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

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