Solicitor General of Canada

Template:Short description The Solicitor General of Canada (Template:Langx) was a position in the Canadian ministry from 1892 to 2005. The position was based on the Solicitor General in the British system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Attorney General and Minister of Justice. It was not initially a position in the Canadian Cabinet, although after 1917 its occupant was often sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and attended Cabinet meetings. In 1966, the modern position of Solicitor General was created with the repeal of the previous Solicitor General Act and the passage of a new statute creating the ministerial office of the Solicitor General of Canada.Template:Cn

In recent decadesTemplate:When the Solicitor General's department was responsible for administering the prison system, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Parole Board and other matters relating to internal security. In 2003, the position was styled Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the portfolio expanded. In 2005, the position of Solicitor General was formally abolished by Prime Minister Paul Martin and his deputy Anne McLellan.<ref name="doern05">Template:Cite book</ref>

Solicitors General

Name	Prime Minister	Tenure
John Joseph Curran*	Thompson	Template:Date range
	Mackenzie Bowell	Template:Date range
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Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper	Charles Tupper	Template:Date range
Charles Fitzpatrick*	Wilfrid Laurier	Template:Date range
Henry George Carroll*		Template:Date range
Rodolphe Lemieux*		Template:Date range
vacant		Template:Date range
Jacques Bureau*		Template:Date range
vacant	Robert Borden	Template:Date range
Arthur Meighen*		Template:Date range
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Arthur Meighen* (acting)		Template:Date range
Hugh Guthrie*		Template:Date range
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Hugh Guthrie* (acting)	Arthur Meighen	Template:Date range
Guillaume-André Fauteux		October 1, 1921 - December 28, 1921
Daniel Duncan McKenzie	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Template:Date range
vacant		Template:Date range
Edward James McMurray		Template:Date range
vacant		Template:Date range
Lucien Cannon*		Template:Date range
vacant	Arthur Meighen	Template:Date range
Guillaume André Fauteux		Template:Date range
Lucien Cannon (second time)	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Template:Date range
Maurice Dupré	R.B. Bennett	Template:Date range
vacant	William Lyon Mackenzie King	Template:Date range
Joseph Jean		Template:Date range
	Louis St. Laurent	Template:Date range
Hugues Lapointe		Template:Date range
Stuart Sinclair Garson		Template:Date range
Ralph Osborne Campney		Template:Date range
William Ross Macdonald		Template:Date range
Léon Balcer	John Diefenbaker	Template:Date range
William Joseph Browne		Template:Date range
vacant		Template:Date range
John Watson MacNaught	Lester Pearson	Template:Date range
Lawrence Pennell		Template:Date range
John Turner	Pierre Trudeau	Template:Date range
George James McIlraith		Template:Date range
Jean-Pierre Goyer		Template:Date range
Warren Allmand		Template:Date range
Francis Fox		Template:Date range
Ron Basford (acting)		Template:Date range
Jean-Jacques Blais		Template:Date range
Allan Frederick Lawrence	Joe Clark	Template:Date range
Robert Phillip Kaplan	Pierre Trudeau	Template:Date range
	John Turner	Template:Date range
Elmer MacKay	Brian Mulroney	Template:Date range
Perrin Beatty		Template:Date range
James Kelleher		Template:Date range
Perrin Beatty* (acting)		Template:Date range
Pierre Blais		Template:Date range
Pierre Cadieux		Template:Date range
Doug Lewis		Template:Date range
	Kim Campbell	Template:Date range
Herb Gray	Jean Chrétien	Template:Date range
Andy Scott		Template:Date range
Lawrence MacAulay		Template:Date range
Wayne Easter		Template:Date range
Anne McLellan as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness	Paul Martin	Template:Date range

(*) Not in Cabinet