Minister of Health (Canada)

Minister of Health
Ministry
Federal
Incumbent Leona Aglukkaq PC, MP
Style	The Honourable
Appointed by	Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada
First	David Dingwall
Formation	12 July 1996
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.hc-sc.gc.ca

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The Minister of Health (French: Ministre de la Santé) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's health department (Health Canada) and the enforcing the Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada Health Act, the law governing Medicare. The current Minister of Health is Leona Aglukkaq, MP for Nunavut.

The Minister of Health is also the responsible Minister for the:

• Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Hazardous Materials Information Review Commission
• National Advisory Council on Aging (shared with the Secretary of State [Seniors]).
• Patented Medicine Prices Review Board

History

Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health. From 1944 to 1996, the post was known as the Minister of National Health and Welfare.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		David Dingwall	July 12, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
2		Allan Rock	June 11, 1997	January 14, 2002	Liberal
3		Anne McLellan	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
4		Pierre Pettigrew	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
5		Ujjal Dosanjh	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal
6		Tony Clement	February 6, 2006	October 29, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
7		Leona Aglukkaq	October 30, 2008	Incumbent	Conservative

External links

• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Health Canada