Colonels-in-Chief - Colonel Commandants - Ministers of National Defense - Chief of Defense Staff - Director Cadets
Colonels-in-Chief
Royal Canadian Army Cadets
1942 - to date
| HM King George VI, KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, ISO, PC, 1942 - 1952 Biography |  |
| HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM, GBE, PC, 1953 - to date Biography |  |
Colonel Commandants
Royal Canadian Army Cadets
1965 - to date
| MGen Norman Elliot Rodger, CBE, CD, March 1965 - March 1970 Biography | 
(National League Office Collection) |
| LGen G. Walsh, CBE, DSO, CD, April 1970 - December 1973 Biography | 
(National League Office Collection) |
| MGen William A. Howard, CMM, CD, QC, January 1974 - January 1979 Biography | 
(National League Office Collection) |
| LGen Jim W. Quinn, CD 1979-89 Biography | 
(National League Office Collection) |
| LGen Jack Vance, CMM, CD 1989-93 Biography |
(National League Office Collection) |
| LGen Charles Belzile, CMM, CD 1993-98 Biography |
(National League Office Collection) |
| MGen Howard Wheatly, CD 1998 - Sept 1, 2000 Biography |
(National League Office Collection) |
| Major General John L. Sharpe, CMM, CD Sept 1, 2000 - Sept 1, 2004 Biography |
(National League Office Collection) |
| Major General Robert Gaudreau, CMM, CD Sept 1, 2004 - Sept 1 2007 Biography | 
(National League Office Collection) |
| Major General Robert Meating, OMM, CD, MSM Sept 1, 2007 - Biography | 
(Capt Chris Gerbrandt) |
Ministers of National Defense
| George Perry Graham under King (Jan 1, 1923 – April 27, 1923) Biography | |
| Edward Mortimer Macdonald (Acting) under King (April 28, 1923 – Aug 16, 1923) Biography | |
| Edward Mortimer Macdonald under King (Aug 17, 1923 – June 28, 1926) | |
| Hugh Guthrie (Acting) under Meighen (June 29, 1926 – July 12, 1926) | |
| Hugh Guthrie under Meighen (July 13, 1926 – Sept 25, 1926) | |
| vacant under King (Sept 25, 1926 – Sept 30, 1926) | |
| James Robb (Acting) under King (Oct 1, 1926 – Oct 7, 1926) | |
| James Ralston under King (Oct 8, 1926 – Aug 7, 1930) | |
| Donald Matheson Sutherland under Bennett (Aug 7, 1930 – Nov 16, 1934) | |
| Grote Stirling under Bennett (Nov 17, 1934 – Oct 23, 1935) | |
| Ian Alistair Mackenzie under King (Oct 24, 1935 – Sept 18, 1939) | |
| Norman McLeod Rogers under King (Sept 19, 1939 – June 10, 1940) | |
| Charles Power (Acting) under King (June 11, 1940 – July 4, 1940) | |
| James Ralston (2nd time) under King (July 5, 1940 – Nov 1, 1944) | |
| Andrew McNaughton under King (Nov 2, 1944 – Aug 20, 1945) | |
| Douglas Abbott under King (Aug 21, 1945 – Dec 9, 1946) |  |
| Brooke Claxton under King (Dec 10, 1946 – Nov 15, 1948) | |
| Brooke Claxton under St–Laurent (Nov 15, 1948 – June 30, 1954) | |
| Ralph Campney under St–Laurent (July 1, 1954 – June 20, 1957) | |
| George Pearkes under Diefenbaker (June 21, 1957 – Oct 10, 1960) |  |
| Doug Harkness under Diefenbaker (Oct 11, 1960 – Feb 3, 1963) | |
| vacant under Diefenbaker (Feb 4, 1963 – Feb 11, 1963) | |
| Gordon Churchill under Diefenbaker (Feb 12, 1963 – Apr 21, 1963) |  |
| Paul Hellyer under Pearson (Apr 22, 1963 – Sept 18, 1967) | |
| Léo Cadieux under Pearson (Sept 1967 – Apr 19, 1968) | |
| Léo Cadieux under Trudeau (Apr 20, 1968 – Sept 16, 1970) | |
| Bud Drury (Acting) under Trudeau (Sept 17, 1970 – Sept 23, 1970) | |
| Donald Macdonald under Trudeau (Sept 24, 1970 – Jan 27, 1972) | |
| Edgar Benson under Trudeau (Jan 28, 1972 – Aug 31, 1972) | |
| Jean-Eudes Dubé (Acting) under Trudeau (Sept 1, 1972 – Sept 6, 1972) | |
| Bud Drury (Acting) (2nd time) under Trudeau (Sept 7, 1972 – Nov 26, 1972) | |
| James Richardson under Trudeau (Nov 27, 1972 – Oct 12, 1976) | |
| Barnett Danson (Acting) under Trudeau (Oct 13, 1976 – Nov 2, 1976) under Trudeau (Nov 3, 1976 – June 3, 1979) |  |
| Allan McKinnon under Clark (Jun 4, 1979 – Mar 2, 1980) | |
| Gilles Lamontagne under Trudeau (Mar 3, 1980 – Aug 11, 1983) | |
| Jean–Jacques Blais under Trudeau (Aug 12, 1983 – Jun 29, 1984) | |
| Jean–Jacques Blais under Turner (Jun 30, 1984 – Sept 16, 1984) | |
| Robert Coates under Mulroney (Sept 17, 1984 – Feb 11, 1985) | |
| Erik Nielsen (Acting) under Mulroney (Feb 12, 1985 – Feb 25, 1985) | |
| Erik Nielsen under Mulroney (Feb 26, 1985 – Jun 29, 1986) | |
| Perrin Beatty under Mulroney (Jun 30, 1986 – Jan 29, 1989) | |
| Bill McKnight under Mulroney (Jan 30, 1989 – Apr 20, 1991) | |
| Marcel Masse under Mulroney (Apr 21, 1991 – Jan 3, 1993) | |
| Kim Campbell under Mulroney (Jan 4, 1993 – Jun 24, 1993) | |
| Tom Siddon under Campbell (Jun 25, 1993 – Nov 3, 1993) | |
| David Collenette under Chrétien (Nov 4, 1993 – Oct 4, 1996) | |
| Doug Young under Chrétien (Oct 5, 1996 – Jun 10, 1997) | |
| Art Eggleton under Chrétien (Jun 11, 1997 – Jun 25, 2002) |  |
| John McCallum under Chrétien (Jun 26, 2002 – Dec 11, 2003) |  |
| David Pratt under Martin (Dec 12, 2003 – Jul 19, 2004) |  |
| Bill Graham under Martin (Jul 20, 2004 – Feb 5, 2006) | |
| Gordon O'Connor under Harper (Feb 6, 2006 - Aug 14, 2007) |  |
| Peter McKay (Aug 14, 2007 - ) |  |
Chief of the General Staff
| Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, KCB, KCMG (1904-08) Biography | |
| General Sir William Dillon Otter, KCB, CVO, VD, 1 April (1908-10) Biography |  |
| Major-General Sir Colin John Mackenzie, KCB (1910-13) Biography | |
| Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin, KCMG, CB (1913-23) Biography | |
| Major-General Sir James Howden MacBrien, KCB, CMG, DSO, CStJ, (1 January 1923-27) Biography |  |
| Major-General Herbert Cyril Thacker, CB, CMG, DSO (1927-29) Biography | |
| General The Hon. Andrew George Latta McNaughton, CH, CB, CMG, DSO, CD, PC (1929-35) Biography |  |
| Lieutenant-General Ernest Charles Ashton, CB, CMG, VD (1935-38) Biography | |
| Major-General Thomas Victor Anderson, DSO, CD (21 November 1938-6 July 1940) Biography | |
| General Henry Duncan Graham Crerar, CH, CB, DSO, KStJ, CD, PC (6 July 1940-24 December 1941) Biography |  |
| Lieutenant-General Kenneth Stuart, CB, DSO, MC (24 December 1941-27 December 1943) Biography | |
| Lieutenant-General John Carl Murchie, CB, CBE ,CD (27 December 1943-3 May 1944) Biography | |
| (3 May 1944-21 August 1945) Biography | |
| General Charles Foulkes, CB, CBE, DSO (21 August 1945-February 1951) Biography |  |
| General Guy Granville Simonds, CC, CB, CBE, DSO, CD (February 1951-55) Biography |  |
| Lieutenant-General Howard Douglas Graham, OC, CVO, CBE, DSO, ED, CD (1955-58) Biography | |
| Lieutenant-General Samuel Findlay Clark, CBE , CD (1958-61) Biography | |
| Lieutenant-General Frank James Fleury, CD (1961-64) Biography |
Chief Defense Staff
| Air Chief Marshal Frank Robert Miller, CC , CBE , CD , B.Sc , LL.D (1964-66) Biography | |
| General Jean Victor Allard, CC, CBE, GOQ, DSO, ED, CD (1966-69) Biography | |
| General Frederick Ralph Sharp, CMM, DFC, CD (1969-72) Biography | |
| General Jacques Dextraze, CC, CMM, CBE, DSO, CD, LL.D (1972-77) Biography | |
| Admiral Robert Falls, CMM, CD (1977-80) Biography | |
| General Ramsey Withers, CMM, CStJ, CD, LL.D (1980-83) | |
| General Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, CMM, CD (1983-86) | |
| General Paul David Manson, OC, CMM, CD, B.Sc., P.Eng (1986-89) | |
| General John de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (1989-93) Biography | |
| General John Anderson, CMM, CD, B.Sc (1993) Biography | |
| General John de Chastelain, OC, CMM, CD, CH, LL.D., BA (1994-95) Biography | |
| Gen Jean Boyle, CMM, CD (1996) Biography | |
| Vice Admiral Larry Murray, CMM, CD, BA (1996-97) Biography | |
| General Maurice Baril, CMM, CD (1997-2001) Biography | |
| General Raymond Henault, CMM , CD , BA (2001-05) Biography |  |
| General Rick Hillier, CMM, MSC, CD, BSc (4 Feb 2005 - ) Biography |  |
Director Cadets
| Director of Physical Training and Cadet Services | |
| LCol R.J. Gwynne (1913-14) Biography | |
| Maj A.D. Irwin (1916-17) Biography | |
| nil 1919 | |
| LCol S.H. Hill, VD (1920-33) Biography | |
| Director of Militia and Cadets | |
| Col C.G.M. Grier, ED (1942-) Biography | |
| Col D.B. Buell, DSO, CD (1954-58) Biography | |
| Col J.M. Delamere, MBE, ED, CD (1958) Biography | |
| LCol J.M. Brownlee, CD (1965-67) Biography | |
| Wing Commander A. Pickering, CD (1967-69) Biography | |
| LCol (A) R.A. White ? (1969-72) Biography | |
| Director of Cadets | |
| Col A.F. Banville, CD (1968) Biography | |
| Col E.D. Fairburn, CD (1990-91) Biography | |
| unknown (1993) | |
| LCol D.J. MacLean, CD (1995) Biography | |
| Col Rick Hardy, CD (1997-2000) Biography | |
| Col Jon Ambler, CD (2000-03) Biography |
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| Col R.J.A. Perron, CD (2003-07) Biography |  |
| Col C.M. Fletcher, CD (2007-) Biography |  |
