James Sutherland (Canadian politician)

James Sutherland (July 17 1849 – May 3 1905) was a Canadian politician. Born in Ancaster Township, Canada West, he was a merchant before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Oxford North in a 1880 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1882, 1887, 1891, 1896, 1900, and 1904. From 1896 to 1900, he was the Chief Government Whip. He was Minister without Portfolio, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and Minister of Public Works. He died in office in 1905.

References

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament

•  • e Ministers of Fisheries
Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867-1930)	Mitchell · Smith · Pope · McLelan · Foster · Tupper · Costigan · Davies · Sutherland · Préfontaine · Laurier (acting) · Brodeur · Lemieux · Hazen · Ballantyne · Lapointe · Cardin · Black (acting) · Patenaude (acting) · Cardin (acting)
Ministers of Fisheries (1930-1969)	Macmillan · Rhodes · Duranleau (acting) · Stirling (acting) · Ernst · Michaud · Bertrand · Bridges · Bertrand (acting) · Gregg · MacKinnon · Mayhew · Sinclair · MacLean · Robichaud · Davis
Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969-1971)	Davis
Ministers of the Environment (1971-1976)1	Davis · Sauvé · LeBlanc (acting) · Marchand · LeBlanc (acting)
Ministers of State (Fisheries) (1974-1976)	LeBlanc
Minister of Fisheries and the Environment (1976-1979)	LeBlanc
Ministers of Fisheries and Oceans (1979-)	LeBlanc · McGrath · LeBlanc · de Bané · Breau · Fraser · Nielsen (acting) · Siddon · Valcourt · Crosbie · Reid · Tobin · Dingwall (acting) · Mifflin · Anderson · Dhaliwal · Thibault · Regan · Hearn
1From 1971 to 1976 the Minister of the Environment was also the Minister of Fisheries.

•  • e Ministers of Public Works

McDougall · Langevin · Mackenzie · Tupper · Langevin · Smith · Ouimet · Desjardins · Tarte · Sutherland · Hyman · Pugsley · Monk · Rogers · Ballantyne · Carvell · Reid (acting) · Sifton · Reid (acting) · McCurdy · Bostock · King · Perley · Ryckman · Elliott · Stewart · P. Cardin · Michaud (acting) · Fournier · Harris (acting) · Winters · Green · Walker · Green (acting) · Fulton · Deschatelets · L. Cardin · McIlraith · Laing · Dubé · Drury · Buchanan · Ouellet · Nielsen · Cosgrove · LeBlanc · Lapointe · La Salle · McInnes · Jelinek (acting) · MacKay1 1As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the Minister of Supply and Services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995.