| President of the Treasury Board | |
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| Incumbent Tony Clement PC, MP since May 18, 2011 |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | David Johnston as Governor General of Canada |
| First | Edgar John Benson |
| Formation | 1 October 1966 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.tbs-sct.gc.ca |
The position of President of the Treasury Board (French: Président du Conseil du Trésor) was created as a ministerial position in the Canadian Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board became a full-fledged department. From 1867 to 1966 the Treasury Board had been part of the Department of Finance.
Technically, the Treasury Board is a Cabinet committee of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. It is responsible for managing the government's fiscal and administrative responsibilities including management of the civil service and oversight of expenditures.
The President of the Treasury Board chairs the Board and is responsible for implementing the decisions of Cabinet by allocating the necessary resources.
| 1. | Edgar John Benson | under Pearson | October 1, 1966 – April 20, 1968 |
| under Trudeau | April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 | ||
| 2. | Charles Mills Drury | July 5, 1968 – August 7, 1974 | |
| 3. | Jean Chrétien | August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976 | |
| 4. | Robert Knight Andras | September 14, 1976 – November 23, 1978 | |
| 5. | J. Judd Buchanan | November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979 | |
| 6. | Sinclair Stevens | under Clark | June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
| 7. | Donald Johnston | under Trudeau | March 3, 1980 – September 29, 1982 |
| 8. | Herb Gray | September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984 | |
| under Turner | June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 | ||
| 9. | Robert de Cotret | under Mulroney | September 17, 1984 – August 26, 1987 |
| 10. | Don Mazankowski | August 27, 1987 – March 30, 1988 | |
| 11. | Pat Carney | March 31, 1988 – December 7, 1988 | |
| * | Doug Lewis (Acting) | December 8, 1988 – January 29, 1989 | |
| Robert de Cotret (2nd time) | January 30, 1989 – September 19, 1990 | ||
| 12. | Gilles Loiselle | September 20, 1990 – June 24, 1993 | |
| 13. | James Stewart Edwards | under Campbell | June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
| 14. | Art Eggleton | under Chrétien | November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 |
| 15. | Marcel Massé | January 25, 1996 – August 2, 1999 | |
| 16. | Lucienne Robillard | August 3, 1999 – December 11, 2003 | |
| 17. | Reg Alcock | under Martin | December 12, 2003 - February 5, 2006 |
| 18. | John Baird | under Harper | February 6, 2006 – January 3, 2007 |
| 19. | Vic Toews | January 4, 2007 - January 19, 2010 | |
| 20. | Stockwell Day | January 19, 2010 - May 18, 2011 | |
| 21. | Tony Clement | since May 18, 2011 |