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The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Canada Post. The position was created in 1867 with Canadian confederation and was abolished in 1981 when the post office was transformed from a government department into a crown corporation. From 1900 until 1909 the Postmaster General was also responsible for the Department of Labour.

1. Alexander Campbell under Macdonald July 1 1867 - June 30 1873 2. John O'Connor under Macdonald July 1 1873 - November 5 1873 3. Donald Alexander Macdonald under Mackenzie November 7 1873 - May 17 1875 4. Télesphore Fournier under Mackenzie May 19 1875 - October 7 1875 5. Lucius Seth Huntington under Mackenzie October 9 1875 - October 8 1878 6. Hector Louis Langevin under Macdonald October 19 1878 - May 19 1879 Sir Alexander Campbell (second time) under Macdonald May 20 1879 - January 15 1880 7. John O'Connor under Macdonald January 16 1880 - November 7 1880 Sir Alexander Campbell (third time) under Macdonald November 8 1880 - May 18 1881 John O'Connor (second time) under Macdonald May 20 1881 - May 22 1882 8. John Carling under Macdonald May 23 1882 - September 24 1885 Sir Alexander Campbell (fourth time) under Macdonald September 25 1885 - January 26 1887 9. Archibald Woodbury McLelan under Macdonald January 27 1887 - July 9 1888 John Carling (second time) under Macdonald July 11 1888 - August 5 1888 10. John Graham Haggart under Macdonald August 6 1888 - June 6 1891 John Graham Haggart (cont'd) under Abbott June 16 1891 - January 24 1892 11. Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron under Abbott January 25 1892 - November 24 1892 Sir Joseph Philippe René Adolphe Caron (cont'd) under Thompson December 5 1892 - December 12 1894 12. Louis-Olivier Taillon under Bowell December 21 1894 - July 8 1896 13. Sir William Mulock under Laurier July 13 1896 - October 15 1905 14. Allen Bristol Aylesworth under Laurier October 16 1905 - June 3 1906 15. Rodolphe Lemieux under Laurier June 4 1906 - August 10 1911 16. Henri Sévérin Béland under Laurier August 19 1911 - October 6 1911 17. Louis-Philippe Pelletier under Borden October 10 1911 - October 19 1914 18. Thomas Chase Casgrain under Borden October 20 1914 - December 29 1916 19. Pierre Édouard Blondin under Borden January 8 1917 - July 10 1920 Pierre Édouard Blondin (cont'd) under Meighen July 10 1920 - September 20 1921 20. Louis-de-Gonzague Belley under Meighen September 21 1921 - December 29 1921 21. Charles Murphy under King December 29 1921 - June 28 1926 22. Robert James Manion under Meighen August 23 1926 - September 25 1926 23. Peter John Veniot under King September 25 1926 - August 7 1930 24. Arthur Sauvé under Bennett August 7 1930 - August 13 1935 25. Samuel Gobeil under Bennett August 16 1935 - October 23 1935 26. John Campbell Elliott under King October 23 1935 - January 22 1939 27. Norman Alexander McLarty under King January 23 1939 - September 18 1939 28. Charles Gavan Power under King September 19 1939 - May 22 1940

  • James Lorimer Ilsley (acting) under King May 23 1940 - July 7 1940

29. William Pate Mulock under King July 8 1940 - June 8 1945 30. Ernest Bertrand under King August 29 1945 - November 15 1948 Ernest Bertrand (cont'd) under St. Laurent November 15 1948 - August 23 1949 31. Gabriel Édouard Rinfret under St. Laurent August 25 1949 - February 12 1952 32. Alcide Côté under St. Laurent February 13 1952 - August 7 1955

  • Roch Pinard (acting) under St. Laurent August 16 1955 - November 2 1955

33. Hugues Lapointe under St. Laurent November 3 1955 - June 21 1957 34. William McLean Hamilton under Diefenbaker June 21 1957 - July 12 1962

  • John Angus MacLean (acting) under Diefenbaker July 18 1962 - August 8 1962

35. Ellen Louks Fairclough under Diefenbaker August 9 1962 - April 22 1963 36. Azellus Denis under Pearson April 22 1963 - February 2 1964 37. John Robert Nicholson under Pearson February 2 1964 - February 14 1965 38. René Tremblay under Pearson February 15 1965 - December 17 1965 39. Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté under Pearson December 18 1965 - April 20 1968 Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté (cont'd) under Trudeau April 20 1968 - July 5 1968 40. Eric William Kierans under Trudeau July 5 1968 - April 28 1971 41. Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté under Trudeau April 29 1971 - November 26 1972 42. André Ouellet under Trudeau November 27 1972 - August 7 1974 43. Bryce Stuart Mackasey under Trudeau August 8 1974 - September 13 1976 44. Jean-Jacques Blais under Trudeau September 14 1976 - February 1 1978 45. Gilles Lamontagne under Trudeau February 2 1978 - June 3 1979 46. John Allen Frase under Clark June 4 1979 - March 2 1980 André Ouellet (second time) under Trudeau March 3 1980 - October 15 1981

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