List of Canadian Ministers of Health

Canadian Ministers of National Health and Welfare

1.	Brooke Claxton	under King	October 18 1944 - December 11 1946
2.	Paul Martin, Sr	under King	December 12 1946 - November 15 1948
	Paul Martin, Sr (cont'd)	under St-Laurent	November 15 1948 - June 20 1957
*	Alfred Johnson Brooks (Acting)	under Diefenbaker	June 21 1957 - August 21 1957
3.	Jay Waldo Monteith	under Diefenbaker	August 22 1957 - April 21 1963
4.	Judy LaMarsh	under Pearson	April 22 1963 - December 17 1965
5.	Allan MacEachen	under Pearson	December 18 1965 - April 19 1968
	Allan MacEachen (cont'd)	under Trudeau	April 20 1968 - July 5 1968
6.	John C. Munro	under Trudeau	July 6 1968 - November 26 1972
7.	Marc Lalonde	under Trudeau	November 27 1972 - September 17 1977
8.	Monique Bégin	under Trudeau	September 18 1977 - June 3 1979
9.	David Edward Crombie	under Clark	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
	Monique Bégin (2nd time)	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 - June 29 1984
	Monique Bégin (cont'd)	under Turner	June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
10.	Jake Epp	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 - January 29 1989
11.	Perrin Beatty	under Mulroney	January 30 1989 - April 20 1991
12.	Benoît Bouchard	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 - June 24 1993
13.	Mary Collins	under Campbell	June 25 1993 - November 3 1993
14.	Diane Marleau	under Chrétien	November 4 1993 - January 24 1996
15.	David Dingwall	under Chrétien	January 25 1996 - July 11 1996

Canadian Ministers of Health

	David Dingwall (cont'd)	under Chrétien	July 12 1996 - June 10 1997
16.	Allan Rock	under Chrétien	June 11 1997 - January 14 2002
17.	Anne McLellan	under Chrétien	January 15 2002 - December 11 2003
18.	Pierre Pettigrew	under Martin	December 12 2003 -

The portfolio was renamed from "National Health and Welfare" to simply "Health" in 1996.

Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health (List).

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