President of the Treasury Board

President of the Treasury Board
Présidente du Conseil du Trésor
Incumbent
Anita Anand
since July 26, 2023
Treasury Board of Canada (Secretariat)
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports to
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderEdgar Benson
FormationOctober 1, 1966
SalaryCA$269,800 (2019)[5]
Websitewww.tbs-sct.gc.ca

The President of the Treasury Board (French: Présidente du Conseil du Trésor) is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The president is the chair of the Treasury Board of Canada (a committee of Cabinet in the Privy Council) and is the minister responsible for the Treasury Board Secretariat, the central agency which is responsible for accounting for the Government of Canada's fiscal operations.

The president of the Treasury Board has been Anita Anand since July 26, 2023.[6]

History and overview

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As a ministerial position, the office of Treasury Board President was created in the Cabinet in 1966 when the Treasury Board Secretariat became a full-fledged department of the federal government. Prior to 1966, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board, as the Secretariat was part of the Department of Finance since Confederation (1867).[7][8]

The Secretariat is a central agency and the administrative arm of the Treasury Board. Technically, the Board is a Cabinet committee of the Privy Council, and is responsible for managing the government's fiscal and administrative responsibilities, including management of the civil service and oversight of expenditures.[7][9]

The formal role of the president is to chair the Treasury Board. The officeholder is responsible for carrying out the management of the government through operationalizing the policies and programs approved by Cabinet and through providing federal departments with the necessary resources, among other things.[7]

List of Presidents of the Treasury Board

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This is a list of presidents of the Treasury Board since 1966, when the office became a full ministerial position in Cabinet.[7][8] Prior to 1966, the Treasury Board Secretariat belonged to the Department of Finance and, as such, the minister of finance was ex officio the chairman of the Treasury Board.[7]

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada
  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
No. Portrait Name Term of office[6][8] 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 January 14, 2019 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
23 Jane Philpott January 14, 2019 March 4, 2019 Liberal
– Carla Qualtrough (Acting) March 4, 2019 March 18, 2019 Liberal
24 Joyce Murray March 18, 2019 November 20, 2019 Liberal
25 Jean-Yves Duclos November 20, 2019 October 26, 2021 Liberal
26 Mona Fortier October 26, 2021 July 26, 2023 Liberal
26 Anita Anand July 26, 2023 Incumbent Liberal

References

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  1. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary system - Our Procedure - House of Commons". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  2. ^ "Review of the Responsibilities and Accountabilities of Ministers and Senior Officials" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Constitutional Duties". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  4. ^ "House of Commons Procedure and Practice - 1. Parliamentary Institutions - Canadian Parliamentary Institutions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
  5. ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Library of Parliament. April 11, 2018. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Profile - Treasury Board". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  7. ^ a b c d e Secretariat, Treasury Board of Canada (2008-10-31). "About the Treasury Board of Canada". aem. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  8. ^ a b c Secretariat, Treasury Board of Canada (2001-09-25). "Former Presidents of the Treasury Board". aem. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
  9. ^ "N.S. MP Scott Brison named Treasury Board president in Liberal government". CBC News. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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