Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II Federal government Governor General – Roméo LeBlanc Cabinet Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Minister of Foreign Affairs – André Ouellet then Lloyd Axworthy Minister of National Defence – David Collenette then Doug Young Minister of Health – Diane Marleau then David Dingwall Minister of Industry – John Manley Minister of Heritage – Sheila Copps (position was only created on July 12 of 1996) Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Marcel Massé then Stéphane Dion Minister of the Environment – Sheila Copps then Sergio Marchi Minister of Justice – Allan Rock Minister of Transport – Doug Young then David Anderson Minister of Communications – Michel Dupuy then Sheila Copps (position merged into that of Heritage Minister on July 11, 1996) Minister of Citizenship and Immigration – Sergio Marchi then Lucienne Robillard Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Brian Tobin then Fred Mifflin Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Works and Government Services – Diane Marleau (position created on July 12.) Minister of Employment and Immigration – Lloyd Axworthy then Doug Young then Pierre Pettigrew (position was renamed Minister of Human Resources Development on July 11) Minister of Natural Resources – Anne McLellan Minister of Public Works – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11) Minister of Supply and Services – David Dingwall then Diane Marleau (position discontinued on July 11) Members of Parliament See: 35th Canadian parliament Party leaders Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien Bloc Québécois – Lucien Bouchard then Gilles Duceppe (interim) then Michel Gauthier 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 John Sopinka 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 – General Jean Boyle then Vice-Admiral Larry Murray Provinces Premiers Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage Premier