Minister of Western Economic Diversification (Canada)

Minister of Western Economic Diversification
Ministry
Federal
Incumbent Lynne Yelich
Style	The Honourable
Appointed by	Governor General of Canada
First minister	Bill McKnight
Formation	June 28, 1988
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure

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The Minister of Western Economic Diversification (French: Ministre de la Diversification de l'économie de l'Ouest) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who also serves as the chief executive of Western Economic Diversification Canada. The post is traditionally held by an MP from Western Canada, although occasionally the responsibilities have been accorded to a more senior cabinet minister, such as the Industry minister.

The current Western Economic Diversification Minister is Rona Ambrose, with Lynne Yelich as the Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification).

Related regional development posts include Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1	Bill McKnight	June 28, 1988	January 29, 1989	Progressive Conservative	24 (Mulroney)
2	Charlie Mayer	January 30, 1989	January 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative
3	Mary Collins	January 4, 1993	June 24, 1993	Progressive Conservative
4	Larry Schneider	June 25, 1993	November 3, 1993	Progressive Conservative	25 (Campbell)
5	Lloyd Axworthy	November 4, 1993	January 24, 1996	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
6	John Manley	January 25, 1996	October 16, 2000	Liberal
7	Brian Tobin	October 17, 2000	January 14, 2002	Liberal
8	Allan Rock	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
9	Rey Pagtakhan	December 12, 2003	July 20, 2004	Liberal	27 (Martin)
10	Stephen Owen	July 20, 2004	February 6, 2006	Conservative
11	Carol Skelton	February 6, 2006	January 4, 2007	Conservative	28 (Harper)
12	Rona Ambrose	January 4, 2007	October 30, 2008	Conservative
13	Jim Prentice	October 30, 2008	November 5, 2010	Conservative
(12)	Rona Ambrose	November 5, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
14	Lynne Yelich	May 18, 2011	Incumbent	Conservative