Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs explained

The Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was a Government of Canada cabinet position held between 1967 and 1995. The minister was responsible for consumer and corporate issues relating to legislation at the federal level.

The minister was also the Registrar General of Canada.

Ministers

Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (1967–1995)
No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1.		John Turner	December 21, 1967	April 20, 1968	Liberal	19 (Pearson)
April 20, 1968			July 5, 1968	Liberal	20 (P. E. Trudeau)
2.		Ron Basford	July 5, 1968			January 27, 1972
3.		Bob Andras	January 28, 1972			November 26, 1972
4.		Herb Gray	November 27, 1972			August 7, 1974
5.		André Ouellet	August 8, 1974			March 15, 1976
		Bryce Mackasey	March 16, 1976			April 7, 1976
6.			April 8, 1976			September 13, 1976
7.			September 14, 1976			September 15, 1977
8.		Warren Allmand	September 16, 1977			June 3, 1979
9.		Allan Lawrence	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980	Progressive Conservative	21 (Clark)
10.		André Ouellet	March 3, 1980	August 11, 1983	Liberal	22 (P. E. Trudeau)
11.		Judy Erola	August 12, 1983	June 29, 1984
June 30, 1984			September 16, 1984	Liberal	23 (Turner)
12.		Michel Côté	September 17, 1984	June 29, 1986	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
13.		Harvie Andre	June 30, 1986	January 29, 1989
14.		Bernard Valcourt	January 30, 1989	August 1, 1989
		Harvie Andre	August 2, 1989	February 22, 1990
15.		Pierre Blais	February 23, 1990	January 3, 1993
16.		Pierre H. Vincent	January 4, 1990	June 24, 1993
17.		Jean Charest	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
18.		John Manley	November 4, 1993	March 28, 1995	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)

The position of Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was abolished and its duties inherited by the new position of Minister of Industry (list) on March 29, 1995.