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Canadian Ministers of Veterans Affairs
1. Ian Alistair Mackenzie under King October 18 , 1944 - January 18 , 1948 2. Milton Gregg under King January 19 , 1948 - November 15 , 1948 Milton Gregg (cont'd) under St-Laurent November 15 , 1948 - August 6 , 1950 3. Hugues Lapointe under St-Laurent August 7 , 1950 - June 20 , 1957 4. Alfred Johnson Brooks under Diefenbaker June 21 , 1957 - October 10 , 1960 5. Gordon Churchill under Diefenbaker October 11 , 1960 - February 11 , 1963 6. Marcel Lambert under Diefenbaker February 12 , 1963 - April 21 , 1963 7. Roger Teillet under Pearson April 22 , 1963 - April 19 , 1968 Roger Teillet (cont'd) under Trudeau April 20 , 1968 - July 5 , 1968 8. Jean-Eudes Dubé under Trudeau July 6 , 1968 - January 27 , 1972 9. Arthur Laing under Trudeau January 28 , 1972 - November 26 , 1972 10. Daniel J. MacDonald under Trudeau November 27 , 1972 - June 3 , 1979 11. Allan McKinnon under Clark June 4 , 1979 - March 2 , 1980 Daniel J. MacDonald (2nd time) under Trudeau March 3 , 1980 - September 30 , 1980 * Gilles Lamontagne (acting) under Trudeau October 1 , 1980 - September 21 , 1981 12. W. Bennett Campbell under Trudeau September 22 , 1981 - June 29 , 1984 W. Bennett Campbell (cont'd )under Turner June 30 , 1984 - September 16 , 1984 13. George Hees under Mulroney September 17 , 1984 - September 14 , 1988 14. Gerald Stairs Merrithew under Mulroney September 18 , 1988 - January 3 , 1993 15. Kim Campbell under Mulroney January 4 , 1993 - June 24 , 1993 16. Peter McCreath under Campbell June 25 , 1993 - November 3 , 1993 17. David Collenette under Chrétien November 4 , 1993 - October 4 , 1996 18. Doug Young under Chrétien October 5 , 1996 - June 10 , 1997 19. Fred Mifflin under Chrétien June 11 , 1997 - August 2 , 1999 20. George Baker under Chrétien August 3 , 1999 - October 17 , 2000 21. Ron Duhamel under Chrétien October 18 , 2000 - January 14 , 2002 22. Rey Pagtakhan under Chrétien January 15 , 2002 - December 11 , 2003 23. John McCallum under Martin December 12 , 2003 - July 19 , 2004 24. Albina Guarnieri under Martin July 20 , 2004 -
Prior to 1944, the responsibilities of the current Veterans Affairs portfolio were part of the now-defunct post of Minister of Pensions and National Health (List )
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The position of Minister of Veterans Affairs (French: Ministre des Anciens Combattants) was created in 1944 . The Department of Veterans Affairs Canada was split from the Department of Pensions and National Health and was given the responsibility of administering benefits and pensions for war veterans . Today the department is largely responsible for medical care and pensions for aging veterans via the Canadian Pension Commission, War Veterans Appeal Board, and Bureau of Pensions Advocates.
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