Minister of Railways and Canals (Canada)
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The portfolio of Minister of Railways and Canals was created by Statute 42 Victoria, c. 7, assented to May 15, 1879 and proclaimed in force May 20, 1879. The Minister was the member of the Canadian Cabinet responsible for the administration of the Department of Railways and Canals. It was one of the most important cabinet posts because of the importance of railways to the economic development of Canada.
The offices of Minister of Marine and Minister of Railways and Canals were abolished and the office of Minister of Transport was created by Statute 1 Edward VIII, c. 34, assented to June 23, 1936, and proclaimed in force November 2, 1936.
Ministers of Railways and Canals
| 1. | Sir Charles Tupper | May 20, 1879 – May 28, 1884 | under Prime Minister John A. Macdonald |
| * | John Henry Pope (acting) | May 29, 1884 – September 24, 1885 | |
| 2. | John Henry Pope | September 25, 1885 – April 1, 1889 | |
| vacant | April 2, 1889 – April 9, 1889 | ||
| * | John A. Macdonald (acting) | April 10, 1889 – November 27, 1889 | as Prime Minister |
| 3. | John A. Macdonald | November 28, 1889 – June 6, 1891 | |
| vacant | June 7, 1891 – June 16, 1891 | under Prime Minister John Joseph Caldwell Abbott | |
| * | Mackenzie Bowell (acting) | June 17, 1891 – January 10, 1892 | |
| 4. | John Graham Haggart | January 11, 1892 – November 24, 1892 | |
| vacant | November 25, 1892 – December 4, 1892 | under Prime Minister John Sparrow David Thompson | |
| John Graham Haggart (2nd time) | December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894 | ||
| vacant | December 13, 1894 – December 20, 1894 | under Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell | |
| John Graham Haggart (3rd time) | December 21, 1894 – January 5, 1896 | ||
| * | Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet (acting) | January 6, 1896 – January 14, 1896 | |
| John Graham Haggart (4th time) | January 15, 1896 – April 27, 1896 | ||
| vacant | April 28, 1896 – April 30, 1896 | under Prime Minister Charles Tupper | |
| John Graham Haggart (5th time) | May 1, 1896 – July 8, 1896 | ||
| vacant | July 9, 1896 – July 19, 1896 | under Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier | |
| 5. | Andrew George Blair | July 20, 1896 – July 20, 1903 | |
| * | William Stevens Fielding (acting) | July 21, 1903 – January 14, 1904 | |
| 6. | Henry Robert Emmerson | January 15, 1904 – April 2, 1907 | |
| vacant | April 3, 1907 – April 8, 1907 | ||
| * | William Stevens Fielding (acting) | April 9, 1907 – August 29, 1907 | |
| 7. | George Perry Graham | August 30, 1907 – October 6, 1911 | |
| vacant | October 7, 1911 – October 9, 1911 | under Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden | |
| 8. | Francis Cochrane | October 10, 1911 – October 11, 1917 | |
| 9. | John Dowsley Reid | October 12, 1917 – July 9, 1920 | |
| July 9, 1920 – September 20, 1921 | under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen | ||
| 10. | John Alexander Stewart | September 21, 1921 – December 28, 1921 | |
| 11. | William Costello Kennedy | December 29, 1921 – January 18, 1923 | under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| vacant | January 19, 1923 – April 27, 1923 | ||
| George Perry Graham (2nd time) | April 28, 1923 – February 19, 1926 | ||
| vacant | February 20, 1926 – February 28, 1926 | ||
| 12. | Charles Avery Dunning | March 1, 1926 – June 28, 1926 | |
| * | Sir Henry Lumley Drayton (acting) | June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926 | under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen |
| 13. | William Anderson Black | July 13, 1926 – September 24, 1926 | |
| Charles Avery Dunning (2nd time) | September 25, 1926 – November 25, 1929 | under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| * | Charles Avery Dunning (acting) | November 25, 1929 – December 29, 1929 | |
| 14. | Thomas Alexander Crerar | December 30, 1929 – August 6, 1930 | |
| 15. | Robert James Manion | August 7, 1930 – October 22, 1935 | under Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett |
| 16. | Clarence Decatur Howe | October 23, 1935 – November 1, 1936 | under Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| (position abolished, see Minister of Transport) | |||
