Associate Minister of National Defence

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Associate Minister of National Defence of Canada

Ministre associé de la Défense nationale

Incumbent
Ginette Petitpas Taylor

since 26 July 2023

Department of National Defence
Style| The Honourable
Member of|

* House of Commons
* Privy Council
* Cabinet[1]

Reports to|

* Parliament
* Prime Minister[2]

Appointer| Monarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term length| At His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder| Charles Gavan Power
Formation| July 12, 1940
Salary| CA$269,800 (2019)[5]
Website| www.forces.gc.ca

The associate minister of national defence (French: ministre associé de la défense nationale) is a member of the Canadian cabinet who is responsible for various files within the defence department as assigned by the prime minister or defence minister.

The position was created in 1940 during World War II under the War Measures Act along with the creation of a minister of defence for air and a minister of defence for naval services. These positions lapsed with the end of the war. The position of associate minister of defence was recreated in 1953 when the National Defence Act was amended to provide for the appointment in peacetime.

This post remained vacant under Prime Ministers Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark and John Turner. Brian Mulroney revived the position but it was abolished under Kim Campbell when she decreased the size of the cabinet from 35 to 24 ministers. The post was also not used under Jean Chrétien.

This position reappeared on December 12, 2003, when Paul Martin chose his first cabinet and named Albina Guarnieri as the associate minister of national defence and minister of state for civil preparedness, and the portfolio passed to Mauril Bélanger in a subsequent reshuffle. Stephen Harper did not name anyone to the position until his May 18, 2011 reshuffle, when Julian Fantino was appointed to the portfolio. The position was left vacant by Harper in the July 15, 2013 cabinet shuffle.

Since forming government in 2015, Justin Trudeau has appointed the minister of veterans affairs as associate minister of national defence.

## List of associate ministers of national defence

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Minister  | Tenure  | Prime Minister

|
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| Charles Gavan Power | July 12, 1940  | November 26, 1944  | King
(16)
vacant | November 27, 1944  | November 15, 1948
November 15, 1948  | February 11, 1953  | St-Laurent
(17)
Ralph Osborne Campney | February 12, 1953  | June 30, 1954
vacant | July 1, 1954  | April 26, 1957
Paul Hellyer | April 27, 1957  | June 20, 1957
| vacant | June 21, 1957  | August 19, 1959  | Diefenbaker
(18)
Pierre Sévigny | August 20, 1959  | February 8, 1963
vacant | February 9, 1963  | April 21, 1963
| Lucien Cardin | April 22, 1963  | February 14, 1965  | Pearson
(19)
Léo Cadieux | February 15, 1965  | September 18, 1967
vacant | September 19, 1967  | April 20, 1968
April 20, 1968  | June 3, 1979  | P.E. Trudeau
(20)
| June 4, 1979  | March 2, 1980  | Clark
(21)
| March 3, 1980  | June 29, 1984  | P.E. Trudeau
(22)
June 30, 1984  | September 16, 1984  | Turner
(23)
| September 17, 1984  | August 19, 1985  | Mulroney
(24)
Harvie Andre | August 20, 1985  | June 29, 1986
Paul Dick | June 30, 1986  | June 29, 1989
Mary Collins | June 30, 1986  | January 3, 1993
vacant | January 4, 1993  | June 24, 1993
June 25, 1993  | November 3, 1993  | Campbell
(25)
| November 4, 1993  | December 11, 2003  | Chrétien
(26)
Albina Guarnieri | December 12, 2003  | July 20, 2004  | Martin
(27)
Mauril Bélanger | July 20, 2004  | February 6, 2006
| vacant | 6 February 2006  | 18 May 2011  | Harper
(28)
Julian Fantino | 18 May 2011  | 4 July 2012
Bernard Valcourt | 4 July 2012  | 22 February 2013
Kerry-Lynne Findlay | 22 February 2013  | 15 July 2013
vacant | 15 July 2013  | 5 January 2015
Julian Fantino | 5 January 2015  | 3 November 2015
| Kent Hehr | 4 November 2015  | 28 August 2017  | J. Trudeau
(29)
Seamus O'Regan | 28 August 2017  | 14 January 2019
Jody Wilson-Raybould | 14 January 2019  | 12 February 2019
Harjit Sajjan (acting) | 12 February 2019  | 1 March 2019
Lawrence MacAulay | 1 March 2019  | 26 July 2023
Ginette Petitpas Taylor | 26 July 2023  | Present

Cadieux and Hellyer were later appointed as minister of national defence.

## References

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1. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
2. ^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
3. ^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Archived from the original on 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
4. ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
5. ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.

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