18th Canadian Ministry 18e conseil des ministres du Canada | |
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.svg){kind=small} 18th ministry of Canada | |
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| Date formed | 21 June 1957 |
| Date dissolved | 22 April 1963 |
| People and organizations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Vincent Massey Georges Vanier |
| Prime Minister | John Diefenbaker |
| Member party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
| Opposition party | Liberal Party of Canada |
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| History | |
| Election(s) | 1957, 1958, 1962 |
| Legislature term(s) | |
| Predecessor | 17th Canadian Ministry |
| Successor | 19th Canadian Ministry |
The Eighteenth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. It governed Canada from 21 June 1957 to 22 April 1963, including all of the 23rd, 24th, and 25th Canadian Parliaments. The government was formed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
| Portfolio | Minister | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start | End | ||
| Prime Minister | John Diefenbaker | 21 June 1957 | 22 April 1963 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Douglas Harkness | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| Alvin Hamilton | 11 October 1960 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Amateur Sport | Jay Monteith | 29 September 1961 | 22 April 1963 |
| Minister for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation | Howard Charles Green | 21 June 1957 | 20 August 1959 |
| David James Walker | 20 August 1959 | 18 July 1962 | |
| Howard Charles Green (acting) | 18 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Davie Fulton | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board | Gordon Churchill | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| Alvin Hamilton | 11 October 1960 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Citizenship and Immigration | Davie Fulton (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Ellen Fairclough | 12 May 1958 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Dick Bell | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister for Defence Construction Limited | Howard Charles Green (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Raymond O'Hurley | 12 May 1958 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Defence Production | Howard Charles Green (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Raymond O'Hurley | 12 May 1958 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Secretary of State for External Affairs | John Diefenbaker | 21 June 1957 | 13 September 1957 |
| Sidney Earle Smith | 13 September 1957 | 17 March 1959 | |
| John Diefenbaker (acting) | 17 March 1959 | 4 June 1959 | |
| Howard Charles Green | 4 June 1959 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Finance and Receiver General | Donald Fleming | 21 June 1957 | 9 August 1962 |
| George Nowlan | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Fisheries | Angus MacLean | 21 June 1957 | 22 April 1963 |
| Minister of Forestry | Hugh John Flemming | 11 October 1960 | 18 March 1963 |
| Martial Asselin | 18 March 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister responsible for Indian Affairs | Davie Fulton (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Ellen Fairclough | 12 May 1958 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Dick Bell | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Davie Fulton | 21 June 1957 | 9 August 1962 |
| Donald Fleming | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Labour | Michael Starr | 21 June 1957 | 22 April 1963 |
| Leader of the Government in the House of Commons | Howard Charles Green | 21 June 1957 | 14 January 1960 |
| Gordon Churchill | 14 January 1960 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | John Thomas Haig | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys | Léon Balcer (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 7 August 1957 |
| Paul Comtois | 7 August 1957 | 6 October 1961 | |
| Walter Dinsdale (acting) | 6 October 1961 | 28 December 1961 | |
| Jacques Flynn | 28 December 1961 | 18 July 1962 | |
| Hugh John Flemming (acting) | 18 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Paul Martineau | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister for National Capital Commission | David James Walker | 20 August 1959 | 18 July 1962 |
| Howard Charles Green (acting) | 18 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Davie Fulton | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Associate Minister of National Defence | Vacant | 21 June 1957 | 20 August 1959 |
| Pierre Sévigny | 20 August 1959 | 8 February 1963 | |
| Vacant | 8 February 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of National Defence | George Pearkes | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| Douglas Harkness | 11 October 1960 | 4 February 1963 | |
| Vacant (Elgin B. Armstrong was acting) | 4 February 1963 | 12 February 1963 | |
| Gordon Churchill | 12 February 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of National Health and Welfare | Alfred Johnson Brooks (acting) | 21 June 1957 | 22 August 1957 |
| Jay Monteith | 22 August 1957 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of National Revenue | George Nowlan | 21 June 1957 | 9 August 1962 |
| Hugh John Flemming | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources | Douglas Harkness | 21 June 1957 | 22 August 1957 |
| Alvin Hamilton | 22 August 1957 | 11 October 1960 | |
| Walter Dinsdale | 11 October 1960 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Postmaster General | William McLean Hamilton | 21 June 1957 | 18 July 1962 |
| Angus MacLean (acting) | 18 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Ellen Fairclough | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| President of the Queen's Privy Council | John Diefenbaker | 21 June 1957 | 28 December 1961 |
| Noël Dorion | 28 December 1961 | 5 July 1962 | |
| John Diefenbaker (acting) | 5 July 1962 | 21 December 1962 | |
| John Diefenbaker | 21 December 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Public Works | Howard Charles Green | 21 June 1957 | 20 August 1959 |
| David James Walker | 20 August 1959 | 18 July 1962 | |
| Howard Charles Green (acting) | 18 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Davie Fulton | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Secretary of State for Canada and Registrar General | Ellen Fairclough | 21 June 1957 | 12 May 1958 |
| Henri Courtemanche | 12 May 1958 | 19 January 1960 | |
| Léon Balcer (acting) | 19 January 1960 | 11 October 1960 | |
| Noël Dorion | 11 October 1960 | 5 July 1962 | |
| Léon Balcer (acting) | 5 July 1962 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Ernest Halpenny | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Solicitor General | Léon Balcer | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| William Joseph Browne | 11 October 1960 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Vacant | 9 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Trade and Commerce | Gordon Churchill | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| George Hees | 11 October 1960 | 8 February 1963 | |
| Vacant (James Alan Roberts was acting) | 8 February 1963 | 12 February 1963 | |
| Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon | 12 February 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Transport | George Hees | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| Léon Balcer | 11 October 1960 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | Alfred Johnson Brooks | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| Gordon Churchill | 11 October 1960 | 12 February 1963 | |
| Marcel Lambert | 12 February 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Minister without Portfolio | William Joseph Browne | 21 June 1957 | 11 October 1960 |
| James Macdonnell | 21 June 1957 | 20 August 1959 | |
| John Thomas Haig | 9 October 1957 | 11 May 1958 | |
| Ernest Halpenny | 11 October 1960 | 9 August 1962 | |
| Malcolm Wallace McCutcheon | 9 August 1962 | 12 February 1963 | |
| Frank Charles McGee | 18 March 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Théogène Ricard | 18 March 1963 | 22 April 1963 | |
| Offices not of the Cabinet | |||
| Leader of the Government in the Senate | Walter Aseltine | 12 May 1958 | 31 August 1962 |
| Alfred Johnson Brooks | 31 August 1962 | 22 April 1963 | |