Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The minister of agriculture and agri-food (Template:Langx) is a minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada, who is responsible for overseeing several organizations including Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Canadian Dairy Commission, Farm Credit Canada, the National Farm Products Council and the Canadian Grain Commission.

The post was established in 1995 as a successor to the minister of agriculture (Template:Langx), a position that existed since Canadian Confederation in 1867. The post was temporarily discontinued in 2025, being merged with the Minister of Rural Economic Development to create a new post, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.

List of ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Historical conservative parties: Liberal-Conservative, Conservative (historical), Unionist, National Liberal and Conservative, Progressive Conservative

  Conservative Party of Canada

Minister of Agriculture
No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 1	File:Jean-Charles Chapais.jpg	Jean-Charles Chapais	July 1, 1867	November 15, 1869	Conservative (historical)	1 (Macdonald)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 2	File:ChristopherDunkin23.jpg	Christopher Dunkin	November 16, 1869	October 24, 1871	Conservative (historical)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 3	File:John Henry Pope.jpg	John Henry Pope (1st time)	October 25, 1871	November 5, 1873	Liberal-Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 4	File:Luc Letellier de Saint-Just.jpg	Luc Letellier de St-Just	November 7, 1873	December 14, 1876	Liberal	2 (Mackenzie)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –	File:Isaac Burpee.jpg	Isaac Burpee (Acting)	December 15, 1876	January 25, 1877	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 5	File:Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier.jpg	Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier	January 25, 1877	October 8, 1878	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (3)	File:John Henry Pope.jpg	John Henry Pope (2nd time)	October 17, 1878	September 25, 1885	Liberal-Conservative	3 (Macdonald)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 6	File:JohnCarling23.jpg	John Carling	September 25, 1885	June 6, 1891	Conservative (historical)
June 16, 1891			November 24, 1892	4 (Abbott)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 7	File:Auguste-Réal Angers.jpg	Auguste-Réal Angers	December 7, 1892	December 12, 1894	Conservative (historical)	5 (Thompson)
December 21, 1894			July 12, 1895	6 (Bowell)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 8	File:No image.svg	Joseph-Aldric Ouimet (Acting)	July 13, 1895		December 20, 1895	Liberal-Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 9	File:Walter Humphries Montague.jpg	Walter Humphries Montague (1st time)	December 21, 1895		January 5, 1896	Conservative (historical)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –	File:Donald Ferguson.jpg	Donald Ferguson (Acting)	January 6, 1896		January 14, 1896	Conservative (historical)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (9)	File:Walter Humphries Montague.jpg	Walter Humphries Montague (2nd time)	January 15, 1896		April 27, 1896	Conservative (historical)
May 1, 1896			July 8, 1896	7 (Tupper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 10	File:Sydney Arthur Fisher.jpg	Sydney Arthur Fisher	July 13, 1896	October 6, 1911	Liberal	8 (Laurier)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 11	File:Martin Burrell.jpg	Martin Burrell	October 16, 1911	October 12, 1917	Conservative (historical)	9 (Borden)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 12	File:CRERAR.jpg	Thomas Crerar (1st time)	October 12, 1917	June 11, 1919	Unionist	10 (Borden)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –	File:James A Calder.jpg	James Alexander Calder (Acting)	June 18, 1919	August 11, 1919	Unionist
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 13	File:Simon Fraser Tolmie.png	Simon Fraser Tolmie (1st time)	August 12, 1919	July 10, 1920	Conservative (historical)
July 10, 1920			December 29, 1921	11 (Meighen)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 14	File:Motherwell 4408105215 de91213a94 o.jpg	William Richard Motherwell (1st time)	December 29, 1921	June 28, 1926	Liberal	12 (King)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| –	File:Henry Herbert Stevens.jpg	Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting)	June 29, 1926	July 12, 1926	Conservative (historical)	13 (Meighen)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (13)	File:Simon Fraser Tolmie.png	Simon Fraser Tolmie (2nd time)	July 13, 1926	September 25, 1926	Conservative (historical)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| (14)	File:Motherwell 4408105215 de91213a94 o.jpg	William Richard Motherwell (2nd time)	September 25, 1926	August 7, 1930	Liberal	14 (King)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 15	File:Robert Weir.jpg	Robert Weir	August 8, 1930	October 23, 1935	Conservative (historical)	15 (Bennett)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| –	File:CRERAR.jpg	Thomas Crerar (2nd time; Acting)	October 25, 1935	November 3, 1935	Liberal	16 (King)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 16	File:James Garfield Gardiner.jpg	James Garfield Gardiner	November 4, 1935	November 15, 1948	Liberal
November 15, 1948			June 21, 1957	17 (St. Laurent)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 17	File:No image.svg	Douglas Harkness	June 21, 1957 (Acting until Aug.7)	October 10, 1960	Progressive Conservative	18 (Diefenbaker)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 18	File:Alvin Hamilton.jpg	Alvin Hamilton	October 11, 1960	April 22, 1963	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 19	File:No image.svg	Harry Hays	April 22, 1963	December 17, 1965	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 20		John James Greene	December 18, 1965	April 20, 1968	Liberal
April 20, 1968			July 5, 1968	20 (P. E. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 21	File:No image.svg	Bud Olson	July 6, 1968		November 26, 1972	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 22	File:No image.svg	Eugene Whelan (1st time)	November 27, 1972		June 3, 1979	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 23	File:No image.svg	John Wise (1st time)	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"|(22)	File:No image.svg	Eugene Whelan (2nd time)	March 3, 1980	June 29, 1984	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 24	File:No image.svg	Ralph Ferguson	June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984	Liberal	23 (Turner)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| (23)	File:No image.svg	John Wise (2nd time)	September 17, 1984	September 14, 1988	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 25	File:No image.svg	Don Mazankowski	September 15, 1988	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 26	File:Bill McKnight.jpg	Bill McKnight	April 21, 1991	January 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 27	File:No image.svg	Charles Mayer	January 4, 1993	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
June 24, 1993			November 3, 1993	25 (Campbell)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 28	File:Ralph Goodale free alternative.jpg	Ralph Goodale	November 4, 1993	January 11, 1995	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 28	File:Ralph Goodale free alternative.jpg	Ralph Goodale	January 12, 1995	June 10, 1997	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 29	File:No image.svg	Lyle Vanclief	June 11, 1997	December 11, 2003	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 30	File:No image.svg	Bob Speller	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 31	File:No image.svg	Andy Mitchell	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 32	File:Chuck Strahl 2014.jpg	Chuck Strahl	February 6, 2006	August 14, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour; color:white"| 33	File:Gerry Ritz 2013-04-09.jpg	Gerry Ritz	August 14, 2007	November 4, 2015	Conservative
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 34	File:Lawrence McAulay 01-14-2016.jpg	Lawrence MacAulay (1st time)	November 4, 2015	March 1, 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;| 35	File:Marie-Claude Bibeau in Ukraine - 2018 (MUS0119) (cropped).jpg	Marie-Claude Bibeau	March 1, 2019	July 26, 2023	Liberal
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| (34)	File:Lawrence McAulay 01-14-2016.jpg	Lawrence MacAulay (2nd time)	July 26, 2023	March 14, 2025	Liberal
Position discontinued, replaced by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development
Position re-established as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food
style="background:Template:Canadian party colour;"| 36		Heath MacDonald	May 13, 2025	present	Liberal	30 (Carney)

See also

• Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)

External links

• Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food (Canada)