President of the Treasury Board

President of the Treasury Board of Canada
Incumbent Scott Brison since November 4, 2015
Department of the Treasury Board
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Edgar John Benson
Formation	1 October 1966
Salary	$251,900 (CAD)
Website	www.tbs-sct.gc.ca

The President of the Treasury Board (French: Président du Conseil du Trésor) chairs the Treasury Board of Canada and is responsible for accounting for the government's fiscal operations.

History

The position was created as a ministerial position in the Canadian Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board became a full-fledged department. From 1867 to 1966 the Treasury Board had been part of the Department of Finance.

Technically, the Treasury Board is a Cabinet committee of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. It is responsible for managing the government's fiscal and administrative responsibilities including management of the civil service and oversight of expenditures.

Presidents of the Treasury Board

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1		Edgar Benson	October 1, 1966	April 20, 1968	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
			April 20, 1968	July 5, 1968		20 (P. E. Trudeau)
2		Charles Mills Drury	July 5, 1968	August 7, 1974	Liberal
3		Jean Chrétien	August 8, 1974	September 13, 1976	Liberal
4		Robert Knight Andras	September 14, 1976	November 23, 1978	Liberal
5		Judd Buchanan	November 24, 1978	June 3, 1979	Liberal
6		Sinclair Stevens	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
7		Donald Johnston	March 3, 1980	September 29, 1982	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
8		Herb Gray	September 30, 1982	June 29, 1984	Liberal
			June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984		23 (Turner)
9		Robert de Cotret	September 17, 1984	August 26, 1987	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
10		Don Mazankowski	August 27, 1987	March 30, 1988	Progressive Conservative
11		Pat Carney	March 31, 1988	December 7, 1988	Progressive Conservative
–		Doug Lewis (Acting)	December 8, 1988	January 29, 1989	Progressive Conservative
(9)		Robert de Cotret (2nd time)	January 30, 1989	September 19, 1990	Progressive Conservative
12		Gilles Loiselle	September 20, 1990	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
13		Jim Edwards	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
14		Art Eggleton	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
15		Marcel Massé	January 25, 1996	August 2, 1999	Liberal
16		Lucienne Robillard	August 3, 1999	December 11, 2003	Liberal
17		Reg Alcock	December 12, 2003	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
18		John Baird	February 6, 2006	January 3, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
19		Vic Toews	January 4, 2007	January 19, 2010	Conservative
20		Stockwell Day	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
21		Tony Clement	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015	Conservative
22		Scott Brison	November 4, 2015	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)