Minister of the Interior (Canada)

The Minister of the Interior (Canada) was a cabinet post responsible for federal land management, Indian affairs and natural resources extraction. Created in 1873 to replace the Secretary of State for the Provinces and was replaced by the following ministries in 1936:

• Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys - later Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources (Canada) and now Minister of Natural Resources (Canada)

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

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

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		Alexander Campbell	July 1, 1873	November 5, 1873	Liberal-Conservative	1 (Macdonald)
2		David Laird	November 7, 1873	October 6, 1876	Liberal	2 (Mackenzie)
–		Richard William Scott (Acting)	October 7, 1876	October 23, 1876	Liberal
3		David Mills	October 24, 1876	October 8, 1878	Liberal
4		Sir John A. Macdonald	October 17, 1878	October 2, 1887	Liberal-Conservative	3 (Macdonald)
5		Thomas White	October 3, 1887	April 21, 1888	Conservative (historical)
–		Sir John A. Macdonald (Acting)	May 8, 1888	September 24, 1888	Liberal-Conservative
6		Edgar Dewdney	September 25, 1888	June 6, 1891	Conservative (historical)
			June 16, 1891	October 16, 1892		4 (Abbott)
7		Thomas Mayne Daly	October 17, 1892	November 24, 1892	Liberal-Conservative
			December 5, 1892	December 12, 1894		5 (Thompson)
			December 21, 1894	April 27, 1896		6 (Bowell)
8		Hugh John Macdonald	May 1, 1896	July 8, 1896	Conservative (historical)	7 (Tupper)
–		Richard William Scott (Acting)	July 17, 1896	November 16, 1896	Liberal	8 (Laurier)
9		Clifford Sifton	November 17, 1896	February 28, 1905	Liberal
–		Sir Wilfrid Laurier (Acting)	March 13, 1905	April 7, 1905	Liberal
10		Frank Oliver	April 8, 1905	October 6, 1911	Liberal
11		Robert Rogers	October 10, 1911	October 28, 1912	Conservative (historical)	9 (Borden)
12		William James Roche	October 29, 1912	October 12, 1917	Conservative (historical)
13		Arthur Meighen	October 12, 1917	July 10, 1920	Unionist	10 (Borden)
14		Sir James Alexander Lougheed	July 10, 1920	December 29, 1921	Conservative (historical)	11 (Meighen)
15		Charles Stewart (1st time)	December 29, 1921	June 28, 1926	Liberal	12 (King)
–		Henry Herbert Stevens (Acting)	June 29, 1926	July 12, 1926	Conservative (historical)	13 (Meighen)
–		Richard Bedford Bennett (Acting)	July 13, 1926	September 24, 1926	Conservative (historical)
(15)		Charles Stewart (2nd time)	September 25, 1926	August 6, 1930	Liberal	14 (King)
16		Thomas Gerow Murphy	August 7, 1930	October 23, 1935	Conservative (historical)	15 (Bennett)
17		Thomas Crerar	October 23, 1935	November 30, 1936	Liberal	16 (King)

References

• "History of Departments: Interior". Library of Parliament. http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Legacy/pages/DepHist.asp?lang=E&Dept=C&SubDept=All&Key=36.