Solicitor General of Canada
The Solicitor General of Canada was a position in the Canadian ministry from 1892 to 2005. The position was based on the Solicitor General in the British system and was originally designated as an officer to assist the Attorney General and Minister of Justice. It was not initially a position in the Canadian Cabinet, although after 1917 its occupant was often sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 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.
In recent decades the Solicitor General's department was responsible for administering the prison system, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Parole Board and other matters relating to internal security. In 2003, the position was styled Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the portfolio expanded. In 2005, the position of Solicitor General was formally abolished by Prime Minister Paul Martin and his deputy Anne McLellan.
Solicitors General
| Name | Prime Minister | Tenure |
| John Joseph Curran* | Thompson | |
| John Joseph Curran* | Mackenzie Bowell | |
| vacant | Mackenzie Bowell | |
| Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper | Charles Tupper | |
| Charles Fitzpatrick* | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| Henry George Carroll* | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| Rodolphe Lemieux* | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| vacant | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| Jacques Bureau* | Wilfrid Laurier | |
| vacant | Robert Borden | |
| Arthur Meighen* | Robert Borden | |
| Arthur Meighen* | Robert Borden | |
| Arthur Meighen* ' | Robert Borden | |
| Hugh Guthrie* | Robert Borden | |
| Hugh Guthrie* | Robert Borden | |
| Hugh Guthrie* ' | Arthur Meighen | |
| Guillaume-André Fauteux | Arthur Meighen | October 1, 1921 - December 28, 1921 |
| Daniel Duncan McKenzie | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| vacant | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| Edward James McMurray | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| vacant | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| Lucien Cannon* | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| vacant | Arthur Meighen | |
| Guillaume André Fauteux | Arthur Meighen | |
| Lucien Cannon | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| Maurice Dupré | R.B. Bennett | |
| vacant | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| Joseph Jean | William Lyon Mackenzie King | |
| Joseph Jean | Louis St. Laurent | |
| Hugues Lapointe | Louis St. Laurent | |
| Stuart Sinclair Garson | Louis St. Laurent | |
| Ralph Osborne Campney | Louis St. Laurent | |
| William Ross Macdonald | Louis St. Laurent | |
| Léon Balcer | John Diefenbaker | |
| William Joseph Browne | John Diefenbaker | |
| vacant | John Diefenbaker | |
| John Watson MacNaught | Lester Pearson | |
| Lawrence Pennell | Lester Pearson | |
| John Turner | Pierre Trudeau | |
| George James McIlraith | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Jean-Pierre Goyer | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Warren Allmand | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Francis Fox | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Ron Basford ' | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Jean-Jacques Blais | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Allan Frederick Lawrence | Joe Clark | |
| Robert Phillip Kaplan | Pierre Trudeau | |
| Robert Phillip Kaplan | John Turner | |
| Elmer MacKay | Brian Mulroney | |
| Perrin Beatty | Brian Mulroney | |
| James Kelleher | Brian Mulroney | |
| Perrin Beatty* ' | Brian Mulroney | |
| Pierre Blais | Brian Mulroney | |
| Pierre Cadieux | Brian Mulroney | |
| Doug Lewis | Brian Mulroney | |
| Doug Lewis | Kim Campbell | |
| Herb Gray | Jean Chrétien | |
| Andy Scott | Jean Chrétien | |
| Lawrence MacAulay | Jean Chrétien | |
| Wayne Easter | Jean Chrétien | |
| Anne McLellan as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | Paul Martin |
Not in Cabinet