Minister of Industry (Canada)

The Minister of Industry is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporate affairs department, Industry Canada. The Minister of Industry is also the minister responsible for Statistics Canada. By convention, the Minister of Industry also serves as the Registrar General of Canada.

[edit] Ministers of Industry

1.	John Manley	November 1993 - October 2000	under Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
2.	Brian Tobin	October 17, 2000 - January 14, 2002
3.	Allan Rock	January 15, 2002 - December 11, 2003
4.	Lucienne Robillard	December 12, 2003 - July 19, 2004	under Prime Minister Paul Martin
5.	David Emerson	July 20, 2004 - February 5, 2006	under Prime Minister Paul Martin
6.	Maxime Bernier	February 6, 2006 - August 13, 2007	under Prime Minister Stephen Harper
7.	Jim Prentice	August 14, 2007 - October 29, 2008
8.	Tony Clement	October 30, 2008 -

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Industry portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Industry, Science and Technology (List) and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs (List).

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