Carol Skelton
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Carol Skelton, PC, MP (born December 12, 1945 in Biggar, Saskatchewan) is the Minister of National Revenue of Canada and Minister of Western Economic Diversification.
Skelton, an administrator, coordinator, farmer, rancher and recruitor is a member of the Canadian House of Commons. She was first elected in the 2000 federal election by 68 votes over incumbent Dennis Gruending of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the riding of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar as a member of the Canadian Alliance. She was deputy leader of the Canadian Alliance for six months in 2003 before that party disbanded itself to merge into the new Conservative Party of Canada.
She was re-elected in the 2004 federal election by over 2,000 votes in a rematch against Gruending. She is the former official opposition critic of Family Issues, Children and Youth, Human Resources Development, the Deputy Prime Minister, Social Economy, Western Economic Diversification, Public Health and Social Development, where she was instrumental in developing the party's child care policies.
In 2006, she was re-elected again, defeating NDP candidate Nettie Wiebe by 6.3%. She was appointed to the federal Cabinet on February 6, 2006, making her the first ever female Canadian federal cabinet minister elected from the province of Saskatchewan.
Her Member of Parliament website is located at http://www.carolskelton.ca.
| 28th Ministry - Government of Stephen Harper | ||
| Cabinet Posts (2) | ||
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| Predecessor | Office | Successor |
| John McCallum | Minister of National Revenue (from 6-Feb-2006) |
Incumbent |
| Stephen Owen | Minister of Western Economic Diversification (from 6-Feb-2006) |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Dennis Gruending, New Democratic Party |
Member of Parliament for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar 2000–Present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Members of the current Canadian Cabinet |  |
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| Ambrose | Baird | Bernier | Blackburn | Cannon | Clement | Day | Emerson | Finley | Flaherty | Fortier | Harper | Hearn | LeBreton | Lunn | MacKay | Nicholson | O'Connor | Oda | Prentice | Skelton | Solberg | Strahl | Thompson | Toews | Van Loan | Verner | ||
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