Minister of Public Works (Canada)
The position of Minister of Public Works existed as part of the Cabinet of Canada from Confederation to 1996.
As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the Minister of Supply and Services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1996, under the leadership of Jean Chrétien.[1]
Ministers
| 1. | William McDougall | under Macdonald | July 1, 1867 – September 27, 1869 |
| * | Hector-Louis Langevin (acting minister) | under Macdonald | September 28, 1869 – December 7, 1869 |
| 2. | Hector-Louis Langevin | under Macdonald | December 8, 1869 – November 5, 1873 |
| 3. | Alexander Mackenzie | as PM | November 7, 1873 – October 8, 1878 |
| 4 | Sir Charles Tupper | under Macdonald | October 19, 1878 – May 19, 1879 |
| Sir Hector-Louis Langevin (second time) | under Macdonald | May 20, 1879 – June 6, 1891 | |
| under Abbott | June 16, 1891 – August 11, 1891 | ||
| 5. | Frank Smith | under Abbott | August 14, 1891 – January 10, 1892 |
| 6. | Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet | under Abbott | January 11, 1892 – November 24, 1892 |
| under Thompson | December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | ||
| under Bowell | December 21, 1894 – April 27, 1896 | ||
| 7. | Alphonse Desjardins | under Tupper | May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896 |
| 8. | Joseph-Israël Tarte | under Laurier | July 13, 1896 – October 21, 1902 |
| 9. | James Sutherland | under Laurier | November 11, 1902 – May 3, 1905 |
| 10. | Charles Smith Hyman | under Laurier | May 22, 1905 – August 29, 1907 |
| 11. | William Pugsley | under Laurier | August 30, 1907 – October 6, 1911 |
| 12. | Frederick Debartzch Monk | under Borden | October 10, 1911 – October 28, 1912 |
| 13. | Louis Coderre | under Borden | October 29, 1912 – October 5, 1915 |
| 14. | Robert Rogers | under Borden | October 6, 1915 – August 22, 1917 |
| 15. | Charles Colquhoun Ballantyne | under Borden | October 3, 1917 – October 12, 1917 |
| 16. | Frank Broadstreet Carvell | under Borden | October 13, 1917 – August 1, 1919 |
| * | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | under Borden | August 6, 1919 – September 2, 1919 |
| 17. | Arthur Lewis Sifton | under Borden | September 3, 1919 – December 30, 1919 |
| * | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | under Borden | December 31, 1919 – July 10, 1920 |
| * | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | under Meighen | July 10, 1920 – July 12, 1920 |
| 18. | Fleming Blanchard McCurdy | under Meighen | July 13, 1920 – December 29, 1921 |
| 19. | Hewitt Bostock | under King | December 29, 1921 – February 2, 1922 |
| 20. | James Horace King | under King | February 3, 1922 – June 28, 1926 |
| * | Sir George Halsey Perley (acting) | under Meighen | June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926 |
| 21. | Edmond Baird Ryckman | under Meighen | July 13, 1926 – September 25, 1926 |
| 22. | John Campbell Elliott | under King | September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930 |
| 23. | Hugh Alexander Stewart | under Bennett | August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935 |
| 24. | Pierre Joseph Arthur Cardin | under King | October 23, 1935 – May 12, 1942 |
| * | Joseph-Enoil Michaud (acting) | under King | May 13, 1942 – October 6, 1942 |
| 25. | Alphonse Fournier | under King | October 7, 1942 – November 15, 1948 |
| under St. Laurent | November 15, 1948 – June 11, 1953 | ||
| * | Walter Edward Harris | under St. Laurent | June 12, 1953 – September 16, 1953 |
| 26. | Robert Henry Winters | under St. Laurent | September 17, 1953 – June 21, 1957 |
| 27. | Howard Charles Green | under Diefenbaker | June 21, 1957 – August 19, 1959 |
| 28. | David James Walker | under Diefenbaker | August 20, 1959 – July 12, 1962 |
| * | Howard Charles Green (acting minister) | under Diefenbaker | July 18, 1962 – August 8, 1962 |
| 29. | Edmund Davie Fulton | under Diefenbaker | August 9, 1962 – April 22, 1963 |
| 30. | Jean-Paul Deschatelets | under Pearson | April 22, 1963 – February 11, 1965 |
| 31. | Louis Joseph Lucien Cardin | under Pearson | February 15, 1965 – July 6, 1965 |
| 32. | George James McIlraith | under Pearson | July 7, 1965 – April 20, 1968 |
| under Trudeau | April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 | ||
| 33. | Arthur Laing | under Trudeau | July 5, 1968 – January 27, 1972 |
| 34. | Jean-Eudes Dubé | under Trudeau | January 28, 1972 – August 7, 1974 |
| 35. | Charles Mills Drury | under Trudeau | August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976 |
| 36. | J. Judd Buchanan | under Trudeau | September 14, 1976 – November 23, 1978 |
| 37. | André Ouellet | under Trudeau | November 24, 1978 – June 3, 1979 |
| 38. | Erik Nielsen | under Clark | June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 |
| 39. | Paul James Cosgrove | under Trudeau | March 3, 1980 – September 29, 1982 |
| 40. | Roméo LeBlanc | under Trudeau | September 30, 1982 – June 29, 1984 |
| 41. | Charles Lapointe | under Turner | June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 |
| 42. | Roch La Salle | under Mulroney | September 17, 1984 – June 29, 1986 |
| 43. | Stewart McInnes | under Mulroney | June 30, 1986 – December 7, 1988 |
| * | Otto Jelinek | under Mulroney | December 8, 1988 – January 29, 1989 |
| 44. | Elmer MacIntosh MacKay | under Mulroney | January 30, 1989 – June 24, 1993 |
| 45. | Paul Wyatt Dick | under Campbell | June 24, 1993 – November 3, 1993 |
| 46. | David Charles Dingwall | under Chrétien | November 4, 1993 – January 24, 1996 |
| 47. | Diane Marleau | under Chrétien | January 25, 1996 – July 11, 1996 |
After 1996 see Minister of Public Works and Government Services.
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