Minister of Environment (Manitoba)

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The Minister of Environment was a cabinet portfolio in Manitoba, Canada. In 1999, it was merged with the responsibilities of the Minister of Natural Resources to create a new Minister of Conservation portfolio.

From 1971 to 1979 responsibility for the environment was included in the remit of the Ministry of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management. It was then shifted to the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Environment from 1979 to 1981.

When Howard Pawley's government took office in late 1981, it established cabinet responsibilities directly related to the environment. The minister responsible was initially designated as the Minister responsible for Environmental Management, with the added responsibility of the administration of the Clean Environment Act, Workers Compensation Act , the Workplace Safety and Health Act , and the Communities Economic Development Fund Act. This was upgraded to a portfolio position in 1983, and the new minister was designated as the Minister of Environment, Workplace Safety and Health. A separate Ministry of Environment was created in 1989.

List of ministers of environment

NamePartyTook officeLeft officeTitle [1] [2]
Gary Filmon Progressive Conservative January 16, 1981November 30, 1981Minister of Environment
Jay Cowan New Democratic Party November 30, 1981November 4, 1983Minister responsible for Environmental Management

Minister responsible for administration of Clean Environment Act

Gerald Lecuyer New Democratic Party November 4, 1983May 9, 1988Minister of Environment and Workplace and Health
Edward Connery Progressive Conservative May 9, 1988April 21, 1989Minister of Environment, Workplace Safety and Health
Glen Cummings Progressive Conservative April 21, 1989January 6, 1997Minister of Environment
James McCrae Progressive Conservative January 6, 1997February 5, 1999
Linda McIntosh Progressive Conservative February 5, 1999October 5, 1999

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  2. "MLA Biographies - Deceased". www.gov.mb.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-15.