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Minister of Transport of Canada
Incumbent Marc Garneau since 4 November 2015
Department of Transport
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	C.D. Howe
Formation	2 November 1936
Salary	$255,300 (2017)[1]
Website	www.tc.gc.ca

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The Minister of Transport (French: Ministre des Transports) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's transportation regulatory and development department, Transport Canada, as well as Canada Post,^[2] the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Port Authority system.

History

The post was created by Prime Minister Mackenzie King in 1936, replacing the Minister of Railways and Canals.

From 2006 to 2013, the position was styled the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, a name change corresponding with responsibility for Infrastructure Canada being transferred to the portfolio at that time. "Minister of Transport" remained the title for legal purposes.

With the Cabinet shuffle of July 15, 2013, Infrastructure and Communities portfolio was separated from Transport and assigned to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs.^[3] In 2015 it became an independent portfolio titled Minister of Infrastructure and Communities.

Transport Canada used to manage most of Canada's major airports, but in the 1990s, most airports were off-loaded to non-profit private airport authorities. The department is now responsible for transportation safety, appointments to Boards of Governors, and regulation management.

As of November 2015^[update], the Minister of Transport is Marc Garneau.^[4]

Ministers of Transport

Key:

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		C. D. Howe	November 2, 1936	July 8, 1940	Liberal	16 (King)
2		Arthur Cardin	July 8, 1940	May 13, 1942	Liberal
–		C. D. Howe (acting)	May 13, 1942	October 6, 1942	Liberal
3		Joseph-Enoil Michaud	October 6, 1942	April 18, 1945	Liberal
4		Lionel Chevrier	April 18, 1945	July 1, 1954	Liberal	17 (St. Laurent)
5		George Carlyle Marler	July 1, 1954	June 21, 1957	Liberal
6		George Hees	June 21, 1957	October 11, 1960	Progressive Conservative	18 (Diefenbaker)
7		Léon Balcer	October 11, 1960	April 22, 1963	Progressive Conservative
8		George McIlraith	April 22, 1963	February 3, 1964	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
9		Jack Pickersgill	February 3, 1964	September 19, 1967	Liberal
10		Paul Hellyer	September 19, 1967	April 20, 1968	Liberal
			April 20, 1968	April 30, 1969		20 (P. E. Trudeau)
–		James Armstrong Richardson (acting)	April 30, 1969	May 5, 1969	Liberal
11		Don Jamieson	May 5, 1969	November 27, 1972	Liberal
12		Jean Marchand	November 27, 1972	September 26, 1975	Liberal
13		Otto Lang	September 26, 1975	June 4, 1979	Liberal
14		Don Mazankowski	June 4, 1979	March 3, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
15		Jean-Luc Pépin	March 3, 1980	August 12, 1983	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
16		Lloyd Axworthy	August 12, 1983	June 29, 1984	Liberal
			June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984		23 (Turner)
(14)		Don Mazankowski (2nd time)	September 17, 1984	June 29, 1986	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
17		John Crosbie	June 30, 1986	March 30, 1988	Progressive Conservative
18		Benoît Bouchard	March 31, 1988	February 22, 1990	Progressive Conservative
19		Doug Lewis	February 23, 1990	April 20, 1991	Progressive Conservative
20		Jean Corbeil	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
			June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993		25 (Campbell)
21		Doug Young	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
22		David Anderson	January 25, 1996	June 10, 1997	Liberal
23		David Collenette	June 11, 1997	December 11, 2003	Liberal
24		Tony Valeri	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
25		Jean Lapierre	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006	Liberal
26		Lawrence Cannon	February 6, 2006	October 29, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
27		John Baird	October 30, 2008	August 6, 2010	Conservative
28		Chuck Strahl	August 6, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
29		Denis Lebel	May 18, 2011	July 15, 2013	Conservative
30		Lisa Raitt	July 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative
31		Marc Garneau	November 4, 2015	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)

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