Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs (Manitoba)

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The Ministry of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, is a former government department in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

The ministry was created in 1966 as the Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, and was renamed in 1971. The final minister, Norma Price, was designated as Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

The position was eliminated in 1978, and its responsibilities dispersed among other ministries.

[edit] List of Ministers of Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs

	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
	Sterling Lyon(*)	Progressive Conservative	July 22, 1966	September 24, 1968
	John Carroll(*)	Progressive Conservative	September 24, 1968	July 15, 1969
	Peter Burtniak(*)	New Democratic Party	July 15, 1969	December 1, 1971
	Laurent Desjardins	New Democratic Party	December 1, 1971	January 28, 1974
	Rene Toupin	New Democratic Party	January 28, 1974	September 22, 1976
	Ben Hanuschak	New Democratic Party	September 22, 1976	October 24, 1977
	Robert Banman	Progressive Conservative	October 24, 1977	October 20, 1978
	Norma Price(**)	Progressive Conservative	October 24, 1977	November 15, 1979

• Lyon, Carroll and Burtniak were designated as Ministers of Tourism and Recreation.
• Price was designated as Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.