The public servant in charge of the Canadian Department of Justice () holds the dual titles of Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada. The deputy minister provides advice and support to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (an elected official) and acts as the main interface between the political and administrative functions of the Government of Canada.
List deputy ministers of justice and deputy attorneys general of Canada Name From To Hewitt Bernard, CMG 29 May 1868 31 Aug 1876 Zebulon Aiton Lash, QC 1 Sep 1876 22 May 1882 George Wheelock Burbidge 23 May 1882 30 Sep 1887 Robert Sedgewick, QC 25 Feb 1888 17 Feb 1893 Edmund Leslie Newcombe, CMG, KC 13 Mar 1893 19 Sep 1924 W. Stuart Edwards, CMG, KC 1 Oct 1924 30 Se. 1941 Frederick P. Varcoe, CMG, QC 1 Oct 1941 30 Apr 1957 Wilbur R. Jackett, QC 1 May 1957 30 Jun 1960 Elmer Driedger, QC 1 Jul 1960 28 Feb 1967 Donald S. Maxwell, QC 1 Mar 1967 28 Feb 1973 Donald Scarth Thorson, QC 1 Mar 1973 5 Jun 1977 Roger Tassé, OC, QC 18 Jul 1977 29 Sep 1985 Frank Iacobucci, QC 30 Sep 1985 2 Sep 1988 John C. Tait, QC Oct 1988 Oct 1994 George Thomson, QC Oct 1994 30 Jun 1998 Morris Rosenberg, QC 1 Jul 1998 2004 John H. Sims, QC 2004 2010 Myles J. Kirvan, QC 6 Apr 2010 5 Nov 2012 William F. Pentney, QC 5 Nov 2012 23 Jun 2017 Nathalie G. Drouin 23 Jun 2017 06 Aug 2021 A. François Daigle 23 Aug 2021 https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2025/12/19/prime-minister-carney-announces-changes-senior-ranks-public-service 13 Feb 2023 Shalene Curtis-Micallef 13 Feb 2023 present
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