1997 Canadian incumbents

=Federal government=

*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II
*Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet

*Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien

*Deputy Prime Minister - Sheila Copps then Herb Gray
*Minister of Finance - Paul Martin
*Minister of Foreign Affairs - Lloyd Axworthy
*Minister of National Defence - Doug Young then Art Eggleton
*Minister of Health - David Dingwall then Allan Rock
*Minister of Industry - John Manley
*Minister of Heritage - Sheila Copps
*Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Stéphane Dion
*Minister of the Environment - Sergio Marchi then Christine Stewart
*Minister of Justice - Allan Rock then Anne McLellan
*Minister of Transport - David Anderson then David Collenette
*Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Lucienne Robillard
*Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Fred Mifflin then David Anderson
*Minister of Agriculture - Ralph Goodale then Lyle Vanclief
*Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Diane Marleau then Alfonso Gagliano
*Minister of Human Resources Development - Pierre Pettigrew
*Minister of Natural Resources - Anne McLellan then Ralph Goodale

Members of Parliament

See: 35th Canadian parliament, 36th Canadian parliament

Party leaders

*Liberal Party of Canada - Jean Chrétien
*Bloc Québécois - Michel Gauthier then Gilles Duceppe
*New Democratic Party- Alexa McDonough
*Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - Jean Charest
*Reform Party of Canada - Preston Manning

upreme Court Justices

*Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
*Beverley McLachlin
*Frank Iacobucci
*John C. Major
*Gérard V. La Forest then Michel Bastarache
*John Sopinka (retired November 24)
*Peter deCarteret Cory
*Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
*Charles D. Gonthier

Other

*Speaker of the House of Commons - Gilbert Parent
*Governor of the Bank of Canada - Gordon Thiessen
*Chief of the Defence Staff - Vice-Admiral Larry Murray then General Maurice Baril

Provinces

Premiers

*Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
*Premier of British Columbia - Glen Clark
*Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
*Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette
*Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Tobin
*Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage then Russell MacLellan
*Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
*Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
*Premier of Quebec - Lucien Bouchard
*Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow
*Premier of the Northwest Territories - Don Morin
*Premier of Yukon - Piers McDonald

Lieutenant-governors

*Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta - Bud Olson
*Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia - Garde Gardom
*Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba - W. Yvon Dumont
*Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick - Margaret Norrie McCain then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
*Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Frederick Russell then Arthur Maxwell House
*Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia - James Kinley
*Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario - Henry N. R. Jackman then Hilary M. Weston
*Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island - Gilbert Ralph Clements
*Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec - Jean-Louis Roux then Lise Thibault
*Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan - John E. N. Wiebe

Mayors

*Toronto - Barbara Hall
*Montreal - Pierre Bourque
*Vancouver - Philip Owen
*Ottawa - Jacquelin Holzman then Jim Watson

Religious leaders

*Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec - Archbishop Maurice Couture
*Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
*Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop John Michael Sherlock
*Moderator of the United Church of Canada - Marion Best then Bill Phipps

ee also

*1996 Canadian incumbents
*Events in Canada in 1997
*1998 Canadian incumbents
*Governmental leaders in 1997
*Canadian incumbents by year