Minister of the Environment (Canada)

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The Minister of the Environment (French: Ministre de l'Environnement) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's environment department, Environment Canada. The Minister is also responsible for overseeing Parks Canada and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency.

Noted environment ministers of the past have included Jack Davis, Roméo LeBlanc, Jean Charest, Stéphane Dion, Sheila Copps and David Anderson.

The current Minister of the Environment is John Baird, replacing Rona Ambrose, after a cabinet shuffle on January 4, 2007.

1. Jack Davis June 11, 1971 - August 7, 1974 under Prime Minister Trudeau
2. Jeanne Sauvé August 8, 1974 - December 4, 1975
* Roméo LeBlanc (Acting) December 5, 1975 - January 21, 1976
3. Jean Marchand January 22, 1976 - June 30, 1976
* Roméo LeBlanc (2nd time) (Acting) July 1, 1976 - September 13, 1976
4. Roméo LeBlanc September 14, 1976 - April 1, 1979
5. Leonard Marchand April 2, 1979 - June 3, 1979
6. John Fraser June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980 under Prime Minister Joe Clark
7. John Roberts March 3, 1980 - August 11, 1983 under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
8. Charles Caccia August 12, 1983 - June 29, 1984
June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984 under Prime Minister John Napier Turner
9. Suzanne Blais-Grenier September 17, 1984 - August 19, 1985 under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
10. Tom McMillan August 20, 1985 - December 7, 1988
* Lucien Bouchard (Acting) December 8, 1988 - January 29, 1989
11. Lucien Bouchard January 30, 1989 - May 21, 1990
* Frank Oberle (Acting) May 21, 1990 - May 22, 1990
* Robert de Cotret (Acting) May 22, 1990 - September 19, 1990
12. Robert de Cotret September 20, 1990 - April 20, 1991
13. Jean Charest April 21, 1991 - June 24, 1993
14. Pierre H. Vincent June 25, 1993 - November 3, 1993 under Prime Minister Kim Campbell
15. Sheila Copps November 4, 1993 - January 24, 1996 under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
16. Sergio Marchi January 25, 1996 - June 10, 1997
17. Christine Stewart June 11, 1997 - August 2, 1999
18. David Anderson August 3, 1999 - December 11, 2003
December 12, 2003 - July 19, 2004 under Prime Minister Paul Martin
19. Stéphane Dion July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006
20. Rona Ambrose February 6, 2006 - January 3, 2007 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper
21. John Baird January 4, 2007-
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