Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation (Manitoba)

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The Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation was a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba, Canada.

Manitoba Province of Canada

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada. It is often considered one of the three prairie provinces and is Canada's fifth-most populous province with its estimated 1.3 million people. Manitoba covers 649,950 square kilometres (250,900 sq mi) with a widely varied landscape, stretching from the northern oceanic coastline to the southern border with the United States. The province is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territories of Nunavut to the north, and Northwest Territories to the northwest, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south.

The position was created in 1999 by a merger of the departments of Highways and Transportation and that of Government Services. The new department was initially called the Ministry of Highways and Government Services. Its name was changed to the Ministry of Transportation and Government Services on January 17, 2001, and then to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transportation on September 21, 2006.

Manitoba Infrastructure is a department in the government of Manitoba which manages the province's infrastructure. It operates under the oversight of the Minister of Infrastructure. The department

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The Manitoba cabinet was re-organized after the provincial general election of 2016. The ministry's infrastructure responsibilities were assigned to the new ministry of Infrastructure under the direction of Blaine Pedersen. [1] The transportation responsibilities formed part of the new ministry of Growth, Enterprise and Trade under the direction of Cliff Cullen.

2016 Manitoba general election

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The Minister of Infrastructure is a cabinet position in the government of Manitoba, Canada. The position was created in 2016 replacing the former portfolio of Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation. The transportation responsibilities were transferred to the new Ministry of Growth, Enterprise and Trade.

Blaine Pedersen is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election, for the electoral division of Carman. Pederson is a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.

Ministers of Transportation and Government Services [2]
 Name PartyTook OfficeLeft Office
  Steve Ashton
New Democratic Party October 5, 1999September 25, 2002
  Scott Smith
New Democratic Party September 25, 2002November 4, 2003
  Ron Lemieux
New Democratic Party November 4, 2003November 3, 2009
  Steve Ashton
New Democratic Party November 3, 2009April 19, 2016

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References

  1. ↑ "A breakdown of provincial cabinet changes". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "MLA Biographies - Living". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Retrieved 17 July 2017.


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