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