Minister of Science and Sport

The minister of science and sport, formerly the minister of science, was an office in the Cabinet of Canada that originally existing from 1990 to 1995 and was brought back in 2008, and again becoming vacant after the 2019 federal election, with the portfolio's responsibilities being absorbed into the innovation, science and industry portfolio.

Minister of Science and Sport of Canada
Incumbent Vacant since November 20, 2019
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Benoît Bouchard
Formation	February 23, 1990
Final holder	Kirsty Duncan
Salary	$255,300 (2017)[1] (CAD)
Website	science.gc.ca

History

Prior to 1990, the responsibilities of the Industry, Science and Technology portfolio were divided between the now-defunct post of Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and a Minister of State for Science and Technology.

In 1995, the portfolio was merged with that of the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs to create the post of Minister of Industry. In the appointments to the Cabinet of Canada of October 30, 2008 under Stephen Harper, the portfolio was reintroduced as a Minister of State and given to Gary Goodyear.

Trudeau government

In 2015, Kirsty Duncan was appointed a minister of state styled as "Minister of Science" to assist the minister of industry (the senior portfolio was also restyled the minister of innovation, science and economic development).[2] Duncan's portfolio was expected to oversee basic research, while Navdeep Bains would oversee applied science.[3] In July 2018, the office's portfolio was expanded, being renamed to "Minister of Science and Sport".[4]

Following the 2019 federal election, the portfolio became vacant and Navdee Bains' portfolio was expanded - he was appointed as the minister of innovation, science and industry.[5][6] His previous portfolio was called innovation, science and economic development.[5]

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

  Historical conservative parties: Progressive Conservative

Minister of State (Science and Technology) (1971–1990)
Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry	Note
	Alastair William Gillespie	12 Aug. 1971	26 Nov. 1972	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)
	Jeanne Sauvé	27 Nov. 1972	7 Aug. 1974
	Charles Mills Drury	8 Aug. 1974	13 Sept. 1976			While Minister of Public Works
	James Hugh Faulkner	14 Sept. 1976	15 Sept. 1977			While Secretary of State of Canada
	J. Judd Buchanan	16 Sept. 1977	23 Nov. 1978			While Minister of Public Works
	Alastair William Gillespie	24 Nov. 1978	3 June 1979			While Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources
	Ramon John Hnatyshyn	4 June 1979	8 Oct. 1979	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)	While Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources
	William Heward Grafftey	8 Oct. 1979	2 March 1980
	John Roberts	3 March 1980	29 June 1984	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)	While Minister of the Environment (1980–83), Minister of Employment and Immigration (1983-94)
	Edward Lumley	30 June 1984	16 Sept. 1984		23 (Turner)	While Minister of Communications
	Thomas Edward Siddon	17 Sept. 1984	19 Nov. 1985	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
	Frank Oberle	20 Nov. 1985	29 Jan. 1989			Oberle's term overlaps with Côté and de Cotret. Côté and de Cotret were formally appointed as both Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and Minister of State for Science and Technology. Oberle was assigned by Order in Council to assist the Minister of State for Science and Technology.
	Michel Côté	11 Aug. 1987	26 Aug. 1987
	Robert René de Cotret	27 Aug. 1987	29 Jan. 1989
	William Charles Winegard	30 Jan. 1989	22 Feb. 1990			Winegard's term overlaps with Andre. Andre was formally appointed as both Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion and Minister of State for Science and Technology. Winegard was assigned by Order in Council to assist the Minister of State for Science and Technology.
	Harvie Andre	30 Jan. 1989	22 Feb. 1990
Minister of Science (1990–1993)
	William Charles Winegard	23 Feb. 1990	3 Jan. 1993	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
	Thomas Hockin	4 Jan. 1993	24 June 1993			Hockin also remained Minister of State (Small Businesses and Tourism)
	Robert Douglas Nicholson	25 June 1993	3 Nov. 1993		25 (Campbell)	Nicholson was also given the title Minister responsible for Small Businesses
Secretary of State (Science, Research and Development) (1993–2003)
	Jon Gerrard	4 Nov. 1993	10 June 1997	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)	Assigned by Order in Council to assist the Minister of Industry
	Ronald J. Duhamel	11 June 1997	2 Aug. 1999
	Gilbert Normand	3 Aug. 1999	14 Jan. 2002
	Maurizio Bevilacqua	15 Jan. 2002	25 May 2002
	Rey Pagtakhan	26 May 2002	11 Dec. 2003
Minister of State (Science and Technology) (2008–2015)
	Gary Goodyear	30 Oct. 2008	15 July 2013	Conservative	28 (Harper)	Assigned by Order in Council to assist the Minister of Industry
	Greg Rickford	15 July 2013	19 March 2014
	Ed Holder	19 March 2014	3 Nov. 2015
Minister of Science (2015–2018)
	Kirsty Duncan	4 Nov. 2015	18 Jul. 2018	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)	Assigned by Order in Council to assist the Minister of Industry
Minister of Science and Sport (2018–2019)
	Kirsty Duncan	18 Jul. 2018	21 Nov. 2019	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)

References

1. "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada.
2. "Order in Council PC Number: 2015-1225". Privy Council Office. Government of Canada. 2015-11-04. Archived from the original on 2015-11-09. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
3. "Why Canada now has two science ministers". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
4. "Complete list of Justin Trudeau's updated cabinet". CBC News. July 18, 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
5. "Deputy PM Freeland to oversee relations with U.S. and provinces in Trudeau's new cabinet". Retrieved 2019-11-20.
6. "Trudeau expands cabinet, promotes several rookies and shakes up existing ministers | CTV News". www.ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

External links

• Minister of Science - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada