• E.P. Taché ~1855-1860
• John A. Macdonald 1860-1867
• George-Étienne Cartier 1867-1873
• Hector Louis Langevin 1873
• Hugh McDonald 1873
• William Ross 1873-1874
• William Vail 1874-1878
• Alfred Jones 1878
• Louis Mason 1878-1880
• Alexander Cambell 1880
• Adolphe-Philippe Caron 1880-1892
• Sir Mackenzie Bowell 1892
• James Patterson 1892-1895
• Arthur Rupert Dickey 1895-1896
• Sir Mackenzie Bowell 1896
• Alphonse Desjardins 1896
• David Tisdale 1896
• Sir Frederick William Borden 1896-1911
• Sir Samuel Hughes 1911-1916
• Albert Edward Kemp 1916-1917
• Sydney Chilton Mewburn 1917-1920
• James Alexander Calder 1920
• Hugh Guthrie 1920-1921
• George Perry Graham 1921-1922

In 1923 the National Defence Act merged the post of Minister of Militia and Defence with the Minister of the Naval Service and Minister of Aviation. The Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, QC (January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister of Canada from July 1, 1867 – November 5, 1873 and October 17, 1878 – June 6, 1891. ... George-Étienne Cartier The Honourable Sir George-Étienne Cartier ( September 6, 1814– May 20, 1873) was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation. ... Sir Mackenzie Bowell (December 27, 1823-December 10, 1917) was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896. ... Sir Mackenzie Bowell (December 27, 1823-December 10, 1917) was the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896. ... For the founder of Mouvement Desjardins, see Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator) Alphonse Desjardins (May 6, 1841 – June 4, 1912) was born in Terrebonne, Quebec and was mayor of Montreal from 1893 to 1894 and later a Canadian cabinet minister. ... Sir Frederick William Borden (May 14, 1847 - January 6, 1917) was a Canadian politician. ... Hugh Guthrie (1866-1939) was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett. ... George Perry Graham (1859-1943) was a journalist and editor in his early career. ... A 1923 Canadian Act that merged the Ministry of Militia and Defence with the Ministry of the Naval Service and the newly created Ministry of Aviation Categories: Military history of Canada ...

To continue, see: Minister of National Defence Canadian Ministers of National Defence Before 1923, the responsibilities of the current National Defence portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Militia and Defence (List) and Minister of the Naval Service (List). ...