Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada
Incumbent Ralph Goodale since 4 November 2015
Department of Public Safety
Style	The Honourable
Member of	Cabinet Privy Council
Appointer	Governor General of Canada
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holder	Anne McLellan
Formation	December 12, 2003
Website	www.publicsafety.gc.ca

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The Minister of Public Safety (French: Ministre de la Sécurité publique), formerly the Solicitor General and then the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's domestic security department, Public Safety Canada. The position was nominally created in 2003 and incorporated the responsibilities associated with the Solicitor General including responsibility for the federal Canadian prison system (Correctional Service of Canada), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Parole Board of Canada, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, although the incumbent was formally sworn in as Solicitor General of Canada. The position also assumed responsibility for the Canada Border Services Agency which was formerly known as Canada Customs and was administered by the Minister of National Revenue prior to 2003. In 2005 the creation of the position was formalized and that of Solicitor General abolished.

The current public safety minister is Ralph Goodale.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
Solicitor General
1		Anne McLellan	December 12, 2003	April 3, 2005	Liberal	27 (Martin)
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
–		Anne McLellan	April 4, 2005	February 5, 2006	Liberal	27 (Martin)
Minister of Public Safety
2		Stockwell Day	February 6, 2006	October 30, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
3		Peter Van Loan	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010	Conservative
4		Vic Toews	January 19, 2010	July 9, 2013	Conservative
Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
5		Steven Blaney	July 15, 2013	November 4, 2015	Conservative	28 (Harper)
6		Ralph Goodale	November 4, 2015	Incumbent	Liberal	29 (J. Trudeau)

External links

• Ministry of Public Safety