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Canada's Secretary of State for External Affairs was, from 1909 to 1993, the member of the Cabinet of Canada responsible for overseeing the federal government's international relations and the former Department of External Affairs. The first two Secretaries of State for External Affairs from 1909 until 1912 (Charles Murphy under Sir Wilfrid Laurier and William James Roche under Sir Robert Borden) concurrently served as Secretary of State for Canada. The two portfolios were permanently separated in 1912. The position was then held concurrently by the Prime Minister of Canada until 1946.

Noted Secretaries of State for External Affairs have included Louis St. Laurent, Lester B. Pearson, Paul Joseph James Martin, Allan MacEachen, Mitchell Sharp, and Joe Clark.

The position was replaced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1993.

[edit] Secretaries of State for External Affairs

1.	Charles Murphy	under Laurier	May 19, 1909 – October 6, 1911
2.	William James Roche	under Borden	October 10, 1911 – April 1, 1912
3.	Robert Laird Borden	as PM	April 1, 1912 – July 9, 1920
4.	Arthur Meighen	as PM	July 10, 1920 – December 29, 1921
5.	William Lyon Mackenzie King	as PM	December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926
	Arthur Meighen (2nd time)	as PM	June 29, 1926 – September 25, 1926
	William Lyon Mackenzie King (2nd time)	as PM	September 25, 1926 – August 7, 1930
6.	Richard Bedford Bennett	as PM	August 7, 1930 – October 23, 1935
	William Lyon Mackenzie King (3rd time)	as PM	October 23, 1935 – September 3, 1946
7.	Louis St. Laurent	under King	September 4, 1946 – September 9, 1948
8.	Lester B. Pearson	under King	September 10, 1948 – November 15, 1948
	Lester B. Pearson (cont’d)	under St. Laurent	November 15, 1948 – June 20, 1957
9.	John Diefenbaker	as PM	June 21, 1957 – September 12, 1957
10.	Sidney Earle Smith	under Diefenbaker	September 13, 1957 – March 17, 1959
*	John Diefenbaker (2nd time) (Acting)	as PM	March 19, 1959 – June 3, 1959
11.	Howard Green	under Diefenbaker	June 4, 1959 – April 21, 1963
12.	Paul Joseph James Martin	under Pearson	April 22, 1963 – April 20, 1968
13.	Mitchell Sharp	under Trudeau	April 20, 1968 – August 7, 1974
14.	Allan MacEachen	under Trudeau	August 8, 1974 – September 13, 1976
15.	Donald Jamieson	under Trudeau	September 14, 1976 – June 3, 1979
16.	Flora MacDonald	under Clark	June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980
17.	Mark MacGuigan	under Trudeau	March 3, 1980 – September 9, 1982
	Allan MacEachen (2nd time)	under Trudeau	September 10, 1982 – June 29, 1984
18.	Jean Chrétien	under Turner	June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984
19.	Joe Clark	under Mulroney	September 17, 1984 – April 20, 1991
20.	Barbara McDougall	under Mulroney	April 21, 1991 – June 24, 1993
21.	Perrin Beatty	under Campbell	June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993

[edit] External links

Department of Foreign Affairs: History: Introduction