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Minister of Justice (Canada)

Minister of Justice (Canada)
Borderfederal_canada
Ministernot_prime
OfficeMinister of Justice
IncumbentRob Nicholson
Post-nominalsPC, QC, MP
Incumbentsince6 February 2006
Appointed ByMichaëlle Jean
GovernorGovernor General of Canada
First MinisterSir John A. Macdonald
Date1 July 1867

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The Minister of Justice ( ) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada.

This cabinet position is usually reserved for someone with formal legal training. This cabinet portfolio has been held by many individuals who went on to become Prime Minister including John Sparrow David Thompson, R.B. Bennett, Louis St Laurent, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, John Turner, Kim Campbell and Jean Chrétien. This is the only Canadian Ministry which has not been reorganized since its creation in 1867.

The current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada is Rob Nicholson.

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8.38 min. | 4.92 user rating		 Marc Emery, Ujjal Dosanjh, Libby Davies, and Canadian Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson appear on CBC's Power and Politics to discuss Emery's possible extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seed on the Internet.
6.75 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Part 2 of Marc Emery, Ujjal Dosanjh, Libby Davies, and Canadian Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson appear on CBC's Power and Politics to discuss Emery's possible extradition to the United States for selling marijuana seed on the Internet.
7.80 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Detainee files : CTV Power Play: MPs on the detainee issue NDP MP Jack Harris and Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh discuss the federal Conservative minority government's refusal to turn over unredacted documents on the Afghan detainee torture issue to Parliament, and instead turning them over of a ruling on whether documents should be released to MPs to a former Supreme Court judge Frank Iacobucci.
8.52 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Speaking to Don Martin on CTV's Power Play Tonight, former Conservative cabinet minister Helena Guergis comments on the smear campaign against her, saying that Stephen Harper "is just making it up as he goes along." Guergis asks "...how a Prime Minister really thinks that he has the authority or the power to treat another Canadian like this, to ignore the justice system and think that he can just destroy someone else's life and walk away and not have to answer for it...."
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6.72 min. | 5.0 user rating		 An Audio Recording Of The 1960 CBC Interview of Canada's Minister of Justice E. Davie Fulton and Yale Law Prof, Fred Rodell discussing the significance of the Canadian Bill of Rights and the American Bill of Rights, their purpose and their flaws. "It was important that Canada should decide what we mean, as Canadians, by rights and freedoms." Canada's Minister of Justice E. Davie Fulton All 3 of them make some very valid points that should be understood by all Canadian and American citizens.
10.47 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Supported by Affidavit and other supporting documents at; rhondasails.blogspot.com Link to the lies, The Court of Appeal 's Judgment: corrupted-judgment.blogspot.com Link to my 7 page Factum: appellantsfactum.blogspot.com I will never give in to being deprived of my freedom,...
7.97 min. | 4.53 user rating		 Supported by Affidavit and other supporting documents at; rhondasails.blogspot.com Link to the lies, The Court of Appeal 's Judgment: corrupted-judgment.blogspot.com Link to my 7 page Factum: appellantsfactum.blogspot.com I will never give in to being deprived of my freedom,...
8.62 min. | 4.81 user rating		 This speaks for itself, "LawLIARs policing their collegue does not work" it equals Tryanny LawLIAR are out the protect their fellows collegues lies instead of the integrity The rules The Bar sets forth - the Court, boundaries of Law, and the Rules of Court.
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News 4 Us (press release)--The -Minister- for Foreign Affairs Kevin Rudd and the -Minister- for -Justice- Brendan O'Connor today began consultation on measures to stop money laundering and terrorism financing in Iran. “Australia and the internation - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:43:00 GMT+00:00
Minister reaffirms commitment to improve conditions of magistrates - AngolaPress Tweet this news
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1. John A. Macdonald July 1, 1867 - November 5, 1873 as PM
2. Antoine Dorion November 7, 1873 - May 31, 1874 Cabinet of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie
* Albert James Smith (Acting) June 1, 1874 - July 7, 1874
3. Télesphore Fournier July 8, 1874 - May 18, 1875
4. Edward Blake May 19, 1875 - June 7, 1877
5. T. A. R. Laflamme June 8, 1877 - October 8, 1878
6. James McDonald October 17, 1878 - May 18, 1881 Cabinet of Prime Minister John A. Macdonald
7. Alexander Campbell May 20, 1881 - September 24, 1885
8. John Sparrow David Thompson September 26, 1885 - June 6, 1891
June 16, 1891 - November 24, 1892 Cabinet of Prime Minister John Abbott
December 5, 1892 - December 12, 1894 as PM
9. Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper December 21, 1894 - January 5, 1896 Cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell
* Thomas Mayne Daly (Acting) January 6, 1896 - January 14, 1896
10. Arthur Rupert Dickey January 15, 1896 - April 27, 1896
May 1, 1896 - July 8, 1896 Cabinet of Prime Minister Charles Tupper
11. Oliver Mowat July 13, 1896 - November 17, 1897 Cabinet of Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier
12. David Mills November 18, 1897 - February 7, 1902
13. Charles Fitzpatrick February 11, 1902 - June 3, 1906
14. Allen Aylesworth June 4, 1906 - October 6, 1911
15. Charles Doherty October 10, 1911 - July 9, 1920 Cabinet of Prime Minister Robert Borden
July 10, 1920 - September 20, 1921 under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
16. R. B. Bennett October 4, 1921 - December 28, 1921
17. Lomer Gouin December 29, 1921 - January 3, 1924 Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
* Ernest Lapointe (Acting) January 4, 1924 - January 29, 1924
18. Ernest Lapointe January 30, 1924 - June 28, 1926
* Hugh Guthrie (Acting) June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926 Cabinet of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
19. Esioff-Léon Patenaude July 13, 1926 - September 24, 1926
Ernest Lapointe (2nd time) September 25, 1926 - August 6, 1930 Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
20. Hugh Guthrie August 7, 1930 - August 11, 1935 Cabinet of Prime Minister R. B. Bennett
21. George Reginald Geary August 14, 1935 - October 22, 1935
Ernest Lapointe (3rd time) October 23, 1935 - November 26, 1941 Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
* Joseph Enoil Michaud (Acting) November 27, 1941 - December 9, 1941
22. Louis Saint-Laurent December 10, 1941 - December 9, 1946
23. James Lorimer Ilsley December 10, 1946 - June 30, 1948
* Louis Saint-Laurent (Acting) July 1, 1948 - September 9, 1948
Louis Saint-Laurent (2nd time) September 10, 1948 - November 14, 1948
24. Stuart Sinclair Garson November 15, 1948 - June 20, 1957 Cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent
25. E. Davie Fulton June 21, 1957 - August 8, 1962 Cabinet of Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker
26. Donald Fleming August 9, 1962 - April 21, 1963
27. Lionel Chevrier April 22, 1963 - February 2, 1964 Cabinet of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson
28. Guy Favreau February 3, 1964 - June 29, 1965
* George McIlraith (Acting) June 30, 1965 - July 6, 1965
29. Louis Cardin July 7, 1965 - April 3, 1967
30. Pierre Trudeau April 4, 1967 - April 19, 1968
April 20, 1968 - July 5, 1968 as Prime minister
31. John Turner July 6, 1968 - January 27, 1972 Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
32. Otto Lang January 28, 1972 - September 25, 1975
33. Ron Basford September 26, 1975 - August 2, 1978
* Otto Lang (Acting) August 3, 1978 - August 8, 1978
Otto Lang (2nd time) August 9, 1978 - November 23, 1978
34. Marc Lalonde November 24, 1978 - June 3, 1979
35. Jacques Flynn June 4, 1979 - March 2, 1980 Cabinet of Prime Minister Joe Clark
36. Jean Chrétien March 3, 1980 - September 9, 1982 Cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
37. Mark MacGuigan September 10, 1982 - June 29, 1984
38. Donald Johnston June 30, 1984 - September 16, 1984 Cabinet of Prime Minister John Turner
39. John Crosbie September 17, 1984 - June 29, 1986 Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney
40. Ray Hnatyshyn June 30, 1986 - December 7, 1988
* Joe Clark (Acting) December 8, 1988 - January 29, 1989
41. Doug Lewis January 30, 1989 - February 22, 1990
42. Kim Campbell February 23, 1990 - January 3, 1993
43. Pierre Blais January 4, 1993 - June 24, 1993
June 25, 1993 - November 3, 1993 Cabinet of Prime Minister Kim Campbell
44. Allan Rock November 4, 1993 - June 10, 1997 Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
45. Anne McLellan June 11, 1997 - January 14, 2002
46. Martin Cauchon January 15, 2002 - December 11, 2003
47. Irwin Cotler December 12, 2003 - February 5, 2006 Cabinet of Prime Minister Paul Martin
48. Vic Toews February 6, 2006 - January 3, 2007 Cabinet of Prime Minister Stephen Harper
49. Rob Nicholson January 4, 2007 - present

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