1997 Canadian incumbents
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[edit] Federal government
[edit] Cabinet
- Deputy Prime Minister - Sheila Copps then Herb Gray
- Minister of Finance - Paul Martin
- Minister of Foreign Affairs - Lloyd Axworthy
- Minister of National Defence - Doug Young then Art Eggleton
- Minister of Health - David Dingwall then Allan Rock
- Minister of Industry - John Manley
- Minister of Heritage - Sheila Copps
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Stéphane Dion
- Minister of the Environment - Sergio Marchi then Christine Stewart
- Minister of Justice - Allan Rock then Anne McLellan
- Minister of Transport - David Anderson then David Collenette
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Lucienne Robillard
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Fred Mifflin then David Anderson
- Minister of Agriculture - Ralph Goodale then Lyle Vanclief
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Diane Marleau then Alfonso Gagliano
- Minister of Human Resources Development - Pierre Pettigrew
- Minister of Natural Resources - Anne McLellan then Ralph Goodale
[edit] Members of Parliament
See: 35th Canadian parliament, 36th Canadian parliament
[edit] Party leaders
- Liberal Party of Canada - Jean Chrétien
- Bloc Québécois - Michel Gauthier then Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party- Alexa McDonough
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - Jean Charest
- Reform Party of Canada - Preston Manning
[edit] Supreme Court Justices
- Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
- Beverley McLachlin
- Frank Iacobucci
- John C. Major
- Gérard V. La Forest then Michel Bastarache
- John Sopinka (retired November 24)
- Peter deCarteret Cory
- Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
- Charles D. Gonthier
[edit] Other
- Speaker of the House of Commons - Gilbert Parent
- Governor of the Bank of Canada - Gordon Thiessen
- Chief of the Defence Staff - Vice-Admiral Larry Murray then General Maurice Baril
[edit] Provinces
[edit] Premiers
- Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
- Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette
- Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Tobin
- Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage then Russell MacLellan
- Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec - Lucien Bouchard
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Don Morin
- Premier of Yukon - Piers McDonald
[edit] Lieutenant-governors
- Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta - Bud Olson
- Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia - Garde Gardom
- Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba - W. Yvon Dumont
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Margaret Norrie McCain then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
- Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Frederick Russell then Arthur Maxwell House
- Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - James Kinley
- Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - Henry N. R. Jackman then Hilary M. Weston
- Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island - Gilbert Ralph Clements
- Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Jean-Louis Roux then Lise Thibault
- Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan - John E. N. Wiebe
[edit] Mayors
- Toronto - Barbara Hall
- Montreal - Pierre Bourque
- Vancouver - Philip Owen
- Ottawa - Jacquelin Holzman then Jim Watson
[edit] Religious leaders
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec - Archbishop Maurice Couture
- Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop John Michael Sherlock
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - Marion Best then Bill Phipps
