The Centre Block

Centre Block

The Centre Block is the main building of the Canadian parliamentary complex on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario, containing the Commons and Senate chambers, as well as the offices of a number of Members of Parliament and Senators, as well as senior administration for both legislative houses...

, part of the complex of parliamentary

Parliament of Canada

The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislative branch of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in the national capital, Ottawa. Formally, the body consists of the Canadian monarch—represented by her governor general—the Senate, and the House of Commons, each element having its own officers and...

 buildings on Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...

 in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

's capital, Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, hosts a gallery of portraits of present and former Canadian monarchs, former Prime Ministers of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...

, and other figures.

History

The collection of portraits of Canada's monarchs originated with the acquiring of a state portrait of Queen Victoria

Victoria of the United Kingdom

Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....

 for the parliament buildings of the Province of Canada

Province of Canada

The Province of Canada, United Province of Canada, or the United Canadas was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of...

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

 in 1849. As successive monarchs came to the throne, their portraits were added to the gallery. However, it was not until Senator Serge Joyal

Serge Joyal

Serge Joyal, PC, OC, OQ is a Canadian Senator. A lawyer by profession, Joyal served as vice-president of the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada...

 took on the personal project of amassing portraits of monarchs prior to Victoria that the collection came closer to completion, including the Kings of France since Francis I

Francis I of France

Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...

.

The Prime Minister's portrait gallery dates back to 1890, when John A. Macdonald

John A. Macdonald

Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

, the first Prime Minister of the Dominion

Dominion

A dominion, often Dominion, refers to one of a group of autonomous polities that were nominally under British sovereignty, constituting the British Empire and British Commonwealth, beginning in the latter part of the 19th century. They have included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland,...

 of Canada, assisted in the unveiling of his own portrait. At first, the works were commissioned by friends and colleagues, made by the artist's own initiative, and then donated to the Crown Collection

Crown Collection

The Crown Collection is the assemblage of more than 7,000 objects, including contemporary and antique art and furnishings, books, and rugs, owned by the sovereign in right of Canada, many of which are used to furnish the country's official residences....

. A century later, a more systematic approach was implemented, and the artist is now chosen by the Prime Minister, although Curatorial Services provide suggerences and assistance on the choice.

The portraits are viewed by over 400,000 people a year.

Paintings of French monarchs

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
Francis I Francis I of France Francis I was King of France from 1515 until his death. During his reign, huge cultural changes took place in France and he has been called France's original Renaissance monarch...	After Titien	c. 1820	Oil on canvas
Louis XIII Louis XIII of France Louis XIII was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1610 to 1643.Louis was only eight years old when he succeeded his father. His mother, Marie de Medici, acted as regent during Louis' minority...	Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne Philippe de Champaigne was a Flemish-born French Baroque era painter, a major exponent of the French school.-Early life:Born in Brussels of a poor family, Champaigne was a pupil of the landscape painter Jacques Fouquières...	c. 1630	Oil on canvas
Louis XIV Louis XIV of France Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...	Hyacinthe Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud Hyacinthe Rigaud was a French baroque painter of Catalan origin whose career was based in Paris.He is renowned for his portrait paintings of Louis XIV, the royalty and nobility of Europe, and members of their courts and considered one of the most notable French portraitists of the classical period...	c. 1700	Oil on canvas
Louis XV Louis XV of France Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...	Charles-André van Loo Charles-André van Loo Carle or Charles-André van Loo was a French subject painter, and a younger brother of Jean-Baptiste van Loo and grandson of Jacob van Loo. He was the most famous member of a successful dynasty of painters of Dutch origin...	c. 1740	Oil on canvas

Paintings of British monarchs

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
George III George III of the United Kingdom George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...	Joshua Reynolds Joshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was an influential 18th-century English painter, specialising in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect. He was one of the founders and first President of the Royal Academy...	1779	Oil on canvas
George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...	Thomas Lawrence Thomas Lawrence (painter) Sir Thomas Lawrence RA FRS was a leading English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy.Lawrence was a child prodigy. He was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper. At the age of ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his...	1822	Oil on canvas
William IV William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...	Frederick Christian Lewis Frederick Christian Lewis Frederick Christian Lewis was an English etcher, aquatint and stipple engraver, landscape and portrait painter and the brother of Charles Lewis . He studied under J. O. Stadler and in the schools of the Royal Academy and aquatinted most of Thomas Girtin's etchings of Paris, 1803...	1831	Engraving
Victoria Victoria of the United Kingdom Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....	John Partridge John Partridge (artist) John Partridge was a British artist and portrait painter. Named 'portrait painter-extraordinary' to Queen Victoria, his pictures depict many of the notable figures of his time....	1842	Oil on canvas
Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...	Luke Fildes Luke Fildes Sir Samuel Luke Fildes RA was an English painter and illustrator born at Liverpool and trained in the South Kensington and Royal Academy schools....	1903	Oil on canvas

Paintings of Canadian monarchs

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....	Luke Fildes Luke Fildes Sir Samuel Luke Fildes RA was an English painter and illustrator born at Liverpool and trained in the South Kensington and Royal Academy schools....	1913	Oil on canvas
Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...	Carl Vandyk	1936	Photolithograph
George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...	Robert Swain	1955	Oil on canvas
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...	Lilias Torrance Newton Lilias Torrance Newton -Biography:Lilias Torrance Newton was born in Lachine, Quebec, a suburb of Montréal in Canada in 1896. She attended the Art Association of Montreal, under the tutelage of William Brymner. She was then tutored by Alfred Wolmark in London and Alexandre Jacovleff in Paris. During the First World War,...	1957	Oil on canvas

Paintings of Prime Ministers

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
John A. Macdonald John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...	Henry Sandham Henry Sandham Henry "Hy" Sandham was a Canadian painter and illustrator. He was the brother of author and numismatist Alfred Sandham.- Biography :...	1889	Oil on canvas
Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Artist: John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits, particularly those relating to Canadian history. Much of his work can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.-Works:-External links:...	1897	Oil on canvas
John Abbott John Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...	Muli Tang	2002	Oil on canvas
John Sparrow David Thompson	John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits, particularly those relating to Canadian history. Much of his work can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.-Works:-External links:...	1897	Oil on canvas
Mackenzie Bowell Mackenzie Bowell Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall...	Joanne Tod	2002	Oil on canvas
Charles Tupper Charles Tupper Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after...	Victor Albert Long	1896	Oil on canvas
Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....	John Wentworth Russell	1919	Oil on canvas
Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1947	Oil on canvas
Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...	Ernest Fosbery	1948	Oil on canvas
William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...	Frank Owen Salisbury	1945	Oil on canvas
Richard Bedford Bennett	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1962	Oil on canvas
Louis St. Laurent Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....	Audrey Watts McNaughton	1958	Oil on canvas
John Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...	Cleeve Horne	1968	Oil on canvas
Lester B. Pearson Lester B. Pearson Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...	Hugh Seaforth Mackenzie	1968	Tempera on masonite
Pierre Trudeau Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...	Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic	1991	Acrylic on canvas
Joe Clark Joe Clark Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...	Patrick Douglass Cox	2008
John Turner John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC is an English Canadian lawyer and retired politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984....	Brenda Bury	1999	Oil on canvas
Brian Mulroney Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...	Igor V. Babailov	2002	Oil on canvas
Kim Campbell Kim Campbell Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...	David Goatley	2004	Oil on canvas
Jean Chrétien Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....	Christian Nicholson	2010	Oil on canvas

Paintings of Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Province of Lower Canada

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet Jean-Antoine Panet was a notary, lawyer, judge, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in Quebec in 1751, the son of Jean-Claude Panet. He served in the militia defending the town of Quebec during the American Revolution and he later attained the rank of ieutenant-colonel in the...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1856	Oil on canvas
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière Colonel The Hon. Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière , de jure 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec...	Alfred Boisseau	1881	Oil on canvas

Speakers of the House of Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
David William Smith	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1859	Oil on canvas
Alexander Macdonell Alexander Macdonell (politician) Alexander Macdonell was a soldier and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Scotland in 1762 and arrived in the Mohawk Valley of New York with other members of his family, including his brother, Angus Macdonell. He served with the Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment during the American...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
Levius Peters Sherwood Levius Peters Sherwood Levius Peters Sherwood was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born at St. Johns in Lower Canada, the son of Justus Sherwood. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1803. In 1804, he was appointed registrar for Grenville, Leeds, and Carleton and customs inspector...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1855	Oil on canvas
John Willson John Willson John Willson was a judge and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in New Jersey in 1776. He arrived in the Niagara District around 1789 and settled in Saltfleet Township, where he became a farmer, in 1797. In 1809, he was elected to the 5th Parliament of Upper Canada in a by-election in...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1855	Oil on canvas
Marshall Spring Bidwell Marshall Spring Bidwell Marshall Spring Bidwell was a lawyer and political figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1799, the son of Barnabas Bidwell. His family settled in Bath in Upper Canada before the War of 1812. He studied with a law firm in Kingston and was called to the Ontario Bar in...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
Archibald McLean Archibald McLean (judge) Chief Justice The Hon. Archibald McLean was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada.-Early life:...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
Sir Allan Napier MacNab Allan MacNab Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet was a Canadian political leader and Premier of the Province of Canada before Canadian Confederation .-Biography:...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1853	Oil on canvas
Henry Ruttan Henry Ruttan Henry Ruttan was a businessman, inventor and politician figure in Upper Canada.He was born in Adolphustown in 1792. At the age of 14, he left school to work in a store in Kingston. He served in the militia during the War of 1812. After the war, he remained in the militia and reached the rank of...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1856	Oil on canvas

Paintings of Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier Austin Cuvillier was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.He was born Augustin Cuvillier in Quebec City in 1779 and was hired by a Montreal auctioneer, eventually taking over the business when his employer retired. After he formed a partnership with two other men, the...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1856	Oil on canvas
Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin Augustin-Norbert Morin was a lawyer, judgeBorn in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
John Sandfield Macdonald John Sandfield Macdonald John Sandfield Macdonald, QC was the first Premier of the province of Ontario, one of the four founding provinces created at the confederation of Canada in 1867...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1854	Oil on canvas
Louis-Victor Sicotte Louis-Victor Sicotte Louis-Victor Sicotte was a lawyer, judge and politician in Lower Canada.He was born Louis Cicot in Boucherville, Lower Canada in 1812. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1839...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1855	Oil on canvas
Henry Smith Henry Smith (Canadian politician) Sir Henry Smith was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac in the 1st Parliament of Ontario....	William Sawyer	1869	Oil on canvas
Joseph-Édouard Turcotte Joseph-Édouard Turcotte Joseph-Édouard Turcotte was a lawyer and political figure in Canada East.He was born in Gentilly, Lower Canada in 1808. He studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. In 1831, he lost his right arm in an accident. Deciding not to pursue a future in the priesthood, he studied law with Elzéar Bédard and...	Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	1865	Oil on canvas
Lewis Wallbridge Lewis Wallbridge Lewis Wallbridge was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. In 1882, he was appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba....	William Sawyer	1873	Oil on canvas

Paintings of Speakers of the House of Commons

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
James Cockburn	George Theodore Berthon	1872	Oil on canvas
Timothy Anglin Timothy Anglin Timothy Warren Anglin was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.Born in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland, Anglin emigrated at the age of 26 as part of the exodus caused by the Irish Potato Famine...	John Colin Forbes	1878	Oil on canvas
Joseph-Godéric Blanchet Joseph-Goderic Blanchet Joseph-Goderic Blanchet, PC was a Canadian physician and politician. He was the only person to serve as both Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Speaker of a provincial legislature...	John Colin Forbes	circa 1880	Oil on canvas
George Airey Kirkpatrick George Airey Kirkpatrick Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick, was a politician from Ontario, Canada.Born in 1841 in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, George Kirkpatrick was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.-Career:...	Frances E. Richards Rowley	1887	Oil on canvas
Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet	René Émile Quentin	1889	Oil on canvas
Peter White	Robert Harris	1894	Oil on canvas
James David Edgar James David Edgar Sir James David Edgar, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician.In his twenties, Edgar was a law student, legal editor of the Toronto Globe, an alderman on Toronto's city council, and an organizer for the Liberal Party in Ontario. He was also rare among English Canadians of the time for his sympathy for...	Alphonse Jongers	circa 1899	Oil on canvas
Thomas Bain Thomas Bain Thomas Bain was a Canadian parliamentarian.Bain was born in Scotland, the son of Walter Bain, and migrated to Canada with his family when he was three years old. They settled on a bush farm in Wentworth County near Hamilton, Ontario.He was elected to the County Council in the 1860s and became...	John Colin Forbes	circa 1900	Oil on canvas
Louis-Philippe Brodeur Louis-Philippe Brodeur Louis-Philippe Brodeur, PC, QC baptised Louis-Joseph-Alexandre Brodeur was a Canadian parliamentarian and public servant....	Ozias Leduc	1904	Oil on canvas
Napoléon Belcourt Napoléon Belcourt Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, PC was a Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian in Canada.-Early life:Belcourt was born in Toronto to French-Canadian parents, Ferdinand-Napoléon Belcourt and Marie-Anne Clair, and raised in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...	Charles Ignace Adélard Gill	circa 1905	Oil on canvas
Robert Franklin Sutherland Robert Franklin Sutherland Robert Franklin Sutherland, PC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1905 to 1909, noted for his fine speaking ability and strong temperament....	John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster John Wycliffe Lowes Forster was a Canadian artist specializing in portraits, particularly those relating to Canadian history. Much of his work can be found at the National Gallery of Canada.-Works:-External links:...	circa 1906	Oil on canvas
Charles Marcil Charles Marcil Charles Marcil, PC was a long time member of the Canadian House of Commons and served as Speaker of the House from 1909 - 1911....	Ulric Lamarche	1912	Oil on canvas
Thomas Simpson Sproule Thomas Simpson Sproule Thomas Simpson Sproule was a Canadian parliamentarian, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1911–1915, and a member of the Canadian Senate from 1915–1917.-Early life and education:...	John Colin Forbes	circa 1913	Oil on canvas
Albert Sévigny Albert Sévigny Albert Sévigny, PC was a Canadian politician.Sévigny opened a law practice in Quebec City in 1905. Two years later, he was a candidate for the Quebec Conservative Party in a provincial by-election, but was defeated. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1911 federal election...	Charles Huot	circa 1918	Oil on canvas
Edgar Nelson Rhodes Edgar Nelson Rhodes Edgar Nelson Rhodes, was a Canadian parliamentarian from Nova Scotia.Rhodes was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1908 as a member of the Conservative Party...	Sir Edmund Wyly Grier	1921	Oil on canvas
Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux Rodolphe Lemieux, PC, FRSC was a Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons ....	Jacqueline Comerre Paton	circa 1924	Oil on canvas
George Black	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1934	Oil on canvas
James Langstaff Bowman James Langstaff Bowman James Langstaff Bowman, PC was the first Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from Manitoba.Bowman had been a teacher and lawyer in Dauphin, Manitoba. In 1917, he became the town's mayor. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1925 and 1926 general elections for the Conservative Party. He finally...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1935	Oil on canvas
Pierre-François Casgrain Pierre-François Casgrain Pierre-François Casgrain, PC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1936 to 1940....	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1940	Oil on canvas
James Allison Glen James Allison Glen James Allison Glen, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1945....	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	circa 1945	Oil on canvas
Gaspard Fauteux	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1946	Oil on canvas
William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC , served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.- Early life :...	Lilias Torrance Newton	1951	Oil on canvas
Louis-René Beaudoin Louis-René Beaudoin Louis-René Beaudoin, PC was Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1957.Though trained as a lawyer, Beaudoin came from a working class background and financed his education by working as a bus driver and labourer...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1960	Oil on canvas
Roland Michener Roland Michener Daniel Roland Michener , commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation....	Cleeve Horne	1962	Oil on canvas
Marcel Lambert Marcel Lambert Marcel Joseph Aimé Lambert, was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons .Lambert was born in Edmonton to a French-Canadian father and a Belgian mother...	Kenneth Keith Forbes Kenneth Forbes Kenneth Keith Forbes was a Canadian landscape and portrait painter.Born in Toronto, Ontario, Forbes was the son of John Colin Forbes also an artist. The younger Forbes had obtained a scholarship at the Hospital Field Art School, Arbroath, Scotland...	1963	Oil on canvas
Alan Macnaughton Alan Macnaughton Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton, PC, OC, QC was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1963 to 1966.Macnaughton was born in Napanee, Ontario, and educated at Upper Canada College...	Lilias Torrance Newton	circa 1964	Oil on canvas
Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux Lucien Lamoureux, PC, OC was a Canadian politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1966 to 1974...	Suraj Sadan	1977	Oil on canvas
James Jerome James Jerome James Alexander Jerome, PC was a Canadian jurist and former politician and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons....	Robert Stewart Hyndman	1979	Oil on canvas
Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Sauvé Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé was a Canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation....	Brenda Bury	1984	Oil on canvas
Cyril Lloyd Francis Cyril Lloyd Francis Cyril Lloyd Francis, PC was a Canadian politician and one time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons...	Anita Elizabeth Kertzer	1987	Oil on canvas
John Bosley John Bosley John William Bosley, PC is a former Canadian politician. He is best known for having been Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from November 5, 1984 to September 29, 1986....	Shirley Van Dusen	1993	Oil on canvas
John Allen Fraser John Allen Fraser John Allen Fraser, PC, OC, OBC, CD, QC is a retired Canadian parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons....	Gregory Furmanczyk	1994	Oil on canvas
Gilbert Parent Gilbert Parent Gilbert "Gib" Parent, PC was a Canadian Member of Parliament. He is best known in his role of Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons between 1994 and 2001....	David Goatley	2001	Oil on canvas

Paintings of the Fathers of Confederation

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
The Fathers of Confederation Fathers of Confederation The Fathers of Confederation are the people who attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences in 1864 and the London Conference of 1866 in England, preceding Canadian Confederation. The following lists the participants in the Charlottetown, Quebec, and London Conferences and their attendance at...	Rex Woods	1968	Oil on canvas
George-Étienne Cartier George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, PC was a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.The English spelling of the name, George, instead of Georges, the usual French spelling, is explained by his having been named in honour of King George III....	Juliette de Lavoye	circa 1965	Watercolour on ivory / Glass; velvet; walnut
Thomas D'Arcy McGee	Bruce Mitchell	1957	Oil on canvas
George Brown George Brown (Canadian politician) George Brown was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation...	Juliette de Lavoye	circa 1965	Watercolour on ivory; Glass; velvet; walnut

Paintings of historic events and people

Title/subject	Artist	Date created	Medium
The Royal Visit, 1939	Frank Owen Salisbury	1941	Oil on canvas
Opening of Parliament in the 19th Century	William Harvey Sadd	1901	Oil on canvas
Discovery of Canada by Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he named "The Country of Canadas", after the Iroquois names for the two big...	Copy by Augustine Leriverend after Ferdinand Perrot (1840)		Oil on canvas
Major General James Wolfe James Wolfe Major General James P. Wolfe was a British Army officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French in Canada...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	circa 1865	Oil on canvas
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War .Montcalm was born near Nîmes in France to a noble family, and entered military service...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...	circa 1865	Oil on canvas
George Prevost George Prevost Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet was a British soldier and colonial administrator. Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary...	Copy by Théophile Hamel Théophile Hamel Théophile-Abraham Hamel was a Canadian artist who painted mainly portraits and religious images in 19th-century Quebec.- Life :...  after Robert Field (circa 1808)	1864	Oil on canvas
Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.-Expeditions:...	Copy by Antoine Sébastien Falardeau	1857	Oil on canvas
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...	Copy by Antoine Sébastien Falardeau	1853	Oil on canvas

Sculptures

Title/Subject	Public Office	Artist	Date Painted/Created	Medium
George Harold Baker George Harold Baker George Harold Baker was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1911 as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of Brome...	Member of Parliament	Robert Tait McKenzie	1923	Bronze
Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...	Prime Minister	Alfred Laliberté Alfred Laliberté Alfred Laliberté was a Canadian sculptor and painter based in Quebec. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures and events in Canada and France like Louis Hebert, François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Adam Dollard...	1915	Marble
Robert Borden Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden, PC, GCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the eighth Prime Minister of Canada from October 10, 1911 to July 10, 1920, and was the third Nova Scotian to hold this office...	Prime Minister	Lionel Gooch Fosbery	1927	Plaster, painted
Ellen Fairclough Ellen Fairclough Ellen Louks Fairclough, was the first female member of the Canadian Cabinet.Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Fairclough was a chartered accountant by training, and ran an accounting firm prior to entering politics...	First Woman Cabinet Minister	Elizabeth M. Bradford Holbrook	1959	Bronze
William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...	Prime Minister	Avard Tennyson Fairbanks	1943	Bronze
Wilfrid Laurier Wilfrid Laurier Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....	Prime Minister	Lionel Gooch Fosbery	1938	Plaster, painted
Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Prime Minister	Cléophas Soucy	1943	Plaster, painted
Agnes Macphail Agnes Macphail Agnes Campbell Macphail was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and one of the first two women elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario...	First woman elected to the House of Commons	Felix Weihs de Weldon	1939	Bronze
Roland Michener Roland Michener Daniel Roland Michener , commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation....	Governor General	Kenneth Jarvis	1982	Bronze
Louis St. Laurent Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....	Prime Minister, Member of Parliament	Ernest Richard Gause	1954	Bronze
J. S. Woodsworth J. S. Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. Following more than two decades ministering to the poor and the working class, J. S...	Leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Member of Parliament	Cléophas Soucy	1946	Plaster, painted
John George Bourinot John George Bourinot (younger) Sir John George Bourinot, KCMG was a Canadian journalist, historian, and civil servant, widely regarded and remembered as an expert of parliamentary procedure and constitutional law....	Clerk of the House of Commons	Roland Beauchamp	1949	Bronze
Adam Dollard des Ormeaux Adam Dollard des Ormeaux Adam Dollard des Ormeaux, , also known as Adam Daulaut, Daulac, or simply as Dollard des Ormeaux, was a colonist and soldier of New France...	colonist and soldier in Ville Marie, New France New France New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...	Alfred Laliberté Alfred Laliberté Alfred Laliberté was a Canadian sculptor and painter based in Quebec. His output includes more than 900 sculptures in bronze, marble, wood, and plaster. Many of his sculptures depict national figures and events in Canada and France like Louis Hebert, François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle, Adam Dollard...	1923 (circa 1911-1915)	Bronze
La France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...		Auguste Rodin Auguste Rodin François-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past...	1921 (1904)	Bronze