List of Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs

Canadian Secretaries of State for External Affairs

1.	Charles Murphy	under Laurier	May 19 1909 - October 6 1911
2.	William James Roche	under Borden	October 10 1911 - April 1 1912
3.	Robert Laird Borden	as PM	April 1 1912 - July 9 1920
4.	Arthur Meighen	as PM	July 10 1920 - December 29 1921
5.	William Lyon Mackenzie King	as PM	December 29 1921 - June 28 1926
	Arthur Meighen (2nd time)	as PM	June 29 1926 - September 25 1926
	William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time)	as PM	September 25 1926 - August 7 1930
6.	Richard Bedford Bennett	as PM	August 7 1930 - October 23 1935
	William Lyon Mackenzie King (3rd time)	as PM	October 23 1935 - September 3 1946
7.	Louis St. Laurent	under King	September 4 1946 - September 9 1948
8.	Lester B. Pearson	under King	September 10 1948 - November 15 1948
	Lester B. Pearson (cont'd)	under St. Laurent	November 15 1948 - June 20 1957
9.	John Diefenbaker	as PM	June 21 1957 - September 12 1957
10.	Sidney Earle Smith	under Diefenbaker	September 13 1957 - March 17 1959
*	John Diefenbaker (2nd time) (Acting)	as PM	March 19 1959 - June 3 1959
11.	Howard Green	under Diefenbaker	June 4 1959 - April 21 1963
12.	Paul Martin, Sr	under Pearson	April 22 1963 - April 20 1968
13.	Mitchell Sharp	under Trudeau	April 20 1968 - August 7 1974
14.	Allan MacEachen	under Trudeau	August 8 1974 - September 13 1976
15.	Donald Jamieson	under Trudeau	September 14 1976 - June 3 1979
16.	Flora MacDonald	under Clark	June 4 1979 - March 2 1980
17.	Mark MacGuigan	under Trudeau	March 3 1980 - September 9 1982
	Allan MacEachen (2nd time)	under Trudeau	September 10 1982 - June 29 1984
18.	Jean Chr�tien	under Turner	June 30 1984 - September 16 1984
19.	Joe Clark	under Mulroney	September 17 1984 - April 20 1991
20.	Barbara McDougall	under Mulroney	April 21 1991 - June 24 1993
21.	Perrin Beatty	under Campbell	June 25 1993 - November 3 1993
22.	Andr� Ouellet	under Chr�tien	November 4 1993 - May 12 1995

In 1995, the post was replaced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. (List)

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