Minister for Sport (Canada)

The Minister for Sport was a Government of Canada cabinet minister responsible for Sport Canada, who reported to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.[2]

Minister for Sport
Incumbent
vacant
Department of Canadian Heritage
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
AppointerGovernor General of Canada
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderJay Monteith
FormationSeptember 29, 1961
Salary$255,300 (2017)[1]
Websitewww.canada.ca/canadian-heritage

The specific name of the ministerial designation has changed many times since the position was introduced in 1961. It was originally known as the Minister of Amateur Sport. The position was then relegated to the status of Minister of State in 1976, only to return as a full cabinet position in 2015. That year, the title was changed to "Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities" following the appointment of Carla Qualtrough and the addition of the responsibility toward disability in Canada to the portfolio.,[3] and the Minister of Science and Sport when Kirsty Duncan assumed the role.

After the 2019 Canadian federal election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not appoint a Minister for Sport, passing on this responsibility to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Ministers
  Name Party Took Office Left Office
Minister of Amateur Sport
     Jay Monteith
 Progressive Conservative September 29, 1961 April 21, 1963 [4]
     Judy LaMarsh
 Liberal April 22, 1963 December 17, 1965
     Allan MacEachen
 Liberal December 18, 1965 July 5, 1968
     John Munro
 Liberal July 6, 1968 November 26, 1972
     Marc Lalonde
 Liberal November 27, 1972 September 14, 1976 [5]
Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport)
     Iona Campagnolo
 Liberal September 15, 1976 June 3, 1979
Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport and Multiculturalism
     Steve Paproski
 Progressive Conservative June 4, 1979 March 2, 1980
Minister of State (Sports)
     Gerald Regan
 Liberal March 3, 1980 September 29, 1982
Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport)
     Raymond Perrault
 Liberal September 30, 1982 August 11, 1983
     Celine Hervieux-Payette
 Liberal August 12, 1983 January 9, 1984
     Joseph Olivier
 Liberal January 10, 1984 June 29, 1984
     Jean Lapierre
 Liberal June 30, 1984 September 16, 1984
     Otto Jelinek
 Progressive Conservative September 17, 1984 March 30, 1988
     Jean Charest
 Progressive Conservative March 31, 1988 January 23, 1990
     Perrin Beatty
 Progressive Conservative January 24, 1990 February 22, 1990
     Marcel Danis
 Progressive Conservative February 23, 1990 April 20, 1991
     Pierre Cadieux
 Progressive Conservative April 21, 1991 June 24, 1993
Minister of Amateur Sport
     Mary Collins
 Progressive Conservative June 25, 1993 November 3, 1993 [6]
     Diane Marleau
 Liberal November 4, 1993 January 24, 1996 [7]
     David Dingwall
 Liberal January 25, 1996 July 11, 1996
     Sheila Copps
 Liberal July 12, 1996 August 2, 1999
Secretary of State (Amateur Sport)
     Denis Coderre
 Liberal August 3, 1999 January 14, 2002 [8]
     Paul Devillers
 Liberal January 15, 2002 June 19, 2003 [9]
Secretary of State (Physical Activity and Sport)
     Paul Devillers
 Liberal June 20, 2003 December 11, 2003 [9]
Minister of State (Sport)
     Stan Keyes
 Liberal December 12, 2003 July 19, 2004 [10]
     Stephen Owen
 Liberal July 20, 2004 February 5, 2006 [11]
Minister for Sport[lower-alpha 1]
  Michael Chong
 Conservative February 6, 2006 November 26, 2006
  Peter Van Loan
 Conservative November 27, 2006 January 3, 2007 [12]
Secretary of State (Sport)
  Helena Guergis
 Conservative January 4, 2007 October 29, 2008 [13]
Minister of State (Sport)
  Gary Lunn
 Conservative October 30, 2008 May 18, 2011 [14]
  Bal Gosal Conservative May 18, 2011 November 4, 2015
Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities
     Carla Qualtrough
 Liberal November 4, 2015 August 28, 2017 [15]
     Kent Hehr
 Liberal August 28, 2017 January 25, 2018
     Kirsty Duncan
 Liberal January 25, 2018 present [2]
Minister of Science and Sport
     Kirsty Duncan
 Liberal July 18, 2018 November 21, 2019
Responsabilities for Sport transferred to the Minister of Canadian Heritage

Notes
  1. still a Minister of State

References
  1. "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada.
  2. "Kent Hehr resigns from Liberal cabinet over sexual harassment allegations". Global News. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. "Orders in Council - Search - Privy Council Office".
  4. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - MONTEITH, The Hon. Jay Waldo, P.C., F.C.A., LL.D."
  5. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - LALONDE, The Hon. Marc, P.C., O.C., Q.C., LL.L., M.A."
  6. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - COLLINS, The Hon. Mary, P.C., B.A."
  7. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Complete File - MARLEAU, The Hon. Diane, P.C., B.A."
  8. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - CODERRE, The Hon. Denis, P.C., B.A., M.B.A."
  9. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - DEVILLERS, The Hon. Paul, P.C., LL.B."
  10. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - KEYES, The Hon. Stan Kazmierczak, P.C."
  11. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - OWEN, The Hon. Stephen, P.C., Q.C., LL.B., LL.M., M.B.A."
  12. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - VAN LOAN, The Hon. Peter, P.C., B.A., LL.B., M.A., M.Sc.Pl".
  13. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - GUERGIS, The Hon. Helena, P.C."
  14. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - LUNN, The Hon. Gary, P.C., LL.B."
  15. "PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - QUALTROUGH, The Hon. Carla, P.C."
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