# Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency

The minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency (French: ministre responsable de l’Agence du revenu du Canada) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), as well as the administration of taxation law and collection. Until March 14, 2025, the position was known as the minister of national revenue (French: ministre du revenu national).
The current minister of minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency is Élisabeth Brière who took office on December 20, 2024.

## History

The responsibility for collecting taxes was first assigned to the minister of inland revenue, formed in 1867. Between 1892 and 1897, during the 7th Canadian Parliament, the portfolio was considered to be only of the ministry, but not the Cabinet, and was thus referred to as the controller of inland revenue during that time. The minister of inland revenue title returned after 1897 and remained until the office was formally abolished.
In 1918, the offices of the minister of inland revenue and the minister of customs were combined into a new position, the minister of customs and inland revenue. In 1921, the minister of customs and inland revenue was replaced by the minister of customs and excise by Statute 11-12 Geo. V, c. 26, which assented to on 4 June 1921.
On March 31, 1927, the position of minister of customs and excise was abolished and replaced by the present minister of national revenue. The new National Revenue department was established by expanding the former Department of Customs and Excise with a new facility for the collection of income tax, which had formerly been the responsibility of the Department of Finance. The department became known as Revenue Canada during the 1970s, and subsequently became the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) in 1999. In 2003, the CCRA was split into the Canada Revenue Agency and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the latter falling under the public safety and emergency preparedness portfolio.
On March 14, 2025, at the start of the 30th Canadian Ministry, the position was renamed the minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency.

## List of ministers

Key:
| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Ministry |
| Minister of National Revenue |||||||
| 1 | William Daum Euler | March 21, 1927 | August 7, 1930 | Liberal | 14 (King) |
| 2 | Edmond Baird Ryckman | August 7, 1930 | December 1, 1933 | Conservative | 15 (Bennett) |
| 3 | Robert Charles Matthews | December 6, 1933 | August 13, 1935 | Conservative | 15 (Bennett) |
| 4 | Earl Lawson | August 14, 1935 | October 23, 1935 | Conservative | 15 (Bennett) |
| 5 | James Lorimer Ilsley | October 24, 1935 | July 7, 1940 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| 6 | Colin William George Gibson | July 8, 1940 | March 7, 1945 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| - | James Angus MacKinnon (Acting) | March 8, 1945 | April 18, 1945 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| 7 | David Laurence MacLaren | April 19, 1945 | July 29, 1945 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| - | James Angus MacKinnon (Acting) | July 30, 1945 | August 28, 1945 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| 8 | James Joseph McCann | August 29, 1945 | November 15, 1948 | Liberal | 16 (King) |
| 8 | James Joseph McCann | November 15, 1948 | June 20, 1957 | Liberal | 17 (St-Laurent) |
| 9 | George Clyde Nowlan | June 21, 1957 | August 8, 1962 | Progressive Conservative | 18 (Diefenbaker) |
| 10 | Hugh John Flemming | April 9, 1962 | April 21, 1963 | Progressive Conservative | 18 (Diefenbaker) |
| 11 | Jack Garland | April 22, 1963 | March 14, 1964 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) |
| - | George McIlraith (Acting) | March 19, 1964 | June 28, 1964 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) |
| 12 | Edgar Benson | June 29, 1964 | January 17, 1968 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) |
| 13 | Jean Chrétien | January 18, 1968 | April 20, 1968 | Liberal | 19 (Pearson) |
| 13 | Jean Chrétien | April 20, 1968 | July 5, 1968 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 14 | Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté | July 6, 1968 | September 23, 1970 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 15 | Herb Gray | September 24, 1970 | November 26, 1972 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 16 | Robert Stanbury | November 27, 1972 | August 7, 1974 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 17 | Ron Basford | August 8, 1974 | September 25, 1975 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 18 | Bud Cullen | September 26, 1975 | September 13, 1976 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 19 | Monique Bégin | September 14, 1976 | September 15, 1977 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 20 | Joseph-Philippe Guay | September 16, 1977 | November 23, 1978 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 21 | Tony Abbott | November 24, 1978 | June 3, 1979 | Liberal | 20 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 22 | Walter Baker | June 4, 1979 | March 2, 1980 | Progressive Conservative | 21 (Clark) |
| 23 | Bill Rompkey | March 3, 1980 | September 29, 1982 | Liberal | 22 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 24 | Pierre Bussières | September 30, 1982 | June 29, 1984 | Liberal | 22 (P.E. Trudeau) |
| 25 | Roy MacLaren | June 30, 1984 | September 16, 1984 | Liberal | 23 (Turner) |
| 26 | Perrin Beatty | September 17, 1984 | August 19, 1985 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) |
| 27 | Elmer MacKay | August 20, 1985 | January 29, 1989 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) |
| 28 | Otto Jelinek | January 30, 1989 | June 24, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | 24 (Mulroney) |
| 29 | Garth Turner | June 25, 1993 | November 3, 1993 | Progressive Conservative | 25 (Campbell) |
| 30 | David Anderson | November 4, 1993 | January 24, 1996 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 31 | Jane Stewart | January 25, 1996 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 32 | Herb Dhaliwal | June 11, 1997 | August 2, 1999 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 33 | Martin Cauchon | August 3, 1999 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 34 | Elinor Caplan | January 15, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 35 | Stan Keyes | December 12, 2003 | July 19, 2004 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
| 36 | John McCallum | July 20, 2004 | February 5, 2006 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
| 37 | Carol Skelton | February 6, 2006 | August 14, 2007 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 38 | Gordon O'Connor | August 14, 2007 | October 29, 2008 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 39 | Jean-Pierre Blackburn | October 30, 2008 | January 19, 2010 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 40 | Keith Ashfield | January 19, 2010 | May 18, 2011 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 41 | Gail Shea | May 18, 2011 | July 15, 2013 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 42 | Kerry-Lynne Findlay | July 15, 2013 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 43 | Diane Lebouthillier | November 4, 2015 | July 26, 2023 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
| 44 | Marie-Claude Bibeau | July 26, 2023 | December 20, 2024 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
| 44 | Élisabeth Brière | December 20, 2024 | March 14, 2025 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
| Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency |||||||
| (44) | Élisabeth Brière | March 14, 2025 | Incumbent | Liberal | 30 (Carney) |

## Predecessors
### Minister of Inland Revenue

| Minister | From | To | Ministry | Description |
| Minister of Inland Revenue |||||
| William Pearce Howland | 1 July 1867 | 14 July 1868 | 1st (Macdonald) | |
| Alexander Campbell, Senator (acting) | 15 July 1868 | 15 November 1869 | 1st (Macdonald) | |
| Alexander Morris | 16 November 1869 | 1 July 1872 | 1st (Macdonald) | |
| Charles Tupper | 2 July 1872 | 3 March 1873 | 1st (Macdonald) | Concurrently served as Minister of Customs |
| John O'Connor | 4 March 1873 | 30 June 1873 | 1st (Macdonald) | O'Connor was appointed Postmaster General on 1 July 1873. |
| Thomas Nicholson Gibbs | 1 July 1873 | 5 November 1873 | 1st (Macdonald) | |
| Télesphore Fournier | 7 November 1873 | 7 July 1874 | 2nd (Mackenzie) | Fournier was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General (AG) on 3 July 1874. |
| Félix Geoffrion | 8 July 1874 | 8 November 1876 | 2nd (Mackenzie) | |
| Toussaint Antoine Rodolphe Laflamme | 9 November 1876 | 7 June 1877 | 2nd (Mackenzie) | Laflamme was appointed Minister of Justice and AG on 8 June 1877 |
| Joseph-Édouard Cauchon | 8 June 1877 | 7 October 1877 | 2nd (Mackenzie) | |
| Wilfrid Laurier | 8 October 1877 | 8 October 1878 | 2nd (Mackenzie) | |
| vacant | 17 October 1878 | 25 October 1878 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| Louis François Georges Baby | 26 October 1878 | 28 October 1880 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| vacant | 29 October 1880 | 7 November 1880 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| James Cox Aikins, Senator | 8 November 1880 | 22 May 1882 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| John Costigan | 23 May 1882 | 24 November 1892 | 3rd (Macdonald) | |
| John Costigan | 23 May 1882 | 24 November 1892 | 4th (Abbott) | |
| Controller of Inland Revenue |||||
| John Fisher Wood | 5 December 1892 | 16 December 1895 | 5th (Thompson) | |
| John Fisher Wood | 5 December 1892 | 16 December 1895 | 6th (Bowell) | |
| Edward Gawler Prior | 17 December 1895 | 8 July 1896 | 6th (Bowell) | |
| Edward Gawler Prior | 17 December 1895 | 8 July 1896 | 7th (Tupper) | |
| Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | 13 July 1896 | 29 June 1897 | 8th (Laurier) | Joly was not in cabinet until 29 June 1897, thereafter Minister of Inland Revenue |
| Minister of Inland Revenue |||||
| Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière | 29 June 1897 | 21 June 1900 | 8th | |
| Michel Esdras Bernier | 22 June 1900 | 18 January 1904 | 8th | |
| Louis-Philippe Brodeur | 19 January 1904 | 5 February 1906 | 8th | |
| William Templeman | 6 February 1906 | 6 October 1911 | 8th | |
| Wilfrid Bruno Nantel | 10 October 1911 | 19 October 1914 | 9th (Borden) | |
| Pierre-Édouard Blondin | 20 October 1914 | 5 October 1915 | 9th (Borden) | |
| Esioff-Léon Patenaude | 6 October 1915 | 7 January 1917 | 9th (Borden) | |
| Albert Sévigny | 8 January 1917 | 1 April 1918 | 9th (Borden) | |
| Albert Sévigny | 8 January 1917 | 1 April 1918 | 10th (Borden) | |
| vacant | 2 April 1918 | 13 May 1918 | 10th | |
| Arthur Lewis Sifton | 14 May 1918 | 17 May 1918 | 10th | Sifton was also Minister of Customs, and was appointed Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue on May 18, 1918. |

### Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue

| No. | Minister | Term | Ministry |
| Minister of Customs and Inland Revenue ||||
| 1. | Arthur Lewis Sifton | May 18, 1918 – September 1, 1919 | Cabinet of Borden |
| 2. | John Dowsley Reid (acting) | September 2, 1919 – December 30, 1919 | Cabinet of Borden |
| 3. | Martin Burrell | December 31, 1919 – July 7, 1920 | Cabinet of Borden |
| | vacant | July 8, 1920 – July 10, 1920 | Cabinet of Borden |
| 4. | Rupert Wilson Wigmore | July 13, 1920 – June 3, 1921 | Cabinet of Meighen |
| Minister of Customs and Excise ||||
| 1. | Rupert Wilson Wigmore | June 4, 1921 – September 20, 1921 | Cabinet of Meighen |
| 2. | John Babington Macaulay Baxter | September 21, 1921 – December 29, 1921 | Cabinet of Meighen |
| 3. | Jacques Bureau | December 29, 1921 – September 4, 1925 | Cabinet of King |
| 4. | Georges-Henri Boivin | September 5, 1925 – June 28, 1926 | Cabinet of King |
| 5. | Henry Herbert Stevens (acting until July 12) | June 29, 1926 – September 25, 1926 | Cabinet of Meighen |
| 6. | William Daum Euler | September 25, 1926 – March 30, 1927 | Cabinet of King |