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List of Canadian Ministers of Health

Canadian Ministers of National Health and Welfare

1.	Brooke Claxton	under King	October 18 1944 - December 11 1946
2.	Paul Martin, Sr.	under King	December 12 1946 - November 15 1948
	Paul Martin, Sr. (cont'd)	under St-Laurent	November 15 1948 - June 20 1957
*	Alfred Johnson Brooks (Acting)	under Diefenbaker	June 21 1957 - August 21 1957
3.	Jay Waldo Monteith	under Diefenbaker	August 22 1957 - April 21 1963
4.	Judy LaMarsh	under Pearson	April 22 1963 - December 17 1965
5.	Allan MacEachen	under Pearson	December 18 1965 - April 19 1968
	Allan MacEachen (cont'd)	under Trudeau	April 20 1968 - July 5 1968
6.	John C. Munro	under Trudeau	July 6 1968 - November 26 1972
7.	Marc Lalonde	under Trudeau	November 27 1972 - September 17 1977
8.	Monique Bégin	under Trudeau	September 18 1977 - June 3 1979
9.	David Edward Crombie	under Clark	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
	Monique Bégin (2nd time)	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 - June 29 1984
	Monique Bégin (cont'd)	under Turner	June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
10.	Jake Epp	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 - January 29 1989
11.	Perrin Beatty	under Mulroney	January 30 1989 - April 20 1991
12.	Benoît Bouchard	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 - June 24 1993
13.	Mary Collins	under Campbell	June 25 1993 - November 3 1993
14.	Diane Marleau	under Chrétien	November 4 1993 - January 24 1996
15.	David Dingwall	under Chrétien	January 25 1996 - July 11 1996

The portfolio was renamed from "National Health and Welfare" to simply "Health" in 1996.

Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Health portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health (List).

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