List of Deputy Ministers of Justice (Canada)
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The chief civil servant of the Canadian Department of Justice
is termed the Deputy Minister.
Department of Justice (Canada)
The purpose of the Department of Justice is to ensure that the Canadian justice system is fair, accessible and efficient. The Department also represents the Canadian government in legal matters...
is termed the Deputy Minister.
Deputy ministers
| Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Hewitt Bernard Hewitt Bernard Hewitt Bernard, was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, editor, and civil servant.Hewitt was born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, educated in Bath, England and practiced law in Jamaica until the death of his father in 1850. He came to Canada and settled in Barrie, Upper Canada where he became part of... |
29 May 1868 | 31 August 1876 |
| Zebulon Lash | 1 Sept. 1876 | 22 May 1882 |
| George Wheelock Burbidge | 23 May 1882 | 30 Sept. 1887 |
| Robert Sedgewick | 25 Feb. 1888 | 17 Feb. 1893 |
| Edmund Leslie Newcombe | 13 March 1893 | 19 Sept. 1924 |
| W. Stewart Edwards | 1 Oct. 1924 | 30 Sept. 1941 |
| Frederick Percy Varcoe | 1 Oct 1941 | 30 April 1957 |
| Wilbur Jackett Wilbur Jackett Wilbur Roy Jackett, was a Canadian scholar, public servant, jurist, and the first chief justice of the Federal Court of Canada.... |
1 May 1957 | 30 June 1960 |
| Elmer Driedger Elmer Driedger Elmer A. Driedger, QC, BA, LL.B, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer and a leading authority on statutory interpretation. He worked for the Canadian Department of Justice for over a quarter century, rising to Deputy Minister and later became a professor of law at the University of Ottawa.-Early... |
1 July 1960 | 28 February 1967 |
| Donald S. Maxwell | 1 March 1967 | 28 February 1973 |
| Donald Scarth Thorson | 1 March 1973 | 5 June 1977 |
| Roger Tassé | 18 July 1977 | 29 Sept. 1985 |
| Frank Iacobucci Frank Iacobucci Frank Iacobucci, CC was a Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1991 to 2004 when he retired from the bench. He is an expert in business and tax law.-Early career:... |
30 Sept. 1985 | 2 Sept. 1988 |
| John C. Tait | Oct. 1988 | October 1994 |
| George Thomson | October 1994 | 30 June 1998 |
| Morris Rosenberg | 1 July 1998 | 2004 |
| John H. Sims | 2004 | 2010 |
| Myles J. Kirvan | 6 April 2010 | present |