List of Canadian Ministers of National Defence

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Canadian Ministers of National Defence

1.	George Perry Graham	under King	January 1, 1923 – April 27, 1923
*	Edward Mortimer Macdonald (Acting)	under King	April 28, 1923 – August 16, 1923
2.	Edward Mortimer Macdonald	under King	August 17, 1923 – June 28, 1926
*	Hugh Guthrie (Acting)	under Meighen	June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926
3.	Hugh Guthrie	under Meighen	July 13, 1926 – September 25, 1926
	vacant	under King	September 25, 1926 – September 30, 1926
*	James Robb (Acting)	under King	October 1, 1926 – October 7, 1926
4.	James Ralston	under King	October 8, 1926 – August 7, 1930
5.	Donald Matheson Sutherland	under Bennett	August 7, 1930 – November 16, 1934
6.	Grote Stirling	under Bennett	November 17, 1934 – October 23, 1935
7.	Ian Alistair Mackenzie	under King	October 24, 1935 – September 18, 1939
8.	Norman McLeod Rogers	under King	September 19, 1939 – June 10, 1940
*	Charles Power (Acting)	under King	June 11, 1940 – July 4, 1940
	James Ralston (2nd time)	under King	July 5, 1940 – November 1, 1944
9.	Andrew McNaughton	under King	November 2, 1944 – August 20, 1945
10.	Douglas Abbott	under King	August 21, 1945 – December 9, 1946
11.	Brooke Claxton	under King	December 10, 1946 – November 15, 1948
11.	Brooke Claxton	under St–Laurent	November 15, 1948 – June 30, 1954
12.	Ralph Campney	under St–Laurent	July 1, 1954 – June 20, 1957
13.	George Pearkes	under Diefenbaker	June 21, 1957 – October 10, 1960
14.	Doug Harkness	under Diefenbaker	October 11, 1960 – February 3, 1963
	vacant	under Diefenbaker	February 4, 1963 – February 11, 1963
15.	Gordon Churchill	under Diefenbaker	February 12, 1963 – April 21, 1963
16.	Paul Hellyer	under Pearson	April 22, 1963 – September 18, 1967
17.	Léo Cadieux	under Pearson	September 1967 – April 19, 1968
17.	Léo Cadieux	under Trudeau	April 20, 1968 – September 16, 1970
*	Bud Drury (Acting)	under Trudeau	September 17, 1970 – September 23, 1970
18.	Donald Macdonald	under Trudeau	September 24, 1970 – January 27, 1972
19.	Edgar Benson	under Trudeau	January 28, 1972 – August 31, 1972
*	Jean–Eudes Dubé (Acting)	under Trudeau	September 1, 1972 – September 6, 1972
*	Bud Drury (Acting) (2nd time)	under Trudeau	September 7, 1972 – November 26, 1972
20.	James Richardson	under Trudeau	November 27, 1972 – October 12, 1976
*	Barnett Danson (Acting)	under Trudeau	October 13, 1976 – November 2, 1976
21.	Barnett Danson	under Trudeau	November 3, 1976 – June 3, 1979
22.	Allan McKinnon	under Clark	June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980
23.	Gilles Lamontagne	under Trudeau	March 3, 1980 – August 11, 1983
24.	Jean–Jacques Blais	under Trudeau	August 12, 1983 – June 29, 1984
24.	Jean–Jacques Blais	under Turner	June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984
25.	Robert Coates	under Mulroney	September 17, 1984 – February 11, 1985
*	Erik Nielsen (Acting)	under Mulroney	February 12, 1985 – February 25, 1985
26.	Erik Nielsen	under Mulroney	February 26, 1985 – June 29, 1986
27.	Perrin Beatty	under Mulroney	June 30, 1986 – January 29, 1989
28.	Bill McKnight	under Mulroney	January 30, 1989 – April 20, 1991
29.	Marcel Masse	under Mulroney	April 21, 1991 – January 3, 1993
30.	Kim Campbell	under Mulroney	January 4, 1993 – June 24, 1993
31.	Tom Siddon	under Campbell	June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993
32.	David Collenette	under Chrétien	November 4, 1993 – October 4, 1996
33.	Doug Young	under Chrétien	October 5, 1996 – June 10, 1997
34.	Art Eggleton	under Chrétien	June 11, 1997 – June 25, 2002
35.	John McCallum	under Chrétien	June 26, 2002 – December 11, 2003
36.	David Pratt	under Martin	December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004
37.	Bill Graham	under Martin	July 20, 2004 – February 5, 2006
38.	Gordon O'Connor	under Harper	February 6, 2006 -

Before 1923, the responsibilities of the current National Defence portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Militia and Defence (List) and Minister of the Naval Service (List).

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