HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

According to ''The Canadian Honours System'', prior to 1968, 36 Canadian office-holders had been appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, sometimes known in Canada as the Imperial Privy Council. Counsellors have the prenominal title of "
Right Honourable ''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is ...
" and the postnominal title "PC", for Privy Counsellor. Several Governors General were appointed to the council, if they were not already members, while Canadian prime ministers were also appointed, with three exceptions ( Alexander Mackenzie,
John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott (March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Canada from 1891 to 1892. He held office as the leader of the Conservative Party. Abbo ...
and
Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell (; December 27, 1823 – December 10, 1917) was a Canadian newspaper publisher and politician, who served as the fifth prime minister of Canada, in office from 1894 to 1896. Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, E ...
). Chief Justices were also sworn in, which allowed them to sit on the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the highest court of appeal for the Crown Dependencies, the British Overseas Territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few institutions in the United Kingdom. Established on 14 August ...
, which was the highest court of appeal for Canada until 1949. Some High Commissioners to London were also sworn into the Imperial Privy Council, as well as a few federal cabinet ministers on the recommendation of the Canadian prime minister. When Canadian appointments to the Imperial Privy Council ended in 1968, the Canadian Privy Council began awarding the title of "Right Honourable" to the Prime Minister, Chief Justice and select Canadians. In addition, some Canadians living in the UK, such as Bonar Law, were appointed to the Privy Council in connection with their involvement in UK politics.


Governors General

*
Earl of Minto Earl of Minto, in the County of Roxburgh, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1813 for Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Baron Minto. The current earl is Gilbert Timothy George Lariston Elliot-Murray-Kynynm ...
(1901-1904) (11 August 1902) *
Earl of Bessborough Earl of Bessborough is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1739 for Brabazon Ponsonby, 2nd Viscount Duncannon, who had previously represented Newtownards and County Kildare in the Irish House of Commons. In 1749, he was given t ...
(1931-1935) (20 March 1931) *
Lord Tweedsmuir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation. After a brief legal career ...
(1935-1940) (28 May 1937)


Prime Ministers

*Sir
John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that sp ...
*Sir John Thompson *Sir Charles Tupper *Sir
Wilfrid Laurier Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, ( ; ; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minist ...
*Sir
Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known for his leadership of Canada during World War I. Borde ...
*Sir Arthur Meighen *Mackenzie King *R.B. Bennett (1930-1935) (27 October 1930) *John Diefenbaker *Lester B. Pearson


Chief Justices

*Sir
Samuel Henry Strong Sir Samuel Henry Strong (August 13, 1825 – August 31, 1909) was a lawyer and the third Chief Justice of Canada. Life Strong was born in Poole, England, to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Gosse. He emigrated to Upper Canada with hi ...
(1892-1902) *Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau (1902-1906) *Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (December 19, 1851 – June 17, 1942) was a Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Canada. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly. He studied ...
(1906-1918) *Sir
Louis Henry Davies Sir Louis Henry Davies (May 4, 1845May 1, 1924) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician, and judge from the province of Prince Edward Island. In a public career spanning six decades, he served as the third premier of Prince Edward Is ...
(1918-1924) *
Francis Alexander Anglin Francis Alexander Anglin PC (April 2, 1865 – March 2, 1933) was the seventh Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of nine children of Timothy Anglin, federal politician and Speaker of the H ...
(1924-1933) *Sir
Lyman Poore Duff Sir Lyman Poore Duff (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Early life and career Born in Meaford, Canada West (now Ontario) to a Con ...
(1933-1944) *
Thibaudeau Rinfret Thibaudeau Rinfret (June 22, 1879 – July 25, 1962) was a Canadian jurist and the ninth Chief Justice of Canada and Administrator of Canada in 1952. Early life Rinfret was born in Montreal in 1879, the son of François-Olivier Rinfret and ...
(1944-1954)


High Commissioners to the United Kingdom

* Lord Strathcona (1906-1914) *Sir
George Halsey Perley Sir George Halsey Perley (September 12, 1857 – January 4, 1938) was an American-born Canadian politician and diplomat. Early life Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the son of William Goodhue Perley and Mabel E. Ticknor Stevens, Perley was e ...
(1914-1922) *
Vincent Massey Charles Vincent Massey (February 20, 1887December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Confederation. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada aft ...
(1935-1946) (6 June 1941)


Other, by date of appointment

*Sir John Rose, unofficial envoy to UK government, Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall (1883–1888) (3 August 1886) *Sir
Richard John Cartwright Sir Richard John Cartwright (December 4, 1835 – September 24, 1912) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Cartwright was one of Canada's most distinguished federal politicians during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a ...
, Minister of Trade and Commerce (1896-1911) (19 November 1902) *
William Stevens Fielding William Stevens Fielding, (November 24, 1848 – June 23, 1929) was a Canadian Liberal politician, the seventh premier of Nova Scotia (1884–96), and the federal Minister of Finance from 1896 to 1911 and again from 1921 to 1925. Early life ...
, Minister of Finance (1896-1911) (24 August 1909) *Sir George Eulas Foster, Minister of Trade and Commerce (1911-1917)(27 June 1916) * Charles Doherty, Minister of Justice (1911-1921), Canadian Representative at Peace Conference (1 January 1920) *
Arthur Sifton Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton (October 26, 1858 – January 21, 1921) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917. He became a minister in the federal cabinet of Canada therea ...
, Canadian Representative at Peace Conference (1 January 1920) *Sir
William Thomas White Sir William Thomas White, GCMG, PC (UK), PC (Can) (November 13, 1866 – February 11, 1955), was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister. Biography White worked as a reporter for the '' Toronto Evening Telegram'' in 1890, and subseque ...
, Acting Prime Minister during absence of the Prime Minister at the Peace Conference (1 January 1920) * George Perry Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals (1923-1926) (25 June 1925) *Sir
William Mulock Sir William Mulock (January 19, 1843 – October 1, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist. He served as vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1881 to 1900, negotiating th ...
, Chief Justice of Ontario (1923-1936) (25 June 1925) *
Ernest Lapointe Ernest Lapointe (October 6, 1876 – November 26, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King, playing an importa ...
, Minister of Justice (1935–1941) (28 May, 1937) *
James Lorimer Ilsley James Lorimer Ilsley, (January 3, 1894 – January 14, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist. He was born in Somerset, Nova Scotia, the son of Randel Ilsley and Catherine Caldwell. Ilsley was educated at Acadia University and Dalhousie ...
, Minister of Finance (1940-1946) (28 December 1945) * Louis Saint Laurent, Minister of Justice (1941-1946) (28 December 1945) *
C. D. Howe Clarence Decatur Howe, (15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was an American-born Canadian engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician. Howe served as a cabinet minister in the governments of prime ministers William Lyon Mackenzie ...
, Minister of Reconstruction and Supply (1945-1948) (13 June 1946) *
James Garfield Gardiner James Garfield Gardiner (30 November 1883 – 12 January 1962) was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician. He served as the fourth premier of Saskatchewan, and as a minister in the Canadian Cabinet. Political career Gardiner was first ele ...
, Minister of Agriculture (1935-1957) (1 January 1947) *
Ian Alistair Mackenzie Ian Alistair Mackenzie (July 27, 1890 – September 2, 1949) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Life and career Born in Assynt, Scotland, Mackenzie entered politics by winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (BC) in th ...
, Minister of Veteran Affairs (1944-1948) (1 January 1947)


Governors General already members of the Imperial Privy Council

The following were already members of the Imperial Privy Council before their appointment as Governor General of Canada: * Lord Lisgar (1869–1872) (28 December 1852) * Earl of Dufferin (1872-1878) (12 December 1868) * Marquess of Lorne (1878-1883) (17 March 1875'' * Lord Stanley (1888-1893) (2 April 1878) *
Earl of Aberdeen Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...
(1893–1896) (6 February 1886) *
Earl Grey Earl Grey is a title in the peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1806 for General Charles Grey, 1st Baron Grey. In 1801, he was given the title Baron Grey of Howick in the County of Northumberland, and in 1806 he was created Viscou ...
(1904-1910) (11 August 1902) *
Duke of Connaught Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom that was granted on 24 May 1874 by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to her third son, Prince Arthur. At the same time, he was also ...
(1911-1916) (16 May 1861) *
Duke of Devonshire Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the Cavendish family. This (now the senior) branch of the Cavendish family has been one of the wealthiest British aristocratic families since the 16th century and has b ...
(1916–1921) (26 March 1878) *
Earl of Athlone The title of Earl of Athlone has been created three times. History It was created first in the Peerage of Ireland in 1692 by King William III for General Baron van Reede, Lord of Ginkel, a Dutch nobleman, to honour him for his successful ba ...
(1940-1946) (29 June 1931)


Governors General appointed after their terms expired

*
Viscount Monck Viscount Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1801 for Charles Monck, 1st Baron Monck. He had already been created Baron Monck, of Ballytrammon in the County of Wexford, in 17 ...
(1867–1868) (7 August 1869) *
Marquess of Lansdowne Marquess of Lansdowne is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain created in 1784, and held by the head of the Petty-Fitzmaurice family. The first Marquess served as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Origins This branch of the Fitzmaurice family ...
(1883–1888) (4 July 1895)(


Canadians appointed for service to the United Kingdom

While there was no separate Canadian citizenship prior to 1947, these privy counsellors were born in Canada or its predecessor provinces. *Sir
Gilbert Parker Sir Horatio Gilbert George Parker, 1st Baronet (23 November 1862 – 6 September 1932), known as Gilbert Parker, Canadian novelist and British politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, the son of Captain Joseph Parker, R.A. Ed ...
, M.P (1900-1918) (27 June 1916) *
Lord Beaverbrook William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), generally known as Lord Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics o ...
, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1918) (4 March 1918)


Appointments from Newfoundland

Newfoundland became part of Canada in 1949. *Sir
William Whiteway Sir William Vallance Whiteway, (April 1, 1828 – June 24, 1908) was a politician and three time Premier of Newfoundland. Life and career Born in Littlehempston, Devon, England, Whiteway emigrated to Newfoundland in 1843 and entered the ...
, Premier of Newfoundland (1878-1885, 1889-1894, 1895-1897) (9 July 1897) *Sir
Robert Bond Sir Robert Bond (25 February 1857 – 16 March 1927) was the last Premier of Newfoundland Colony from 1900 to 1907 and the first prime minister of the Dominion of Newfoundland from 1907 to 1909 after the 1907 Imperial Conference conferred do ...
, Premier of Newfoundland (1900-1909) (11 August 1902) * Edward Morris, Premier of Newfoundland (1909-1917) (5 July 1911) *Sir William F. Lloyd, Premier of Newfoundland (1918-1919) (25 June 1918) *
Richard Squires Sir Richard Anderson Squires KCMG (January 18, 1880 – March 26, 1940) was the Prime Minister of Newfoundland from 1919 to 1923 and from 1928 to 1932. As prime minister, Squires attempted to reform Newfoundland's fishing industry, but failed at ...
, Premier of Newfoundland (1919-1923, 1928-1932) (27 October 1930


References

{{reflist