List of Canadian Ministers of Health

Canadian Ministers of National Health and Welfare

1. Brooke Claxton October 18 1944 - December 11 1946 under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
2. Paul Martin, Sr. December 12 1946 - November 15 1948
November 15 1948 - June 20 1957 under Prime Minister Louis Stephen St. Laurent
* Alfred Johnson Brooks (Acting) June 21 1957 - August 21 1957 under Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker
3. Jay Waldo Monteith August 22 1957 - April 21 1963
4. Judy LaMarsh April 22 1963 - December 17 1965 under Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson
5. Allan MacEachen December 18 1965 - April 19 1968
April 20 1968 - July 5 1968 under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
6. John C. Munro July 6 1968 - November 26 1972
7. Marc Lalonde November 27 1972 - September 17 1977
8. Monique Bégin September 18 1977 - June 3 1979
9. David Edward Crombie June 4 1979 - March 2 1980 under Prime Minister Joe Clark
Monique Bégin (2nd time) March 3 1980 - June 29 1984 under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
June 30 1984 - September 16 1984 under Prime Minister John Napier Turner
10. Jake Epp September 17 1984 - January 29 1989 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
11. Perrin Beatty January 30 1989 - April 20 1991
12. Benoît Bouchard April 21 1991 - June 24 1993
13. Mary Collins June 25 1993 - November 3 1993 under Prime Minister Kim Campbell
14. Diane Marleau November 4 1993 - January 24 1996 under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
15. David Dingwall January 25 1996 - July 11 1996


Canadian Ministers of Health

David Dingwall (cont'd) July 12 1996 - June 10 1997 under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
16. Allan Rock June 11 1997 - January 14 2002
17. Anne McLellan January 15 2002 - December 11 2003
18. Pierre Pettigrew December 12 2003 - July 19 2004 under Prime Minister Paul Martin
19. Ujjal Dosanjh July 20 2004 -

The portfolio was renamed from "National Health and Welfare" to simply "Health" in 1996.

Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health (List).

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