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Current Members of the Privy Council

The Privy Council was established by the British North America Act, 1867 (later renamed the Constitution Act, 1867), which provides in Section 11:
    "There shall be a Council to aid and advise in the Government of Canada, to be styled the Queen's Privy Council for Canada; and the Persons who are to be Members of that Council shall be from Time to Time chosen and summoned by the Governor General and sworn in as Privy Councillors, and Members thereof may be from Time to Time removed by the Governor General."
Members of the Privy Council are 10th on the Canadian Order of Precedence.


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NameDate SwornNotes
The Honourable Paul Theodore HellyerApril 26, 1957
His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, The Duke of EdinburghOctober 14, 1957The Queen's Husband
The Honourable Paul MartineauAugust 9, 1962
The Honourable J.H. Théogène Ricard March 18, 1963
The Right Honourable Martial AsselinMarch 18, 1963
The Honourable Allan Joseph MacEachenApril 22, 1963
The Honourable Yvon DupuisFebruary 3, 1964
The Honourable Edgar John BensonJune 29, 1964
The Honourable Léo Alphonse Joseph CadieuxFebruary 15, 1965
The Honourable Lawrence T. PennellJuly 7, 1965
The Right Honourable John Napier TurnerDecember 18, 196517th Prime Minister of Canada
The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean ChrétienApril 4, 196720th Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Louis Joseph Robichaud July 5, 1967
The Honourable Dufferin Roblin July 5, 1967
The Honourable Alexander Bradshaw Campbell July 5, 1967
The Honourable Donald Stovel MacdonaldApril 20, 1968
The Honourable John-Eudes Dubé July 6, 1968
The Honourable Stanley Ronald Basford July 6, 1968
The Honourable Otto Emil LangJuly 6, 1968
The Right Honourable Herbert Eser Gray October 20, 1969
The Honourable Robert Douglas George StanburyOctober 20, 1969
The Honourable Jean-Pierre GoyerDecember 22, 1970
The Honourable Alastair William Gillespie August 12, 1971
The Honourable Patrick Morgan MahoneyJanuary 28, 1972
The Honourable Stanley Haidasz November 27, 1972
The Honourable Eugene Francis WhelanNovember 27, 1972
The Honourable William Warren AllmandNovember 27, 1972
The Honourable James Hugh FaulknerNovember 27, 1972
The Honourable André OuelletNovember 27, 1972
The Honourable Marc LalondeNovember 27, 1972
The Honourable Raymond Joseph PerraultAugust 8, 1974
The Honourable Barnett Jerome Danson August 8, 1974
The Honourable J. Judd BuchananAugust 8, 1974
The Right Honourable Roméo A. LeBlancAugust 8, 197425th Governor General of Canada
The Honourable Pierre Juneau August 29, 1975
The Honourable Marcel LessardSeptember 26, 1975
The Honourable Jack Sydney George Cullen September 26, 1975
The Honourable Leonard Stephen MarchandSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable John RobertsSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable Monique BéginSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable Jean-Jacques BlaisSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable Francis Fox September 15, 1976
The Honourable Anthony Chisolm AbbottSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable Iona CampagnoloSeptember 15, 1976
The Honourable John Henry HornerApril 21, 1977
The Honourable Norman A. CafikSeptember 16, 1977
The Honourable J. Gilles LamontagneJanuary 19, 1978
The Honourable John M. ReidNovember 24, 1978
The Honourable Pierre De BanéNovember 24, 1978
The Right Honourable Charles Joseph ClarkJune 4, 1979 16th Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Flora Isabel MacDonaldJune 4, 1979
The Honourable James Aloysius McGrathJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Erik H. Nielsen June 4, 1979
The Honourable Allan Frederick Lawrence June 4, 1979
The Honourable John Carnell CrosbieJune 4, 1979
The Honourable David Samuel Horne MacDonaldJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Lincoln MacCauley AlexanderJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Roch LaSalleJune 4, 1979
The Right Honourable Donald Frank MazankowskiJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Elmer MacIntosh MacKayJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Arthur Jacob EppJune 4, 1979
The Honourable John Allen FraserJune 4, 1979
The Honourable William H. JarvisJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Sinclair McKnight StevensJune 4, 1979
The Honourable John WiseJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Ronald George AtkeyJune 4, 1979
The Honourable David Edward CrombieJune 4, 1979
The Honourable William Heward GraffteyJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Henry Perrin BeattyJune 4, 1979
The Honourable J. Robert HowieJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Michael Holcombe WilsonJune 4, 1979
The Honourable Gerald Augustine ReganMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Robert Phillip KaplanMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable James Sydney Clark FlemingMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable William H. RompkeyMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Pierre BussièresMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Charles LapointeMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Edward C. LumleyMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Yvon PinardMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Donald James JohnstonMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy March 3, 1980
The Honourable Paul James CosgroveMarch 3, 1980
The Honourable Judith A. Erola March 3, 1980
The Honourable James Alexander JeromeFebruary 16, 1981
The Honourable Allister GrosartFebruary 16, 1981
The Honourable Jacob Austin September 22, 1981
The Honourable Charles L. CacciaSeptember 22, 1981
The Honourable Serge JoyalSeptember 22, 1981
The Honourable W. Bennett CampbellSeptember 22, 1981
The Honourable Robert Gordon RobertsonMarch 2, 1982
The Honourable John Edward BroadbentApril 17, 1982
The Honourable William Grenville DavisApril 17, 1982
The Honourable Allan Emrys BlakeneyApril 17, 1982
The Honourable E. Peter LougheedApril 17, 1982
The Honourable William Richards BennettApril 17, 1982
The Honourable John MacLennan BuchananApril 17, 1982
The Honourable Alfred Brian PeckfordApril 17, 1982
The Honourable James Matthew LeeApril 17, 1982
The Honourable Howard Russell PawleyApril 17, 1982
The Honourable Sterling Rufus LyonApril 17, 1982
The Honourable David Michael CollenetteAugust 12, 1983
The Honourable Céline Hervieux-PayetteAugust 12, 1983
The Honourable Roger SimmonsAugust 12, 1983
The Honourable David Paul SmithAugust 12, 1983
The Honourable Roy MacLarenAugust 12, 1983
The Honourable Peter Michael PitfieldApril 19, 1984
The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney May 7, 1984 18th Prime Minister of Canada
The Right Honourable Edward Richard SchreyerJune 3, 1984 22nd Governor General of Canada
The Honourable Herb BreauJune 30, 1984
The Honourable Joseph Roger Rémi BujoldJune 30, 1984
The Honourable Jean-C. Lapierre June 30, 1984
The Honourable Ralph FergusonJune 30, 1984
The Honourable Douglas Cockburn FrithJune 30, 1984
The Honourable Robert Carman CoatesSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Jack Burnett MurtaSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Harvie AndreSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Otto John JelinekSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Thomas Edward SiddonSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Charles James MayerSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable William Hunter McKnightSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Reverend Walter Franklin McLeanSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Thomas Michael McMillanSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Patricia CarneySeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable André BissonnetteSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Suzanne Blais-GrenierSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Benoît BouchardSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Andrée ChampagneSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Michel CôtéSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable James Francis Kelleher September 17, 1984
The Honourable Marcel MasseSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Barbara Jean McDougallSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Gerald Stairs MerrithewSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Monique VézinaSeptember 17, 1984
The Honourable Maurice RielNovember 30, 1984
The Honourable Cyril Lloyd FrancisNovember 30, 1984
The Honourable Saul Mark CherniackNovember 30, 1984
The Honourable Paule GauthierNovember 30, 1984
The Honourable Lloyd Roseville CrouseJune 10, 1985
The Honourable Stewart Donald McInnesAugust 20, 1985
The Honourable Frank OberleNovember 20, 1985
The Honourable Gordon Francis Joseph OsbaldestonFebruary 13, 1986
The Honourable Lowell MurrayJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Paul Wyatt DickJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Pierre H. CadieuxJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Jean J. CharestJune 30, 1986Youngest Member Ever at 28
The Honourable Thomas HockinJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Monique LandryJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Bernard ValcourtJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Gerry WeinerJune 30, 1986
The Honourable John William BosleyJune 30, 1986
The Honourable Douglas Grinslade LewisAugust 27, 1987
The Honourable Pierre BlaisAugust 27, 1987
The Honourable Gerry St. Germain March 31, 1988
The Honourable Lucien BouchardMarch 31, 1988
The Honourable John Horton McDermid September 15, 1988
The Honourable Shirley MartinSeptember 15, 1988
The Honourable Mary Collins January 30, 1989
The Honourable Alan RedwayJanuary 30, 1989
The Honourable William Charles WinegardJanuary 30, 1989
The Right Honourable A. Kim Campbell January 30, 198919th Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Gilles LoiselleJanuary 30, 1989
The Honourable Marcel DanisFebruary 23, 1990
The Right Honourable Joseph Antonio Charles LamerJuly 3, 199016th Chief Justice of Canada
The Honourable Audrey McLauglinJanuary 10, 1991 Leader of the NDP
The Honourable Pauline BrowesApril 21, 1991
The Honourable J. J. Michel RobertDecember 5, 1991
The Honourable Marcel Prud'hommeJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Lorne Edmund Nystrom July 1, 1992
The Honourable David Alexander Colville July 1, 1992
The Honourable Paul DesmaraisJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable John Charles Polanyi July 1, 1992
The Honourable Maurice F. StrongJuly 1, 1992Senior United Nations Officer
The Honourable Antonine MailletJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Rita JoeJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Richard CashinJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Paul M. TellierJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Patricia Helen Rogers July 1, 1992
The Honourable David Robert Peterson July 1, 1992Premier of Ontario
The Honourable Conrad M. BlackJuly 1, 1992
The Honourable Charles Rosner BronfmanOctober 21, 1992
The Honourable Edwin A. GoodmanNovember 30, 1992
The Honourable George W. VariDecember 23, 1992
The Honourable Pierre H. VincentJanuary 4, 1993
The Honourable James Stewart Edwards June 25, 1993
The Honourable Robert Douglas Nicholson June 25, 1993
The Honourable Barbara Jane Sparrow June 25, 1993
The Honourable Peter L. McCreathJune 25, 1993
The Honourable Ian Angus Ross ReidJune 25, 1993
The Honourable Larry SchneiderJune 25, 1993
The Honourable Garth TurnerJune 25, 1993
The Honourable David AndersonNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Ralph E. GoodaleNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable David Charles DingwallNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Ron IrwinNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Brian Tobin November 4, 1993
The Honourable Joyce FairbairnNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Sheila Maureen CoppsNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Sergio MarchiNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable John ManleyNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Diane MarleauNovember 4, 1993
The Right Honourable Paul MartinNovember 4, 199321st Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Douglas YoungNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Michel DupuyNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Arthur C. Eggleton November 4, 1993
The Honourable Marcel Massé November 4, 1993
The Honourable Anne McLellanNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Allan RockNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Sheila Finestone November 4, 1993
The Honourable Fernand RobichaudNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Ethel Blondin-AndrewNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay November 4, 1993
The Honourable Christine Stewart November 4, 1993
The Honourable Raymond ChanNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Jon GerrardNovember 4, 1993
The Honourable Douglas Peters November 4, 1993
The Honourable Alfonso Gagliano September 15, 1994
The Honourable Lucienne Robillard February 22, 1995
The Honourable Fred J. MifflinJanuary 25, 1996
The Honourable Jane StewartJanuary 25, 1996
The Honourable Stéphane Dion January 25, 1996
The Honourable Pierre Pettigrew January 25, 1996
The Honourable Martin CauchonJanuary 25, 1996
The Honourable Hedy FryJanuary 25, 1996
The Honourable James Andrew GrantSeptember 30, 1996
The Honourable Don BoudriaOctober 4, 1996
The Honourable Bernard Alasdair GrahamJune 11, 1997
The Honourable Lyle Vanclief June 11, 1997
The Honourable Herb DhaliwalJune 11, 1997
The Honourable Andy ScottJune 11, 1997
The Honourable David KilgourJune 11, 1997
The Honourable James Scott Peterson June 11, 1997
The Honourable Andrew MitchellJune 11, 1997
The Honourable Gilbert NormandJune 18, 1997
The Honourable Robert Keith RaeApril 30, 1998Premier of Ontario
The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw November 23, 1998
The Honourable Jocelyne BourgonDecember 14, 1998
The Honourable Raymond A. SpeakerJune 9, 1999
The Honourable Frank Joseph McKennaJune 9, 1999
The Honourable George BakerAugust 3, 1999
The Honourable Robert Daniel Nault August 3, 1999
The Honourable Maria MinnaAugust 3, 1999
The Honourable Elinor CaplanAugust 3, 1999
The Honourable Denis CoderreAugust 3, 1999
The Honourable J. Bernard Boudreau October 4, 1999
The Right Honourable Beverley M. McLachlinJanuary 12, 2000 17th Chief Justice of Canada
The Honourable Sharon CarstairsJanuary 9, 2001
The Honourable Robert G. ThibaultJanuary 9, 2001
The Honourable Rey PagtakhanJanuary 9, 2001
The Honourable Gilbert Parent June 5, 2001Speaker of the House of Commons
The Honourable Gary Albert FilmonOctober 4, 2001 Premier of Manitoba
The Honourable Susan Whelan January 15, 2002
The Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua January 15, 2002
The Honourable Paul DeVillersJanuary 15, 2002
The Honourable Gar KnutsonJanuary 15, 2002
The Honourable Denis ParadisJanuary 15, 2002
The Honourable Claude Drouin January 15, 2002
The Honourable John McCallum January 15, 2002
The Honourable Stephen OwenJanuary 15, 2002
The Honourable William Graham January 16, 2002
The Honourable Gerry ByrneJanuary 16, 2002
The Honourable Jean AugustineMay 26, 2002
The Honourable Arnold Wayne Easter October 22, 2002
The Honourable Baljit Singh ChadhaFebruary 20, 2003
The Honourable Steven W. Mahoney April 11, 2003
The Honourable Roy J. Romanow November 13, 2003 Premier of Saskatchewan
The Honourable Albina GuarnieriDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Stan Kazmierczak KeyesDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Joseph McGuireDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Robert SpellerDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Reginald B. Alcock December 12, 2003
The Honourable Geoff ReganDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Tony ValeriDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable M. Aileen Carroll December 12, 2003
The Honourable David Pratt December 12, 2003
The Honourable Irwin CotlerDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Judy SgroDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Hélène Chalifour Scherrer December 12, 2003
The Honourable Ruben John Efford December 12, 2003
The Honourable Liza FrullaDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Joseph Robert Comuzzi December 12, 2003
The Honourable Giuseppe (Joseph) VolpeDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Mauril Bélanger December 12, 2003
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett December 12, 2003
The Honourable Jacques SaadaDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Joseph Frank Fontana December 12, 2003
The Honourable John Ferguson GodfreyDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Scott BrisonDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Serge MarcilDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable John McKayDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Jerry PickardDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Yvon CharbonneauDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Gurbax Singh MalhiDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable John HarvardDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Larry BagnellDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Brenda Kay Chamberlain December 12, 2003
The Honourable Walt LastewkaDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Dan McTeagueDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Mark EykingDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Georges FarrahDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Eleni BakopanosDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Paul BonwickDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Joseph Louis JordanDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Shawn MurphyDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Jim Karygiannis December 12, 2003
The Honourable David PriceDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Roger Gallaway December 12, 2003
The Honourable Susan BarnesDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable André HarveyDecember 12, 2003
The Honourable Andrew TelegdiJanuary 30, 2004
The Honourable Reverend William Alexander BlaikieFebruary 19, 2004Interim Leader of the NDP
The Honourable Grant HillFebruary 19, 2004Interim Leader of the Conservatives
The Right Honourable Stephen HarperMay 4, 2004 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
The Honourable Jacques Olivier May 5, 2004
The Honourable Peter Adams July 20, 2004
The Honourable Sarmite Bulte July 20, 2004
The Honourable Roy Cullen July 20, 2004
The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh July 20, 2004
The Honourable Ken Dryden July 20, 2004
The Honourable David Emerson July 20, 2004
The Honourable Tony Ianno July 20, 2004
The Honourable Marlene Jennings July 20, 2004
The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc July 20, 2004
The Honourable Judi Longfield July 20, 2004
The Honourable Paul Macklin July 20, 2004
The Honourable Keith P. Martin July 20, 2004
The Honourable Karen Redman July 20, 2004
The Honourable Raymond Simard July 20, 2004
The Honourable Patricia Ann Torsney July 20, 2004
The Honourable Bryon Wilfert July 20, 2004
The Honourable Jack LaytonMarch 21, 2005Leader of the NDP
The Honourable Belinda StronachMay 17, 2005
The Honourable Aldéa LandryJune 24, 2005
The Right Honourable Adrienne ClarksonOctober 3, 200526th Governor General of Canda
The Honourable Navdeep BainsOctober 7, 2005
The Honourable Charles HubbardOctober 7, 2005
The Honourable Jean-Pierre BlackburnFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Greg ThompsonFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Marjory LeBretonFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Monte SolbergFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Chuck StrahlFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Gary LunnFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Peter MacKayFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Loyola HearnFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Stockwell DayFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Carol SkeltonFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Vic ToewsFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Rona AmbroseFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Michael ChongFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Diane FinleyFebruary 6, 2006
Brigadier-General The Honourable Gordon O'ConnorFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Bev OdaFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Jim PrenticeFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable John BairdFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Maxime BernierFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Lawrence CannonFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Tony ClementFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Jim FlahertyFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Josée VernerFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Michael FortierFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable John ReynoldsFebruary 6, 2006
The Honourable Jay HillFebruary 16, 2006
The Honourable Peter Van LoanNovember 27, 2006
The Honourable Jason KenneyJanuary 4, 2007
The Honourable Gerry RitzJanuary 4, 2007
The Honourable Helena GuergisJanuary 4, 2007
The Honourable Christian ParadisJanuary 4, 2007
The Honourable Dan HaysJanuary 22, 2007

SOURCE: Privy Council Office.

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