The Minister of Environment is a former cabinet portfolio in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

. In 1999, it was merged with the responsibilities of the Minister of Natural Resources to create a new Minister of Conservation

Minister of Conservation (Manitoba)

The Minister of Conservation is a cabinet minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It was created in 1999, by a merged of the Ministry of Environment and Ministry of Natural Resources.The current Conservation Minister of Manitoba is Bill Blaikie....

 portfolio.

From 1971 to 1979, responsibility for the environment was included under the auspices of the Ministry of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management. It was then shifted to the Ministry of Consumer and Corporate Affairs and Environment from 1979 to 1981.

When Howard Pawley

Howard Pawley

Howard Russell Pawley, PC, OC, OM is a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th Premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988.-Personal life:...

's government took office in late 1981, it established cabinet responsibilities directly related to the environment. The minister responsible was initially designated as the "Minister responsible for Environmental Management, with administration of the Clean Environment Act and Workers Compensation Act, the Workplace Safety and Health Act, and the Communities Economic Development Fund Act". This was upgraded to a portfolio position in 1983, and the new minister was designated as the Minister of Environment, Workplace Safety and Health. A separate Ministry of Environment was created in 1989.

List of Ministers of Environment

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office	Jay Cowan Jay Cowan Jay Marine Cowan is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1977 to 1990, and a cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1981 to 1988....	New Democratic Party New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	November 30, 1981	November 4, 1983	Gerald Lecuyer	New Democratic Party New Democratic Party of Manitoba The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social-democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is the provincial wing of the federal New Democratic Party, and is a successor to the Manitoba Co-operative Commonwealth Federation...	November 4, 1983	May 9, 1988	Edward Connery Edward Connery Edward James Connery is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 1992, and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon from 1988 to 1991.Connery was educated at Glenlawn Collegiate in St. Vital,...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	May 9, 1988	April 21, 1989	Glen Cummings Glen Cummings James Glen Cummings is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1986 to 2007, and was as a cabinet minister in the government of Gary Filmon....	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	April 21, 1989	January 6, 1997	James McCrae	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	January 6, 1997	February 5, 1999	Linda McIntosh Linda McIntosh Linda Laughlin McIntosh is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1990 to 1999, and a cabinet minister for most of this period.-Early life:...	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is the only right wing political party in Manitoba, Canada. It is also the official opposition party in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.-Origins and early years:...	February 5, 1999	October 5, 1999