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| Incumbent Rob Nicholson PC, QC, MP since 6 February 2006 |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointed by | Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada |
| First | Sir John A. Macdonald |
| Formation | 1 July 1867 |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
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| Website | www.justice.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Justice (French: Ministre de la Justice) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada (French: Procureur général du Canada).
This cabinet position is usually reserved for someone with formal legal training. This cabinet portfolio has been held by many individuals who went on to become Prime Minister including John Sparrow David Thompson, R.B. Bennett, Louis St Laurent, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, John Turner, Kim Campbell and Jean Chrétien. This is the only Canadian Ministry which has not been reorganized since its creation in 1867.
The current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada is Rob Nicholson.
Key:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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| 1 | Sir John A. Macdonald | July 1, 1867 | November 5, 1873 | Liberal-Conservative | 1 (Macdonald) | |
| 2 | Antoine-Aimé Dorion | November 7, 1873 | May 31, 1874 | Liberal | 2 (Mackenzie) | |
| – | Sir Albert James Smith (Acting) |
June 1, 1874 | July 7, 1874 | Liberal | ||
| 3 | Télesphore Fournier | July 8, 1874 | May 18, 1875 | Liberal | ||
| 4 | Edward Blake | May 19, 1875 | June 7, 1877 | Liberal | ||
| 5 | Rodolphe Laflamme | June 8, 1877 | October 8, 1878 | Liberal | ||
| 6 | James McDonald | October 17, 1878 | May 18, 1881 | Conservative (historical) | 3 (Macdonald) | |
| 7 | Alexander Campbell | May 20, 1881 | September 24, 1885 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| 8 | Sir John Thompson | September 26, 1885 | June 6, 1891 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| June 16, 1891 | November 24, 1892 | 4 (Abbott) | ||||
| December 5, 1892 | December 12, 1894 | 5 (Thompson) | ||||
| 9 | Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper | December 21, 1894 | January 5, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | 6 (Bowell) | |
| – | Thomas Mayne Daly (Acting) |
January 6, 1896 | January 14, 1896 | Liberal-Conservative | ||
| 10 | Arthur Rupert Dickey | January 15, 1896 | April 27, 1896 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| May 1, 1896 | July 8, 1896 | 7 (Tupper) | ||||
| 11 | Sir Oliver Mowat | July 13, 1896 | November 17, 1897 | Liberal | 8 (Laurier) | |
| 12 | David Mills | November 18, 1897 | February 7, 1902 | Liberal | ||
| 13 | Charles Fitzpatrick | February 11, 1902 | June 3, 1906 | Liberal | ||
| 14 | Sir Allen Aylesworth | June 4, 1906 | October 6, 1911 | Liberal | ||
| 15 | Charles Doherty | October 10, 1911 | July 9, 1920 | Conservative (historical) | 9•10 (Borden) | |
| July 10, 1920 | September 20, 1921 | 11 (Meighen) | ||||
| 16 | R. B. Bennett | October 4, 1921 | December 28, 1921 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| 17 | Lomer Gouin | December 29, 1921 | January 3, 1924 | Liberal | 12 (King) | |
| 18 | Ernest Lapointe (1st time) |
January 4, 1924 (Acting until Jan.30) |
June 28, 1926 | Liberal | ||
| – | Hugh Guthrie (Acting) |
June 29, 1926 | July 12, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | 13 (Meighen) | |
| 19 | Esioff-Léon Patenaude | July 13, 1926 | September 24, 1926 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| (18) | Ernest Lapointe (2nd time) |
September 25, 1926 | August 6, 1930 | Liberal | 14 (King) | |
| 20 | Hugh Guthrie | August 7, 1930 | August 11, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | 15 (Bennett) | |
| 21 | George Reginald Geary | August 14, 1935 | October 22, 1935 | Conservative (historical) | ||
| (18) | Ernest Lapointe (3rd time) |
October 23, 1935 | November 26, 1941 | Liberal | 16 (King) | |
| – | Joseph-Enoil Michaud (Acting) |
November 27, 1941 | December 9, 1941 | Liberal | ||
| 22 | Louis St. Laurent (1st time) |
December 10, 1941 | December 9, 1946 | Liberal | ||
| 23 | James Lorimer Ilsley | December 10, 1946 | June 30, 1948 | Liberal | ||
| (22) | Louis St. Laurent (2nd time) |
July 1, 1948 (Acting until Sep.10) |
November 14, 1948 | Liberal | ||
| 24 | Stuart Garson | November 15, 1948 | June 20, 1957 | Liberal | 17 (St. Laurent) | |
| 25 | Davie Fulton | June 21, 1957 | August 8, 1962 | Progressive Conservative | 18 (Diefenbaker) | |
| 26 | Donald Fleming | August 9, 1962 | April 21, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 27 | Lionel Chevrier | April 22, 1963 | February 2, 1964 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) | |
| 28 | Guy Favreau | February 3, 1964 | June 29, 1965 | Liberal | ||
| – | George McIlraith (Acting) |
June 30, 1965 | July 6, 1965 | Liberal | ||
| 29 | Lucien Cardin | July 7, 1965 | April 3, 1967 | Liberal | ||
| 30 | Pierre Trudeau | April 4, 1967 | April 19, 1968 | Liberal | ||
| April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | 20 (Trudeau) | ||||
| 31 | John Turner | July 6, 1968 | January 27, 1972 | Liberal | ||
| 32 | Otto Lang (1st time) |
January 28, 1972 | September 25, 1975 | Liberal | ||
| 33 | Ron Basford | September 26, 1975 | August 2, 1978 | Liberal | ||
| (32) | Otto Lang (2nd time) |
August 3, 1978 (Acting until Aug.9) |
November 23, 1978 | Liberal | ||
| 34 | Marc Lalonde | November 24, 1978 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | ||
| 35 | Jacques Flynn | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 (Clark) | |
| 36 | Jean Chrétien | March 3, 1980 | September 9, 1982 | Liberal | 22 (Trudeau) | |
| 37 | Mark MacGuigan | September 10, 1982 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | ||
| 38 | Donald Johnston | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 (Turner) | |
| 39 | John Crosbie | September 17, 1984 | June 29, 1986 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) | |
| 40 | Ray Hnatyshyn | June 30, 1986 | December 7, 1988 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| – | Joe Clark (Acting) |
December 8, 1988 | January 29, 1989 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 41 | Doug Lewis | January 30, 1989 | February 22, 1990 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 42 | Kim Campbell | February 23, 1990 | January 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| 43 | Pierre Blais | January 4, 1993 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | ||
| June 25, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | 25 (Campbell) | ||||
| 44 | Allan Rock | November 4, 1993 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) | |
| 45 | Anne McLellan | June 11, 1997 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | ||
| 46 | Martin Cauchon | January 15, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | ||
| 47 | Irwin Cotler | December 12, 2003 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) | |
| 48 | Vic Toews | February 6, 2006 | January 3, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) | |
| 49 | Rob Nicholson | January 4, 2007 | Incumbent | Conservative | ||
The Attorney General of Canada (French: Procureur général du Canada) is the top prosecuting officer in Canada. The role is part of the cabinet post of the Minister of Justice.
The role was created in 1867 replacing the Attorney General of Canada West and Attorney General of Canada East.
The current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada is The Honourable Rob Nicholson.
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