List of Canadian Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans

Canadian Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans

1.	Roméo LeBlanc	under Trudeau	April 2 1979 - June 3 1979
2.	James McGrath	under Clark	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
	Roméo LeBlanc (2nd time)	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 - September 29 1982
3.	Pierre de Bané	under Trudeau	September 30 1982 - June 29 1984
4.	Herb Breau	under Turner	June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
5.	John Fraser	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 - September 23 1985
*	Erik Nielson (Acting)	under Mulroney	September 23 1985 - November 19 1985
6.	Thomas Siddon	under Mulroney	November 20 1985 - February 22 1990
7.	Bernard Valcourt	under Mulroney	February 23 1990 - April 20 1991
8.	John Crosbie	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 - June 24 1993
9.	Ross Reid	under Campbell	June 25 1993 - November 3 1993
10.	Brian Tobin	under Chrétien	November 4 1993 - January 8 1996
*	David Dingwall (Acting)	under Chrétien	January 9 1996 - January 24 1996
11.	Fred Mifflin	under Chrétien	January 25 1996 - June 10 1997
12.	David Anderson	under Chrétien	June 11 1997 - August 2 1999
13.	Herb Dhaliwal	under Chrétien	August 3 1999 - January 14 2002
14.	Robert Thibault	under Chrétien	June 15 2002 - December 11 2003
15.	Geoff Regan	under Martin	December 12 2003 -

During the years between the abolition of the old portfolio of Minister of Fisheries and Forests (List) in 1971 and the creation of this ministry, the fisheries portfolio was handled by the Minister of the Environment (List) with the assistance of a Minister of State with responsibilities for Fisheries, generally Romeo LeBlanc.

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