Minister of Inland Revenue (Canada)
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The Minister of Inland Revenue (or Controller of Inland Revenue between 1892 and 1897) was a portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet from 1867 until 1918 when it became the Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue
. In 1927, the portfolio became the Minister of National Revenue
.
Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue (Canada)
The position of Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue was a Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet responsible for the collection of taxes and duties and created in 1918 by combining the former positions of Minister of Inland Revenue and Minister of Customs...
. In 1927, the portfolio became the Minister of National Revenue
Minister of National Revenue (Canada)
The Minister of National Revenue is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency and the administration of taxation law and collection....
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Ministers and Controllers of Customs
| Minister | From | To | Ministry | Comments |
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| William Pearce Howland | 1 July 1867 | 14 July 1868 | 1st (Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century... ) |
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| Senator Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician) Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.... (acting) |
15 July 1868 | 15 November 1869 | 1st | |
| Alexander Morris Alexander Morris Alexander Morris, PC was a Canadian politician. He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald , and was the second Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba... |
16 November 1869 | 1 July 1872 | 1st | |
| Charles Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after... |
2 July 1872 | 3 March 1873 | 1st | Concurrently served as Minister of Customs |
| John O'Connor John O'Connor (Canadian politician) John O'Connor, PC was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Irish immigrants John and Mary O’Connor, he moved with his family to Essex County, Upper Canada in 1828.... |
4 March 1873 | 30 June 1873 | 1st | O'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 1 July 1873. |
| Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Thomas Nicholson Gibbs Thomas Nicholson Gibbs, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian.Born in Terrebonne, Lower Canada , the eldest son of Thomas Gibbs and Caroline Tate, his family moved to Oshawa, Upper Canada in 1832... |
1 July 1873 | 5 November 1873 | 1st | |
| Télesphore Fournier Télesphore Fournier Télesphore Fournier, PC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada , the son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin, he was called to the bar in 1846... |
7 November 1873 | 7 July 1874 | 2nd (Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:... ) |
Fournier was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 3 July 1874. |
| Félix Geoffrion Félix Geoffrion Félix Geoffrion, PC was a Canadian notary and politician.Born in Varennes, Lower Canada, the son of Félix Geoffrion and Catherine Brodeur, he was trained and practiced as a notary. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1863... |
8 July 1874 | 8 November 1876 | 2nd | |
| Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme | 9 November 1876 | 7 June 1877 | 2nd | Laflamme was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney 8 June 1877 |
| Joseph Édouard Cauchon Joseph Édouard Cauchon Joseph Édouard Cauchon, PC was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century... |
8 June 1877 | 7 October 1877 | 2nd | |
| Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911.... |
8 October 1877 | 8 October 1878 | 2nd | |
| vacant | 17 October 1878 | 25 October 1878 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| Louis François Georges Baby Louis François Georges Baby Louis François Georges Baby, PC was a Canadian politician and judge.Born in Montreal, Quebec, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election in the Quebec riding of Joliette but lost to François Benjamin Godin. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in the 1872 elections. However he was... |
26 October 1878 | 28 October 1880 | 3rd | |
| vacant | 29 October 1880 | 7 November 1880 | 3rd | |
| Senator James Cox Aikins James Cox Aikins James Cox Aikins, PC was a prominent Canadian politician in the 19th century. He twice served as a cabinet minister in the government of Sir John A. Macdonald, and was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba from 1882 to 1888.-Early life and career:Aikins was born in Toronto Township, Upper... |
8 November 1880 | 22 May 1882 | 3rd | |
| John Costigan John Costigan John Costigan was a Canadian judge and politician who served in the Canadian House of Commons and in the Cabinet of several Prime Ministers of Canada.... |
23 May 1882 | 24 November 1892 | 3rd, 4th (Abbott) | |
| John Fisher Wood John Fisher Wood John Fisher Wood, PC, QC was an Ontario businessman, lawyer and politician. He represented Brockville in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal-Conservative from 1882 to 1899.... |
5 December 1892 | 16 December 1895 | 5th 5th Canadian Ministry The Fifth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir John Sparrow Thompson. It governed Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, including only two years in the middle of the 7th Canadian Parliament... (Thompson), 6th 6th Canadian Ministry The Sixth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Mackenzie Bowell. It governed Canada from 21 December 1894 to 27 April 1896, including only the last year of the 7th Canadian Parliament... (Bowell Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall... ) |
Controller of Inland Revenue, not in the cabinet. |
| Edward Gawler Prior Edward Gawler Prior Edward Gawler Prior, PC was a mining engineer and politician in British Columbia. Prior worked as a mining engineer in England until 1873 when he moved to the province where he settled in Nanaimo and took employment as assistant manager of the Vancouver Coal Mining & Land Co., Ltd... |
17 December 1895 | 8 July 1896 | 6th 6th Canadian Ministry The Sixth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Mackenzie Bowell. It governed Canada from 21 December 1894 to 27 April 1896, including only the last year of the 7th Canadian Parliament... , 7th 7th Canadian Ministry The Seventh Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Charles Tupper. It governed Canada from 1 May to 8 July 1896. It was formed after the 7th Canadian Parliament was dissolved, and lost the 8th Canadian federal election, so it never faced a parliament... (Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after... ) |
Controller of Inland Revenue but in the cabinet. |
| Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | 13 July 1896 | 21 June 1900 | 8th 8th Canadian Ministry The Eighth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It governed Canada from 11 July 1896 to 5 October 1911, including all of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Canadian Parliaments... (Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911.... ) |
Controller of Inland Revenue and not in cabinet until 29 June 1897, thereafter Minister of Inland Revenue |
| Michel Esdras Bernier Michel Esdras Bernier Michel Esdras Bernier, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Hyacinthe, Canada East, he was a notary and businessman before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of St. Hyacinthe in 1882. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1887, 1891, 1896, and 1900. From 1900 to 1904, he... |
22 June 1900 | 18 January 1904 | 8th 8th Canadian Ministry The Eighth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It governed Canada from 11 July 1896 to 5 October 1911, including all of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Canadian Parliaments... |
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| Louis-Philippe Brodeur Louis-Philippe Brodeur Louis-Philippe Brodeur, PC, QC baptised Louis-Joseph-Alexandre Brodeur was a Canadian parliamentarian and public servant.... |
19 January 1904 | 5 February 1906 | 8th 8th Canadian Ministry The Eighth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It governed Canada from 11 July 1896 to 5 October 1911, including all of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Canadian Parliaments... |
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| William Templeman William Templeman William Templeman, PC was a Canadian newspaper editor and politician.Born in Pakenham, Canada West, he was managing editor and owner of the Victoria Daily Times newspaper, before first running as the Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Victoria in the 1891... |
6 February 1906 | 6 October 1911 | 8th 8th Canadian Ministry The Eighth Canadian Ministry was the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier. It governed Canada from 11 July 1896 to 5 October 1911, including all of the 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th Canadian Parliaments... |
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| Wilfrid Bruno Nantel Wilfrid Bruno Nantel Wilfrid Bruno Nantel, was a Canadian politician.Born in Saint-Jérôme, Canada East, the son of Guillaume Nantel and Adélaïde Desjardins, he was a lawyer before first running unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne in the 1904... |
10 October 1911 | 19 October 1914 | 9th 9th Canadian Ministry The Ninth Canadian Ministry was the first cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917, including only the 12th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada... (Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office... ) |
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| Pierre-Édouard Blondin | 20 October 1914 | 5 October 1915 | 9th 9th Canadian Ministry The Ninth Canadian Ministry was the first cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917, including only the 12th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada... |
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| Esioff-Léon Patenaude Esioff-Léon Patenaude Esioff-Léon Patenaude, PC, KC, often called E.L. Patenaude was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Born in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, in 1875, he studied law at Université Laval and was called to the Quebec bar in 1899... |
6 October 1915 | 7 January 1917 | 9th 9th Canadian Ministry The Ninth Canadian Ministry was the first cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917, including only the 12th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada... |
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| Albert Sévigny Albert Sévigny Albert Sévigny, PC was a Canadian politician.Sévigny opened a law practice in Quebec City in 1905. Two years later, he was a candidate for the Quebec Conservative Party in a provincial by-election, but was defeated. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1911 federal election... |
8 January 1917 | 1 April 1918 | 9th 9th Canadian Ministry The Ninth Canadian Ministry was the first cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 10 October 1911 to 12 October 1917, including only the 12th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the old Conservative Party of Canada... , 10th 10th Canadian Ministry The Tenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 12 October 1917 to 10 July 1920, including most of the 13th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the Unionists, a war-time coalition between the old Conservative... (Borden) |
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| vacant | 2 April 1918 | 13 May 1918 | 10th 10th Canadian Ministry The Tenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 12 October 1917 to 10 July 1920, including most of the 13th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the Unionists, a war-time coalition between the old Conservative... |
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| Arthur Lewis Sifton Arthur Lewis Sifton Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton, PC, KC was a Canadian politician who served as the second Premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917 and as a minister in the Government of Canada thereafter. Born in Ontario, he grew up there and in Winnipeg, where he became a lawyer... |
14 May 1918 | 17 May 1918 | 10th 10th Canadian Ministry The Tenth Canadian Ministry was the second cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. It governed Canada from 12 October 1917 to 10 July 1920, including most of the 13th Canadian Parliament. The government was formed by the Unionists, a war-time coalition between the old Conservative... |
Sifton was also Minister of Customs. He was appointed Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue on 18 May 1918. |