, 1935 - November 14, 1948
28. Louis Saint-Laurent as PM November 15, 1948 - April 24, 1957
29. Lionel Chevrier under St-Laurent April 25, 1957 - June 20, 1957
  vacant under Diefenbaker June 21, 1957 - December 27, 1961
30. Noël Dorion under Diefenbaker December 28, 1961 - July 5, 1962
31. John George Diefenbaker as PM December 21, 1962 - April 22, 1963
32. Maurice Lamontagne under Pearson April 22, 1963 - February 2, 1964
33. George James McIlraith under Pearson February 3, 1964 - July 6, 1965
34. Guy Favreau under Pearson July 7, 1965 - April 3, 1967
35. Walter L. Gordon under Pearson April 4, 1967 - March 10, 1968
* Pierre Trudeau (Acting) under Pearson March 11, 1968 - April 20, 1968
* Pierre Trudeau (Acting) (cont'd) as PM April 20, 1968 - May 1, 1968
* Allan MacEachen (Acting) under Trudeau May 2, 1968 - July 5, 1968
36. Donald Stovel Macdonald under Trudeau July 6, 1968 - September 23, 1970
37. Allan MacEachen under Trudeau September 24, 1970 - August 7, 1974
38. Mitchell Sharp under Trudeau August 8, 1974 - September 13, 1976
  Allan MacEachen (2nd time) under Trudeau September 14, 1976 - June 3, 1979
39. Walter David Baker under Clark June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980
40. Yvon Pinard under Trudeau March 3, 1980 - June 29, 1984
41. André Ouellet under Turner June 30, 1984 - September 6, 1984
42. Erik Nielsen under Mulroney September 7, 1984 - February 26, 1985
43. Ramon John Hnatyshyn under Mulroney February 27, 1985 - June 29, 1986
44. Don Mazankowski under Mulroney June 30, 1986 - April 20, 1991
45. Joe Clark under Mulroney April 21, 1991 - June 24, 1993
46. Pierre Blais under Campbell June 25, 1993 - November 3, 1993
47. Marcel Massé under Chrétien November 4, 1993 - January 24, 1996
48. Stéphane Dion under Chrétien January 25, 1996 - December 11, 2003
49. Denis Coderre under Martin December 12, 2003 - July 19, 2004
50. Lucienne Robillard under Martin July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006
51. Michael Chong under Harper February 6, 2006 - November 27, 2006
52. Peter Van Loan under Harper November 27, 2006-

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