1996 Canadian Incumbents

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1996 Canadian Incumbents

Head Of State - Queen Elizabeth II

Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet

Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien

Deputy Prime Minister - Sheila Copps

Minister Of Finance - Paul Martin

Minister Of Foreign Affairs - André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy

Minister Of National Defence - David Collenette then Doug Young

Minister Of Health - Diane Marleau then David Dingwall

Minister Of Industry - John Manley

Minister Of Heritage - Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996)

Minister Of Intergovernmental Affairs - Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion

Minister Of The Environment - Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi

Minister Of Justice - Allan Rock

Minister Of Transport - Doug Young then David Anderson

Minister Of Communications - Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (poistion merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11 , 1996 )

Minister Of Citizenship And Immigration - Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard

Minister Of Fisheries And Oceans - Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin

Minister Of Agriculture - Ralph Goodale

Minister Of Public Works And Government Services - Diane Marleau (position created on July 12 .)

Minister Of Employment And Immigration - Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister Of Human Resources Development on July 11 )

Minister Of Natural Resources - Anne McLellan

Minister Of Public Works - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11 )

Minister Of Supply And Services - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11 )

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

See: 35th Canadian Parliament

Party leaders

Liberal Party Of Canada - Jean Chrétien

Bloc Québécois - Lucien Bouchard then Gilles Duceppe ''(interim)'' then Michel Gauthier

New Democratic Party - Alexa McDonough

Progressive Conservative Party Of Canada - Jean Charest

Reform Party Of Canada - Preston Manning

Supreme Court Justices

Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer

Beverley McLachlin

Frank Iacobucci

John C. Major

Gérard V. La Forest

John Sopinka

Peter DeCarteret Cory

Claire L'Heureux-Dubé

Charles D. Gonthier

Other

Speaker Of The House Of Commons - Gilbert Parent

Governor Of The Bank Of Canada - Gordon Thiessen

Chief Of The Defence Staff - General Jean Boyle then Vice-Admiral Larry Murray

PROVINCES

Premiers

Premier Of Alberta - Ralph Klein

Premier Of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark

Premier Of Manitoba - Gary Filmon

Premier Of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette

Premier Of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin

Premier Of Nova Scotia - John Savage then Russell MacLellan

Premier Of Ontario - Mike Harris

Premier Of Prince Edward Island - Catherine Callbeck then Keith Milligan then Pat Binns

Premier Of Quebec - Jacques Parizeau then Lucien Bouchard

Premier Of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow

Premier Of The Northwest Territories - Don Morin

Premier Of Yukon - John Ostashek then Piers McDonald

Lieutenant-governors

Lieutenant-Governor Of Alberta - Gordon Towers then Bud Olson

Lieutenant-Governor Of British Columbia - Garde Gardom

Lieutenant-Governor Of Manitoba - W. Yvon Dumont

Lieutenant-Governor Of New Brunswick - Margaret Norrie McCain

Lieutenant-Governor Of Newfoundland And Labrador - Frederick Russell

Lieutenant-Governor Of Nova Scotia - James Kinley

Lieutenant-Governor Of Ontario - Henry N. R. Jackman

Lieutenant-Governor Of Prince Edward Island - Gilbert Ralph Clements

Lieutenant-Governor Of Quebec - Martial Asselin then Jean-Louis Roux

Lieutenant-Governor Of Saskatchewan - John E. N. Wiebe

MAYORS

Toronto - Barbara Hall

Montreal - Pierre Bourque

Vancouver - Philip Owen

Ottawa - Jacquelin Holzman

RELIGIOUS LEADERS

Roman Catholic Bishop Of Quebec - Archbishop Maurice Couture

Roman Catholic Bishop Of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte

Roman Catholic Bishops Of London - Bishop John Michael Sherlock

Moderator of the United Church Of Canada - Marion Best

SEE ALSO

1995 Canadian Incumbents

Events In Canada In 1996

1997 Canadian Incumbents

Governmental Leaders In 1996

Canadian Incumbents By Year