Minister of Agriculture (Canada)
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| Incumbent: Gerry Ritz since 14 August 2007 |
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| Style: | The Honourable |
| Appointed by: | Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada |
| First : | Ralph Goodale |
| Formation: | 12 January 1995 |
| Term: | At Her Majesty's Pleasure |
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| Website: | www.agr.gc.ca |
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The Minister of Agriculture (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture) is a Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission. The current Minister of Agriculture is Gerry Ritz.
Since 1995, the post has been more formally termed the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food (French: Ministre de l’Agriculture et de l’Agroalimentaire).
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[edit] Ministers of Agriculture
| 1. | Jean-Charles Chapais | July 1, 1867 - November 15, 1869 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald |
| 2. | Christopher Dunkin | November 16, 1869 - October 24, 1871 | |
| 3. | John Henry Pope | October 25, 1871 - November 5, 1873 | |
| 4. | Luc Letellier de St-Just | November 7, 1873-December 14, 1876 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie |
| * | Isaac Burpee (Acting) | December 15, 1876 - January 25, 1877 | |
| 5. | Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier | January 25, 1877 - October 8, 1878 | |
| John Henry Pope (2nd time) | October 17, 1878 - September 25, 1885 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald | |
| 6. | John Carling | September 25, 1885 - June 6, 1891 | |
| June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | ||
| 7. | Auguste Réal Angers | December 7, 1892 - December 12, 1894 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Sparrow David Thompson |
| December 21, 1894 - July 12, 1895 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell | ||
| 8. | Joseph Aldéric Ouimet | July 13, 1895 - December 20, 1895 | |
| 9. | Walter Humphries Montague | December 21, 1895 - January 5, 1896 | |
| * | Donald Ferguson (Acting) | January 6, 1896 - January 4, 1896 | |
| Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time) | January 15, 1896 - April 27, 1896 | ||
| May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Charles Tupper | ||
| 10. | Sydney Arthur Fisher | July 13, 1896 - October 6, 1911 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier |
| 11. | Martin Burrell | October 16, 1911 - October 12, 1917 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden |
| 12. | Thomas Alexander Crerar | October 12, 1917 - June 11, 1919 | |
| * | James Alexander Calder (Acting) | June 18, 1919 - August 11, 1919 | |
| 13. | Simon Fraser Tolmie | August 12, 1919 - July 10, 1920 | |
| July 10, 1920 - December 29, 1921 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen | ||
| 14. | William Richard Motherwell | December 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| * | Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting) | June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen |
| Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time) | July 13, 1926 - September 25, 1926 | ||
| 15. | William Richard Motherwell | September 25, 1926 - August 7, 1930 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| 16. | Duncan Kennedy | August 8, 1930 - October 23, 1935 | Cabinet of Prime Minister R.B. Bennett |
| * | Thomas Alexander Crerar (2nd time) (Acting) | October 25, 1935 - November 3, 1935 | Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| 17. | James G. Gardiner | November 4, 1935-November 15, 1948 | |
| November 15, 1948 - June 21, 1957 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent | ||
| 18. | Douglas Harkness | June 21, 1957 - October 10, 1960 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker |
| 19. | Francis Alvin George Hamilton | October 11, 1960 - April 22, 1963 | |
| 20. | Harry William Hays | April 22, 1963 - December 17, 1965 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Lester Pearson |
| 21. | John James Greene | December 18, 1965 - April 20, 1968 | |
| April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau | ||
| 22. | Bud Olson | July 6, 1968 - November 26, 1972 | |
| 23. | Eugene Whelan | November 27, 1972 - June 3, 1979 | |
| 24. | John Wise | June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark |
| Eugene Whelan (2nd time) | March 3, 1980 - June 29, 1984 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau | |
| 25. | Ralph Ferguson | June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984 | Cabinet of Prime Minister John Turner |
| 26. | John Wise | September 17, 1984 - September 14, 1988 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney |
| 27. | Don Mazankowski | September 15, 1988 - April 20, 1991 | |
| 28. | Bill McKnight | April 21, 1991 - January 3, 1993 | |
| 29. | Charlie Mayer | January 4, 1993 - June 24, 1993 | |
| June 24, 1993 - November 3, 1993 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell | ||
| 30. | Ralph Goodale | November 4, 1993 - January 11, 1995 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien |
Canadian Ministers of Agriculture and Agri-Food
| Ralph Goodale (cont'd) | January 12, 1995 -June 10, 1997 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien | |
| 31. | Lyle Vanclief | June 11, 1997 - December 11, 2003 | |
| 32. | Bob Speller | December 12, 2003 - July 19, 2004 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin |
| 33. | Andy Mitchell | July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006 | |
| 34. | Chuck Strahl | February 6, 2006 - August 14, 2007 | Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper |
| 35. | Gerry Ritz | August 14, 2007 - present |
The portfolio was renamed from "Agriculture" to "Agriculture and Agri-Food" in 1995.
[edit] Critics
- Wayne Easter 2006-present
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