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 and Early Childhood Learning is Tracy Schmidt.
List of ministers of education Name PartyTook officeLeft officeAlfred BoydNo partyMarch 1873October 1873 VacantGeorge ColdwellConservativeNovember 14, 1907May 12, 1915Robert ThorntonLiberalMay 12, 1915August 8, 1922John BrackenProgressiveAugust 8, 1922December 3, 1923Charles CannonProgressiveDecember 3, 1923April 21, 1927Robert HoeyProgressive April 28, 1927 1932 Liberal-Progressive 1932 September 21, 1936Ivan SchultzLiberal-ProgressiveSeptember 21, 1936February 5, 1944John C. DrydenLiberal-ProgressiveFebruary 5, 1944December 14, 1948Charles Rhodes SmithLiberal-ProgressiveDecember 14, 1948August 16, 1950Wallace C. MillerLiberal-ProgressiveAugust 16, 1950June 30, 1958Stewart McLeanProgressive ConservativeJune 30, 1958December 9, 1963George JohnsonProgressive ConservativeDecember 9, 1963September 24, 1968Donald CraikProgressive ConservativeSeptember 24, 1968July 15, 1969Saul MillerNew Democratic PartyJuly 15, 1969September 9, 1971Ben HanuschakNew Democratic PartySeptember 9, 1971September 22, 1976Ian TurnbullNew Democratic PartySeptember 22, 1976October 24, 1977Keith CosensProgressive ConservativeOctober 24, 1977November 30, 1981Maureen HemphillNew Democratic PartyNovember 30, 1981April 17, 1986Jerry StorieNew Democratic PartyApril 17, 1986September 21, 1987Roland PennerNew Democratic PartySeptember 21, 1987May 9, 1988Len DerkachProgressive ConservativeMay 9, 1988January 14, 1992Rosemary VodreyProgressive ConservativeJanuary 14, 1992September 10, 1993Clayton MannessProgressive ConservativeSeptember 10, 1993May 9, 1995Linda McIntoshProgressive ConservativeMay 9, 1995February 5, 1999James McCraeProgressive ConservativeFebruary 5, 1999October 5, 1999Drew CaldwellNew Democratic PartyOctober 5, 1999September 25, 2002Ron LemieuxNew Democratic PartySeptember 25, 2002November 4, 2003Peter BjornsonNew Democratic PartyNovember 4, 2003November 3, 2009Nancy AllanNew Democratic PartyNovember 3, 2009October 18, 2013James AllumNew Democratic PartyOctober 18, 2013 May 3, 2016Ian WishartProgressive ConservativeMay 3, 2016August 1, 2018Kelvin GoertzenProgressive ConservativeAugust 1, 2018January 15, 2021Cliff Cullen Progressive ConservativeJanuary 15, 2021January 18, 2022Wayne Ewasko Progressive ConservativeJanuary 18, 2022October 18, 2023Nello Altomare New Democratic PartyOctober 18, 2023January 14, 2025Tracy Schmidt New Democratic PartyJanuary 23, 2025incumbent
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