List of 1996 Canadian incumbents

See also: 1995 Canadian incumbents, 1997 Canadian incumbents

Crown

Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II

Federal government

Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet

Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
Deputy Prime Minister - Sheila Copps
Minister of Finance - Paul Martin
Minister of Foreign Affairs - André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy
Minister of National Defence - David Collenette then Doug Young
Minister of Health - Diane Marleau then David Dingwall
Minister of Industry - John Manley
Minister of Heritage - Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996)
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion
Minister of the Environment - Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi
Minister of Justice - Allan Rock
Minister of Transport - Doug Young then David Anderson
Minister of Communications - Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (position merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11, 1996)
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin
Minister of Agriculture - Ralph Goodale
Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Diane Marleau (position created on July 12.)
Minister of Employment and Immigration - Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister of Human Resources Development on July 11)
Minister of Natural Resources - Anne McLellan
Minister of Public Works - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)
Minister of Supply and Services - David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)

Members of Parliament

See: 35th Canadian parliament

Party leaders

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

Supreme Court Justices

Other

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

Provinces

Mayors

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

See also

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