List of Canadian Leaders of the Government in the Senate
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The ministerial office of Leader of the Government in the Senate was recognized the Great Seal of Canada on March 28 1969 and went into force on April 1 1969, Previously the position was not a ministerial office, although, with one exception, the incumbent also held a Cabinet portfolio while serving as Leader of the Government in the Senate. From 1935 until 1969 the Cabinet typically had a single Senator among its ranks with the position of minister without portfolio who also acted as Government Leader in the Senate. The position's counterpart on the Senate's Opposition bench is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
See Senators in Cabinet (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/Senate/SenateCabinet.asp?lang=E&source=min)
Leaders of the Government in the Senate prior to 1969
- Alexander Campbell, July 1, 1867 - November 7, 1873, Conservative
- Luc Letellier de St-Just, November 7, 1873 - December 14, 1876, Liberal
- Sir Richard William Scott, December 14, 1876 - October 7, 1878, Liberal
- Alexander Campbell, October 18, 1878 - January 26, 1887, Conservative
- Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott1, May 12, 1887 - October 30, 1893, Conservative
- Sir Mackenzie Bowell2, October 31, 1893 - April 27, 1896, Conservative
- Sir Oliver Mowat, August 19, 1896 - November 18, 1897, Liberal
- David Mills, November 18, 1897 - February 7, 1902, Liberal
- Sir Richard William Scott, December 14, 1902 - 1908, Liberal
- Sir Richard John Cartwright, 1909 - October 6, 1911, Liberal
- Sir James Alexander Lougheed, October 10, 1911 - December 28, 1921, Conservative
- Raoul Dandurand, December 29, 1921 - June 28, 1926, Liberal
- William Benjamin Ross3, June 28, 1926 - September 24, 1926, Conservative
- Raoul Dandurand, September 25, 1926 - August 6, 1930, Liberal
- Wellington Bartley Willoughby, August 7, 1930 - February 3, 1932, Conservative
- Arthur Meighen, February 3, 1932 - October 22, 1935, Conservative
- Raoul Dandurand, October 23, 1935 - March 11, 1942, Liberal
- James Horace King, May 26, 1942 - August 24, 1945, Liberal
- Wishart McLea Robertson, August 24, 1945 - October 14, 1953, Liberal
- William Ross Macdonald, October 14, 1953 - June 20, 1957, Liberal
- John Thomas Haig, October 9,1957 - May 11, 1958, Progressive Conservative
- Walter Morley Aseltine, May 12, 1958 - August 31, 1962, Progressive Conservative
- Alfred Johnson Brooks, August 31, 1962 - April 21, 1963, Progressive Conservative
- William Ross Macdonald, April 22, 1963 - February 2, 1964, Liberal
- John Joseph Connolly, February 3, 1964 - April 19, 1968, Liberal
- Paul Martin, Sr.4, April 20, 1968 - April 1, 1969
Notes:
1 Prime Minister of Canada from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892.
2 Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.
3 Had no concurrent portfolio in Cabinet.
4 Minister without portfolio and de facto government leader in the Senate until April 1, 1969 when Leader of the Government in the Senate became an official ministerial office.