Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities

The Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (previously the Minister of State (Sport)) is a Canadian cabinet minister responsible for Sport Canada, who reports to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

The specific name of the ministerial designation has changed many times since the position was introduced in 1961. The title "Secretary of State (Sport)" was introduced in January 2007, when Guergis was appointed to the position. The title was changed again during Lunn's term to the present "Minister of State (Sport)". In 2015, the title was changed to "Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities" following the appointment of Carla Qualtrough to the role.

Ministers

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Jay Monteith	Progressive Conservative	September 29, 1961	April 21, 1963
	Judy LaMarsh	Liberal	April 22, 1963	December 17, 1965
	Allan MacEachen	Liberal	December 18, 1965	July 5, 1968
	John Munro	Liberal	July 6, 1968	November 26, 1972
	Marc Lalonde	Liberal	November 27, 1972	September 14, 1976
	Iona Campagnolo	Liberal	September 15, 1976	June 3, 1979
	Steve Paproski	Progressive Conservative	June 4, 1979	March 2, 1980
	Gerald Regan	Liberal	March 3, 1980	September 29, 1982
	Raymond Perrault	Liberal	September 30, 1982	August 11, 1983
	Celine Hervieux-Payette	Liberal	August 12, 1983	January 9, 1984
	Joseph Olivier	Liberal	January 10, 1984	June 29, 1984
	Jean Lapierre	Liberal	June 30, 1984	September 16, 1984
	Otto Jelinek	Progressive Conservative	September 17, 1984	March 30, 1988
	Jean Charest	Progressive Conservative	March 31, 1988	January 23, 1990
	Perrin Beatty	Progressive Conservative	January 24, 1990	February 22, 1990
	Marcel Danis	Progressive Conservative	February 23, 1990	April 20, 1991
	Pierre Cadieux	Progressive Conservative	April 21, 1991	June 24, 1993
	Mary Collins	Progressive Conservative	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993
	Diane Marleau	Liberal	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996
	David Dingwall	Liberal	January 25, 1996	July 11, 1996
	Sheila Copps	Liberal	July 12, 1996	August 2, 1999
	Denis Coderre	Liberal	August 3, 1999	January 14, 2002
	Paul Devillers	Liberal	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003
	Stan Keyes	Liberal	December 12, 2003	July 19, 2004
	Stephen Owen	Liberal	July 20, 2004	February 5, 2006
	Michael Chong	Conservative	February 6, 2006	November 26, 2006
	Peter Van Loan	Conservative	November 27, 2006	January 3, 2007
	Helena Guergis	Conservative	January 4, 2007	2008
	Gary Lunn	Conservative	2008	May 18, 2011
	Bal Gosal	Conservative	May 18, 2011	November 4, 2015
	Carla Qualtrough	Liberal	November 4, 2015	present