# List of 1997 Canadian incumbents
## Crown

* Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II

## Federal government

* Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc

### Cabinet

* Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien
* Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps then Herb Gray
* Minister of Finance – Paul Martin
* Minister of Foreign Affairs – Lloyd Axworthy
* Minister of National Defence – Doug Young then Art Eggleton
* Minister of Health – David Dingwall then Allan Rock
* Minister of Industry – John Manley
* Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps
* Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Stéphane Dion
* Minister of the Environment – Sergio Marchi then Christine Stewart
* Minister of Justice – Allan Rock then Anne McLellan
* Minister of Transport – David Anderson then David Collenette
* Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Lucienne Robillard
* Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Fred Mifflin then David Anderson
* Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale then Lyle Vanclief
* Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau then Alfonso Gagliano
* Minister of Human Resources Development – Pierre Pettigrew
* Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan then Ralph Goodale

## Members of Parliament

See: 35th Canadian parliament, 36th Canadian parliament

### Party leaders

* Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien
* Bloc Québécois – Michel Gauthier then Gilles Duceppe
* New Democratic Party – Alexa McDonough
* Progressive Conservative Party of Canada – Jean Charest
* Reform Party of Canada – Preston Manning

### Supreme Court Justices

* Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer
* Beverley McLachlin
* Frank Iacobucci
* John C. Major
* Gérard V. La Forest then Michel Bastarache
* John Sopinka (retired November 24)
* Peter deCarteret Cory
* Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
* Charles D. Gonthier

### Other

* Speaker of the House of Commons – Gilbert Parent
* Governor of the Bank of Canada – Gordon Thiessen
* Chief of the Defence Staff – Vice-Admiral Larry Murray then General Maurice Baril

## Provinces
### Premiers

* Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
* Premier of British Columbia – Glen Clark
* Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
* Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette
* Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Tobin
* Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage then Russell MacLellan
* Premier of Ontario – Mike Harris
* Premier of Prince Edward Island – Pat Binns
* Premier of Quebec – Lucien Bouchard
* Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow
* Premier of the Northwest Territories – Don Morin
* Premier of Yukon – Piers McDonald

### Lieutenant-governors

* Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta – Bud Olson
* Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia – Garde Gardom
* Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont
* Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret Norrie McCain then Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
* Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Frederick Russell then Arthur Maxwell House
* Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley
* Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman then Hilary Weston
* Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island – Gilbert Clements
* Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec – Jean-Louis Roux then Lise Thibault
* Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe

## Mayors

* Toronto – Barbara Hall
* Montreal – Pierre Bourque
* Vancouver – Philip Owen
* Ottawa – Jacquelin Holzman then Jim Watson

## Religious leaders

* Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec – Archbishop Maurice Couture
* Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal – Cardinal Archbishop Jean-Claude Turcotte
* Roman Catholic Bishops of London – Bishop John Michael Sherlock
* Moderator of the United Church of Canada – Marion Best then Bill Phipps