Postmaster General of Canada

File:Postmasters General of Canada 1831 to 1929.jpg

Postmasters General of Canada, 1851-1929
Credit: Agnes Macdonald, Baroness Macdonald of Earnscliffe Collection. / Library and Archives Canada / PA-066694

The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for the Post Office Department (Canada Post). In 1851, management of the post office was transferred from Britain (Royal Mail) to the provincial governments of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The position of Postmaster General was established in each province. With Canadian Confederation in 1867, a single position was created replacing this post in all of the above provinces except Newfoundland. this position was abolished in 1981 when the post office was transformed from a government department into a crown corporation. Since 1981 Canada Post has been led by a President and CEO. From 1900 until 1909 the Postmaster General was also responsible for the Department of Labour.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It now reports to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

Canada Post Corporation has had its own CEO and President since 1981, who has most of the administrative responsibilities previously exercised by the Postmaster General. With the abolition of the position of Postmaster General the legislative and certain other duties previously exercised by the Postmaster General were transferred to the new position of Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation.

List of postmasters general

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No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |1	File:Sir Alexander Campbell.jpg	Alexander Campbell	July 1, 1867	June 30, 1873	Conservative	1 (Macdonald)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |2	File:John O'Connor.jpg	John O'Connor	July 1, 1873	November 5, 1873	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |3	File:DonaldAlexanderMacdonald23.jpg	Donald Alexander Macdonald	November 7, 1873	May 17, 1875	Liberal	2 (Mackenzie)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |4	File:Télesphore Fournier.jpg	Télesphore Fournier	May 19, 1875	October 7, 1875	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |5	File:LuciusSethHuntington23.jpg	Lucius Seth Huntington	October 9, 1875	October 8, 1878	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |6	File:HectorLangevin23.jpg	Hector-Louis Langevin	October 19, 1878	May 19, 1879	Conservative	3 (Macdonald)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |(1)		Alexander Campbell	May 20, 1879	January 15, 1880	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |(2)		John O'Connor	January 16, 1880	November 7, 1880	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |(1)		Alexander Campbell	November 8, 1880	May 18, 1881	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |(2)		John O'Connor	May 20, 1881	May 22, 1882	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |7	File:JohnCarling23.jpg	John Carling	May 23, 1882	September 24, 1885	Liberal-Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |(1)		Alexander Campbell	September 25, 1885	January 26, 1887	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |8	File:Archibald Woodbury McLelan.jpg	Archibald McLelan	January 27, 1887	July 9, 1888	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |–		John Carling (Acting)	July 11, 1888	August 5, 1888	Liberal-Conservative
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |9	File:John Graham Haggart.jpg	John Graham Haggart	August 6, 1888	June 6, 1891	Conservative
June 16, 1891			January 24, 1892	4 (Abbott)
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |10	File:Joseph-Philippe-René-Adolphe Caron.jpg	Adolphe-Philippe Caron	January 25, 1892		November 24, 1892	Conservative
December 5, 1892			December 12, 1894	5 (Thompson)
December 21, 1894			April 27, 1896	6 (Bowell)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |11	File:Louis-Olivier Taillon.jpg	Louis-Olivier Taillon	May 1, 1896	July 8, 1896	Conservative	7 (Tupper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |12	File:WilliamMulock.jpeg	William Mulock	July 13, 1896	October 15, 1905	Liberal	8 (Laurier)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |13	File:Allen Bristol Aylesworth.jpg	Allen Bristol Aylesworth	October 16, 1905	June 3, 1906	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |14	File:Rodolphe Lemieux.jpg	Rodolphe Lemieux	June 4, 1906	August 10, 1911	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |15	File:Henri Sévérin Béland.jpg	Henri Sévérin Béland	August 19, 1911	October 6, 1911	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |16	File:Louis-Philippe Pelletier.png	Louis-Philippe Pelletier	October 10, 1911	October 19, 1914	Conservative	9 (Borden)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |17	File:Thomas Chase-Casgrain.jpg	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	October 20, 1914	December 29, 1916	Conservative
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |18	File:Pierre Édouard Blondin.jpg	Pierre-Édouard Blondin	January 8, 1917	October 12, 1917	Conservative
October 12, 1917			July 10, 1920	10 (Borden)
July 10, 1920			September 20, 1921	11 (Meighen)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |19	File:Louis de Gonzague Belley.png	Louis de Gonzague Belley	September 21, 1921		December 28, 1921	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour" |20	File:Charles Murphy.jpg	Charles Murphy	December 29, 1921	June 28, 1926	Liberal	12 (King)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |21	File:MP Robert Manion.jpg	Robert James Manion	June 29, 1926	September 24, 1926	Conservative	13 (Meighen)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour" |22	File:Peter Veniot as Postmaster General.jpg	Peter John Veniot	September 25, 1926	August 6, 1930	Liberal	14 (King)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |23	File:Arthur Sauvé.jpg	Arthur Sauvé	August 7, 1930	August 13, 1935	Conservative	15 (Bennett)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |24		Samuel Gobeil	August 16, 1935	October 22, 1935	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |25	File:Hon. J.C. Elliott, Minister of Public Works (Portrait).jpg	John Campbell Elliott	October 23, 1935	January 22, 1939	Liberal	16 (King)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |26	File:Norman Alexander McLarty.jpg	Norman Alexander McLarty	January 23, 1939	September 18, 1939	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |27	File:Charles Gavan Power portrait.jpg	Charles Gavan Power	September 19, 1939	May 22, 1940	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |–	File:James Lorimer Ilsley portrait (5457858).jpg	James Lorimer Ilsley (Acting)	May 23, 1940	July 7, 1940	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |28	File:William Pate Mulock.jpg	William Pate Mulock	July 8, 1940	June 8, 1945	Liberal
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |29	File:Ernest Bertrand.jpg	Ernest Bertrand	August 29, 1945	November 14, 1948	Liberal
November 15, 1948			August 23, 1949	17 (St. Laurent)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |30		Édouard Rinfret	August 25, 1949		February 12, 1952	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |31		Alcide Côté	February 13, 1952		August 7, 1955	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |–		Roch Pinard (Acting)	August 16, 1955		November 2, 1955	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |32		Hugues Lapointe	November 3, 1955		June 20, 1957	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |33		William McLean Hamilton	June 21, 1957	July 12, 1962	Progressive Conservative	18 (Diefenbaker)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |–	File:Angus MacLean 1980 (cropped).jpg	Angus MacLean (Acting)	July 18, 1962	August 8, 1962	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |34	File:Ellen Fairclough 1940s.jpg	Ellen Fairclough	August 9, 1962	April 21, 1963	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |35	File:Azellus Denis (homme politique canadien).jpg	Azellus Denis	April 22, 1963	February 2, 1964	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |36		John Robert Nicholson	February 3, 1964	February 14, 1965	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |37		René Tremblay	February 15, 1965	December 17, 1965	Liberal
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |38		Jean-Pierre Côté	December 18, 1965	April 19, 1968	Liberal
April 20, 1968			July 5, 1968	20 (Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |39	File:Eric Kierans in Montreal Star.jpg	Eric Kierans	July 6, 1968		April 28, 1971	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |(38)		Jean-Pierre Côté	April 29, 1971		November 26, 1972	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |40		André Ouellet	November 27, 1972		August 7, 1974	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |41		Bryce Mackasey	August 8, 1974		September 13, 1976	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |42		Jean-Jacques Blais	September 14, 1976		February 1, 1978	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |43		Gilles Lamontagne	February 2, 1978		June 3, 1979	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white" |44		John Allen Fraser	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;" |(40)		André Ouellet	March 3, 1980	October 15, 1981	Liberal	20 (Trudeau)

See also

• List of Postmasters General for the Province of Canada

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