{{Short description, Former Canadian cabinet minister Postmasters General of Canada 1831 to 1929

The Postmaster General of Canada was the

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minister responsible for the Post Office Department (

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). In 1851, management of the

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was transferred from Britain (

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) to the provincial governments of the

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Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

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and

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. The position of

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was established in each province. With

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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

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into a

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. 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. It now reports to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement.

Postmasters General

; Alexander Campbell : under MacDonald (July 1, 1867 – June 30, 1873) ; John O'Connor : under Macdonald (July 1, 1873 – November 5, 1873) ;

Donald Alexander Macdonald Donald Alexander Macdonald (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician. Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Upper Canada, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Onta ...

: under MacKenzie (November 7, 1873 – May 17, 1875) ; Télesphore Fournier : under Mackenzie (May 19, 1875 – October 7, 1875) ; Lucius Seth Huntington : under Mackenzie (October 9, 1875 – October 8, 1878) ; Hector Louis Langevin : under Macdonald (October 19, 1878 – May 19, 1879) ;Sir Alexander Campbell : under Macdonald (May 20, 1879 – January 15, 1880) (second time) ;John O'Connor : under Macdonald (January 16, 1880 – November 7, 1880) (second time) ;Sir Alexander Campbell : under Macdonald (November 8, 1880 – May 18, 1881) (third time) ;John O'Connor : under Macdonald (May 20, 1881 – May 22, 1882) (third time) ; John Carling : under Macdonald (May 23, 1882 – September 24, 1885) ;Sir Alexander Campbell : under Macdonald (September 25, 1885 – January 26, 1887) (fourth time) ; Archibald McLelan : under Macdonald (January 27, 1887 – July 9, 1888) ;John Carling : under Macdonald (July 11, 1888 – August 5, 1888) (second time) ; John Graham Haggart : under Macdonald (August 6, 1888 – June 6, 1891) : under Abbott (June 16, 1891 – January 24, 1892) ;Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron : under Abbott (January 25, 1892 – November 24, 1892) : under

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(December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894) ; Louis-Olivier Taillon : under

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, ...

(December 21, 1894 – July 8, 1896) ;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 ...

: under

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 Canadians, French Can ...

(July 13, 1896 – October 15, 1905) ;

Allen Bristol Aylesworth Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, (27 November 1854 – 13 February 1952) was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. Life and career Born in Newburgh, Canada West, of United Empire Loyalist ancestry, Aylesworth was educated at the University of T ...

: under Laurier (October 16, 1905 – June 3, 1906) ;

Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux (November 1, 1866 – September 28, 1937) was a Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (1922–1930). Biography He was born in Montreal as the son of a Customs officer. After a ...

: under Laurier (June 4, 1906 – August 10, 1911) ;

Henri Sévérin Béland Henri Sévérin Béland, (October 11, 1869 – April 22, 1935) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Born in Rivière-du-Loup-en-Haut, Quebec (now Louiseville), the son of Henri Béland and Sophie Lesage, he studied medicine at Université L ...

: under Laurier (August 19, 1911 – October 6, 1911) ;Louis-Philippe Pelletier : under Borden (October 10, 1911 – October 19, 1914) ; Thomas Chase-Casgrain : under Borden (October 20, 1914 – December 29, 1916) ;Pierre Édouard Blondin : under Borden (January 8, 1917 – July 10, 1920) : under Meighen (July 10, 1920 – September 20, 1921) ;Louis-de-Gonzague Belley : under Meighen (September 21, 1921 – December 29, 1921) ; Charles Murphy : under

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(December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926) ; Robert James Manion : under Meighen (August 23, 1926 – September 25, 1926) ; Peter John Veniot : under King (September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930) ;

Arthur Sauvé Arthur Sauvé, (October 1, 1874 – February 6, 1944) was born in Saint-Hermas (today part of Mirabel, Quebec). The Legislative Assembly of Quebec member for Deux-Montagnes from 1908 to 1930, he was leader of the Quebec Conservative Party ...

: under

Bennett Bennett may refer to: People *Bennett (name), including a list of people with the surname and given name Places Canada * Bennett, Alberta *Bennett, British Columbia *Bennett Lake, in the British Columbia and Yukon Territory ** Bennett Range ** Ben ...

(August 7, 1930 – August 13, 1935) ;Samuel Gobeil : under Bennett (August 16, 1935 – October 23, 1935) ;

John Campbell Elliott John Campbell Elliott, (August 25, 1872 – December 20, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Early life He was born in Ekfrid, Ontario, the son of George Elliott and Jane Campbell. He was educated at the University of Trinity C ...

: under King (October 23, 1935 – January 22, 1939) ;Norman Alexander McLarty : under King (January 23, 1939 – September 18, 1939) ;Charles Gavan Power : under King (September 19, 1939 – May 22, 1940) ;James Lorimer Ilsley : (acting) : under King (May 23, 1940 – July 7, 1940) ;William Pate Mulock : under King (July 8, 1940 – June 8, 1945) ;Ernest Bertrand : under King (August 29, 1945 – November 15, 1948) : under St. Laurent (November 15, 1948 – August 23, 1949) ; Gabriel Édouard Rinfret : under St. Laurent (August 25, 1949 – February 12, 1952) ;Alcide Côté : under St. Laurent (February 13, 1952 – August 7, 1955) ;Roch Pinard : (acting) : under St. Laurent (August 16, 1955 – November 2, 1955) ;

Hugues Lapointe Hugues Lapointe (March 3, 1911 – November 13, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978. Life and career Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, the son of the Canadian Member of P ...

: under St. Laurent (November 3, 1955 – June 21, 1957) ; William McLean Hamilton : under Diefenbaker (June 21, 1957 – July 12, 1962) ; John Angus MacLean : (acting) : under Diefenbaker (July 18, 1962 – August 8, 1962) ; Ellen Louks Fairclough : under Diefenbaker (August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963) ; Azellus Denis : under Pearson (April 22, 1963 – February 2, 1964) ;

John Robert Nicholson John Robert "Jack" Nicholson, (December 1, 1901 – October 8, 1983) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician and the 21st Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Born in Newcastle, New Brunswick (now Miramichi), he graduated from the ...

: under Pearson (February 2, 1964 – February 14, 1965) ; René Tremblay : under Pearson (February 15, 1965 – December 17, 1965) ;

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: under Pearson (December 18, 1965 – April 20, 1968) : under Trudeau (April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968) ; Eric William Kierans : under Trudeau (July 5, 1968 – April 28, 1971) ;Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté : under Trudeau (April 29, 1971 – November 26, 1972) (second time) ;

André Ouellet André Ouellet (), (born April 6, 1939) is a former longtime Liberal federal politician and Cabinet member in Canada. Following his political career, he served as chairman of Canada Post. First elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a ...

: under Trudeau (November 27, 1972 – August 7, 1974) ; Bryce Stuart Mackasey : under Trudeau (August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976) ;

Jean-Jacques Blais Jean-Jacques Blais, (born June 27, 1940) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Nipissing in the House of Commons of Canada from 1972 to 1984. He was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Born in Sturgeon Falls, Onta ...

: under Trudeau (September 14, 1976 – February 1, 1978) ;

Gilles Lamontagne Joseph-Georges-Gilles-Claude Lamontagne (; April 17, 1919 – June 14, 2016) was a Canadian politician and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Early life He was born in Montreal. During World War II, Lamontagne served as a bomber pilot i ...

: under Trudeau (February 2, 1978 – June 3, 1979) ; John Allen Fraser : under

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(June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980) ;

: under Trudeau (March 3, 1980 – October 15, 1981) (second time) 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 The Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation is a member of the Canadian Cabinet responsible for Canada Post Corporation, the federal Crown corporation responsible for Canada's postal service. The position was created in 1981 assuming some ...

External links

A Chronology of Canadian Postal History

Postmasters General

See also

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