Minister of Public Works (Canada)

The position of Minister of Public Works existed as part of the Cabinet of Canada from Confederation to 1995.

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, 1995, under the leadership of Jean Chretien.

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 LaSalle	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.