List of 2008 Canadian incumbents
Crown
[edit]Federal government
[edit]Cabinet
[edit]- Prime Minister - Stephen Harper
- Minister of Finance - Jim Flaherty
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Maxime Bernier (to May 26)
- David Emerson (October 20-October 30)
- Lawrence Cannon (from October 30)
- Minister of National Defence - Peter MacKay
- Minister of Health
- Tony Clement (to October 30)
- Leona Aglukkaq (from October 30)
- Minister of Industry - Maxime Bernier
- Minister of Heritage - Bev Oda
- Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs - Rona Ambrose
- Minister of the Environment - John Baird
- Minister of Justice - Rob Nicholson
- Minister of Transport - Lawrence Cannon
- Minister of Citizenship and Immigration - Diane Finley
- Minister of Fisheries and Oceans - Loyola Hearn
- Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food - Chuck Strahl
- Minister of Public Works and Government Services - Michael Fortier
- Minister of Natural Resources - Gary Lunn
- Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development - Monte Solberg
Members of Parliament
[edit]See: 39th Canadian parliament, 40th Canadian parliament
Party leaders
[edit]- Liberal Party of Canada - Stéphane Dion to December 10 Michael Ignatieff
- Conservative Party of Canada - Stephen Harper
- Bloc Québécois - Gilles Duceppe
- New Democratic Party - Jack Layton
- Green Party of Canada - Elizabeth May
Supreme Court justices
[edit]- Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin
- Marshall Rothstein
- Michel Bastarache
- William Ian Corneil Binnie
- Louis LeBel
- Marie Deschamps
- Morris Fish
- Louise Charron
- Rosalie Abella
Other
[edit]- Speaker of the House of Commons - Peter Milliken
- Governor of the Bank of Canada - David Dodge
- Chief of the Defence Staff - General Rick Hillier to July 1 General Walter J. Natynczyk
Provinces & Territories
[edit]Lieutenant-governors
[edit]- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta - Norman Kwong
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia - Steven Point
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba - John Harvard
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick - Herménégilde Chiasson
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador - Edward Roberts to John Crosbie
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia - Mayann Francis
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario - David Onley
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island - Barbara Hagerman
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec - Pierre Duchesne
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan - Gordon Barnhart
Premiers
[edit]- Premier of Alberta - Ed Stelmach
- Premier of British Columbia - Gordon Campbell
- Premier of Manitoba - Gary Doer
- Premier of New Brunswick - Shawn Graham
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador - Danny Williams
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Rodney MacDonald
- Premier of Ontario - Dalton McGuinty
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
- Premier of Quebec - Jean Charest
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Lorne Calvert
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Joe Handley
- Premier of Nunavut - Paul Okalik (January 1 – November 14), Eva Aariak (November 14 – )
- Premier of Yukon - Dennis Fentie
Mayors
[edit]see also list of mayors in Canada
- Toronto - David Miller
- Montreal - Gérald Tremblay
- Vancouver - Sam Sullivan → Gregor Robertson
- Ottawa - Larry O'Brien
- Winnipeg - Sam Katz
- Edmonton - Stephen Mandel
- Calgary - Dave Bronconnier
- Victoria - Alan Lowe
Religious leaders
[edit]- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada - Cardinal Archbishop Marc Ouellet
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal - Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
- Roman Catholic Bishops of London - Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto - Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins
- Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada - Fred Hiltz
- Moderator of the United Church of Canada - David Giuliano
- Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada - Wilma Welsh
- National Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada - Raymond Schultz