Minister of Justice and Attorney General (Manitoba)

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General is a cabinet minister in the government of Manitoba. Before 1990, the minister who held this position was simply designated as Attorney-General. The minister who holds this office is also designated as Keeper of the Great Seal of Manitoba.

The current Minister of Justice and Attorney General is Heather Stefanson.

List of Ministers of Justice

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Henry Joseph Clarke	No party	January 13, 1871	July 8, 1874	Joseph Dubuc	Conservative	July 8, 1874	December 2, 1874	Joseph Royal	Conservative	May 11, 1876	October 16, 1878	David M. Walker	Liberal-Conservative	October 16, 1878	July 5, 1882	Alexander MacBeth Sutherland	Conservative	September 2, 1882	September 3, 1883	James Andrews Miller	Conservative	September 6, 1883	December 4, 1884	Charles Edward Hamilton	Conservative	February 4, 1885	January 18, 1888	Joseph Martin	Liberal	January 18, 1888	April 22, 1891	Clifford Sifton	Liberal	May 14, 1891	November 17, 1896	John Donald Cameron	Liberal	November 17, 1896	January 6, 1900	Hugh John Macdonald	Conservative	January 6, 1900	October 9, 1900	Colin H. Campbell	Conservative	October 9, 1900	October 11, 1911	James Henry Howden	Conservative	October 11, 1911	May 12, 1915	Albert Bellock Hudson	Liberal	May 12, 1915	November 10, 1917	Thomas H. Johnson	Liberal	November 10, 1917	June 6, 1922	Robert Jacob	Liberal	June 6, 1922	August 8, 1922
	Richard Craig	Progressive	August 8, 1922	August 29, 1927
	William James Major	Progressive	August 29, 1927	February 22, 1929
	William James Major	Progressive	May 18, 1929	April 1, 1941	James McLenaghen	Progressive Conservative	May 3, 1941	June 23, 1950
	Charles Rhodes Smith	Liberal-Progressive	August 16, 1950	November 7, 1952
	Ivan Schultz	Liberal-Progressive	November 7, 1952	January 25, 1955
	Michael Nicholas Hryhorczuk	Liberal-Progressive	January 25, 1955	June 30, 1958	Sterling Lyon	Progressive Conservative	June 30, 1958	December 9, 1963	Stewart McLean	Progressive Conservative	December 9, 1963	July 22, 1966	Sterling Lyon	Progressive Conservative	July 22, 1966	July 15, 1969	Alvin Mackling	New Democratic Party	July 15, 1969	September 4, 1973	Howard Pawley	New Democratic Party	September 4, 1973	October 24, 1977	Gerald Mercier	Progressive Conservative	October 24, 1977	November 17, 1981	Roland Penner	New Democratic Party	November 17, 1981	September 21, 1987	Vic Schroeder	New Democratic Party	September 21, 1987	May 9, 1988	James McCrae	Progressive Conservative	May 9, 1988	September 10, 1993	Rosemary Vodrey	Progressive Conservative	September 10, 1993	January 6, 1997	Vic Toews	Progressive Conservative	January 6, 1997	October 5, 1999	Gord Mackintosh	New Democratic Party	October 5, 1999	September 21, 2006	David Chomiak	New Democratic Party	September 21, 2006	November 3, 2009	Andrew Swan	New Democratic Party	November 3, 2009	November 3, 2014	James Allum	New Democratic Party	November 3, 2014	April 29, 2015	Gord Mackintosh	New Democratic Party	April 29, 2015	May 3, 2016	Heather Stefanson	Progressive Conservative	May 3, 2016	Present