Minister of Education (Manitoba)

The Minister of Education is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. The department's primary responsibility is oversight of Manitoba's public school system.

The Department of Education is one of Manitoba's oldest government departments, although its specific designation has changed several times. It was known as the Minister of Youth and Education from 1968 to 1971, before returning to its original name. On April 21, 1989, it was retitled as the Minister of Education and Training. It was further restructured as the Minister of Education, Training and Youth in 2001, the Minister of Education and Youth in 2002, the Minister of Education, Citizenship and Youth in 2003, and back to the Minister of Education in 2009.

Responsibility for Training was moved to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Training in 2001, and to the Ministry of Competitiveness, Training and Trade in 2006 (renamed the Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade in 2010). On May 3, 2016 the Pallister government returned the training portion of the ministry back to education under the name Education and Training.

The current Minister of Education is Ian Wishart.

List of Ministers of Education

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Alfred Boyd	No party	March 1873	October 1873					George Coldwell	Conservative	November 14, 1907	May 12, 1915	Robert Thornton	Liberal	May 12, 1915	August 8, 1922
	John Bracken	Progressive	August 8, 1922	December 3, 1923
	Charles Cannon	Progressive	December 3, 1923	April 21, 1927
	Robert Hoey	Progressive	April 28, 1927	1932
		Liberal-Progressive	1932	September 21, 1936
	Ivan Schultz	Liberal-Progressive	September 21, 1936	February 5, 1944
	John C. Dryden	Liberal-Progressive	February 5, 1944	December 14, 1948
	Charles Rhodes Smith	Liberal-Progressive	December 14, 1948	August 16, 1950
	Wallace C. Miller	Liberal-Progressive	August 16, 1950	June 30, 1958	Stewart McLean	Progressive Conservative	June 30, 1958	December 9, 1963	George Johnson	Progressive Conservative	December 9, 1963	September 24, 1968	Donald Craik	Progressive Conservative	September 24, 1968	July 15, 1969	Saul Miller	New Democratic Party	July 15, 1969	September 9, 1971	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic Party	September 9, 1971	September 22, 1976	Ian Turnbull	New Democratic Party	September 22, 1976	October 24, 1977	Keith Cosens	Progressive Conservative	October 24, 1977	November 30, 1981	Maureen Hemphill	New Democratic Party	November 30, 1981	April 17, 1986	Jerry Storie	New Democratic Party	April 17, 1986	September 21, 1987	Roland Penner	New Democratic Party	September 21, 1987	May 9, 1988	Len Derkach	Progressive Conservative	May 9, 1988	January 14, 1992	Rosemary Vodrey	Progressive Conservative	January 14, 1992	September 10, 1993	Clayton Manness	Progressive Conservative	September 10, 1993	May 9, 1995	Linda McIntosh	Progressive Conservative	May 9, 1995	February 5, 1999	James McCrae	Progressive Conservative	February 5, 1999	October 5, 1999	Drew Caldwell	New Democratic Party	October 5, 1999	September 25, 2002	Ron Lemieux	New Democratic Party	September 25, 2002	November 4, 2003	Peter Bjornson	New Democratic Party	November 4, 2003	November 3, 2009	Nancy Allan	New Democratic Party	November 3, 2009	October 18, 2013	James Allum	New Democratic Party	October 18, 2013	May 3, 2016	Ian Wishart	Progressive Conservative	May 3, 2016	Present