Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II

Federal government Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps then Herb Gray Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lloyd Axworthy Minister of National Defence – Doug Young then Art Eggleton Minister of Health – David Dingwall then Allan Rock Minister of Industry – John Manley Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Stéphane Dion Minister of the Environment – Sergio Marchi then Christine Stewart Minister of Justice – Allan Rock then Anne McLellan Minister of Transport – David Anderson then David Collenette Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Lucienne Robillard Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Fred Mifflin then David Anderson Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale then Lyle Vanclief Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau then Alfonso Gagliano Minister of Human Resources Development – Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan then Ralph Goodale

Members of Parliament See: 35th Canadian parliament, 36th Canadian parliament

Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien Bloc Québécois – Michel Gauthier then Gilles Duceppe New Democratic Party – Alexa McDonough Progressive Conservative Party of Canada – Jean Charest Reform Party of Canada – Preston Manning

Supreme Court Justices Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Beverley McLachlin Frank Iacobucci John C. Major Gérard V. La Forest then Michel Bastarache John Sopinka (retired November 24) Peter deCarteret Cory Claire L'Heureux-Dubé Charles D. Gonthier

Other Speaker of the House of Commons – Gilbert Parent Governor of the Bank of Canada – Gordon Thiessen Chief of the Defence Staff – Vice-Admiral Larry Murray then General Maurice Baril

Provinces

Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Glen Clark Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Tobin Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage then Russell MacLellan Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns Premier of Quebec – Lucien Bouchard Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow Premier of the Northwest Territories – Don Morin Premier of Yukon – Piers McDonald

Lieutenant-governors Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta – Bud Olson Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret Norrie McCain then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Frederick Russell then Arthur Maxwell House Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman then Hilary Weston Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec – Jean-Louis Roux then Lise Thibault Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe

Mayors Toronto – Barbara Hall Montreal – Pierre Bourque Vancouver – Philip Owen Ottawa – Jacquelin Holzman then Jim Watson

Religious leaders Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec – Archbishop Maurice Couture Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal – Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte Roman Catholic Bishops of London – Bishop John Michael Sherlock Moderator of the United Church of Canada – Marion Best then Bill Phipps

See also 1996 Canadian incumbents Events in Canada in 1997 1998 Canadian incumbents Governmental leaders in 1997 Canadian incumbents by year