Minister of Inland Revenue (Canada)


The Minister of Inland Revenue was a portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet from 1867 until 1918 when it became the Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue. In 1927, the portfolio became the Minister of National Revenue.
The Department of Inland Revenue later became Department of National Revenue, renamed Revenue Canada and now referred to as Canada Revenue Agency.

Ministers and Controllers of Customs

MinisterFromToMinistryComments
William Pearce Howland1 July 186714 July 18681st
Senator Alexander Campbell 15 July 186815 November 18691st
Alexander Morris16 November 18691 July 18721st
Charles Tupper2 July 18723 March 18731stConcurrently served as Minister of Customs
John O'Connor4 March 187330 June 18731stO'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 1 July 1873.
Thomas Nicholson Gibbs1 July 18735 November 18731st
Télesphore Fournier7 November 18737 July 18742nd Fournier was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on 3 July 1874.
Félix Geoffrion8 July 18748 November 18762nd
Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme9 November 18767 June 18772ndLaflamme was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney 8 June 1877
Joseph Édouard Cauchon8 June 18777 October 18772nd
Wilfrid Laurier8 October 18778 October 18782nd
vacant17 October 187825 October 18783rd
Louis François Georges Baby26 October 187828 October 18803rd
vacant29 October 18807 November 18803rd
Senator James Cox Aikins8 November 188022 May 18823rd
John Costigan23 May 188224 November 18923rd, 4th
John Fisher Wood5 December 189216 December 18955th, 6th Controller of Inland Revenue, not in the cabinet.
Edward Gawler Prior17 December 18958 July 18966th, 7th Controller of Inland Revenue but in the cabinet.
Henri Gustave Joly de Lotbinière13 July 189621 June 19008th Controller of Inland Revenue and not in cabinet until 29 June 1897, thereafter Minister of Inland Revenue
Michel Esdras Bernier22 June 190018 January 19048th
Louis-Philippe Brodeur19 January 19045 February 19068th
William Templeman6 February 19066 October 19118th
Wilfrid Bruno Nantel10 October 191119 October 19149th
Pierre-Édouard Blondin20 October 19145 October 19159th
Esioff-Léon Patenaude6 October 19157 January 19179th
Albert Sévigny8 January 19171 April 19189th, 10th
vacant2 April 191813 May 191810th
Arthur Lewis Sifton14 May 191817 May 191810thSifton was also Minister of Customs. He was appointed Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue on 18 May 1918.