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The position was based on the <a href="/wiki/Solicitor_General_for_England_and_Wales" title="Solicitor General for England and Wales">Solicitor General</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">British</a> system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Attorney General and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Justice_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Justice (Canada)">Minister of Justice</a>. It was not initially a position in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Cabinet">Canadian Cabinet</a>, although after 1917 its occupant was often sworn into the <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Privy Council for Canada">Queen's Privy Council for Canada</a> and attended Cabinet meetings. In 1966, the modern position of Solicitor General was created with the repeal of the previous Solicitor General Act and the passage of a new statute creating the ministerial office of the Solicitor General of Canada.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In recent decades<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (March 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> the Solicitor General's department was responsible for administering the <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a> system, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_Parole_Board_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parole Board (Canada)">National Parole Board</a> and other matters relating to internal security. In 2003, the position was styled <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Public_Safety_and_Emergency_Preparedness_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)">Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness</a>, and the portfolio expanded. In 2005, the position of Solicitor General was formally abolished.<sup id="cite_ref-doern05_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doern05-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Solicitors_General">Solicitors General</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solicitor_General_of_Canada&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Solicitors General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name </th> <th>Prime Minister </th> <th>Tenure </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Curran" title="John Joseph Curran">John Joseph Curran</a>* </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson" title="John Sparrow David Thompson">Thompson</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1892-12-05</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1894-12-12</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 5, 1892 – December 12, 1894</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mackenzie_Bowell" title="Mackenzie Bowell">Mackenzie Bowell</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1894-12-21</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1895-10-17</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 21, 1894 – October 17, 1895</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1895-10-18</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1896-04-27</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 18, 1895 – April 27, 1896</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hibbert_Tupper" title="Charles Hibbert Tupper">Charles Hibbert Tupper</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tupper" title="Charles Tupper">Charles Tupper</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1896-05-01</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1896-07-08</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">May 1 – July 8, 1896</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fitzpatrick" title="Charles Fitzpatrick">Charles Fitzpatrick</a>* </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1896-07-13</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1902-02-09</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">July 13, 1896 – February 9, 1902</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_George_Carroll" title="Henry George Carroll">Henry George Carroll</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1902-02-10</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1904-01-28</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">February 10, 1902 – January 28, 1904</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodolphe_Lemieux" title="Rodolphe Lemieux">Rodolphe Lemieux</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1904-01-29</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1906-06-03</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">January 29, 1904 – June 3, 1906</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1906-06-04</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1907-02-13</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 4, 1906 – February 13, 1907</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Bureau" title="Jacques Bureau">Jacques Bureau</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1907-02-14</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1911-10-06</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">February 14, 1907 – October 6, 1911</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Borden" title="Robert Borden">Robert Borden</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1911-10-10</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1913-06-25</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 10, 1911 – June 25, 1913</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Meighen" title="Arthur Meighen">Arthur Meighen</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1913-06-26</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1915-10-01</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 26, 1913 – October 1, 1915</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1915-10-02</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1917-08-24</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 2, 1915 – August 24, 1917</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Meighen" title="Arthur Meighen">Arthur Meighen</a>* <i>(acting)</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1917-08-31</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1917-10-03</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 31 – October 3, 1917</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Guthrie" title="Hugh Guthrie">Hugh Guthrie</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1917-10-04</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1919-07-04</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 4, 1917 – July 4, 1919</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1919-07-05</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1920-07-10</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">July 5, 1919 – July 10, 1920</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Guthrie" title="Hugh Guthrie">Hugh Guthrie</a>* <i>(acting)</i> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Meighen" title="Arthur Meighen">Arthur Meighen</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1920-07-10</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1921-09-30</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">July 10, 1920 – September 30, 1921</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guillaume-Andr%C3%A9_Fauteux" title="Guillaume-André Fauteux">Guillaume-André Fauteux</a> </td> <td>October 1, 1921 - December 28, 1921 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Duncan_McKenzie" title="Daniel Duncan McKenzie">Daniel Duncan McKenzie</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King" title="William Lyon Mackenzie King">William Lyon Mackenzie King</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1921-12-29</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1923-04-10</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 29, 1921 – April 10, 1923</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1923-04-11</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1923-11-13</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">April 11 – November 13, 1923</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_James_McMurray" title="Edward James McMurray">Edward James McMurray</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1923-11-14</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1925-05-22</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">November 14, 1923 – May 22, 1925</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1925-05-23</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1925-09-04</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">May 23 – September 4, 1925</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lucien_Cannon" title="Lucien Cannon">Lucien Cannon</a>* </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1925-09-05</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1926-06-28</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">September 5, 1925 – June 28, 1926</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Arthur Meighen </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1926-06-29</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1926-08-22</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 29 – August 22, 1926</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Andr%C3%A9_Fauteux" class="mw-redirect" title="Guillaume André Fauteux">Guillaume André Fauteux</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1926-08-23</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1926-09-25</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 23 – September 25, 1926</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lucien Cannon (second time) </td> <td>William Lyon Mackenzie King </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1926-09-25</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1930-08-07</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Dupr%C3%A9" title="Maurice Dupré">Maurice Dupré</a> </td> <td><a 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Bennett">R.B. Bennett</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1930-08-08</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1935-10-23</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 8, 1930 – October 23, 1935</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td rowspan="2">William Lyon Mackenzie King </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1935-10-25</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1945-04-17</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 25, 1935 – April 17, 1945</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jean" title="Joseph Jean">Joseph Jean</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1945-04-18</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1948-11-15</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">April 18, 1945 – November 15, 1948</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Laurent" title="Louis St. Laurent">Louis St. Laurent</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1948-11-15</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1949-08-23</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">November 15, 1948 – August 23, 1949</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugues_Lapointe" title="Hugues Lapointe">Hugues Lapointe</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1949-08-25</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1950-08-06</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 25, 1949 – August 6, 1950</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Sinclair_Garson" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Sinclair Garson">Stuart Sinclair Garson</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1950-08-07</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1952-10-14</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 7, 1950 – October 14, 1952</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Osborne_Campney" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Osborne Campney">Ralph Osborne Campney</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1952-10-15</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1954-01-11</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 15, 1952 – January 11, 1954</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ross_Macdonald" title="William Ross Macdonald">William Ross Macdonald</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1954-01-12</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1957-06-21</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">January 12, 1954 – June 21, 1957</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Balcer" title="Léon Balcer">Léon Balcer</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/John_Diefenbaker" title="John Diefenbaker">John Diefenbaker</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1957-06-21</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1960-10-10</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 21, 1957 – October 10, 1960</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Joseph_Browne" title="William Joseph Browne">William Joseph Browne</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1957-10-11</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1962-08-09</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 11, 1957 – August 9, 1962</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>vacant</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1962-08-10</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1963-04-22</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 10, 1962 – April 22, 1963</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Watson_MacNaught" title="John Watson MacNaught">John Watson MacNaught</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lester_Pearson" class="mw-redirect" title="Lester Pearson">Lester Pearson</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1963-04-22</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1965-07-06</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">April 22, 1963 – July 6, 1965</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Pennell" title="Lawrence Pennell">Lawrence Pennell</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1965-07-07</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1968-04-20</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">July 7, 1965 – April 20, 1968</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Turner" title="John Turner">John Turner</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1968-04-20</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1968-07-05</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">April 20 – July 5, 1968</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/George_James_McIlraith" class="mw-redirect" title="George James McIlraith">George James McIlraith</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1968-07-06</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1970-12-21</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">July 6, 1968 – December 21, 1970</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Goyer" title="Jean-Pierre Goyer">Jean-Pierre Goyer</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1970-12-22</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1972-11-26</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 22, 1970 – November 26, 1972</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Warren_Allmand" title="Warren Allmand">Warren Allmand</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1972-11-27</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1976-09-13</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">November 27, 1972 – September 13, 1976</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_Fox" title="Francis Fox">Francis Fox</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1976-09-14</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1978-01-27</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">September 14, 1976 – January 27, 1978</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ron_Basford" title="Ron Basford">Ron Basford</a> <i>(acting)</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1978-01-28</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1978-02-01</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">January 28 – February 1, 1978</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Blais" title="Jean-Jacques Blais">Jean-Jacques Blais</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1978-02-02</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1979-06-03</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">February 2, 1978 – June 3, 1979</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Allan_Frederick_Lawrence" class="mw-redirect" title="Allan Frederick Lawrence">Allan Frederick Lawrence</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joe_Clark" title="Joe Clark">Joe Clark</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1979-06-04</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1980-03-02</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kaplan" title="Bob Kaplan">Robert Phillip Kaplan</a> </td> <td>Pierre Trudeau </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1980-03-03</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1984-06-29</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">March 3, 1980 – June 29, 1984</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Turner" title="John Turner">John Turner</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1984-06-30</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1984-09-16</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 30 – September 16, 1984</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmer_MacKay" title="Elmer MacKay">Elmer MacKay</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mulroney" title="Brian Mulroney">Brian Mulroney</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1984-09-17</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1985-08-19</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">September 17, 1984 – August 19, 1985</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perrin_Beatty" title="Perrin Beatty">Perrin Beatty</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1985-08-20</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1986-06-29</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">August 20, 1985 – June 29, 1986</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Kelleher" title="James Kelleher">James Kelleher</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1986-06-30</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1988-12-07</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 30, 1986 – December 7, 1988</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Perrin_Beatty" title="Perrin Beatty">Perrin Beatty</a>* <i>(acting)</i> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1988-12-08</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1989-01-29</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 8, 1988 – January 29, 1989</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Blais" title="Pierre Blais">Pierre Blais</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1989-01-30</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1990-02-22</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">January 30, 1989 – February 22, 1990</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Cadieux" title="Pierre Cadieux">Pierre Cadieux</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1990-02-23</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1991-04-20</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">February 23, 1990 – April 20, 1991</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Lewis_(politician)" title="Doug Lewis (politician)">Doug Lewis</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1991-04-21</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1993-01-03</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">April 21, 1991 – January 3, 1993</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kim_Campbell" title="Kim Campbell">Kim Campbell</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1993-06-24</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1993-11-03</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 24 – November 3, 1993</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Herb_Gray" title="Herb Gray">Herb Gray</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien" title="Jean Chrétien">Jean Chrétien</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1993-11-04</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1997-06-10</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">November 4, 1993 – June 10, 1997</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Andy_Scott_(politician)" title="Andy Scott (politician)">Andy Scott</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1997-06-11</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1998-11-23</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">June 11, 1997 – November 23, 1998</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_MacAulay" title="Lawrence MacAulay">Lawrence MacAulay</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">1998-11-23</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2002-10-22</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">November 23, 1998 – October 22, 2002</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Easter" title="Wayne Easter">Wayne Easter</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2002-10-22</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2003-12-11</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">October 22, 2002 – December 11, 2003</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Anne_McLellan" title="Anne McLellan">Anne McLellan</a><br /><small>as <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Public_Safety_and_Emergency_Preparedness_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)">Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness</a></small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paul_Martin" title="Paul Martin">Paul Martin</a> </td> <td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart">2003-12-12</span>)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2005-03-23</span>)</span><span class="nowrap">December 12, 2003 – March 23, 2005</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>(*) Not in Cabinet </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Solicitor_General_of_Canada&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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