Crown Head of State – Queen Elizabeth II Federal government Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn Progressive Conservative Cabinet (until November 3) Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell Deputy Prime Minister – Don Mazankowski then Jean Charest Minister of Finance – Don Mazankowski then Gilles Loiselle Secretary of State for External Affairs – Barbara McDougall then Perrin Beatty Minister of National Defence – Marcel Masse then Kim Campbell then Tom Siddon Minister of National Health and Welfare – Benoît Bouchard then Mary Collins Minister of Industry, Science and Technology – Michael Wilson then Jean Charest Minister of the Environment – Jean Charest then Pierre Vincent Minister of Justice – Kim Campbell then Pierre Blais Minister of Transport – Jean Corbeil Minister of Communications – Perrin Beatty then Monique Landry Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – John Crosbie then Ross Reid Minister of Agriculture – Bill McKnight then Charlie Mayer Minister of Public Works – Elmer MacKay then Paul Wyatt Dick Minister of Employment and Immigration – Bernard Valcourt Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources – Arthur Jacob Epp then Bill McKnight then Bobbie Sparrow Minister of Forestry – Frank Oberle then Bobbie Sparrow Minister of Veterans Affairs – Gerald Merrithew Liberal Cabinet (from November 4) Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister – Sheila Copps Minister of Finance – Paul Martin Secretary of State for External Affairs – André Ouellet Minister of National Defence – David Collenette Minister of National Health and Welfare – Diane Marleau Minister of Industry, Science and Technology – John Manley Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs – Marcel Massé Minister of the Environment – Sheila Copps Minister of Justice – Allan Rock Minister of Transport – Doug Young Minister of Communications – Michel Dupuy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans – Brian Tobin Minister of Agriculture – Ralph Goodale Minister of Public Works – David Dingwall Minister of Employment and Immigration – Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources – Anne McLellan Minister of Forestry – Anne McLellan Parliament See: 34th Canadian parliament then 35th Canadian parliament Party leaders Bloc Québécois – Lucien Bouchard Liberal Party of Canada – Jean Chrétien New Democratic Party- Audrey McLaughlin Progressive Conservative Party of Canada – Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Charest Reform Party of Canada – Preston Manning Supreme Court Justices Chief Justice: Antonio Lamer Beverley McLachlin Frank Iacobucci John C. Major Gérard La Forest John