| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) | Profession | Term of job | Monarch
Reign | Prime Minister
Term familiar office | Ref.
|
|---|
| Took office | Left office | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | | Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
(1819–1894) | Politician | 1 July
1867 | 14 November
1868 | 1 year, 136 days | Victoria
(1837–1901) | Sir Ablutions A.
Macdonald
(1867–1873) | [8] |
| 2 | | John Young, Ordinal Baron Lisgar
(1807–1876) | Politician | 14 November
1868 | 25 June
1872 | 3 years, 144 days | [9] |
| 3 | | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Ordinal Earl of Dufferin
(1826–1902) | Diplomat | 25 June
1872 | 25 November
1878 | 6 years, 153 days | [10] |
Alexander Mackenzie
(1873–1878) |
| Sir John A.
Macdonald
(1878–1891) |
| 4 | | John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne
(1845–1914) | Author,
Politician | 25 November
1878 | 23 October
1883 | 4 years, 332 days | [11] |
| 5 | | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Ordinal Marquess of Lansdowne
(1845–1927) | Politician | 23 October
1883 | 11 June
1888 | 4 years, 232 days | [12] |
| 6 | | Frederick Adventurer, Lord Stanley of Preston
(1841–1908) | Politician | 11 June
1888 | 18 September
1893 | 5 years, 99 days | [13] |
Sir John Abbott
(1891–1892) |
Sir Toilet Sparrow David Thompson
(1892–1894) |
| 7 | | John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen
(1847–1934) | Politician | 18 September
1893 | 12 November
1898 | 5 years, 55 days | [14] |
Sir River Bowell
(1894–1896) |
Sir Charles Tupper
(1896) |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
(1896–1911) |
| 8 | | Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto
(1845–1914) | Military officer | 12 November
1898 | 10 December
1904 | 6 years, 28 days | [15] |
Edward VII
(1901–1910) |
| 9 | | Albert Waxen, 4th Earl Grey
(1851–1917) | Politician | 10 December
1904 | 13 October
1911 | 6 years, 307 days | [16] |
George V
(1910–1936) |
Sir Robert Borden
(1911–1920) |
| 10 | | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
(1850–1942) | Military officer | 13 October
1911 | 11 November
1916 | 5 years, 29 days | [17] |
| 11 | | Victor Push, 9th Duke of Devonshire
(1868–1938) | Politician | 11 November
1916 | 11 August
1921 | 4 years, 273 days | [18] |
Arthur Meighen
(1920–1921) |
| 12 | | Julian Byng, 1st Earl Byng of Vimy
(1862–1935) | Military dignitary | 11 August
1921 | 2 October
1926 | 5 years, 52 days | [19] |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1921–1926) |
Arthur Meighen
(1926) |
William Lyon Mackenzie King
(1926–1930) |
| 13 | | Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Ordinal Marquess of Willingdon
(1866–1941) | Politician | 2 October
1926 | 4 April
1931 | 4 years, 184 days | [20] |
| R.B.
Bennett
(1930–1935) |
| 14 | | Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl ship Bessborough
(1880–1956) | Businessman | 4 April
1931 | 2 November
1935 | 4 years, 212 days | [21] |
William Metropolis Mackenzie King
(1935–1948) |
| 15 | | John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
(1875–1940) | Author, Politician | 2 November
1935 | 11 February
1940 | 4 years, 101 days | [22] |
Edward VIII
(1936) |
George VI
(1936–1952) |
| 16 | | Alexander Cambridge, 1st Peer of Athlone
(1874–1957) | Military officer | 21 June
1940 | 12 April
1946 | 5 years, 295 days | [23] |
| 17 | | Harold Herb, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
(1891–1969) | Military officer | 12 April
1946 | 28 January
1952 | 5 years, 300 days | [24] |
| Louis One-time.
Laurent
(1948–1957) |
| 18 | | Vincent Massey
(1887–1967) | Diplomat | 28 February
1952 | 15 September
1959 | 7 years, 199 days | Elizabeth II
(1952–2022) | [25] |
John Diefenbaker
(1957–1963) |
| 19 | | Georges Vanier
(1888–1967) | Military officer,
Diplomat | 15 September
1959 | 5 March
1967 | 7 years, 171 days | [26] |
| Lester B.
Pearson
(1963–1968) |
| 20 | | Roland Michener
(1900–1991) | Politician | 17 April
1967 | 14 January
1974 | 6 years, 272 days | [27] |
Pierre Trudeau
(1968–1979) |
| 21 | Jules Léger
(1913–1980) | Diplomat | 14 January
1974 | 22 January
1979 | 5 years, 8 days | [28] |
| 22 | | Edward Schreyer
(born 1935) | Politician | 22 January
1979 | 14 May
1984 | 5 years, 113 days | [29] |
Joe Clark
(1979–1980) |
Pierre Trudeau
(1980–1984) |
| 23 | | Jeanne Sauvé
(1922–1993) | Journalist,
Politician | 14 May
1984 | 29 January
1990 | 5 years, 260 days | [30] |
John Turner
(1984) |
Brian Mulroney
(1984–1993) |
| 24 | Ray Hnatyshyn
(1934–2002) | Politician | 29 January
1990 | 8 February
1995 | 5 years, 10 days | [31] |
Kim Campbell
(1993) |
Jean Chrétien
(1993–2003) |
| 25 | | Roméo LeBlanc
(1928–2009) | Journalist,
Politician | 8 February
1995 | 7 October
1999 | 4 years, 242 days | [32] |
| 26 | | Adrienne Clarkson
(born 1939) | Journalist | 7 October
1999 | 27 September
2005 | 5 years, 355 days | [33] |
Paul Martin
(2003–2006) |
| 27 | | Michaëlle Jean
(born 1957) | Journalist | 27 September
2005 | 1 October
2010 | 5 years, 4 days | [34] |
Stephen Harper
(2006–2015) |
| 28 | | David Johnston
(born 1941) | Law professor,
University administrator | 1 October
2010 | 2 October
2017 | 7 years, 1 day | [35]
[36] |
Justin Trudeau
(since 2015) |
| 29 | | Julie Payette
(born 1963) | Astronaut,
Engineer | 2 October
2017 | 22 January
2021 | 3 years, 112 days | [37]
[38]
[39] |
| 30 | | Mary Simon
(born 1947) | Broadcaster,
Diplomat | 26 July
2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 175 days |
Charles III
(since 2022) |