Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II

Federal government Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc

Cabinet Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Minister of Foreign Affairs – André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy Minister of National Defence – David Collenette then Doug Young Minister of Health – Diane Marleau then David Dingwall Minister of Industry – John Manley Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion Minister of the Environment – Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi Minister of Justice – Allan Rock Minister of Transport – Doug Young then David Anderson Minister of Communications – Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (position merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11, 1996) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau (position created on July 12.) Minister of Employment and Immigration – Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister of Human Resources Development on July 11) Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan Minister of Public Works – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11) Minister of Supply and Services – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11)

Members of Parliament See: 35th Canadian parliament

Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien Bloc Québécois – Lucien Bouchard then Gilles Duceppe (interim) then Michel Gauthier 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 John Sopinka 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 – General Jean Boyle then Vice-Admiral Larry Murray

Provinces

Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris Premier of Prince Edward Island – Catherine Callbeck then Keith Milligan then Pat Binns Premier of Quebec – Jacques Parizeau then Lucien Bouchard Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow Premier of the Northwest Territories – Don Morin Premier of Yukon – John Ostashek then Piers McDonald

Lieutenant-governors Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta – Gordon Towers then Bud Olson Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret Norrie McCain Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Frederick Russell Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec – Martial Asselin then Jean-Louis Roux Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe

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

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

See also 1995 Canadian incumbents Events in Canada in 1996 1997 Canadian incumbents Governmental leaders in 1996 Canadian incumbents by year